Iron Hoe

Tool

A sturdy iron hoe made for tilling the soil.

Notes

A sturdy iron hoe is the tier 2 upgrade for tilling soil, consuming 20 calories per use and lasting 600 uses. It trains the Farming skill with each use, making it the standard mid-game tool for preparing farmland. Upgrading from a stone hoe to this iron version reduces the labor and time spent on field preparation, allowing a farmer to work more plots before needing to refuel with food.

Notes are AI-generated and may be imprecise.

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Blacksmith level 0Skill level changes labor only.

Talents

Garden Tools (Blacksmith Lv 6)

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Ingredients

Ingredients for this recipe

Ingredient	Qty	Type
Iron Bar	12	item
Leather Hide	8	item
Wood Board	12	category

Byproducts (garbage)

Garbage byproducts of this recipe

Material	Qty / craft
Wood Scrap	≈ 0.38
Iron Scrap	≈ 0.19
Bio Residue	≈ 0.06

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	250 calories
Craft time	0.5 min
Throughput	≈ 120 Iron Hoe / hour (base)

As a tool

Showing base values. Set Farming level / talents in the ⚙ Character panel to recompute.

Recycling & waste

• 4× Iron Scrap
• 1× Bio Residue
• 1× Wood 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

Recompute for my setup

• 45× Iron Ore
• 12× Wood Board (any)
• 4× Bison Carcass
• 0.75× Clay

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

Categories

• Can Be On Surface
• Plow
• Product
• Tool
• Tools

Obtained from

• Iron Hoe

See also

Hand PlowModern HoeSteam Tractor PlowSteel HoeWooden Hoe

The iron head bites deep, turning stubborn earth into ready furrows—a farmer's promise to the soil and the harvest yet to come.