Iron Ingot

"Craft with iron."

Iron Ingots are one of the most useful resources in the game.

Iron Ingot
Iron Ingot Iron Ingot
Category	Ingot
Use	Crafting
Tool
Stackable	Yes (99)

Appearance

Ingots are oblongs with rounded ends and shading to suggest additional rounding. To look like iron, it's colored gray with a light top and dark bottom. It can be told apart from steel by its thinner shape and slightly darker overall color.

Where Found

Iron ingots are sometimes found inside golden chests spawned with a world. They can also obtained as bonuses for meditating or by the use of a gold pickaxe.

The smelting of an iron ingot can be done at any furnace above level 1 (electric furnaces are fine as well):

Location Input Item 1 Input Item 2 Input Item 3 Input Item 4 Input Item 5 Crafted Output File:Lvl. 2 Furnace or Electric Furnace Icon.png + + + + = Lvl. 2 Furnace or Electric Furnace Iron Ore [[]] [[]] [[]] [[]] Iron Ingot Quantity 3 {{{Qty2}}} {{{Qty3}}} {{{Qty4}}} {{{Qty5}}} 1

Rush Cost 6 Double-Time 3

They can also be crafted from pig iron with an electric furnace:

Location Input Item 1 Input Item 2 Input Item 3 Input Item 4 Input Item 5 Crafted Output + + + + = Electric Furnace Pig Iron [[]] [[]] [[]] [[]] Iron Ingot Quantity 1 {{{Qty2}}} {{{Qty3}}} {{{Qty4}}} {{{Qty5}}} 1

Rush Cost ? Double-Time ?

Uses

Iron ingots can be used to craft iron tools, reinforced platforms, black windows, steel, magnets, iron blocks, iron pots, safes, iron doors and trapdoors, display cabinets, iron armor, and electric furnaces. They can be used to upgrade armor benches to level 2 and tool benches to level 4. Since they are used to make steel, they are valuable even late in the game, because steel is used to make all electric machines.

Crafting

At a woodwork bench, an iron ingot can be combined with wood to make five reinforced platforms:

Location Input Item 1 Input Item 2 Input Item 3 Input Item 4 Input Item 5 Crafted Output + + + + = Woodwork Bench Wood Iron Ingot [[]] [[]] [[]] Reinforced Platform Quantity 1 1 {{{Qty3}}} {{{Qty4}}} {{{Qty5}}} 5

Rush Cost ? Double-Time ?

When combined with two coal at a furnace level 3 or higher (or one coal at an electric furnace), an iron ingot can be turned into a steel ingot:

Location Input Item 1 Input Item 2 Input Item 3 Input Item 4 Input Item 5 Crafted Output File:Lvl. 3 Furnace Icon.png + + + + = Lvl. 3 Furnace Iron Ingot Coal [[]] [[]] [[]] Steel Ingot Quantity 1 2 {{{Qty3}}} {{{Qty4}}} {{{Qty5}}} 1

Rush Cost 8 Double-Time 4

Location Input Item 1 Input Item 2 Input Item 3 Input Item 4 Input Item 5 Crafted Output + + + + = Electric Furnace Iron Ingot Coal [[]] [[]] [[]] Steel Ingot Quantity 1 1 {{{Qty3}}} {{{Qty4}}} {{{Qty5}}} 1

Rush Cost 8 Double-Time 4

Along with black sand, a magnet can be crafted at a metalwork bench (or an electric one):

Location Input Item 1 Input Item 2 Input Item 3 Input Item 4 Input Item 5 Crafted Output File:Metalwork Bench (either) Icon.png + + + + = Metalwork Bench (either) Iron Ingot Black Sand [[]] [[]] [[]] Magnet Quantity 1 1 {{{Qty3}}} {{{Qty4}}} {{{Qty5}}} 1

Rush Cost ? Double-Time ?

Iron ingots and black glass together can be processed in a kiln or electric kiln to make black windows:

Location Input Item 1 Input Item 2 Input Item 3 Input Item 4 Input Item 5 Crafted Output File:Kiln (either) Icon.png + + + + = Kiln (either) Black Glass Iron Ingot [[]] [[]] [[]] Black Window Quantity 1 3 {{{Qty3}}} {{{Qty4}}} {{{Qty5}}} 5

Rush Cost 2 Double-Time 1

With black glass, display cabinets can be crafted at a metalwork bench:

Location Input Item 1 Input Item 2 Input Item 3 Input Item 4 Input Item 5 Crafted Output File:Metalwork Bench (either) Icon.png + + + + = Metalwork Bench (either) Black Glass Iron Ingot [[]] [[]] [[]] Display Cabinet Quantity 2 1 {{{Qty3}}} {{{Qty4}}} {{{Qty5}}} 1

Rush Cost 2 Double-Time 1

Five iron ingots can be used to craft iron blocks at a metalwork bench:

Location Input Item 1 Input Item 2 Input Item 3 Input Item 4 Input Item 5 Crafted Output File:Metalwork Bench (either) Icon.png + + + + = Metalwork Bench (either) Iron Ingot [[]] [[]] [[]] [[]] Iron Block Quantity 5 {{{Qty2}}} {{{Qty3}}} {{{Qty4}}} {{{Qty5}}} 1

Rush Cost ? Double-Time ?

