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** Builds a power suit out of spare weapons parts as a prisoner in a weapons bunker. He later makes several improved versions of the suit, including one that converts into a suitcase. He also manages to create a new element using his own personal partical accelerator.

* [[Film/IronMan Tony Stark]] '''BUILT ONE''' ... in a '''CAVE''' ... with a '''BOX''' of '''SCRAPS!'''
** Oh yeah? Well Ivan Vanko '''BUILT ONE''' ... in a '''BASEMENT''' ... with a '''[[strike:BIRD]] BURD!'''
** Tony Stark then '''CREATED A NEW ELEMENT''' ... in his '''BASEMENT''' ... with '''SPARE PARTS!'''

* No mention of the smith from ArmyOfDarkness here? The guy helped Ash build a ''freakin' cyborg hand'' and turn a busted hunk of junk car into the Deathcoaster.

** There used to be a lot of these guys, all Aes Sedai with skills in making power-wrought items, though the most-encountered examples are unbreakable blades.

* Perrin Aybara in ''TheWheelOfTime''. While his blacksmithing skills are portrayed as being good, solid craftsman work throughout the series, in Towers at Midnight he has a scene where [[spoiler:he effectively smiths a Mjolnir clone.]]

* In ''DragonQuestIII'', the Tool Shop owner in Kol serves this function.

* In ''DragonQuestVI'' after acquiring the [[SwordOfPlotAdvancement legendary sword]], you need to find the blacksmith in Turnscote only capable of repairing the sword.

* Melchior from ''ChronoTrigger'' cannot not be mentioned, he's one of the earliest video game examples.
** Similarly, ''ChronoCross'' had two alternate universe versions of their ultimate blacksmith, Zappa, [[LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters one of whom can join your party]]. If you bring playable-Zappa to talk with NPC-Zappa, they'll combine forces and figure out how to forge the rainbow shell into powerful weapons, most of which are [[InfinityPlusOneSword infinity-plus-one swords]].

* Alberich, the dwarf from ''Theatre/TheRingOfTheNibelungs'', stole the magic Rhinegold and forged the ring that spawned the 20-hour Opera [[spoiler:and eventually caused the whole world to burn down]]. Now THAT's an ultimate blacksmith.

* In [[NorseMythology Norse legends]], there are the dwarves (or dark elves) Sindri and Brokkr. To win a bet with Loki, they forge three magical treasures, a living, golden boar for Freyr, a gold ring that duplicates itself every nine nights for Odin, and for Thor, his hammer Mjollnir. And this is despite Loki sabotaging every attempt. Two of the treasures turned out fine, but Mjolnir's handle was too short thanks to Loki. Sindri crafted Thor's iron gloves so he could safely wield the hammer anyway.
* In relation to the Ring cycle:
** Remember Alberich? The dwarf from ''[[RichardWagner The Ring of the Nibelungs]]''? Well, he stole the magic Rhinegold and forged the ring that spawned the 20-hour Opera [[spoiler:and eventually caused the whole world to burn down]]. Now THAT's an ultimate blacksmith.
** Völund/Vaulund, who forged Sigurd's sword Gram, that could cut cleanly through an anvil and a tuft of wool.
** In the original Volsung Saga, the sword Gram was given to Sigurd's ancestor Sigmund by some One-Eyed bloke (read Odin). Gram broke when Sigmund died in battle. Gram the Broken Sword was inherited by Sigurd, and his foster father Regin Smith, who was the not entirely human brother of Fafnir, reforge the sword.
** Völund/Vølund/Vaulund Smith on the other hand was a guy who married a Valkyrie. When his wife found her old Feather cloak and returned to Valhall, Völund was moping around a bit, and forged a lot of nice things hoping for his wife to return. A king discovered him and caught and crippled him, just to force him to make amazing tools for the kingdom. Völund returned the favor by killing the king's two sons, making [[HornyVikings drinking bowls of their skulls]]. Then he raped the king's daughter and flew away on homemade wings.

* ''FinalFantasyIV'' had one for the Pink Tails / Adamantine equipment.

* ''FinalFantasyIX'' had one, in the form of Hades, situated in the FinalDungeon, and he's actually a GOD, and you have to beat him up.

** A Goblin fulfills this task in ''FinalFantasyXI'' for the Relic Weapons, the most powerful weapons that exist... except for the very last upgrade, which is done [[EmpathicWeapon by the weapon itself]](Oddly enough, the ''weapon'' charges more than the [[HonestJohnsDealership ripoff artist]]).

* ''FinalFantasyIII'' got one in the DS remake - she's the one who makes the Ultima Sword. She also makes the ultimate gear for each job class once they reach job level 99.

* After RurouniKenshin breaks his sword, he tries to seek out the original swordsmith for a repair job. Unfortunately, the guy has been dead for years and his son is a regular blacksmith who's more interested in making cookware, but the daughter-in-law lets slip that the swordsmith's last work, considered to be his masterpiece, has been dedicated to the local shrine. [[spoiler: Luckily, it turns out to be a reverse blade sword]].

