Smithing

Smithing is the act of creating items, such as bars, armor, and weapons, from materials, such as steels and ores mined with the Mining Skill.
Blacksmithers can create platebodies made of steel, as well as some variants of mail. The other armors, cloth, leather, and others, are made through crafting.
In general, alot of good weapons can be made from smithing, and some are even given to raids.
==Training as a Smith==
Smiths require the http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20061009091613/wowwiki/images/thumb/9/99/Inv_hammer_20.png/32px-Inv_hammer_20.png [Smithing Hammer], as well as it's better variants, to make something out of a bar. An anvil is also required. They can be found almost anywhere in the world.
==Tiers of Smithing==
See other article: Smithing recipes
In smithing, the "tiers" are referred to as the sets smiths can make and sell to other players. Their is a host of these sets, some grant better bonuses in certain stats, while others may have a proc (for the weapon). The tiers are as follows:
Most of the godly smithable items are scarce to get in the world.
*Tier 1 undistinguished: Copper, Normsteel, Light Iron
*Tier 2 common: Iron, Steel, Harrium, Perrium
*Tier 3 uncommon: Normblue, Gurium, Hastonite
*Tier 4 rare: Bronze, Cobalt, Putrite
*Tier 5 epic: Silver, Mithril, Indite
*Tier 6 legendary: Gold, Adamantite, Felrite, Morrownite
*Tier 7 godly: Platinum, Draconic
==Other Info==
*It has been revealed that in X-5; the very first optional smithable uber weapon will be there, the pieces dropped from the final boss, as well as mobs in the instance.