Steel

Steel is a smithing alloy obtained from the combination of charcoal and iron. Although mostly utilized in the crafting of durable tools, its significance extends far beyond simple blacksmithing. Gaining iron unlocks more advanced cooking, tailoring, gardening, travelling, smithing and more.

## Iron

Iron ore can only be found while mining an ore vein. For it to be useable, it needs to be first smithed into wrought iron or directly converted into steel in blast furnace.

It's always good to leave a few wrought iron and not turn everything into steel. Iron is needed for a.o. anvil,Multipurpose Newcomen Engine, Oil Pumpjack, stone furnace, sewing machine, nails and black dye.

Iron OreOre Vein
## Crafting

To turn wrought iron into steel ingots, place one wrought iron and one piece of charcoal (in any order) into a clay bowl. Cover that with a plate, and you'll have an unforged steel crucible. Use your tongs to place an unforged steel crucible into a firing forge, and it will instantaneously become a hot forged steel crucible. Put it down on the ground. After 10 seconds it will become a forged steel crucible. You can then use your hands to take off the plate, then take out the steel ingot.

### Mass Production

Update v20304 introduced the Blast Furnace and Bessemer Converter. This addition has enabled the mass conversion of iron to steel.

For this process you will need coke made from coal found in mines, ladle cart, limestone, kerosene and firebrand.

1. Add a basket of coke;
2. Add kerosene;
3. Fire it with a firebrand;
4. Add a limestone;
5. Add up to 12 iron (it will turn into pig iron);
6. Remove the pig iron using a ladle;
7. Pour the pig iron in a Bessemer converter in horizontal position to receive molten steel;
8. Straighten the Bessemer converter and wait for the flames to die;
9. Remove the molten steel by using ladle;
10. Pour the molten steel into molds of desired shape (ingot, sheet or beam).

Blast FurnaceBessemer ConverterLadle CartIngot MoldBasket of CokeLimestoneTank of KeroseneFirebrand
## Usage

Steel is undeniably the most important metal in the game. It makes for more durable tools than bronze and allows for smithing some new ones, mainly a pitchfork. Iron and steel are needed for technological progress, especially when it comes to smithing equipment like:

* Stone Furnace
* Multipurpose Newcomen Engine,
* Oil Pumpjack and Oil Rig
* Diesel Engine
* Blast Furnace
* Bessemer Converter
* Ladle Cart

### Steel Tools

All the steel tools can be made only on anvil and with a steel smithing hammer, with the exception of the smithing hammer itself as you can use a bronze smithing hammer for it.

The anvil is made by heating two wrought irons and placing them together on the flat rock, and then whacking it with the bronze smithing hammer. When it cools down, place it on a stone block near the forge for easy access during smithing.

Making steel tools requires using tongs to heat a steel ingot in a firing forge, then placing it on the anvil to be reshaped with a smithing hammer.

To make a steel smithing hammer, use a bronze smithing hammer on a hot steel ingot on the anvil to get a hot steel hammer head. When it's cooled down, combine it with a short shaft to make a smithing hammer.

To make the other tools, use a smithing hammer on the hot steel ingot on anvil. The first time you hit the steel ingot, it will become a hot steel smithing hammer head. If you hit it again with the smithing hammer, it will become a hot steel axe head. Keep hitting the item while it's hot until you find the tool you want. The order each item appears in is:

1 hitSteel Smithing Hammer Head
2 hitSteel Axe Head
3 hitSteel Hoe Blade
4 hitSteel Pitchfork Head
5 hitSteel Chisel
6 hitSteel Adze Head
7 hitSteel Froe Blade
8 hitFile Blank
9 hitBlank Blade
10 hitSteel Shovel Head
11 hitMining Pick
The 12th hit restarts the cycle with the smithing hammer head.

With the exception of the chisel, you will need to add a long or short shaft, or do something else to make those tools usable. To get a working file, you need a cooked goose and a chisel. Blade blanks can be used in a firing newcomen drill to make a draw plate (used for looms), but most things you want it for (knives, shears, bow saw) will require you use a Steel File on it.

The tools will cycle back once you hit the Mining Pick Head (v20269), however that is something to be avoided as time is lost in the process. It is recommended to note which items you want to make and how many times you want to hit it with a hammer before starting to smith.

Smithing HammerSteel AxeSteel HoePitchforkSteel ChiselSteel AdzeSteel FroeSteel FileKnifeShearsBow SawShovelSteel Mining Pick
### Steel File

Similarily to its bronze counterpart, Steel File is a tool necessery for creating bow saws and blades used in knives and shears.

The file needs to be oiled before it can be used. Cook a goose and rub it against the file blank. When it's thoroughly oiled, put a steel chisel on the file blank and hit it with a steel smithing hammer. Now, your file is ready to be used.

### Steel Blades

Use a steel file on a steel blade blank once to get a blade. Twice to get a saw blade. Add a small curved shaft to it to make a Bow Saw.

Add a short shaft to the regular steel blade to make a steel knife.

Put two steel blades together and hit them with a smithing hammer to make shears.

You can put three steel blades together and add boards to make a Kraut Board for juices and Fermented sauerkraut.

A single steel blade is also used in the Multipurpose Newcomen Engine as bore and lathe. It is also used in oil drilling while building an Oil Pumpjack.