Improve smithing skill while spending no net gold hints and tips for The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

Improve smithing skill while spending no net gold

1. Travel to Riverwood

2. Go and see Alvor at his forge and buy all the iron ingots you can from him. If he is not there, wait until the time is just past 11am

3. Get the woodcutter's axe from the table near the lumbermill (building with the water wheel) and go to one of the two nearest chopping blocks.

4. Keep chopping wood until the amount of firewood is greater than or equal to the number of iron ingots you have. One session of chopping gives you 6 firewood

5. Go back to Alvor's forge and make as many sets of iron arrows as you can. Then proceed back to the chopping block

6. To work out how much firewood you will need to cover the cost of the iron ingots, multiply the number of ingots you bought by 4. Chop wood on the block until you gather this required amount

7. Go to the lumbermill and look for a guy in whitish clothes named Hod. Talk to him and you'll be able to sell your gathered firewood for 5 gold a piece! Selling all your firewood will then cover the cost of the iron ingots

8. Repeat from step 2 and enjoy a self-sufficient method of raising your smithing skill! (Of course don't worry about having to get another woodcutter's axe). To replenish Alvor's supply of ingots, wait for two days in-game

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