Question re: using different ingots

[Malystrox_01]

I picked up a BOD just now that requires me to make bronze tier shields. My blacksmithing is currently 77 and I have a 100% chance using regular ingots. I have bronze ingots but I'm unable to use them. I've been browsing information and came across a site that said I have to have blacksmithing of 65, arms lore of 65, and item id of 65 to craft bronze weapons/armor. Is this true? Am I just not seeing the button to change ingot types?

This particular character was going to be a smith/carpenter/tinker with mining/lumberjack as supplementary skills. If I have to level up arms lore and item id to craft various metals, I'm not going to have the skill points.

Thanks!

 

[Malystrox_01]

Never mind. Figured it out.

 

[Basara]

That sounds like you found some Freeshard's crafting system that has absolutely no relevance to any form of "legal" UO.

It's best to only go by uo.com, Stratics and uoguide.com . For a freeshard, you really can't trust that anything their website says applies to normal UO, or to any other freeshard - only their variant rules.

 

[Spartan]

On the BOD, after amount, quality, etc there may be a line something like "All items must be made using <ore type>"

If that line does NOT exist, the metal to use is Iron.

EDIT: I find it interesting that BRONZE shields can be made from some metal other than bronze.

 

[Basara]

On the BOD, after amount, quality, etc there may be a line something like "All items must be made using <ore type>"

If that line does NOT exist, the metal to use is Iron.

EDIT: I find it interesting that BRONZE shields can be made from some metal other than bronze.

And that Bronze is an ORE in UO...

 

[Spartan]

And that Bronze is an ORE in UO...

Okay ... blue sky stuff: Change the mining/blacksmithing code to allow TIN in place of Bronze. Then use reforging methods with standard smithing hammer - 2 parts copper + 1 part tin = BRONZE!

THAT would be a) interesting and b) slick as all get-out. IMO. <shrug>