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Forge
Forge
"Used to smelt metals to craft tools and weapons or stone to craft cement. Unlock more recipes through perks. Install tools to increase performance or unlock recipes"
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 800
Storage Slots
Lockable
Horizontal Support 10
Mass 10
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
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 Crafting, Looting, Trading

Description[ | ]

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

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

Crafting[ | ]

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Forge Recipe
Item Name Count
Item Name Count
Level
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Quality 1 Quality 2 Quality 3 Quality 4 Quality 5

Forge
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Cobblestones Cobblestone Rocks 50
TrunkPine Wood Log 1
Leather Leather 10
DuctTape Duct Tape 3
ShortMetalPipe Short Iron Pipe 3
Unlock Options
BookForgeAhead Forge Ahead 5/75
Schematic  Schematic
Crafted in


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 Coal (100 seconds), Wood (50 seconds), and Oil Shale (5 seconds), and Gas Can (2 seconds).

Forge Tools[ | ]

Although players can start smelting right away 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. 2 tools are needed for different recipes. All tools can be found in loot across the world, but are also craftable. These Forge tools are removable and can be carried to other Forges you may have in other locations.

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

While using the Forge without the 3 tools the player will notice the Examine menu pane indicates any required and/or missing tools in the upper-right corner. In the image below, the Crucible is required but is not present in the forge. In the upper-right corner, a red "X" and "CRUCIBLE REQUIRED" are visible, indicating the item can not be crafted.

CrucibleRequired

A Crucible is required to craft Forged Steel

Forge Recipes[ | ]

Pressing E on the Forge will display the Recipes in the left-hand window all listed in alphabetical order. 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 colour 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 placed into the Tools slots of the Forge before they can be crafted; once the Forge Tools are placed additional recipes will become available. Other recipes will require Perks to craft them. Some of those same recipes can also be unlocked when the appropriate Perk Books have been read. After either method is done those recipes will have the lock icon will be removed. Assuming the player has the required materials in their Inventory the recipes will turn white allowing them to be crafted. The 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 Turn On button will activate the Forge, 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 different recipes 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 the 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 Anvil ScrapIron Iron x1000, ClaySoil Clay Soil x100 - 09:10 Forge Ahead - Advanced Engineering -
ScrapBrass Brass ScrapBrass Brass x1 - 00:0.5 - - - -
BrokenGlass Broken Glass BrokenGlass Broken Glass x5 - 00:2.5 - - - -
Buckshot Buckshot ScrapLead Lead x3, ClaySoil Clay Soil x1 - 00:02 - - - -
BulletCasing Bullet Casing ScrapBrass Brass x5, ClaySoil Clay Soil x1 - 00:03 - - Advanced Engineering -
BulletTip Bullet Tip ScrapLead Lead x2, ClaySoil Clay Soil x1 - 00:1.5 - - - -
BulletProofGlassPlate Bulletproof Glass CrushedSand Crushed Sand x110, RockSmall Small Stone x10, ScrapLead Lead x40, ScrapIron Iron x20, ClaySoil Clay Soil x20 Crucible 02:32.5 - - Advanced Engineering -
Cement Cement RockSmall Small Stone x10 - 00:2.5 - - Advanced Engineering -
CookingGrill Cooking Grill ScrapIron Iron x25, ClaySoil Clay Soil x5 - 00:15 - - Advanced Engineering -
CookingPot Cooking Pot ScrapIron Iron x25, ClaySoil Clay Soil x5 - 00:15 - - Advanced Engineering -
ForgedIron Forged Iron ScrapIron Iron x10, ClaySoil Clay Soil x5 - 00:7.5 - - Advanced Engineering -
IngotSteel Forged Steel ScrapIron Iron x20, ClaySoil Clay Soil x10 Crucible 00:15 - - Advanced Engineering -
GlassBusinessCTRSheet Glass Block CrushedSand Crushed Sand x14, ScrapLead Lead x5, ClaySoil Clay Soil x2 - 00:17.5 - - Advanced Engineering -
GlassIndustrial02CTRPlate Industrial Glass 2 Centered CrushedSand Crushed Sand x14, ScrapLead Lead x5, ClaySoil Clay Soil x2 - 00:17.5 - - - -
GlassIndustrial Industrial Glass Centered CrushedSand Crushed Sand x14, ScrapLead Lead x5, ClaySoil Clay Soil x2 - 00:17.5 - - - -
ScrapIron Iron ScrapIron Iron x1 - 00:0.5 - - - -
IronArrowHead Iron Arrowhead ScrapIron Iron x2, ClaySoil Clay Soil x1 - 00:1.5 - - - -
IronBars Iron Bars ScrapIron Iron x100, ClaySoil Clay Soil x20 - 01:00 - - Advanced Engineering -
Dart Iron Dart ScrapIron Iron x3, ClaySoil Clay Soil x1 - 00:02 - - - -
ScrapLead Lead ScrapLead Lead x1 - 00:0.5 - - - -
Nails Nails ScrapIron Iron x1, ClaySoil Clay Soil x1 - 00:01 - - - -
A13RocketCasing Rocket Casing ScrapIron Iron x50, ClaySoil Clay Soil x30 - 00:40 Explosive Magazine - Advanced Engineering -
A13RocketTip Rocket Tip ScrapLead Lead x50, ClaySoil Clay Soil x30 - 00:40 Explosive Magazine - Advanced Engineering -
ShortMetalPipe Short Iron Pipe ScrapIron Iron x10, ClaySoil Clay Soil x5 - 00:7.5 - - Advanced Engineering '-'-
RockSmall Small Stone RockSmall Small Stone x5 - 00:1.25 - - - -
SteelArrowHead Steel Arrowhead ScrapIron Iron x5, ClaySoil Clay Soil x1 Crucible 00:03 - - Advanced Engineering -
WroughtIronFenceSheet Wrought Iron Fence ScrapIron Iron x15, ClaySoil 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, more items can be smelted down than are included in this list; this list just gives some of the common items.

