Start the Scrap-to-Nails route
Collect Bronze Scrap from broken barrels, trash piles, broken shelves, junk piles, or Herm’s Store in the Village. Then use 1 Bronze Scrap → 6 Nails at the Wooden Anvil; after Bronze Melting and Smithing 2, the listed route is 1 Bronze Ingot → 12 Nails. The Furnace recipe is 3 Bronze Scrap + 10 Fuel → 2 Bronze Ingots. Check each live recipe row because costs can change. [2] [3] [4] [5] [10]
- Open Bronze Works and read its current red tech-point cost in the Technology panel. One setup used 5 points; confirm your panel before spending them. [1]
- Build the Wooden Anvil from its blueprint. One build example used 1 Short Log + 1 Stone; confirm the live blueprint before spending materials. [2]
- If you need the first Smithing point, check the starting Graveyard chest for the Rusty Hammer and keep it in your tool belt. It provided +1 Smithing mastery in one save; confirm your tool stats after updates. [9]
- At Smithing 1, select the Scrap recipe and load one Bronze Scrap. Confirm that the output stack increases by 6 Bronze Nails. After Bronze Melting and Smithing 2, select the Ingot route and confirm 12 Bronze Nails from one Ingot. [2] [3]
Smelt Bronze Ingots and supply Fuel
Unlock Bronze Melting to open the Furnace and Firewood Shed. One setup used 10 red tech points for the technology and 10 Sticks + 2 Bronze Nails for the shed; confirm the live Technology and blueprint panels before spending materials. [4] [6] Make Fuel before starting the Furnace.
One recipe example uses 1 Log → 2 Short Logs at the Sawhorse, 1 Short Log → 10 Firewood at the Chopping Spot, then 2 Firewood → 20 Fuel in the Firewood Shed. Compare each live recipe before starting. [6] [7] [8]
| Output | Furnace recipe | Unlock / requirement |
|---|---|---|
| 2 Bronze Ingots | 3 Bronze Scrap + 10 Fuel | Bronze Melting; Smithing 1 [5] |
Check that the shed has at least 10 Fuel before starting the Furnace recipe, then confirm the Bronze Ingot stack increases by 2. Treat these counts as checked-build references; the current in-game recipe panel takes precedence after a patch. [5]
Later Bronze Forge option
After Bronze Forge and Smithing 2, check whether the later Furnace route appears in your station panel. One recipe example uses 3 Copper Nuggets + 1 Tin + 20 Fuel → 4 Bronze Ingots. [5] This is an optional later route; use the early Scrap recipe before that unlock.