levelling How do you power level smithing after patch?

Now smithing is leveled up based on worth. So just make a lot gold jewelery. Simple as that. The more it is worth, the more it increases.

Also, it's worth getting the transmute spell so you don't have to go out and buy gold ingots. All you really have to do is go mine a bunch of iron.

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Do I have to use gems to make it worth it? or can I just make a gold necklace or ring?

Gems increase the value, in turn increasing your level faster. It's not entirely necessary because jewelery is already valuable, but it would speed up the process.

I do Dwarven Bows. Easy to get Dwarven ingots if you're patient enough to go through Dwemer ruins multiple times to make sure you get it all (Or just get enchanted gear with fortify carry weight) and you can make ALOT of ingots, iron ore is cheap if you're being lazy and buying it so you don't need to worry about it, if you get say, 50 ingots out of a Dwarven haul, that's 25 bows which can level you up once every 2 bows (That's my estimate, anyway) so that's ALOT of levelling.

I found that smithing arrows speeds up leveling