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Like many games with a crafting system, you’ll need different crafting stations to make different items in7 Days To Die. It’s possible to find a lot of things just by looting, but many of the more important items, like Forged Iron, are pretty rare, and you don’t want to get stuck waiting to get lucky with finding them.
Other recipes get even more specific as you progress, and you won’t be looting what you need for them very often – if it’s available to loot at all. To get a large supply of forged and smelted metals, enough for the many advanced weapons and armor pieces, you’ll want to invest in a Forge.
How To Craft A Forge
The Forge is usually the first big crafting station you’ll make, and it cantake a bit of time to unlockit depending on the loot you find.
First, you’ll need toread at least five Forge Ahead magazinesto unlock the recipe for it, then you’llneed five different materialsto make one: Cobblestone Rocks, a Wood Log, Leather, Duct Tape, and Short Iron Pipes.
If you’re having trouble finding Forge Ahead magazines, you caninvest in the Lockpicking skillto increase your chances of finding them in most lootables.
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Looted fromtrash piles,foul trash, or cardboard boxes.
Crafted with Small Stones andClay Soil.
Found whenbreaking blue packages stacked on palletsor shelves in some stores.
Purchased from traders likeTrader Rekt or Trader Jen.
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Crafted from 10 Woodin your inventory or a Workbench.
10
Looted fromtrash piles, cabinets,cardboard boxes, or shelves.
Found whenbreaking down animals like Rabbitsor Deer with a weapon or harvesting tool like aBone Knife.
3
Looted fromtrash piles, rolling trash cans,nightstands, or wooden desks.
Crafted withone Glue and one Cloth Scrap.
Looted fromtrash piles, abandoned cars,cardboard boxes, or store shelves.
Purchased from traders likeTrader Rekt and Trader Jen.
Found whenbreaking downtoilets,vehicles, or air conditionerswith a Wrench.
Short Iron Pipes can be crafted from smelted Iron, but thisrequires having a Forge available already, so it’s best to save all those you loot.
Once the requirements are met, a Forge can becrafted from your inventoryat any time. It takes around21 seconds for the craftingto complete, and they can beplaced both indoors and outdoors.
AForge willneed Coal as its fuel sourceto run, and themajority of recipesmade in the Forge will beautomatically unlocked, such as those for Nails and Springs, but some you’ll need to get acertain skill level or need a specific Forge upgradeto make.
You can alsoreduce the amount ofmaterials neededfor a recipeby investing in theAdvanced Engineering skill.
Upgrades Available For The Forge
Like some other crafting stations, the Forge can havethree upgrades addedto it to give you someadditional benefits when using it: the Advanced Bellows, the Anvil, and the Crucible.
Advanced Bellows
Crafted in your inventoryat Forge Ahead level 20 or higher.
Purchased from a trader likeTrader Jen or Trader Bobfor 1,500 Dukes.
Anvil
Crafted in a Forgeat Forge Ahead level 25 or higher.
Purchased from a trader likeTrader Jen or Trader Bobfor 750 Dukes.
Crucible
Crafted in a Forgeat Forge Ahead level 75.
Purchased from a trader likeTrader Bob or Trader Hughfor 15,000 Dukes.
Allowed the crafting of certain advanced recipes like Forged Steel.
How To Smelt Materials In A Forge
Before you start making anything in the Forge, you’ll need certain materials: Iron, Clay, Sand, Lead, Stone, or Brass. While theyshare nameswith thematerials salvaged from lootableslike Iron or Clay Soil, thesmelted versions are separateandexclusive to the Forge.
First, open the Forge’s inventory, thenmanually move the itemsyou want to smelt into theSmelting inventory, which sitsunderneath the upgradesmenu.
Add in as much coal as you want, thenturn the Forge on, and it willstart automatically smeltingdown the items within that inventory.
Lead (Salvaged) or Lead Car Battery.
Brass
Brass (Salvaged) or Brass Radiator.
When each smelt is completed, thematerials are stored in the Forge’s smelting inventory, and they’ll getpulled from it whenever you craftanything in the Forge.
Be careful not to accidentally break your Forge or let it be destroyed by zombies, or else you’lllose all the smelted materialsin it.
All Forge Recipes
There are a total of31 recipes available to craft at the Forge, including those unlocked by the Crucible, Forge Ahead, and Explosives skills.
All recipes below require thesmelted version of a materialunless otherwise stated.
Skill or Upgraded Needed
Iron (Smelted) x1250 and Clay (Smelted) x125
Brass (Smelted) x1
Lead (Smelted) x3 and Clay (Smelted) x1
Brass (Smelted) x6 and Clay (Smelted) x1
Bulletproof Glass Block
Sand (Smelted) x137, Stone (Smelted) x12, Lead (Smelted) x50, Iron (Smelted) x25, and Clay (Smelted) x25
Business Glass Centered (Trap)
N/A
Sand (Smelted) x25, Stone (Smelted) x6, Lead (Smelted) x6, and Clay (Smelted) x3
Business Glass Pane 1x1 (Trap)
Lead (Smelted) x2 and Clay (Smelted) x1
Stone (Smelted) x12
Clay (Smelted) x5
Iron (Smelted) x31 and Clay (Smelted) x6
Sand (Smelted) x4
Iron (Smelted) x12 and Clay (Smelted) x6
Iron (Smelted) x31 and Clay (Smelted) x15
Sand (Smelted) x17, Lead (Smelted) x6, and Clay (Smelted) x2
Iron (Smelted) x2 and Clay (Smelted) x1
Iron (Smelted) x125 and Clay (Smelted) x25
Iron (Smelted) x3 and Clay (Smelted) x1
Lead (Smelted) x1
Metal Fences and Railings
Iron (Smelted) x18 and Clay (Smelted) x1
Iron (Smelted) x50 and Clay (Smelted) x6
Iron (Smelted) x1 and Clay (Smelted) x1
Iron (Smelted) x62 and Clay (Smelted) x37
Sand (Smelted) x62 and Clay (Smelted) x37
Stone (Smelted) x5
Iron (Smelted) x7 and Clay (Smelted) x1
