Forge in 7 Days to Die
“Used to smelt metals to craft tools and weapons or stone to craft cement. Install tools to increase performance or unlock recipes.”
Can be used to warm up.
Repair with Small Stone, Clay Soil, and Leather.
You get the Forge by crafting it from your backpack and buying it from traders. The recipe unlocks at Workstations level 4, raised by reading Forge Ahead.
- Crafts33 recipes4 groups
- Build itBackpack5 ingredients
- Unlocks at
Workstations 4Forge Ahead - Tools for it3Crucible, Anvil, Advanced Bellows
What it crafts, by group
Ammo & weapons8
Building9
Resources13
Tools & traps3
Recipe
- 50
Cobblestone Rocks - 1
Wood Log - 10
Leather - 3
Duct Tape - 3
Short Iron Pipe
Tools for it
A crucible upgrade is required to craft forged steel, steel arrowheads, and bulletproof glass in a forge.
Get it by crafting it at the Workbench, looting 5 kinds of container, buying it from traders and earning it as a quest reward. The recipe unlocks at Workstations level 75, raised by reading Forge Ahead.
AnvilA tool that can be installed in a forge. It increases the crafting speed of that forge.
-20% crafting time at quality 1, -70% at quality 6.
Get it by crafting it at the Forge, looting 5 kinds of container and buying it from traders. The recipe unlocks at Workstations level 20, raised by reading Forge Ahead.
Advanced BellowsA tool that can be installed in the forge to allow increased airflow and faster smelting speeds.
-30% smelting time at quality 1, -80% at quality 6.
Get it by crafting it from your backpack, looting 5 kinds of container and buying it from traders. The recipe unlocks at Workstations level 8, raised by reading Forge Ahead.
What the Forge crafts — 33 recipes
3 need a Crucible.
Ammo & weapons (8)
- Buckshot
Bullet Casing
Bullet Tip
Iron Arrowhead
Iron Dart
Rocket Casing
Rocket Tip
Steel Arrowhead
Building (9)
- Bulletproof Glass Block
Business Glass Centered (Trap)
Business Glass Pane 1x1 (Trap)- Glass Block
Iron Bars- Iron Bars Centered
Iron Bars Corner
Metal Fences and Railings
Metal Trussing / I-Beams
Resources (13)
Tools & traps (3)
- Anvil
Cooking Grill
Cooking Pot
What the Forge smelts
It takes brass, clay, glass, iron, lead and stone. These items melt down into each, by their material in the game files.
brass (8)
9mm Ammo · Brass · 
Brass Candlestick · 
Brass Door Knob · 
Brass Radiator · 
Brass Trophy · Bullet Casing · 
Duke's Casino Token
clay (1)
glass (24)
Beaker · 
Beer · 
Black Lung Serum · 
Broken Glass · 
Coffee · 
Crushed Sand · 
Empty Water Jar · 
Fallout Flush · 
Goldenrod Tea · 
Grandpa's Awesome Sauce · 
Grandpa's Fergit'n Elixir · 
Grandpa's Learnin' Elixir · 
Grandpa's Moonshine · 
Honey Tea · 
Lens · 
Murky Water · 
Pure Mineral Water · 
Red Tea · 
Scorcher Stew · 
Solar Cell · 
Sunstroke Tonic · 
Water · 
Yucca Juice · 
Yucca Juice Smoothie
iron (47)
Anvil · 
Armor Crafting Kit · 
Bottle of Acid · 
Bucket · 
Bucket of Water · 
Candy Cane Club · 
Candy Cane Knife · 
Claw Hammer · 
Contact Grenade (Ammo) · Cooking Grill · Cooking Pot · 
Forged Iron · 
Forged Steel · 
Headlight · 
Hunting Knife · 
Iron · 
Iron Arrow (Ammo) · Iron Arrowhead · 
Iron Crossbow Bolt (Ammo) · 
Iron Fireaxe · 
Iron Knuckles · 
Iron Pickaxe · 
Iron Shovel · 
Iron Sledgehammer · 
Iron Spear · 
Large Beef Ration · 
Legendary Parts · 
Lockpick · 
Minibike · 
Nails · 
Pipe Baton · 
Pipe Bomb (Ammo) · 
Pipe Machine Gun · 
Pipe Pistol · 
Pipe Rifle · 
Pipe Shotgun · 
Repair Kit · 
Robotic Turret Ammo · Rocket Casing · Short Iron Pipe · 
Spring · Stack of Lockpicks (50) · Steel Arrowhead · 
Timed Charge (Ammo) · 
Water Filter · 
Wire Tool · 
Wrench
lead (9)
Buckshot · Bullet Tip · 
Lead · 
Lead Car Battery · 
Lead Fishing Weight · 
Lead Trophy · 
Rocket HE (Ammo) · Rocket Tip · 
Shotgun Shell (Ammo)
stone (9)
Cement · Cobblestone Rocks · 
Concrete Mix · 
Oil Shale · 
Small Stone · 
Stone Axe · 
Stone Shovel · 
Stone Sledgehammer · 
Stone Spear
Fuel for the Forge
Everything with a fuel value in the game files, highest first.
| Fuel | Fuel value |
|---|---|
 Coal | 100 |
 Wood | 50 |
 Animal Fat | 20 |
| Leather | 5 |
| Oil Shale | 5 |
 Gas Can | 2 |
 Cloth Fragment | 1 |
 Feather | 1 |
 Old Cash | 1 |
 Paper | 1 |
 Plant Fibers | 1 |
Forge crafting tree
Everything one Forge takes at quality 1, down to materials you loot, harvest or buy. Counts multiply through whole crafts.
- 50 × Cobblestone Rocks · 50 crafts at the backpack
- 50 ×
Clay Soil - 50 × Small Stone
- 50 ×
- 1 × Wood Log · 1 craft at the backpack
- 10 × Wood
- 10 ×
- 10 × Leather
- 3 × Duct Tape · 3 crafts at the backpack
- 3 ×
Glue · 3 crafts at the Campfire with a Cooking Pot- 21 ×
Bone - 3 × Water
- 21 ×
- 21 × Cloth Fragment · 21 crafts at the backpack
- 21 ×
Cotton
- 21 ×
- 3 ×
- 3 × Short Iron Pipe · 3 crafts at the Forge
Forge steps use the backpack-materials version of the recipe; with the other “Smelter Type” setting you smelt the same metals into the forge first.
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