Smelter

“	Smelting ore down to usable ingots has never been this easy! Feed it whatever ore you find, set the recipe, and out comes the life-blood of any successful factory!	„
	~ Caterina Parks's assistant Steve

The Smelter is a building used to smelt raw ores into ingots.

Recipes

Recipe	Ingredients	Duration	Products	Unlocked by
Caterium Ingot	3 × Caterium Ore45 / min	4 sec	1 × Caterium Ingot15 / min	MAM Caterium Research - Caterium Ingots OR Tier 5 - Petroleum Power
Copper Ingot	1 × Copper Ore30 / min	2 sec	1 × Copper Ingot30 / min	Tier 0 - HUB Upgrade 2
Iron Ingot	1 × Iron Ore30 / min	2 sec	1 × Iron Ingot30 / min	Onboarding
Pure Aluminum Ingot Alternate	2 × Aluminum Scrap60 / min	2 sec	1 × Aluminum Ingot30 / min	Tier 7 - Bauxite Refinement

Overclocking

Main article: Clock speed

The Smelter can be overclocked using Power Shards. Overclocking increases the input/output speed of the Smelter at the cost of exponentially increased power demand.

Clock speed	25%	50%	75%	100%	150%	200%	250%
Consumption (MW)	0.64	1.6	2.73	4	6.84	10	13.43

Tips

• All Smelter recipes have more effective alternatives in Refineries, obtained as alternate recipes. In the late game, Smelters can be completely replaced by Refineries, at the cost of requiring a bit more space and drawing more power, but greatly increasing ingot yield (except for Aluminum).

Gallery

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  A manifold of smelters seen in the E3 2018 presentation.
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  Five Smelters in a line, built during Tier 0.

History

• Patch 0.3.4.6: Fixed incorrect material application on the Smelter and Foundry
• Patch 0.3.1.0: Updated VFX for the Smelter and Coal Generator
• Patch 0.3: Clearance tweaks for Foundry, Constructor & Smelter
• Patch 0.1.10: Re-aligned Foundry and Smelter's inputs to allow for tighter connections
• Patch 0.1.9: Adjusted alignments of I/O:s on Foundry, Coal Generator, Fuel Generator, Oil Refinery, Constructor, Smelter and Assembler
• Patch 0.1.5: Clearance adjustments for Smelters, Constructors, and Assemblers
• Patch Closed Alpha 3: Implemented the Significance Manager and added support for Smelters and Constructors
• Patch Closed Alpha 2: Building Sounds: Smelter and miner will no longer animate & make sounds when idle.

Early game development

Prior to Closed Alpha, In early game development there was not a dedicated smelter, but that function was combined in a multi-purpose Manufacturing Plant. In Sprint 6 (week 12) smelters become its own buildable.

• See also:
  • Game Development - Manufacturing Plant
  • Game Development - Smelter