For Iron:[ | ]

For Brass:[ | ]

For Lead:[ | ]

For Glass:[ | ]

For Stone:[ | ]

For Clay:[ | ]

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 Pane, Industrial Glass 2 Centered, Industrial Glass Centered, Iron Arrowhead, Iron Bars, Minibike Chassis, Nails, Rocket Casing, Rocket Tip, Short Iron Pipe, Shower Glass Block, Steel Arrowhead, Wrought Iron Fence
Crushed Sand Broken Glass, Business Glass Block, Business Glass Centered, Business Glass Pane, 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, Rocket Casing, Iron, Short Iron Pipe, Steel Arrowhead
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
Small Stone Brick Blocks, Cement, Small Stone

Keybinds for Objects[]

PC[]

On the PC version, to place an object into a location, first drag the item from your Inventory and drop it into your Toolbelt. While viewing the area where you will place the object, select it by pressing the numbers 1-0 to go directly to the item. Once it is highlighted a green silhouette of the item will appear, click Keyboard White Mouse Left if you want to rotate the object otherwise just click Keyboard White Mouse Right to place it. The silhouette will turn red if it cannot be placed in certain areas. After its been placed, to interact with it press E and if removing and replacing it somewhere else is desired press and hold the E key and using the Mouse to hover over the Hand Icon that says Take and release E to begin removing the object. A timer indicating how long it will take to remove it will appear. Be sure to not interact with anything during that time as doing so will cancel the removal. The item will be placed into your Inventory ready to be placed again or stored away.

Console[]

Note: Xbox Series X icons will appear first and then PS5 after
On the Console version, to place an object into a location, first drag the item from your Inventory and drop it into your Toolbelt. While viewing the area where you will place the object, select it by pressing XboxOne RT/PS4 R1 and XboxOne LT/PS4 L1 to scroll to the item. Once it is highlighted a green silhouette of the item will appear, press XboxOne RT/PS4 R2 if you want to rotate the object otherwise just press XboxOne LT/PS4 L2 to place it. The silhouette will turn red if it cannot be placed in certain areas. After its been placed, to interact with it press XboxOne Y or PS4 Triangle and if removing and replacing it somewhere else is desired press and hold XboxOne Y or PS4 Triangle and using the Left Analog hover over the Hand Icon that says Take and release XboxOne Y or PS4 Triangle to begin removing the object. A timer indicating how long it will take to remove it will appear. Be sure to not interact with anything during that time as doing so will cancel the removal. The item will be placed into your Inventory ready to be placed again or stored away.

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.
  • 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.
  • Vertical Support: Yes

Video[ | ]

Crafting a Forge
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