Forge

Forge
Basic Information
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Group	Building, Decor/Miscellaneous
Category	Placeable
Type	Workstation
Loot Container
Gear Slot
Related Attribute
Related Perk(s)
Related Perk Book(s)
Block Properties
Hit Points	1000
Storage Slots
Lockable
Horizontal Support	65
Mass	13
Light Opacity
Upgrades to
Breaks to
Weapon/Tool Properties
Entity Damage
Power Attack Entity Damage
Block Damage
Power Attack Block Damage
Range
Effective Range
Explosion Range Entities
Explosion Range Blocks
Attacks per Minute
Rounds per Minute
Reload Time
Ammo Type
Velocity
Magazine Size
Stamina Usage
Power Attack Stamina Usage
Damage Multiplier: Earth
Damage Multiplier: Metal
Damage Multiplier: Stone
Damage Multiplier: Wood
Butcher Tool
Butcher Damage Multiplier
Butcher Resource Multiplier
Disassemble Tool
Vehicle Properties
Vehicle Speed
Vehicle Sprint Speed
Seats
Protection Properties
Cold Resist
Heat Resist
Waterproof
Armor Rating
Elemental Protection
Effect Protection
Mobility Reduction
Stamina Regen Reduction
Noise Increase
Consumption Effects
Effect on Fullness
Effect on Hydration
Effect on max Stamina
Effect on Stamina regen
Effect on Health
Effect on Max Health
Cures
Cure Percentage
Buff	Warmed by a Fire
Buff Effect
Buff Duration
Dysentery Chance (%)
Characteristic Properties
Durability (Min Quality)
Durability (Max Quality)
Degradation per Use
Mod Type
Compatible Mods
Repaired Using
Electrical Power Required
Unlocks
Base Price
Max Stack	1
Scrapping/Forging Properties
Scrappable
Scraps into
Meltable
Material
Combustible
Burn Time
Farming Properties
Crop produced
Seed used
Time to grow
Obtaining
Obtainable Through

Description

A Forge is used to smelt items into refined products that are more useful. This process requires time, fuel sources, and scrapped or whole materials.

A Forge allows survivors to craft advanced Tools, Building Materials, ammunition components, and other Resources.

Usage

Fuel is placed in the cells below the tool cells. The Forge can be turned on either with the on/off button below the fuel, or turned on by starting a new recipe. The Forge will not turn off automatically unless all the fuel is expended. No recipe will be available until there is fuel in the fuel cells. Fuels include all items with a burn time, including Wood (50 seconds), Coal (20 seconds), and Oil Shale (5 seconds).

Crafting

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Forge Recipe

	Item	Name	Count
				Item	Name	Count
						Advanced Engineering Level
0-2	3	4	5
Quality 1	Quality 2	Quality 3	Quality 4	Quality 5
1x  01:21		Small Stone	62	56	53	50
		Clay Soil	75	67	63	60
		Leather	12	11	10	10
		Duct Tape	3	3	3	3
		Short Iron Pipe	3	3	3	3
Unlock Options
?/MAX
Schematic
Crafted in

The recipe above contains the Resources needed to craft the Forge for each level of the Advanced Engineering Perk.
A higher level in the associated perk will decrease the crafting cost, saving resources.

Forge Tools

Although players can start smelting with the Forge, it is recommended to acquire the 3 tools below to maximize time, efficiency, and extra recipes. These tools occupy the tool slots of the Forge and are used to unlock recipes. There are 2 tools that are needed for different recipes. All tools can be found in loot across the world, but are also craftable.

• Anvil (gives a bonus in forge crafting speed and unlocks some recipes).
• Crucible (used for more advanced recipes and steel crafting).
• Advanced Bellows (increases smelting speed by 50%).

When forging items, the Examine menu pane indicates any required and/or missing tools in the upper-right corner. In the image below, the Anvil is required but is not present in the forge. In the upper-right corner, a red "X" and "ANVIL REQUIRED" is visible, indicating the item can not be crafted.

An anvil is required to craft Metal Trussing Blocks.

