Metallurgy Research Paper Basic

A document containing important research information. Used to discover new skills at the research table.

Notes

The Metallurgy Research Paper Basic is a foundational research material used at the Research Table to discover new skills. It is consumed in the creation of many skill books, from Baking and Basic Engineering to Advanced Smelting and various upgrades. Because a single skill book can produce unlimited scrolls, it is efficient for one player to craft this paper and share the resulting scrolls with the town — stocking it early accelerates the unlocking of metallurgy-related specialties and upgrades.

Notes are AI-generated and may be imprecise.

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Quantity to craftScales ingredients, labor, time, output & total raw by the number of crafts.

Ingredients

Ingredients for this recipe

Ingredient	Qty	Type
Metal	4	category
Crushed Rock	10	category

Byproducts (garbage)

Garbage byproducts of this recipe

Material	Qty / craft
Crushed Mixed Rock	≈ 0.8
Copper Scrap	≈ 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	30 calories
Craft time	1 min
Throughput	≈ 60 Metallurgy Research Paper Basic / hour (base)

Recycling & waste

• 0.2× Bio Residue
• 0.1× Garbage

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

• 10× Crushed Rock (any)
• 4× Metal (any)

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

Categories

• Basic Research
• Ingredient
• Product
• Research

Obtained from

• Metallurgy Research Paper Basic

Used in

• Advanced Baking Skill Book
• Advanced Cooking Skill Book
• Advanced Masonry Skill Book
• Advanced Smelting Skill Book
• Composites Skill Book
• Cutting Edge Cooking Skill Book
• Electronics Skill Book
• Industry Skill Book
• Oil Drilling Skill Book

• Baking Skill Book
• Basic Engineering Skill Book
• Basic Upgrade
• Blacksmith Skill Book
• Butchery Skill Book
• Carpentry Skill Book
• Cooking Skill Book
• Farming Skill Book
• Fertilizers Skill Book
• Glassworking Skill Book
• Masonry Skill Book
• Mechanics Skill Book
• Metallurgy Research Paper Advanced
• Milling Skill Book
• Painting Skill Book
• Paper Milling Skill Book
• Pottery Skill Book
• Recycling Skill Book
• Shipwright Skill Book
• Smelting Skill Book
• Tailoring Skill Book

See also

Agriculture Research Paper BasicCulinary Research Paper BasicDendrology Research Paper BasicGathering Research Paper BasicGeology Research Paper Basic