Electric smelter

Electric smelter

Electric smelter

Extracts usable metal from slag chunks and other mixed metal items. Consumes a lot of power.

Base Stats

Type

Building – Production

Market Value

400  ^[Note]

Mass

20 kg

HP

180

Flammability

100%

Path Cost

50 (21%)

Building

Size

3 × 1

Minifiable

True

Placeable

True

Passability

pass through only

Cover Effectiveness

50%

Terrain Affordance

Heavy

Power

-700 W

Light Radius

3.44

Heat Per Second

9

Creation

Required Research

Electricity

Skill Required

Construction 4

Work To Make

3,500 ticks (58.33 secs)

Resources to make

170 + 2

Deconstruct yield

85 + 1

Destroy yield

42 - 43 + 0 - 1

Technical

thingCategories

BuildingsProduction

The Electric smelter is used to extracts steel from steel slag chunks and metal weapons and armor. Colonists assigned to crafting will make use of it. Metallic weapons and armor can be smelted to return 25% of their crafting cost. Items can also be destroyed by smelting,

Acquisition

It is built with  170 Steel,  2 Components in 3,500 ticks (58.33 secs) after the research Electricity has been completed.

Analysis

Electric smelters produce heat in process of smelting things (amount comparable to output of one heater). No heat is produced when idle, even if powered on.

It outputs light in a 6 tile radius while it is powered on, with the nearest 3.442 tiles being above 50% light level and considered lit. As the smelter can only be used while it is powered, and it emits light when powered, this means there is no need for additional light sources to prevent work speed penalties to the operator. The light emitted by the smelter itself is sufficient.

Some items sell for more silver than would be required to buy the same amount of materials obtained from smelting, especially at high qualities and hit points. However as some items have low sell value/smelted material ratios, and smelting returns the same materials regardless of quality, damage, biocoding or tainting it can be used to extract moderate value from items of little or no worth otherwise. Both of these facts should be kept in mind while creating any automated smelting bills. It is never recommended to destroy items, as sale for silver brings a little profit as opposed to none at all by destruction.

For an unmodified, healthy pawn, smelting a steel slag chunk takes 400 ticks (6.67 secs) of work, as does destroying items, while smelting a weapon or piece of apparel takes 1,600 ticks (26.67 secs) of work. The Smelting Speed of pawns using the electric smelter is not dependent on any skills, instead it can only be increased above normal with increased manipulation. Therefore bionic and archotech arms are the primary method of improving smelting rates. Additionally, traits that improve Global Work Speed, such as Industrious are also useful in this regard.

Sell or Smelt

This graph shows dependence item sell price multiplier($) from item hit points.

The specifics of which items to designate for smelting and which should be kept for sale are still undetermined. It seems like most craftable melee weapons are better to smelt, while sniper rifles are generally better to sell, though this relationship may break down at high and low qualities respectively. Very damaged (under 60% health remaining, the value of an item drops rapidly after 60 percent) items are better to smelt, as the sale price is reduced while the amount of resources recovered are unaffected. Note that items with 90% or more health remaining retain full value.

