Blacksmith

The Blacksmith is one of the two second classes of the Merchant (the other is the Alchemist). The iRO Wiki calls it the strongest second class, with damage close to the transcendent second classes. A battle Blacksmith raises its own damage with buffs and kills single targets very well; its weak point is that Cart Revolution, which pushes enemies back and has a short reach, is its only skill that hits several targets.

Its main attacks, Mammonite and Cart Revolution, can already be learned as a Merchant. Blacksmiths can also forge weapons, giving them the Fire, Earth, Wind or Water element and extra strength. Job bonuses by job level 50:

• It is an expensive class: potions and the Zeny cost of Mammonite add up, so the iRO Wiki does not recommend it for new players.
• On Renewal servers the Blacksmith's FLEE is far below what a dodge build needs, so expect to use many healing items.
• The forging list is badly out of date. Elemental Converters and Sage endows now give a carded weapon an element, which beats a forged elemental weapon, so a pure forging build is not recommended anymore.

A Merchant changes job mostly in Einbroch, after an item collection task and a written test.

The free axe from the Eden Group is a good weapon for the Blacksmith and its later classes.

The Blacksmith has 21 skills, 84 skill points and 2 quest skills, split into battle skills and forging skills. The table is shortened:

Icon	Skill	What it does
	Adrenaline Rush	For 30~150 seconds raises attack speed and hit rate of party members using axes and maces (30% for Blacksmiths, 25% for others).
	Power-Thrust	For 20~100 seconds: +5~25% ATK for you and +5~15% for party members.
	Weapon Perfection	For 10~50 seconds party members ignore weapon size penalties.
	Power Maximize	Always deals the weapon's maximum damage while active.
	Hammer Fall	30~70% chance to stun every enemy in a 5x5 area.
	Skin Tempering	Passive: +4~20% Fire resistance and +1~5% Neutral resistance.
	Hilt Binding	Passive: STR +1, ATK +4, and 10% longer Adrenaline Rush, Power-Thrust and Weapon Perfection.
	Weaponry Research	Passive: raises HIT, ATK and the chance to forge a weapon (10 levels).
	Oridecon Research	Raises the chance to craft level 3 weapons.
	Smith skills	Smith Axe, Dagger, Knucklebrace, Mace, Spear, Sword and Two-handed Sword each unlock forging of that weapon type.
	Greed (quest)	Picks up items in a 5x5 area around you.
	Dubious Salesmanship (quest)	Cuts Mammonite's Zeny cost by 10%; needs job level 35.

Other forging skills: Enchantedstone Craft, Iron Tempering, Steel Tempering, Ore Discovery and Weapon Repair. With a Soul Linker's Blacksmith Spirit, the Blacksmith can also use Advanced Adrenaline Rush, which speeds up every melee party member. See Weapons and Ammunition for weapon types.

After rebirth the Blacksmith becomes a Mastersmith. Cart Revolution is given for free after transcending, and new skills include Cart Boost, High Speed Cart Ram, Maximum Power-Thrust, Shattering Strike and Upgrade Weapon, which the iRO Wiki calls the main income of most forgers today. The line continues as the Mechanic (Third Classes) and the Meister (Fourth Classes).