Forge Recipes

Recipes are listed in alphabetical order in the left-hand window. The search bar at the top left will filter recipes to include all with the same text in the name. Recipes will automatically turn white in color and sort to the top, if the Forge has the ingredients to make them in the "smelting inventory." No recipes will show as available if there is no fuel in the forge. Recipes may require Forge Tools to be in the Forge before they can be crafted; the needed tool for a given item will display in the top right of the center window. Tools are placed in the top-right cells to open up additional recipes. Some recipes are gated with books that will turn white when the character has read them. Selecting a recipe will display the required materials. Quantity to be crafted can be selected below the item image either by typing in the quantity or by pressing the left and right arrows to increase/decrease the amount by one. Pressing the right arrow with the bar will max the qty to the number of available resources from the character's inventory. Selecting the "smelt" button will activate the fire, remove the materials from the character's inventory, place the item in a queue in the bottom left displaying the time to craft all the selected quantity, and begin smelting the new items. Up to 4 item types can be queued at a time.

Items will output one at a time per base time until all have been crafted. When the items are completed they will dispense in the 6 output cells in the lower right window. Once one type is complete the queue will automatically move to the next type. Times vary by level of the appropriate skill (i.e. anvils will craft faster if the character's misc. craft skill is higher). If the output tray is full, crafting will be halted until there is space for more items. Fuel will continue to burn even while crafting is halted. Recipes that output an item with quality will craft a random quality if a player does not presently have that forge menu open; the character's skill will determine the quality if they do have the forge open at the final moment of the craft. Whenever an item is crafted, the appropriate skill will gain experience so long as a character is looking in the forge.

	Item	Required Materials	Implement	Time	Magazine	Perk Book	Skill	Schematic
	Anvil	Iron x1000,  Clay Soil x100	-	09:10	Forge Ahead	-	Advanced Engineering	-
	Brass	Brass x1	-	00:0.5	-	-	-	-
	Broken Glass	Broken Glass x5	-	00:2.5	-	-	-	-
	Buckshot	Lead x3,  Clay Soil x1	-	00:02	-	-	-	-
	Bullet Casing	Brass x5,  Clay Soil x1	-	00:03	-	-	Advanced Engineering	-
	Bullet Tip	Lead x2,  Clay Soil x1	-	00:1.5	-	-	-	-
	Bulletproof Glass	Crushed Sand x110,  Small Stone x10,  Lead x40,  Iron x20,  Clay Soil x20	Crucible	02:32.5	-	-	Advanced Engineering	-
	Cement	Small Stone x10	-	00:2.5	-	-	Advanced Engineering	-
	Cooking Grill	Iron x25,  Clay Soil x5	-	00:15	-	-	Advanced Engineering	-
	Cooking Pot	Iron x25,  Clay Soil x5	-	00:15	-	-	Advanced Engineering	-
	Forged Iron	Iron x10,  Clay Soil x5	-	00:7.5	-	-	Advanced Engineering	-
	Forged Steel	Iron x20,  Clay Soil x10	Crucible	00:15	-	-	Advanced Engineering	-
	Glass Block	Crushed Sand x14,  Lead x5,  Clay Soil x2	-	00:17.5	-	-	Advanced Engineering	-
	Industrial Glass 2 Centered	Crushed Sand x14,  Lead x5,  Clay Soil x2	-	00:17.5	-	-	-	-
	Industrial Glass Centered	Crushed Sand x14,  Lead x5,  Clay Soil x2	-	00:17.5	-	-	-	-
	Iron	Iron x1	-	00:0.5	-	-	-	-
	Iron Arrowhead	Iron x2,  Clay Soil x1	-	00:1.5	-	-	-	-
	Iron Bars	Iron x100,  Clay Soil x20	-	01:00	-	-	Advanced Engineering	-
	Iron Dart	Iron x3,  Clay Soil x1	-	00:02	-	-	-	-
	Lead	Lead x1	-	00:0.5	-	-	-	-
	Nails	Iron x1,  Clay Soil x1	-	00:01	-	-	-	-
	Rocket Casing	Iron x50,  Clay Soil x30	-	00:40	Explosive Magazine	-	Advanced Engineering	-
	Rocket Tip	Lead x50,  Clay Soil x30	-	00:40	Explosive Magazine	-	Advanced Engineering	-
	Short Iron Pipe	Iron x10,  Clay Soil x5	-	00:7.5	-	-	Advanced Engineering	'-'-
	Small Stone	Small Stone x5	-	00:1.25	-	-	-	-
	Steel Arrowhead	Iron x5,  Clay Soil x1	Crucible	00:03	-	-	Advanced Engineering	-
	Wrought Iron Fence	Iron x15,  Clay Soil x1	-	00:08	-	-	-	-

