
The villages will tend to sell it to you for about the same price as the town it serves will. Explore your area of play for villages that produce it a lot and shop around. You will need a LOT of Hardwood if you plan on getting into Smithing. Hardwood can usually be bought in towns or villages for about 15 gold on average (with decent Trading skill) while Iron Ore can be bought for an average of 60 gold (with decent Trading skill). In the trade menu of each town you will see two important resources listed: Hardwood, and Iron Ore. This guide is designed assuming that you’ve explored the Smithy and understand the layout. I’m making this guide in my own time using the data I calculated and gathered through experience in the game. Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord has such a system with Smithing, turning Iron Ore and Hardwood into various purities of Iron. As a veteran of games such as Factorio I’ve learned to delve into the math of crafting systems.
