Bronze is 2 copper ingots plus 1 tin ingot in a Furnace. Iron needs a Blast Furnace (built with 100 bronze ingots) and takes 2 iron ore or metal chunks plus 1 carbon powder. Steel is made in the windmill-powered Powered Refining Furnace from 1 iron ingot, 1 meteorite ore and 1 coking coal. 38.9% of Steam players have made bronze, 22.6% iron and 11.2% steel. The Awareness level of each step and the full material bill for the steel furnaces are in the progression route.
Ingot recipes
| Ingot | Materials | Station | Smelting XP |
|---|---|---|---|
| Copper Ingot | 2 Copper Ore | Furnace or Blast Furnace | 40 |
| Tin Ingot | 2 Tin Ore | Furnace or Blast Furnace | 40 |
| Bronze Ingot | 2 Copper Ingot, 1 Tin Ingot | Furnace or Blast Furnace | 50 |
| Iron Ingot | 2 Iron Ore or 2 Metal Chunk, 1 Carbon Powder | Blast Furnace only | 60 |
| Steel Ingot | 1 Iron Ingot, 1 Meteorite Ore or Mysterious Metal Chunk, 1 Coking Coal | Powered Refining Furnace only | 80 |
Each craft makes one ingot in 8 seconds at base speed and trains the smelting proficiency, so assign a tribesman with a high smelting cap to the furnace.
Fuel and additives
| Item | Made from | Station |
|---|---|---|
| Charcoal | 2 Branch, Log, Hardwood or Premium Hardwood | Earth Kiln |
| Carbon Powder | 1 Charcoal | Grinder (alchemy) |
| Coking Coal | 2 Coal Ore | Furnace, Blast Furnace or Powered Refining Furnace |
Station costs
| Station | Materials | Built at |
|---|---|---|
| Earth Kiln | 100 Stone or Flint, 50 Clay (also hand-craftable) | Building Workshop |
| Furnace | 100 Stone, 5 Ceramic Mold, 50 Clay | Building Workshop |
| Blast Furnace | 200 Stone Brick, 10 Ceramic Mold, 100 Bronze Ingot | Building Workshop |
| Powered Refining Furnace | 50 Blackstone Bar, 10 Ceramic Mold, 50 Metal Part, 50 Metal Plate; needs windmill power | Building Workshop |
Blackstone Bars for the refining furnace come from 2 Obsidian each in a Powered Cutting Machine, so steel also needs an obsidian source.
Where the ores are
| Ore | Cloud Mist Forest regions |
|---|---|
| Copper | Western and Northern Rainforest, River Valley, Rift Valley |
| Tin | Western Rainforest (small and medium pits), Pit Hill |
| Iron | Jungle Cave, Giant Wood Forest, Southern and Northern Wasteland, Giant Crater, Barren Meadow mine, Scorching Volcano |
| Coal | Lakeside Forest, Table Mountain, Plateau Woodland |
| Meteorite | Alpine Land, Frost Canyon |
The full list, including clay, salt, sulfur and the Shifting Sands ores, is in the resource guide and the Shifting Sands guide.
Iron before you find an iron vein
Metal Chunks drop from the mechanical enemies in Ancient Ruins and from guardian loot, and the Blast Furnace accepts them in place of iron ore.
Worked example: 20 bronze ingots
20 bronze ingots need 40 copper ingots and 20 tin ingots, which is 80 copper ore and 40 tin ore. At 8 seconds per craft that is 60 ore smelts and 20 alloy smelts, 80 crafts in all, or about 11 minutes at base crafting speed on one furnace. The crafting speed setting (up to 100x since patch 13) shortens it.
Sources
- Soulmask Database - Bronze, Iron and Steel Ingot recipesIngot materials and workstations from game data build 25955423.
- Soulmask Database - Furnace, Blast Furnace and Powered Refining Furnace recipesStation materials.
- Soulmask Database - Charcoal, Carbon Powder, Coking Coal and Blackstone Bar recipesEarth Kiln, Grinder and Powered Cutting Machine inputs.
- How to find phosphate, meteor, sulfur and tin ore (GamerTweak)Ore regions and tiers on Cloud Mist Forest. Early Access, July 2024.
- How to get iron early in Soulmask (Gamepressure)Metal from robots in Ancient Ruins as an iron source. Early Access.
- Steam global achievements for SoulmaskBronze, iron and steel ingot achievement rates.