Three can be used for crafting an iron pot using either an electric metalwork bench or a level 2 metalwork bench:

Location Input Item 1 Input Item 2 Input Item 3 Input Item 4 Input Item 5 Crafted Output File:Metalwork Bench (either) Lvl 2 Icon.png + + + + = Metalwork Bench (either) Lvl 2 Iron Ingot [[]] [[]] [[]] [[]] Iron Pot Quantity 3 1 {{{Qty3}}} {{{Qty4}}} {{{Qty5}}} 1

Rush Cost 8 Double-Time 4

Five iron ingots can be used to craft safes at a metalwork bench:

Location Input Item 1 Input Item 2 Input Item 3 Input Item 4 Input Item 5 Crafted Output File:Metalwork Bench (either) Lvl. 2 Icon.png + + + + = Metalwork Bench (either) Lvl. 2 Iron Ingot [[]] [[]] [[]] [[]] Safe Quantity 5 {{{Qty2}}} {{{Qty3}}} {{{Qty4}}} {{{Qty5}}} 1

Rush Cost ? Double-Time ?

An iron ingot is needed to craft an electric furnace:

Location Input Item 1 Input Item 2 Input Item 3 Input Item 4 Input Item 5 Crafted Output File:Lvl. 3 Work Bench Icon.png + + + + = Lvl. 3 Work Bench Steel Block Iron Ingot Copper Wire [[]] [[]] Electric Furnace Quantity 1 1 10 {{{Qty4}}} {{{Qty5}}} 1

Rush Cost ? Double-Time ?

Bench Upgrades

Iron ingots can be used on a level 3 tool bench to upgrade it to level 4. The upgraded tool bench can then make iron tools, including axes, machetes, pickaxes, and swords. Each tool also requires a stick.

Location Input Item 1 Input Item 2 Input Item 3 Input Item 4 Input Item 5 Crafted Output File:Lvl. 3 Tool Bench Icon.png + + + + = Lvl. 3 Tool Bench Iron Ingot [[]] [[]] [[]] [[]] Tool Bench Lvl. 4 Quantity 5 {{{Qty2}}} {{{Qty3}}} {{{Qty4}}} {{{Qty5}}} 1

Rush Cost ? Double-Time ?

Similarly, a level 1 armor bench requires an iron ingot to be upgraded to level 2, which unlocks iron armor.

Location Input Item 1 Input Item 2 Input Item 3 Input Item 4 Input Item 5 Crafted Output File:Lvl. 1 Armor Bench Icon.png + + + + = Lvl. 1 Armor Bench Iron Ingot [[]] [[]] [[]] [[]] Armor Bench Lvl. 2 Quantity 1 {{{Qty2}}} {{{Qty3}}} {{{Qty4}}} {{{Qty5}}} 1

Rush Cost ? Double-Time ?

Crafted Tools

Location Input Item 1 Input Item 2 Input Item 3 Input Item 4 Input Item 5 Crafted Output File:Lvl. 4 Tool Bench Icon.png + + + + = Lvl. 4 Tool Bench Stick Iron Ingot [[]] [[]] [[]] Iron Pickaxe Quantity 1 5 {{{Qty3}}} {{{Qty4}}} {{{Qty5}}} 1

Rush Cost ? Double-Time ?

Location Input Item 1 Input Item 2 Input Item 3 Input Item 4 Input Item 5 Crafted Output File:Lvl. 4 Tool Bench Icon.png + + + + = Lvl. 4 Tool Bench Stick Iron Ingot [[]] [[]] [[]] Iron Machete Quantity 1 2 {{{Qty3}}} {{{Qty4}}} {{{Qty5}}} 1

Rush Cost ? Double-Time ?

Location Input Item 1 Input Item 2 Input Item 3 Input Item 4 Input Item 5 Crafted Output File:Lvl. 4 Tool Bench Icon.png + + + + = Lvl. 4 Tool Bench Stick Iron Ingot [[]] [[]] [[]] Iron Sword Quantity 1 3 {{{Qty3}}} {{{Qty4}}} {{{Qty5}}} 1

Rush Cost ? Double-Time ?

Location Input Item 1 Input Item 2 Input Item 3 Input Item 4 Input Item 5 Crafted Output File:Lvl. 4 Tool Bench Icon.png + + + + = Lvl. 4 Tool Bench Stick Iron Ingot [[]] [[]] [[]] Iron Axe Quantity 1 3 {{{Qty3}}} {{{Qty4}}} {{{Qty5}}} 1

Rush Cost ? Double-Time ?

Notes

Prior to version 1.4, it required five coal instead of two to create an iron ingot in a furnace.