Metal
Many items in the game are made of metal including tools, weapons, armor, and lanterns. There are eleven base metals, which can be found in raw ore form. Eight of the base metals have a current use, while three base metals have no current use. Base metals with melting points at or below 1300°C can be melted in a crucible and cast into ingots or used to create alloys when combined in specific ratios. Metals with melting temperatures higher than 1300°C require a bloomery to smelt and form ingots.
Base metals
Copper
Copper Ingot | |
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Stackable | 16 |
Smeltable | |
Smelt Point | 1084°C |
Requires Container | Yes |
Output | Ingot mold |
Output Amount | 1 |
Items |
Copper is found as native copper, and malachite chunks and nuggets.
Copper is very likely to be the first metal most players obtain. It can be found in small stone surface deposits that provide smeltable ore nuggets when broken, thus a hammer isn't needed. Copper nuggets can also be obtained by panning . A high temperature fuel such as charcoal is needed to smelt copper, which can be used to make every type of weapon, tool, and armor via the casting and smithing mechanics. Copper is also used as a component in almost all alloys, including: brass, tin bronze, black bronze, bismuth bronze, molybdochalkos and cupronickel.
Gold
Gold Ingot | |
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Stackable | 16 |
Smeltable | |
Smelt Point | 1063°C |
Requires Container | Yes |
Output | Ingot mold |
Output Amount | 1 |
Items |
Gold is found only as native gold in quartz chunks which give native gold nuggets.
Gold is a rare metal that is used to make the alloys black bronze and electrum. Gold can be used to craft lanterns and armor. Gold plates can be used to create a lining for lanterns to increase their light level. Gold nuggets can sometimes be obtained by panning .
Silver
Silver Ingot | |
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Stackable | 16 |
Smeltable | |
Smelt Point | 961°C |
Requires Container | Yes |
Output | Ingot mold |
Output Amount | 1 |
Items |
Silver is found as native silver in quartz, and native silver in galena chunks which both give native silver nuggets.
Silver is a rare metal that is used to make the alloys black bronze and electrum. It is also used to craft solderbars . Silver can be used to craft lanterns and armor. Silver plates can be used to create a lining for lanterns to increase their light level. Silver nuggets can sometimes be obtained by panning .
Tin
Tin Ingot | |
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Stackable | 16 |
Smeltable | |
Smelt Point | 232°C |
Requires Container | Yes |
Output | Ingot mold |
Output Amount | 1 |
Items |
Tin is found only as cassiterite chunks and nuggets.
Tin is used as a component of the alloy Tin Bronze. It is also used to craft lead and silver solderbars .
Zinc
Zinc Ingot | |
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Stackable | 16 |
Smeltable | |
Smelt Point | 419°C |
Requires Container | Yes |
Output | Ingot mold |
Output Amount | 1 |
Items |
Zinc is found only as sphalerite chunks and nuggets.
Zinc is used as a component of the alloys brass and bismuth bronze. The base metal has no current use. Zinc in the form of sphalerite nuggets can sometimes be obtained by panning .
Bismuth
Bismuth Ingot | |
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Stackable | 16 |
Smeltable | |
Smelt Point | 271°C |
Requires Container | Yes |
Output | Ingot mold |
Output Amount | 1 |
Items |
Bismuth is found only as bismuthinite chunks and nuggets.
Bismuth is used as a component of the alloy bismuth bronze. Bismuth itself can only be used to make lanterns.
Lead
Lead Ingot | |
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Stackable | 16 |
Smeltable | |
Smelt Point | 327°C |
Requires Container | Yes |
Output | Ingot mold |
Output Amount | 1 |
Items |
Lead is found only as galena chunks and nuggets.
Lead is used as a component of the alloy molybdochalkos. It is also used to make solder bars . The base metal is the only metal that can be worked when cold. Lead ingots are used to craft leaded glass panes .
