In Enshrouded, Steel Bars are a Common material at level 33 and feature in numerous crafting recipes. A regular smelter won’t make them; you’ll need a Blast Furnace. To unlock it, do the Blacksmith’s quest, which sends you to a dungeon in the Albaneve Summits for a part the furnace needs.
Quick answer: Smelt 20 Iron Ore and 40 Coal into 20 Steel Bars at the Blast Furnace in 600 seconds. Unlock the furnace by finishing the quest “A Blast Furnace For The Blacksmith” and bringing back the Bellows.
Get the Bellows from the Forge of Obsidia
To make the furnace recipe available, complete the quest “A Blast Furnace For The Blacksmith” and find the Bellows the Blacksmith requires. You can find it in the Forge of Obsidia, located in the Albaneve Summits.
Craft and place the Blast Furnace
With the Bellows in your inventory, the Blacksmith can build the Blast Furnace. Open the Blacksmith and find the Blast Furnace entry to see the materials it needs.
To construct the Blast Furnace, gather 20 Fired Bricks, plus 1 Bellows, along with 10 Lump of Clay, 10 Iron Bars, and finally 30 Sand. You can use Fine Sand, Veilwater Basin Sand, or Cinder’s Cradle Sand for the Sand slot. After construction, set the furnace down at your base.
If you ever need another Bellows, the Blacksmith makes one from 10 Conifer Logs, 10 Leather, 5 Linen, and 1 Iron Bars.
Smelt Steel Bars at the Blast Furnace
The Steel Bars recipe appears at the furnace once you have picked up Iron Ore. Mine Iron Ore in the Kindlewastes and Coal in the Albaneve Summits before you start, since both go into the recipe.
What Steel Bars are used for
Steel is described in-game this way: “As an alloy of both iron and carbon, steel possesses better resistance and therefore provides more protection when used in armor.” Steel Bars go into 139 recipes in total, and these are the ones worth prioritizing early.
| Item | Station | Steel Bars | Also needs |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steel Pickaxe | Blacksmith | 8 | 1 Hardwood |
| Steel Axe | Blacksmith | 4 | 1 Hardwood |
| Mining Sieve | Blacksmith | 3 | 2 Palm Wood Logs, 1 Wax, 2 Plant Fiber or Paper Reed |
| 50 Steel Arrow | Hunter | 2 | 10 Twigs, 5 Feather |
| Albaneve trousers (each) | Alchemist, Blacksmith, Hunter | 2 | 1 Warm Padding, 15 Enshrouded Ice |
| Diving Helmet | Fisher | 6 | — |
| Lucky / Excellent Fishing Rod | Fisher | 1 | — |
| Seafood Grill | Farmer / Workbench | 10 | 5 Fired Bricks |
| Coffee Brewery | Farmer / Workbench | 5 | — |
| Stone Water Dispenser | Carpenter | 4 | — |
| Vault Door | Carpenter | 8 | 8 Coal, 10 Granite |
The same Blast Furnace also smelts Silver Bars.