Name	Material Return	Material Value	Awful Full Value	Poor Full Value	Normal Full Value	Good Full Value	Excellent Full Value	Masterwork Full Value	Legendary Full Value
Steel slag chunk	15	28.5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Gladius	12 (125*)	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
Longsword	25 (250*)	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
Knife	7 (75*)	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
Ikwa	13 (125*)	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
Spear	19 (188*)	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
Mace	13 (125*)	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
Club	10 (100*)	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
Axe	13 (125*)	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
Warhammer	37 (375*)	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
Autopistol	7	13.3	70	104	139	174	210	345	695
Revolver	7	13.3	68	101	135	169	200	335	675
Pump shotgun	15	28.5	128	191	255	320	380	635	1275
Machine pistol	11	20.9	110	165	220	275	330	550	1100
Bolt-action rifle	15	28.5	128	191	255	320	380	635	1275
Assault rifle	15	28.5	240	360	480	600	720	1200	2400
Sniper rifle	15	28.5	265	395	530	660	795	1325	2650
LMG	19	36.1	210	320	425	530	635	1060	2125
Heavy SMG	19	36.1	178	265	355	445	530	885	1775
Frag grenades	10	19	133	199	265	330	395	660	1325
Molotov cocktails	10	19	123	184	245	305	365	610	1225
EMP grenades	10	19	158	235	315	395	470	785	1575
Chain shotgun	18	34.2	200	305	405	505	605	1010	2025
Minigun	40	76	580	870	1160	1450	1740	2900	4160
Incendiary launcher	19	36.1	170	255	340	425	510	850	1700
EMP launcher	19	36.1	250	380	505	630	755	1260	2525
Smoke launcher	19	36.1	190	285	380	475	570	950	1900
Charge rifle	13	117	505	755	1010	1260	1515	2525	4010
Charge lance	15	135	675	1015	1355	1695	2030	3355	4355
Shield belt	12 +  5	67.8	195	290	390	485	585	975	1950
Simple helmet	10 (100*)	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
Flak helmet	10 (100*) +  2	? + 18	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
Recon helmet	8	72	260	395	525	655	785	1310	2625
Marine helmet	10	90	315	475	635	795	950	1585	3175
Cataphract helmet	13	117	370	560	745	930	1115	1860	3725
Prestige recon helmet	10 +  3 +  1	199	355	535	715	895	1070	1785	3575
Prestige marine helmet	13 +  5 +  2	167	425	635	850	1060	1275	2125	3850
Prestige cataphract helmet	19 +  12 +  2	263	575	865	1155	1445	1730	2885	4155
Plate armor	43 (425*)	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
Flak vest	15 +  8	40.5	113	169	225	280	335	560	1125
Flak pants	15 +  7	39	113	169	225	280	335	560	1125
Flak jacket	17 +  13	51.8	145	215	290	360	435	725	1450
Recon armor	20 +  3	198	770	1155	1540	1925	2310	3540	4540
Marine armor	25 +  5	255	1015	1525	2035	2535	3035	4035	5035
Cataphract armor	37 +  13	429	1560	2340	3120	3620	4120	5120	6120
Prestige recon armor	25 +  3 +  3	273	985	1480	1975	2470	2960	3975	4975
Prestige marine armor	30 +  5 +  3	330	1265	1895	2530	3030	3530	4530	5530
Prestige cataphract armor	48 +  12 +  4	544	1965	2945	3930	4430	4930	5930	6930
Locust armor	30 +  3 +  25	345.5	1115	1670	2230	2730	3230	4230	5230
Grenadier armor	25 +  5 +  19	291.1	1150	1730	2305	2805	3305	4305	5305
Phoenix armor	38 +  12 +  18 +  10	471.2	1740	2610	3480	3980	4480	5480	6480
Visage mask	4	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?

Name	Material return	Sell Quality^
Steel slag chunk	15	N/A
Gladius	12 (125*)	?
Longsword	25 (250*)	?
Knife	7 (75*)	?
Ikwa	13 (125*)	?
Spear	19 (188*)	?
Mace	13 (125*)	?
Club	10 (100*)	?
Axe	13 (125*)	?
Warhammer	37 (375*)	?
Autopistol	7	79.5(3)
Revolver	7	81(3)
Pump shotgun	15	76.3(4)
Machine pistol	11	73(4)
Bolt-action rifle	15	88(3); 71.2(4)
Assault rifle	15	71(2);60.3(3)
Sniper rifle	15	86(1);67(2);59(3)
LMG	19	74(3)
Heavy SMG	19	83(3)
Frag grenades	10	?
Molotov cocktails	10	?
EMP grenades	10	?
Chain shotgun	18	73.7(3)
Minigun	40	64.3(3)
Incendiary launcher	19	85(3)
EMP launcher	19	?
Smoke launcher	19	?
Charge rifle	13	?
Charge lance	15	?
Shield belt	12 +  5	66(1);57.5(2);6(3)
Simple helmet	10 (100*)	?
Flak helmet	10 (100*) +  2	?
Recon helmet	8	?
Marine helmet	10	?
Cataphract helmet	13	?
Prestige recon helmet	10 +  3 +  1	?
Prestige marine helmet	13 +  5 +  2	?
Prestige cataphract helmet	19 +  12 +  2	?
Plate armor	43 (425*)	?
Flak vest	15 +  8	?
Flak pants	15 +  7	?
Flak jacket	17 +  13	?
Recon armor	20 +  3	?
Marine armor	25 +  5	?
Cataphract armor	37 +  13	?
Prestige recon armor	25 +  3 +  3	?
Prestige marine armor	30 +  5 +  3	?
Prestige cataphract armor	48 +  12 +  4	?
Locust armor	30 +  3 +  25	?
Grenadier armor	25 +  5 +  19	?
Phoenix armor	38 +  12 +  18 +  10	?
Visage mask	4	?

^{* return for small materials (gold, silver, uranium)
^ The hit points and quality where sale price for a Social 10 pawn would gain more silver than would be required to buy equivalent amount of materials(3 is normal quality; 7 is legendary). Assuming player sell for 60% of price and buy for 140% price.}

Version history

• 0.4.460 - Added as Slag Refinery
• 1.3.3087 - Pawns no longer smelt relics, to avoid accidental mishaps.

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