Calculator:Smithing/Cannonballs

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Cannonball Smithing calculator

The following table uses live Grand Exchange Market Watch prices to calculate the profit from Smithing cannonballs. Although the second option gives a much higher profit, consideration should be given to the extra time taken to first smelt the raw materials. Consideration should also be given to the experience you get from smelting each of them, which is 691.2 exp per inventory (with an ammo mould and 27 steel bars). It takes approximately 6 seconds to smith a steel bar into 4 cannonballs. That's 2 minutes 48 seconds for 1 full load of cannonballs (28 steel bars).

The facts

Market prices

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Item	Price
Cannonball	1,600
Nature rune	299
Steel bar	1,027
Iron ore	502
Coal	212

Calculations

Each method makes 4 x Cannonballs (400 each) with a sale value of 1,600. Profits are calculated by subtracting the raw costs from this sale value. All calculations are done assuming you have a cannonball mould is on your tool belt.

Edgeville furnace

Method	Requirements	Time required per trip	Product per trip	Experience per trip	Raw materials	Raw cost	Profit per bar	Profit per hour	Experience per hour
Buy ores, smelt into steel bars, and smith them into cannonballs	Varrock armour 2 (recommended)	1 minute, 40 seconds	9 x Steel bar OR 36 x Cannonball	230.4	1 x Iron ore (502) 1 x Coal (212)	-714	5,686	287,064	8294.4
Buy ores, superheat into steel bars, and smith into cannonballs	Varrock armour 2 (recommended) 43 Staff of fire	1 minute, 40 seconds	9 x Steel bar OR 36 x Cannonball	230.4 477	1 x Nature rune (299) 1 x Iron ore (502) 1 x Coal (212)	-1,013	587	253,584	8294.4 17172
Buy steel bars and smith them into cannonballs	Varrock armour 2 (recommended)	3 minutes, 15 seconds	111 x Cannonball	716.8	1 x Steel bar (1027)	-1,027	573	288,792	12902.4

Port Phasmatys furnace

Method	Requirements	Time required per trip	Product per trip	Experience per trip	Raw materials	Raw cost	Profit per bar	Profit per hour	Experience per hour
Buy ores, smelt into steel bars, and smith them into cannonballs	Morytania legs 2 Ghostspeak amulet	1 minute, 5 seconds	9 x Steel bar OR 36 x Cannonball	230.4	1 x Iron ore (502) 1 x Coal (212)	-714	886	438,570	12672
Buy ores, superheat into steel bars, and smith into cannonballs	Morytania legs 2 43 Staff of fire Ghostspeak amulet	1 minute, 5 seconds	9 x Steel bar OR 36 x Cannonball	230.4 477	1 x Nature rune (299) 1 x Iron ore (502) 1 x Coal (212)	-1,013	587	387,420	12672 26235
Buy steel bars and smith them into cannonballs	Morytania legs 2 Ghostspeak amulet	1 minute, 40 seconds	111 x Cannonball	716.8	1 x Steel bar (1027)	-1,027	573	577,584	25804.8

Falador furnace

Method	Requirements	Time required per trip	Product per trip	Experience per trip	Raw materials	Raw cost	Profit per bar	Profit per hour	Experience per hour
Buy ores, smelt into steel bars, and smith them into cannonballs	None	1 minute, 32 seconds	9 x Steel bar OR 36 x Cannonball	230.4	1 x Iron ore (502) 1 x Coal (212)	-714	886	310,986	8985.6
Buy ores, superheat into steel bars, and smith into cannonballs	43 Staff of fire	1 minute, 32 seconds	9 x Steel bar OR 36 x Cannonball	230.4 477	1 x Nature rune (299) 1 x Iron ore (502) 1 x Coal (212)	-1,013	587	274,716	8985.6 18603
Buy steel bars and smith them into cannonballs	None	3 minutes, 20 seconds	111 x Cannonball	716.8	1 x Steel bar (1027)	-1,027	573	288,792	12902.4

Al Kharid furnace

Method	Requirements	Time required per trip	Product per trip	Experience per trip	Raw materials	Raw cost	Profit per bar	Profit per hour	Experience per hour
Buy ores, smelt into steel bars, and smith them into cannonballs	None	1 minute, 32 seconds	9 x Steel bar OR 36 x Cannonball	230.4	1 x Iron ore (502) 1 x Coal (212)	-714	886	310,986	8985.6
Buy ores, superheat into steel bars, and smith into cannonballs	43 Staff of fire	1 minute, 32 seconds	9 x Steel bar OR 36 x Cannonball	230.4 477	1 x Nature rune (299) 1 x Iron ore (502) 1 x Coal (212)	-1,013	587	274,716	8985.6 18603
Buy steel bars and smith them into cannonballs	None	3 minutes, 20 seconds	111 x Cannonball	716.8	1 x Steel bar (1027)	-1,027	573	288,792	12902.4