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  • Byproducts: nearly every recipe now leaves waste behind, so recipe pages list byproducts alongside ingredients.
  • Garbage & recycling: waste sorts from mixed garbage down to pure materials, and can be recycled back into stock.
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  • Modules reworked: upgrades are now Basic / Advanced / Modern / Specialty, one per slot, driving the same bonus system as talents. Module guide →
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Smelting

Smelting

Tier 2

Metal is an important part of progress and smelting is the first step into a new age. Levels up by crafting related recipes.

Tier2Max level7Unlocks19 recipes

A specialty of Smith.

Effects

Talents

Notes

Smelting is a mid-tier specialty within the Smithing profession that lets you convert raw ore into metal bars, pipes, and cast iron furnishings — the foundation of all metal industry. It unlocks critical progression items like the Anvil, Blacksmith Skill Book, and Copper/Gold/Iron bars, making it a prerequisite for advanced metalwork. Because smelting produces pollution (tailings and CO2), efficient specialists should invest in upgrade modules to reduce resource waste and coordinate with their town’s environmental laws.

Notes are AI-generated and may be imprecise.

Prerequisites

Unlocks recipes