Last Updated on 5 January, 2022
OSRS Smithing Boost guide – All the boosts, their effects, and where or how to unlock each of them – Smithing Cape, Spicy Stew, Dwarven stout & Dwarven stout(m)
OSRS Smithing Boost – Table
| Boost | Level increase | Visibility | Effects |
| Smithing cape | 1 | Visible | Activating the cape’s effect will increase the corresponding skill by 1. |
| Dwarven stout | 1 | Visible | Reduces Attack and Strength by 3. Is available to free players. |
| Dwarven stout(m) | 2 | Visible | Reduces Attack, Strength and Defence by 7. |
| Spicy stew (orange spice) | ±0-5 | Visible | Depending on type of stew, any skill can be boosted or reduced by 0 to 5 levels randomly. |
OSRS Smithing Boost – How to Get?
A guide to get / unlock each boost
Smithing Cape
A Smithing cape can be purchased for 99,000 coins from Thurgo south of Port Sarim by players who have achieved level 99 Smithing
Dwarven stout
These are the steps to make Dwarven Stout
1. Use 2 bucket of water on the fermenting vat
2. Use 2 barley malt on the fermenting vat
3. Optional: Use 1 the stuff on the fermenting vat, increasing the chance to mature the ale from 5% to 36%
4. Use 4 hammerstone hops on the fermenting vat
5. Use 1 ale yeast on the fermenting vat
6. Wait 1–5 days until the beer has fermented
7. Use 8 beer glasses on the completed ale in the fermenting vat
Dwarven stout(m)
These are the steps to make Dwarven Stout(m)
1. Use 2 bucket of water on the fermenting vat
2. Use 2 barley malt on the fermenting vat
3. Optional: Use 1 the stuff on the fermenting vat, increasing the chance to mature the ale from 5% to 36%
4. Use 4 hammerstone hops on the fermenting vat
5. Use 1 ale yeast on the fermenting vat
6. Wait 3–5 days until the beer has fermented
7. Use either 8 beer glasses or 2 calquat kegs on the completed ale in the fermenting vat
Spicy stew (orange spice)
Requirement: Spicy stews are available only to those who have completed the Freeing Evil Dave subquest in Recipe for Disaster
These are the steps to make Spicy Stew
- First, obtain a regular stew
- Get the spices
- Get a cat (or hellcat) to chase the hell-rats
- Go to Evil Dave’s basement in the house west of the Edgeville bank
- Using a cat (wily is best) to attack the hell-rat behemoths. These will always give a 4 dose of the specific colour spice they are guarding
- Add up to 3 doses of a colour spice to the regular stew to get a spicy stew
Skill Boost Range:
- -1 to +1: x1 dose
- -3 to +3: x3 dose
- -5 to +5: x3 dose
Locations of each Spice:
- Red: Northern-most Room
- Orange: North-western Room
- Yellow: South-western Room
- Brown: Southern-most Room
Skills Affected:
- Red: Combat Skills > Attack, Strength, Defence, Ranged, Magic
- Orange: Production Skills > Smithing, Crafting, Fletching, runecraft, Construction, Firemaking, Cooking
- Yellow: Character Development > Agility, Hunter, Slayer, Thieving, Prayer
- Brown: Resource Skills > Woodcutting, Farming, Fishing, Mining, Herblore
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