Smelting Skill Book
Notes
The Smelting Skill Book is a research item that unlocks the Smelting specialty, allowing a player to learn the skill and access its associated recipes and upgrades. It is crafted at a Research Table and, once created, can be right-clicked to produce an unlimited number of skill scrolls for other players to use. Stocking a Smelting Skill Book early is a key town milestone, as it lets the settlement efficiently process ore into metal bars, which is essential for advancing beyond basic tools and construction.
Notes are AI-generated and may be imprecise.
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Ingredients
| Ingredient | Qty | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 5 | item | |
| 5 | item | |
| 5 | category |
Byproducts (garbage)
| Material | Qty / craft |
|---|---|
| ≈ 0.24 | |
| ≈ 0.12 |
Approximate โ 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 โ see the Garbage & Recycling guide.
Crafting
| Labor | 600 calories |
|---|---|
| Craft time | 5 min |
| Throughput | ≈ 12 Smelting Skill Book / hour (base) |
Total raw to craft this
150× Rock (any)
100× Wood (any)
60× Hewn Log (any)
60× Mortared Stone (any)
5× Basic Research (any)
Approximate โ category ingredients and any production cycles are counted as raw.