Steel Hoe

Tool

A steel hoe with improved range to help tilling larger areas.

Notes

The Steel Hoe is a tier-3 Farming tool that increases tilling range for cultivating larger areas. It deals minimal animal damage and consumes 20 calories per use with a maximum durability of 1500. Because it trains the Farming skill, using this hoe efficiently contributes to faster skill progression through your regular fieldwork.

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
Steel Bar	20	item
Leather Hide	8	item
Lumber	5	category

Byproducts (garbage)

Garbage byproducts of this recipe

Material	Qty / craft
Iron Scrap	≈ 0.34
Bio Residue	≈ 0.08
Wood 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	750 calories
Craft time	0.5 min
Throughput	≈ 120 Steel Hoe / hour (base)

As a tool

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

Recycling & waste

• 6× Iron Scrap
• 1× Bio Residue
• 0.8× Wood Scrap
• 0.2× Textiles

The same salvage value leaks out as garbage when this item is consumed in crafting.

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Total raw to craft this

Recompute for my setup

• 200× Limestone
• 140× Wood (any)
• 75× Iron Ore
• 75× Quicklime
• 30.63× Clay
• 5× Lumber (any)
• 4× Bison Carcass
• 3.33× Steel Bar
• 1.88× Silica (any)

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

Categories

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

Obtained from

• Steel Hoe

See also

Hand PlowIron HoeModern HoeSteam Tractor PlowWooden Hoe