"Craft with iron."
Iron Ingot
Iron Ingot
Category
Ingot
Use
Crafting
Tool
Stackable
Yes (99)
An iron ingot is a crafted item through the metallurgical process of smelting iron ore .
Appearance
Iron 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 as well as traded for at a trade portal .
The smelting of an iron ingot can be done at any level 2 furnace or higher. They may also be crafted at an electric furnace .
Location
Input Item 1
Input Item 2
Input Item 3
Input Item 4
Input Item 5
Crafted Output
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Lvl. 2 Furnace or Electric Furnace
Iron Ore
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Iron Ingot
Quantity
3
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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
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Electric Furnace
Pig Iron
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Iron Ingot
Quantity
1
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Rush Cost
6
Double-Time
3
Crafting
An iron ingot is needed to craft an electric furnace at a level 4 workbench .
Rush Cost
16
Double-Time
8
At a woodwork bench , an iron ingot can be combined with wood to make five reinforced platforms .
Rush Cost
2
Double-Time
1
Iron ingots and black glass together can be processed in a kiln or electric kiln to make black windows .
Rush Cost
2
Double-Time
1
When combined with two coal at a level 3 furnace (or one coal at its electric variant ), 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
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Lvl. 3 Furnace
Iron Ingot
Coal
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Steel Ingot
Quantity
1
2
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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
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+
+
+
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Electric Furnace
Iron Ingot
Coal
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Steel Ingot
Quantity
1
1
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1
Rush Cost
8
Double-Time
4
Along with black sand , a magnet can be crafted at a metalwork bench or an electric one.
Rush Cost
8
Double-Time
4
Three can be used for crafting an iron pot at a metalwork bench or its electric variant .
Rush Cost
8
Double-Time
4
Five iron ingots can be used to craft iron blocks at a metalwork bench or its electric variant .
Rush Cost
8
Double-Time
4
Five iron ingots can be used to craft safes at a level 2 metalwork bench or its electric variant .
Rush Cost
8
Double-Time
4
With black glass , display cabinets can be crafted at a level 2 metalwork bench or its electric variant .
Rush Cost
2
Double-Time
1
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
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Lvl. 3 Tool Bench
Iron Ingot
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Tool Bench Lvl. 4
Quantity
5
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Rush Cost
8
Double-Time
4
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
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Lvl. 1 Armor Bench
Iron Ingot
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Armor Bench Lvl. 2
Quantity
1
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Rush Cost
8
Double-Time
4
Crafted Tools
Iron ingots are used to craft four tools: an iron pickaxe , an iron machete , an iron sword , and an iron axe .
Location
Input Item 1
Input Item 2
Input Item 3
Input Item 4
Input Item 5
Crafted Output
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Lvl. 4 Tool Bench
Stick
Iron Ingot
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Iron Pickaxe
Quantity
1
5
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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
+
+
+
+
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Lvl. 4 Tool Bench
Stick
Iron Ingot
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Iron Machete
Quantity
1
2
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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
+
+
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Lvl. 4 Tool Bench
Stick
Iron Ingot
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Iron Sword
Quantity
1
3
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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
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Lvl. 4 Tool Bench
Stick
Iron Ingot
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Iron Axe
Quantity
1
3
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1
Rush Cost
8
Double-Time
4
Crafted Armor
Iron ingots can be used to craft four types of armor.
Location
Input Item 1
Input Item 2
Input Item 3
Input Item 4
Input Item 5
Crafted Output
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Lvl. 2 Armor Bench
Iron Ingot
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Iron Boots
Quantity
2
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1
Rush Cost
6
Double-Time
3
Location
Input Item 1
Input Item 2
Input Item 3
Input Item 4
Input Item 5
Crafted Output
+
+
+
+
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Lvl. 2 Armor Bench
Iron Ingot
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Iron Helmet
Quantity
2
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1
Rush Cost
6
Double-Time
3
Location
Input Item 1
Input Item 2
Input Item 3
Input Item 4
Input Item 5
Crafted Output
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+
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Lvl. 2 Armor Bench
Iron Ingot
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Iron Chest Plate
Quantity
5
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1
Rush Cost
6
Double-Time
3
Location
Input Item 1
Input Item 2
Input Item 3
Input Item 4
Input Item 5
Crafted Output
+
+
+
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=
Lvl. 2 Armor Bench
Iron Ingot
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Iron Armor Leggings
Quantity
3
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1
Rush Cost
6
Double-Time
3
Notes
Prior to version 1.4 , it required five coal instead of two to create an steel ingot in a furnace.