Basics of Blacksmithing: Step One

Purchase a blacksmithing manual from Vlad Kononov and read it. Buy an Apprentice's Portable Forge and use it to forge a Rare Utility Rake. Report to Vlad Kononov.

So, you think you want to be a blacksmith, huh? I hope you realize that a master blacksmith is always buried in work! That means that anyone who dares to become a master of the hammer and anvil will never have a shortage of orders!
You'll probably never find the time to ever start a family... Oh, what I am saying? If you want to learn my trade, I'm not going to stop you. All you'll need to do is buy the training manual and tools from me.

To learn blacksmithing, you need to read that training manual!

Did you read it? All of it? Good. Now you can be my apprentice. I'll teach you everything I know!