Smelting

To smelt materials into the Forge, survivors must deposit raw materials, such as Iron, into the Forge's "input slots." When the Forge is running, raw materials in the input slots will automatically be consumed, adding to the amounts of material inside the Forge itself. The amount of each material stockpiled inside the Forge is visible. This amount is limited to 30000 per material. Smelting materials that would exceed this limit will no longer be smelted. Once the Forge has enough material smelted, that material can be forged into products such as Forged Iron. This process takes additional time. If the Forge is destroyed all the materials that have been smelted into it will be lost. However, there are recipes for raw materials in the Forge's crafting menu so the player can retrieve their materials from the Forge. The Forge can consume raw materials and produce finished products at the same time. For example, if Brass and Lead are placed into the input slots and the Forge begins producing Forged Iron the operations will proceed at the same time without taking any additional fuel or time.

Items that can be melted down in the Forge are listed below with their (smelting time in seconds per 1 unit of each item) in a forge without the Advanced Bellows.

• Note: This smelting list is not all-inclusive, there are more items that can be smelted down than are included in this list; this list just gives some of the common items.

For Iron:

• Iron (1)
• Forged Iron (10)
• Short Iron Pipe (10)

For Brass:

• Brass (1)
• Bullet Casing (2)
• Brass Trophy (20)
• Brass Doorknob (20)
• Brass Faucet 2 (63)
• Brass Faucet (16)
• Brass Candlestick (60)
• Brass Car Radiator (100)

For Lead:

• Lead (1)
• Lead Fishing Weight (5)
• Lead Trophy (10)
• Lead Car Battery (160)
• Bullet Tip (2)

For Glass:

• Crushed Sand (4)
• Broken Glass (4)
• Glass Jar (10)

For Stone:

• Small Stone (3)
• Cobblestone Rocks (5)
• Destroyed Stone (90)

For Clay:

• File:Clay.png Clay Soil (5)

Heat Map

Whenever you use a Forge it affects the Heatmap. If used for long enough or if multiple forges are used simultaneously, it will attract zombies. If the heat level gets high enough, it will attract one or more Screamer Zombies.

For a better understanding of the heatmap and heat, see Heatmap.

All Forged Items Sorted by Ingredient

Ingredient	Recipes
Brass	Bullet Casing, Brass
Clay Soil	Anvil, Brick Paver Block, Brick Blocks, Buckshot, Bullet Casing, Bullet Tip, Business Glass Block, Business Glass Centered, Business Glass Pane, Clay Roof Blocks, Cooking Grill, Cooking Pot, Forged Iron, Forged Steel, Glass Jar, Glass Pane, Industrial Glass 2 Centered, Industrial Glass Centered, Iron Arrowhead, Iron Bars, Lump of Clay, Metal Trussing Block, Minibike Chassis, Nails, Rebar Frames, Rocket Casing, Rocket Tip, Short Iron Pipe, Shower Glass Block, Steel Arrowhead, Wrought Iron Fence
Broken Glass	Broken Glass, Business Glass Block, Business Glass Centered, Business Glass Pane, Glass Jar, Glass Pane, Industrial Glass Centered, Industrial Glass 2 Centered, Shower Glass Block
Iron	Anvil, Cooking Grill, Cooking Pot, Forged Iron, Forged Steel, Iron Arrowhead, Iron Bars, Metal Trussing Block, Minibike Chassis, Nails, Rebar Frames, Rocket Casing, Iron, Short Iron Pipe, Steel Arrowhead, Wrought Iron Fence
Lead	Buckshot, Bullet Tip, Business Glass Block, Business Glass Centered, Business Glass Pane, Glass Pane, Industrial Glass 2 Centered, Industrial Glass Centered, Rocket Tip, Lead, Shower Glass Block
Small Stone	Brick Blocks, Brick Paver Block, Cement, Clay Roof Blocks, Small Stone

Notes

• Breaking the forge will destroy it completely as well as its contents.
• If you pick up the forge the materials are lost, but the forge appears in your inventory.
• Smelted materials can be forged back into their scrap parts through the forge.
• For the sake of overheating, it is possible to stand far enough away from the forge to not gain the 'Warmed By A Fire' buff, but still be able to use it.
• Once started, the forge will burn all fuel placed in the input slots, even after it has finished forging all items unless it is manually shut off.

Video

Crafting a Forge