How Does the Smithing Skill Work? In Mount and Blade: Bannerlord you can raise up a total of 18 different skills. Some of these are combat related and make you better at swinging a sword or shooting with a bow and some are non-combat related. Smithing is a non-combat related skill which is only used to create weapons in the Blacksmith in towns.Selecting these background skills will provide you with the highest skill in throwing and its associated attributes, skills, and perks at the beginning of the game. You can then gradually improve your skill in throwing by investing attribute points in Control and skill points in throwing combat. cqcm.