Superheat Item

Superheat Item
Released		24 May 2001 (Update)
Members		No
Level		43
Spellbook		Standard
Type		Utility
Experience		53
Runes		4 1
Casting speed		3 ticks
Description		Smelt ore without a furnace
Animation
Sound Effect

Superheat Item is a non-combat Magic spell that smelts ore into bars without a furnace.

It is cast on an ore in the inventory, requiring the Smithing level to smelt that ore into a bar. It cannot be cast on noted ore. This also requires the same amount of coal as standard smelting. Each cast yields 53 Magic experience along with Smithing experience from the bar that is smelted. The experience-boosting effect of the goldsmith gauntlets or Smithing cape is applied when casting Superheat Item.

Casting Superheat Item on iron ore with at least two coal always produces a steel bar, otherwise it produces an iron bar with a 100% chance of success. This is comparable to a ring of forging, used to increase the furnace smelting rate from 50% to 100%. Assuming a staff of fire is used, it is more profitable to use a ring of forging by 84.43 coins per bar.

Casting Superheat Item with Smithing Catalyst in your inventory will consume it. As well as provide the effects of it including halving coal consumption as well as doubling the xp gain for the ore it was used on.

Money making

The following money making guides are available for Superheat Item:

Method	Hourly profit	Skills
Mining coal and superheating Mithril bars	53,944	30+ (41+ strongly recommended for Rune pickaxe, 60 recommended for access to the Mining Guild) 50 43
Mining coal and superheating Adamantite bars	56,520	30+ (41+ strongly recommended for Rune pickaxe, 60 recommended for access to the Mining Guild) 70 43

Cost

Spell cost

Input	Cost
1 4	108
Combo runes
1 4	132
1 4	244
1 4	216
Main-hands
1 Alt	92
0.93 4	101
Main and off-hands
1	92
0.93	86

Cost effectiveness

Level	Bar		Materials	Cost	Experience		Profit	Profit/Exp
								Magic	Smithing	Total
1		Bronze	+	182	53	6.2	−38	-0.72	-6.13	-0.64
15		Iron		177	53	12.5	7	0.13	0.56	0.11
20		Silver		129	53	13.7	−34	-0.64	-2.48	-0.51
30		Steel	+ × 2	675	53	17.5	−222	-4.19	-12.69	-3.15
40		Gold		293	53	22.5	−190	-3.58	-8.44	-2.52
40		Gold (gauntlets)		293	53	56.2	−190	-3.58	-3.38	-1.74
45		Lovakite	+ × 2	590	53	20	−590	-11.13	-29.50	-8.08
50		Mithril	+ × 4	1,176	53	30	−403	-7.60	-13.43	-4.86
70		Adamantite	+ × 6	2,384	53	37.5	−578	-10.91	-15.41	-6.39
85		Runite	+ × 8	13,016	53	50	−553	-10.43	-11.06	-5.37

Uses

Superheat Item can be used to extend Mining trips by mining coal and the ore. Bars also weigh less than ore. For this method, it is recommended to equip a staff of fire, with a pickaxe and nature runes. Ore can also be brought to the mine to superheat while mining only coal. Without a coal bag, Superheat Item can save time transporting coal from the coal trucks, which will also requires ores to use. Repeatedly withdraw coal and cast Superheat Item.

It can also be useful when killing creatures that drop the ores and coal to save inventory space or earn Smithing and Magic experience while fighting.

Changes

Date	Changes
21 August 2014 (update | poll)	Superheat and enchant jewellery spells will now queue up one spell if you cast them too quickly.

Trivia

• Casting Superheat Item on a non-ore item, which fails, results in the chatbox message, You need to cast superheat item on ore. A spell splash animation will appear on the player.
• Casting Superheat Item on an elemental ore, which fails, results in the chatbox message, Even this spell is not hot enough to heat this item.