i hQied this for a steel ingot at lv 26

I believe the recipe level for desynthing Goblin Mail and Goblin Helm caps at 19. I was getting skillups on these until level 19. After that, the skillups stopped.

Goblin Helms can make either 1Bronze Ingot, 1Iron Ingot, or 1Steel Ingot. The Steel Ingot being the HQ2 synth. Your success rate in getting Steel Ingots is all based on your Smithing skill level (the higher it is the better chance you have). you can desynth Goblin Helms at a minimum skill of around 25 (I DO NOT RECCOMEND THIS, AT ALL). Its a bettr idea to wait until around lv50 or so, and the main reason is because you have a very high chance of getting HQs at that level. lv30 skill is decent too.

smithing at 13 wen should i start making this? ty

These 2 are not right from what i have seen / tested

Smithing (30)
Yield: 1
Lightning Crystal
Quadav Backplate x1

and

Smithing (30)
Yield: 3
Lightning Crystal
Antican Pauldron x1

Desythning has it's own cap. Example: Solea in leather craft has a cap at 13 for making them and breaking them down.

The max limit growth is wrong for 4 iron ore + fire.
Is it lv. 20 when you stop gaining skills from it.

Edited, Sat Mar 27 03:15:01 2004

Ok, I've been obsessed with Iron Ingots and Goblin Helms since I was a LVl 6 Smith. I submitted this Iron Ingot/Golbin Helm recipe. Here's what I know:

Lightning Crystals: These things are the best crystal in the game. You can take items and split them back down into their components. You can split endless things, like hairpins, goblin gear, shields, etc, back down into their core ingredients. I don't think Guild members will give you these recipes... just experiment. What you get from a split seems to be directly related to your skills in the craft.

Goblin Helms: These are pure gold... well.. steel at least. You can get Bronze Ingots, Iron Ingots, and Steel Ingots from these bad boys. In my experience as a 15 Smith, Bronze is the most common, with Steel following, and finally Iron. For the best results, you NEED advanced synthesis support. Helps to work on Lightningday (light purple) too.

The ingots: These actually don't sell very well in a Bazaar. I tried in San d'Oria and Bastok. You're better off using your cheaply made ingots in further recipes. Steel goes for about 3500 a brick, Iron about 2500, and Bronze about 200. Anybody who knows the Goblin Helm trick will just use those to get ingots rather than by them from scum like me :\

I'm going to submit a request for a specific Lightning Crystal crafting section.. they are unique and very valuable to me.

sorry guy
I just tested and it don't make iron ingot. It make Bronze Ingot instead.