Ceramic Mold

A container required to shape liquid metal into useful shapes more suitable to make tools and other parts with.

Notes

The Ceramic Mold is a container used to shape liquid metal into bars and other useful forms, serving as a key intermediate in steel production. It is produced in recipes for both Charcoal Steel and Steel Bar, and is itself crafted as a Ceramic Mold. Because it is consumed in the smelting process, keeping a steady supply of molds on hand ensures that steel production is not interrupted when the smelter is ready to run.

Notes are AI-generated and may be imprecise.

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Pottery level 0Skill level changes labor only.

Talents

Clay Mastery (Pottery Lv 3)

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Ingredients

Ingredients for this recipe

Ingredient	Qty	Type
Clay	1	item
Sand	1	item
Silica	1	category

Byproducts (garbage)

Garbage byproducts of this recipe

Material	Qty / craft
Crushed Mixed Rock	≈ 0.32
Ceramic Scrap	≈ 0.08

Approximate — a category ingredient's salvage value depends on the item actually used.

Crafting waste collects in the station's garbage output and must be hauled away or recycled — see the Garbage & Recycling guide.

Crafting

Crafting stats

Labor	200 calories
Craft time	0.2 min
Throughput	≈ 2400 Ceramic Mold / hour (base)

Recycling & waste

• 0.4× Ceramic Scrap

The same salvage value leaks out as garbage when this item is consumed in crafting.

How garbage, sorting & recycling work

Total raw to craft this

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• 3× Silica (any)
• 1× Clay

Approximate — category ingredients and any production cycles are counted as raw.

Categories

• Ingredient
• Product

Obtained from

• Ceramic Mold

Used in

• Charcoal Steel
• Recycled Steel Bar
• Steel Bar

• Pottery Upgrade

See also

AcornAdobeAdvanced CircuitAdvanced Combustion EngineAgave LeavesAgave Seed