Last Updated on 14 January, 2022
How to Get Iron in Anstroneer – Learn how to create Iron, its uses, and how to get all the ingredients involved
Iron is a refined resource that is crafted in the Smelting Furnace, requires Hematite, and has a byte value of 425 bytes.
How to Get Iron in Anstroneer – Source
Iron cannot be found, you must create it from the following recipe
Requires: Smelting Furnace Module | Recipe: x1 Hematite = x1 Iron
How to Create the Smelting Furnace?
Requires: Medium Printer Module | Recipe: Smelting Furnace Module = Resin x2 + Compound
Resin: Resin is obtained by using the Terrain Tool on deposits that can be found on all of the Planets
- The Soil Centrifuge produces 8 Resin with two full Canisters of Soil
- The Trade Platform gives 2 Resin for every Scrap, up to 8 total for 4 Scrap
Compound: can be found and gathered with the Terrain Tool on all of the planets, with varying rarity on each planet
- The Soil Centrifuge produces 8 Compound with two full Canisters of Soil
- The Trade Platform gives 2 Compound for every Scrap, up to 8 total for 4 Scrap.
How to Get Hematite?
Hematite can be found on the following planets:
- Novus > Cave Layers
- Glacio > Ice Dunes and Mantle Layers
The Trade Platform gives 2 Hematite for every 3 Scrap, up to 4 total for 6 Scrap.
How to Get Iron in Anstroneer – Uses
These are all the items that require Iron in their recipes:
Small Printer Recipes
Everything you can create on the Small Printer, and the resources you’ll need, plus Iron
- Medium Shredder = Iron x2
Medium Printer Recipes
Everything you can create on the Medium Printer, and the resources you’ll need, plus Iron
- Atmospheric Condenser = Plastic + Glass + Iron
- Large Shredder = Tungsten Carbide + Iron x2
- Large Platform C = Resin + Ceramic + Iron
- Trade Platform = Iron + Tungsten + EXO Chip
Large Printer Recipes
Everything you can create on the Large Printer, and the resources you’ll need, plus Iron
- XL Wind Turbine = Iron + Ceramic + Graphene + luminum Alloy
- Extra Large Platform A = Iron x2 + Ceramic x2
- Extra Large Platform B = Iron x4
- Figurine Platform = Iron x4
- Extra Large Platform C = Iron x2 + Resin x2
Chemistry Lab Recipes
Everything you can create on the Chemistry Lab, and the resources you’ll need, plus Iron
- Steel = Carbon + Argon + Iron
