Nail

Nails used for construction.

Notes

Nails are a basic construction and crafting component, produced from iron or similar metal at a smithing station. They are consumed as an ingredient in a wide range of recipes, including most lumber furniture, shelves, beds, and certain wall types. Because nails are an intermediate product that appears in many builds, keeping a steady supply in town stores helps prevent construction bottlenecks for carpenters and builders.

Notes are AI-generated and may be imprecise.

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Ingredients

Ingredients for this recipe

Ingredient	Qty	Type
Iron Bar	1	item

Byproducts (garbage)

Garbage byproducts of this recipe

Material	Qty / craft
Iron Scrap	0.02

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	50 calories
Craft time	0.4 min
Throughput	≈ 2400 Nail / hour (base)

Recycling & waste

• 0.05× Iron 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

• 3.75× Iron Ore
• 0.06× Clay

Categories

• Ingredient
• Product

Obtained from

• Nail

Used in

• Blacksmith Upgrade

• Wooden Mold

• Metallurgy Research Paper Advanced

• Long Basic Wood Shelf
• Long Floating Wood Shelf
• Long Lumber Shelf
• Lumber
• Lumber Bench
• Lumber Chair
• Lumber Dresser
• Lumber Table
• Short Basic Wood Shelf
• Short Floating Wood Shelf
• Wood Double Shelf
• Wooden Fabric Bed

See also

AcornAdobeAdvanced CircuitAdvanced Combustion EngineAgave LeavesAgave Seed