* Presea in MagicKnightRayearth. True, she seems to be using magic, rather than the hammer and anvil, but she is labeled as a blacksmith and she is the one who gives the knights their weapons, after their retrieval of the {{Phlebotinum}}.

* Hephaestus is the [[ClassicalMythology Greek god]] of, amongst other things, blacksmithing. He did live under a volcano in various myths (Often mount Etna). He was also often helped by Cyclops, making this one of the OldestOnesInTheBook.
** Similarly, the Roman god Vulcan (who also gave his name to volcanoes).
* For that matter, Ilmarinen, from Finnish legend, is another example probably [[OlderThanFeudalism Older Than Feudalism]].
* OlderThanSteam: Remember Alberich? The dwarf from ''[[RichardWagner The Ring of the Nibelungs]]''? Well, he stole the magic Rhinegold and forged the ring that spawned the 20-hour Opera [[spoiler:and eventually caused the whole world to burn down]]. Now THAT's an ultimate blacksmith.
* Again in [[NorseMythology Norse legends]], there are the dwarves (or dark elves) Sindri and Brokkr. To win a bet with Loki, they forge three magical treasures, a living, golden boar for Freyr, a gold ring that duplicates itself every nine nights for Odin, and for Thor, his hammer Mjollnir.
** And this is despite Loki sabotaging every attempt. Two of the treasures turned out fine, but Mjolnir's handle was too short thanks to Loki. Sindri crafted Thor's iron gloves so he could safely wield the hammer anyway.
* Again, in relation to the Ring cycle: Völund/Vaulund, who forged Sigurd's sword Gram, that could cut cleanly through an anvil and a tuft of wool.

* In the ''InheritanceCycle'', Rhunön, if she hadn't unfortunately sworn to never make another sword in the Ancient Language, making it impossible to break the oath. [[spoiler:She later gets around this by using magic to control Eragon's body so technically he is making it, satisfying the condition that she didn't make it]].

* The dwarf Telchar in TheSilmarillion . It was he who forged Narsil "in the depths of time", which would later become Aragorn's sword, Andúril.

** There's also a lonely blacksmith (whose name escapes me) at the literal edge of the world in Terokkar forest, who will forge you a nifty demon-slaying sword after you've jumped through enough hoops and supplied copious amounts of [[AppliedPhlebotinum Phlebotinum]]. While the sword itself isn't all that powerful, he definitely fits the trope.

* [[FridgeLogic Makes you wonder why the other blacksmiths in the province don't take up apprenticeship with Eorlund, or put Fire Salts into it as this other smith wants to make his forge just as awesome.]]

* ''CaveStory'' had the Hermit Gunsmith, from whom you [[KleptomaniacHero steal]] the first weapon, and if you [[MagikarpPower hang on to it through some of the toughest fights in the game,]] he'll turn it into an [[InfinityPlusOneSword Infinity Plus One]] [[HandCannon Pistol]] for you.

* Eorlund Gray-mane the Companions' smith in ''{{Skyrim}}'' and the man in charge of running the legendary Sky-forge. During the Companions' quests, he will eventually forge you a brand new Skyforge Steel weapon. Later, he will reforge Wuuthrad once the fragments of the ancient axe are gathered. He is also a Master Smithing trainer, meaning he can help you become an UltimateBlacksmith in your own right.

*** Kind of subverted in Fallout 3: There are no blacksmiths, but some merchants will offer to repair your weapons and armor in exchange for [[CallAHitPointASmeerp bottle caps]], Fallout's currency. But no merchant have a perfect 100 repair skill. Only ''you'', the player, can have that through leveling, making you the best repairman in the state.

* ''{{Touhou}}'': Strongly implied with Suwako: she is a goddess of the earth and can/[[Gotterdammerung could]] create new soil as she please. She used to own an impressive arsenal of metal weaponry, which she used to pacify the curse-gods of [[GodEmperor her kingdom]]. Unfortunately it meaned little when she fought Kanako, who, being the goddess of rain, rusted all of Suwako's weapons.

[[caption-width-right:300:This guy can smelt {{Phlebotinum}} into the [[IncrediblyLamePun Phlebotinate]] [[PenultimateWeapon Weapon.]]]]

* Nikolai, the amnesiac blacksmith in ''ExitFate''. If yu introduce him to every other blacksmith in the game, he can upgrade any weapon to its highest level (each character has a signature weapon you improve, rather than replace with better versions). Since your 75-man army carry some really mixed weaponry, this means Nikolai is immensely versatile, at least - any regular blacksmith can improve a sword or an axe, but a harp? A pen? A ''Handbag''? A set of ''teeth, still attached to the dog wielding them''?

** It's also described in ''Discworld/LordsAndLadies'', as being a familial skill.

* Are we forgetting [[{{Magic Knight Rayearth}} Presea]] for some reason? True, she seems to be using magic, rather than the hammer and anvil, but she is labeled as a blacksmith and she is the one who gives the knights their weapons, after their retrieval of the {{Phlebotinum}}.