Iron
Iron Ingot | |
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Stackable | 16 |
Smeltable | |
Smelt Point | 1482°C |
Requires Container | No |
Items |
Iron is found as limonite, hematite, and magnetite chunks and nuggets.
Unlike copper, iron can't be found on the ground. It does appear in rocks and requires a tier 3 (Bronze) pickaxe to mine. A bronze anvil is also needed to work iron. Due to the high melting temperature, Iron can only be smelted in a bloomery .
Meteoric iron
Meteoric Iron Ingot | |
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Stackable | 16 |
Smeltable | |
Smelt Point | 1476°C |
Requires Container | No |
Items |
Meteoric iron can be found in meteoric crash sites in the form of meteoric iron blocks. Crash sites can be identified as slight indentions in the landscapes, sometimes surrounded by suevite stones and meteoric iron pieces similar to surface metal bits. One crash site can have one or more meteoric iron blocks, the player might need to dig down through a dirt layer to find the surrounding suevite rocks around the meteoric iron blocks.
To mine meteoric iron, an iron pickaxe or better is required. Similar to iron, meteoric iron can only be smelted in a bloomery , however it does not produce a bloom and instead results directly in a finished meteoric iron ingot. Two pieces of meteoric iron are needed for every meteoric iron ingot.
Meteoric Iron can only be worked on a tier 3 anvil, meaning you will need at least an iron anvil to be able to work meteoric iron ingots.
Nickel
Nickel Ingot | |
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Stackable | 16 |
Smeltable | |
Smelt Point | 1325°C |
Requires Container | Yes |
Items |
Nickel is found only as pentlandite chunks and nuggets.
Like iron, nickel can only be found deep underground. It appears in rocks and requires a tier 4 (Iron) pickaxe to mine. It is a component of the alloy cupronickel .
Steel Types
Blister Steel
Blister Steel | |
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Stackable | 16 |
Smeltable | |
Smelt Point | 1602°C |
Requires Container | No |
Items |
Blister Steel is made by carbonizing Iron. It cannot be found naturally in the world, instead the player needs to follow the Steel Making process to obtain it. Blister Steel is the preliminary stage to obtaining steel, and functions the same way iron blooms do. It cannot be used to make tools, weapons or armor, and only functions as a step between iron and steel.
Steel
Steel Ingot | |
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Stackable | 16 |
Smeltable | |
Smelt Point | 1502°C |
Requires Container | No |
Items |
Steel is made by working blister steel on an anvil by hand or with the help of a helve hammer. It can only be worked on an iron anvil. Steel is used to create the highest tier tools and armor .
Alloys
Alloys are created using the casting mechanic. For more information on alloys, see the casting page. Two notable alloys include bronze and brass .
Metals with current use
Base Metal | Melting point | Used for |
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Copper | 1084 °C | Tier 2 Tools, Alloy |
Iron | 1482 °C | Tier 4 Tools |
Gold | 1063 °C | Tier 3 Tools, Alloy |
Silver | 961 °C | Tier 3 Tools, Alloy |
Lead | 327 °C | Windows, Alloy ingredient |
Tin | 232 °C | Tier 3 Tools, Alloy, Dye making |
Zinc | 419 °C | Tier 3 Tools, Alloy |
Bismuth | 271 °C | Tier 3 Tools, Alloy |
Titanium | 1668 °C | Tier 3 cementation furnace , not used for ingots or metal working yet |
Chromium | 1907 °C | Dye making, not used for ingots or metal working yet |
Nickel | 1325 °C | Alloy |
Metals without current use
Image | Name | Melting point |
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Platinum | 1770°C |
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Rhodium | None |
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Uranium | None |
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Stainless Steel | None |
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Metals | Copper • Iron • Meteoric iron • Gold • Silver • Lead • Tin • Zinc • Bismuth • Titanium (Ilmenite) • Nickel |
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Related mechanics | Panning • Mining • Clay forming • Casting • Smithing • Steel making |
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