Metallurgy Research Paper Modern

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

Notes

A modern-tier research paper used at the research table to unlock advanced skill books. It serves as a key ingredient for discovering specializations like Composites, Electronics, and several advanced cooking/masonry books. Because it feeds into many high-tier unlocks, maintaining a steady supply ensures your town can progress into late-game professions.

Notes are AI-generated and may be imprecise.

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Advanced Smelting level 0Skill level changes labor only.

Talents

Carbon Enrichment (Advanced Smelting Lv 3) Rolling Steel (Advanced Smelting Lv 6) Steel Processing (Advanced Smelting Lv 6)

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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
Rebar	6	item
Steel Bar	10	item
Ink	4	item
Paper	20	item
Metallurgy Research Paper Advanced	1	item

Byproducts (garbage)

Garbage byproducts of this recipe

Material	Qty / craft
Iron Scrap	0.35
Glass Scrap	0.13
Bio Residue	0.05
Garbage	0.01

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	600 calories
Craft time	1 min
Throughput	≈ 60 Metallurgy Research Paper Modern / 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

• 140× Limestone
• 89.13× Wood (any)
• 80× Natural Fiber (any)
• 63.59× Iron Ore
• 45× Quicklime
• 21.8× Clay
• 17.16× Silica (any)
• 10× Crushed Rock (any)
• 8.75× Copper Ore
• 7.83× Crushed Limestone
• 4× Metal (any)
• 2× Oil (any)
• 1.67× Steel Bar
• 1× Rebar

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

Categories

• Ingredient
• Modern Research
• Product
• Research

Obtained from

• Metallurgy Research Paper Modern

Used in

• Advanced Baking Skill Book
• Advanced Cooking Skill Book
• Advanced Masonry Skill Book
• Composites Skill Book
• Cutting Edge Cooking Skill Book
• Electronics Skill Book
• Industry Skill Book
• Modern Upgrade

See also

Agriculture Research Paper ModernCulinary Research Paper ModernDendrology Research Paper ModernEngineering Research Paper ModernGeology Research Paper Modern