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Metal Ingot

Smelting uses two Metal for one Metal Ingot in the standard recipe; the forge needs fuel.

Weight
1 weight units
Stack size
300
Engram learn level
—
Source-listed crafting XP
1 XP

Level to learn the item engram; not a universal requirement to use the item, ride a creature, or craft from a blueprint.

Metal Ingot: weight 1, stack limit 300, engram learn level null. Material records retain their source conditions. Industrial Forge throughput is a batch maximum, not a guaranteed one-second wait for each ingot.

Quick info

Observed in the linked public reference; not independently tested in-game.

Item type
Resource
Tek
No
Variable quality
No
Blueprint available
No
Consumable
No
Source spoil time
—
Acquisition methodIndependently cross-checked against the cited public ASE references; not live-game tested.
smelting

Blueprints & commands

GFI item (1, primitive)

cheat gfi PrimalItemResource_MetalIngot_C 1 0 0

Blueprint reference

/Game/PrimalEarth/CoreBlueprints/Resources/PrimalItemResource_MetalIngot.PrimalItemResource_MetalIngot

Recipes & processing

Refining Forge

Smelting

Refining Forge; output 1. Reference time for one output: 20 seconds. Fuel required.

⟶
×1Metal IngotOutput

Industrial Forge

Smelting

Industrial Forge; output 1. 20-second batch, up to 20 outputs depending on available inputs; not a fixed per-item latency. Fuel required. Two Metal are required per ingot; the batch may produce up to 20 ingots.

⟶
×1Metal IngotOutput

Questions & scope

Smelting uses two Metal for one Metal Ingot in the standard recipe; the forge needs fuel.

How much Metal makes one Metal Ingot?

Smelting uses two Metal for one Metal Ingot in the standard recipe; the forge needs fuel.

Does an Industrial Forge make each ingot in one second?

No. Its reference rate is a 20-second batch producing up to 20 ingots, depending on available Metal; that is throughput, not one-second latency per ingot.

Public-source review: · MyGamesWiki

Original ASE, standard unmodded rules. Values and durations are reference baselines, not live-game tests; server, single-player, event and incubation settings can change results.

Source-listed material uses375

Source record

Consult the linked source for context. Server settings and game updates can affect the values shown here.

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