Islands offers players the ability to collect and farm numerous resources, which you can then use to craft various items, weapons, and accessories. One of the most popular and malleable resources in this experience is iron ore, which can be crafted raw, smelted, and even pressed into steel rods. For all of the steps and necessary requirements that you'll need to have to start making steel rods, continue reading our list below.
Harvesting iron ore
Before you can begin crafting steel rods, you'll need a hefty amount of the base resource—iron ore. Luckily this resource is relatively easy to find as its rocks are spread all over the main hub. To collect iron ore, simply strike any rocks that you see that resemble the picture below with your pickaxe.
Smelting for iron
Once you've harvested your iron ore, you can now use a heating device to smelt it into iron itself. These heating devices include a campfire, small furnace, desert furnace, or industrial smelter. One iron ore that you smelt in a heating device will be equal to one piece of iron.
Processing into ingots
Steel ingots are created by processing steel bars through a Steel Mill. You can craft Steel Mills with a tier three or tier four workbench for 100 iron and 50 gold. To process iron into steel through the Steel Mill, you'll need to give it either coal or petrified petroleum as a form of fuel. Inputting one iron bar into the mill will give one steel ingot in return.
Pressing into steel bars
After processing your iron into iron ingots, you can now press these ingots into multiple building materials, including steel bolts, rods, and plates using the Steel Press. A Steel Press will take 100 copper plates, 250 copper rods, 25 steel rods, a tier-three or four workbenches, and level 32 forging to craft. You will also need to obtain the required mold for each material before you can begin pressing them. Once you've got the steel rod mold, you can input 25 steel ingots for one steel rod.
What to craft with steel rods
You can use steel rods to craft many items in Islands—below is a list taken from the Islands Wiki of them all.
Name | Recipe | Crafting Station | Required Level |
Water Barrel | 2 Steel Rod 20 Iron 50 Maple Wood | Workbench Tier 2 Workbench Tier 3 Workbench Tier 4 | None |
Food Processor | 2 Crystalized Gold 5 Green Sticky Gear 2 Steel Rod | Workbench Tier 2 Workbench Tier 3 Workbench Tier 4 | Level 25 Forging |
Conveyor Belt | 1 Steel Rod 5 Iron | Workbench Tier 3 Workbench Tier 4 | Level 8 Forging |
Right/Left Conveyor Belt | 1 Steel Rod 5 Iron | Workbench Tier 3 Workbench Tier 4 | Level 12 Forging |
Conveyor Ramp | 3 Conveyor Belt 3 Steel Rod | Workbench Tier 3 Workbench Tier 4 | None |
Randomizer | 1 Crystallized Iron 4 Steel Rod 5 Iron | Workbench Tier 3 Workbench Tier 4 | None |
Merger | 1 Crystallized Iron 4 Steel Rod 5 Iron | Workbench Tier 3 Workbench Tier 4 | None |
Filter Conveyor | 3 Crystallized Iron 12 Steel Rod 40 Iron | Workbench Tier 3 Workbench Tier 4 | None |
Industrial Smelter | 8 Steel Rod 3 Pink Sticky Gear | Workbench Tier 3 Workbench Tier 4 | Level 8 Forging |
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Steel Press | 100 Copper Plate 250 Copper Rod 25 Steel Rod | Workbench Tier 3 Workbench Tier 4 | Level 32 Forging |
Copper Press | 500 Copper Ingot 5 Steel Rod | Workbench Tier 3 Workbench Tier 4 | Level 30 Forging |
Drill | 1 Crystallized Iron 1 Blue Sticky Gear 8 Steel Rod | Workbench Tier 3 Workbench Tier 4 | Level 18 Forging |
Industrial Oven | 8 Steel Rod 3 Green Sticky Gear | Workbench Tier 3 Workbench Tier 4 | Level 17 Forging |
Industrial Lumbermill | 2 Blue Sticky Gear 3 Steel Rod 1 Conveyor Belt | Workbench Tier 3 Workbench Tier 4 | None |
Industrial Sawmill | 8 Steel Rod 3 Blue Sticky Gear | Workbench Tier 3 Workbench Tier 4 | Level 15 Forging |
Pallet Packer | 3 Pink Sticky Gear 10 Steel Rod 30 Wood | Workbench Tier 3 Workbench Tier 4 | None |
Industrial Polishing Station | 3 Steel Rod 1 Gearbox 10 Steel Bolt | Workbench Tier 3 Workbench Tier 4 | Level 24 Forging |
Industrial Stonecutter | 8 Steel Rod 1 Buffalkor Crystal | Workbench Tier 3 Workbench Tier 4 | Level 22 Forging |
Industrial Washing Station | 1 Propeller 3 Blue Sticky Gear 10 Steel Rod | Workbench Tier 3 Workbench Tier 4 | Level 27 Forging |
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Red Bronze Refinery | 100 Steel Plate 250 Copper Rod 25 Steel Rod | Workbench Tier 3 Workbench Tier 4 | None |
10 Pipe | 5 Glass Block 3 Steel Rod | Workbench Tier 4 | None |
Pumpjack | 20 Red Bronze Ingot 1 Pipe 15 Steel Rod | Workbench Tier 4 | None |
Oil Refinery | 10 Red Bronze Ingot 30 Steel Rod | Workbench Tier 4 | None |
Petroleum Petrifier | 20 Red Bronze Ingot 3 Steel Plate 5 Steel Rod | Workbench Tier 4 | None |
Tree Fruit Shaker | 5 Red Bronze Ingot 2 Copper Plate 5 Steel Rod | Workbench Tier 4 | None |
Iron War Axe | 3 Crystallized Iron 1 Steel Rod 40 Iron | Anvil | Level 12 Combat |
Gilded Steel Rod | 1 Steel Rod 20 Gold | Anvil | None |
Split Conveyor | 1 Crystallized Iron 4 Steel Rod 20 Electrite | Electrical Workbench (Tier 2) | None |
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Published: Oct 5, 2021 10:46 am