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

Earth shaped by hand and fire, patiently waiting to give molten metal its purpose. Every steel bar remembers the mold that first held it.