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Smelter (Basic)

Refines raw ore into metal ingots, burning power as its fuel.

Game version 0.17.0-dev · 2026-10-13
Smelter (Basic)

Stats · Basic / MK1 / MK2

StatsBasicMK1MK2
Power150 W150 W150 W
Cycle time vs. recipe1.6 ×1 ×1 ×
Inputs vs. recipe3 ×2 ×1 ×
MagnetNoYesYes

How to obtain

This Basic machine cannot be crafted. Find it among the wreckage near the lander on the home planet. Recover it using the interaction action, then place it with the building tool. Recovery requires no research. The machine is not in the lander’s cargo.

Recipes · 10

Version history

  1. ↗Changed

    Recipes

  2. ↗Changed

    Parameters

  3. ↗Changed

    Production starts with an ordered batch. With storage supply enabled, MAX becomes ∞: the order waits for materials and resumes when restocked. Without storage, MAX orders a finite quantity. Drones return unused inputs and outputs; orders and returns survive saves and are not lost when storage is full.

  4. ↗Changed

    Smelters, printers and the transmutation basin produce only explicitly ordered batches: All / +10 / +1. Selecting a recipe or loading materials no longer starts production. Orders wait for supplies, survive saves and end on cancellation or recipe change; idle machines draw no power.

  5. ↗Changed

    Recipes

    New games start among wreckage. Recover the three Basic machines from the starting salvage sites instead of taking them from the lander cargo.

  6. ↗First recorded state