Smithing with Style

Smithing with Style is a challenge advancement in the Adventure tab of Minecraft's advancement system, carrying the in-game description "Apply these smithing templates at least once: Spire, Snout, Rib, Ward, Silence, Vex, Tide, Wayfinder." It branches directly off Crafting a New Look, so that earlier advancement is its prerequisite and must be earned first. The Adventure tab covers advancements focused on exploration, combat, trading, and interacting with the world and its inhabitants. Smithing with Style was added in Minecraft 1.20, from the Trails & Tales era, and is still in the 26.2 advancement set.

It is rated Expert difficulty on this site: extremely difficult challenges that require extensive game knowledge and dedication. Because it is flagged as a challenge advancement, completing Smithing with Style makes a special toast and a sound play, and its frame in the advancement screen is the magenta challenge style rather than a normal square. Challenges are the hardest tier and usually represent a milestone rather than routine progress. Nothing else in the tree depends on it, so it is a leaf at the tip of its branch.

In tree terms, Smithing with Style sits second along its line: the full path from the Adventure root reads Adventure -> Crafting a New Look -> Smithing with Style. That means 2 advancements must be completed before this one becomes available, and Smithing with Style is one of 47 total advancements in the Adventure tab. No other advancement shares its parent, so it is the only thing that branches from Crafting a New Look.

Completing Smithing with Style grants 150 experience points, reflecting its status as a challenge, and challenge advancements pay out far more XP than ordinary tasks. The XP drops at your position the moment the advancement fires.

It is a leaf advancement, so nothing further unlocks from it; it stands as a completed tip of its branch.