In Valheim, the smelting furnace is necessary to melt copper and tin ores into bronze bars, which will be used to create better equipment. It will also be needed to develop your base and to survive in increasingly difficult biomes.
Valheim How To Make Smelter
The first step is to get 5 Surtling cores.
These cores are a special raw material that you will find mainly in the kurchan in the Black Forest. Kurchans are defended by skeletons as well as ghosts so take a weapon, some food for health regeneration and a torch to light your way.
Skeletons are resistant to some weapons, so a mace or other edged weapon works best.
In addition to the cores, you need 20 stones, which can be collected on the ground or extracted with a pickaxe from larger boulders.
valhiem how to build a Smelter
Once you have 5 Surtling cores and 20 stones, you can start building the furnace:
- Take the hammer (Hammer) and open the construction menu by right-clicking.
- Select the “Buildings” (Building) tab.
- Find the Smelter (Stove) and place it in the desired location. Ideally, it should be close to the base – this will make it easier to deliver ore and coal.
How to Use the Stove?
The stove needs two things to work: fuel and raw materials.
- Fuel: Put coal in the kiln. You can get coal by burning food on a fire or, more efficiently, by building a coal-making kiln (Charcoal Kiln).
- Raw materials: Throw in an ore, such as copper or tin, and the kiln will melt it into finished bars. The bars will appear at the exit of the kiln, ready for use.
CONCLUSION
In Valheim, a smelter is essential for melting copper and tin ores into bronze bars, which are needed to create stronger gear and develop your base. Start by gathering 5 Surtling cores (found in Black Forest dungeons) and 20 stones. Once built, fuel the smelter with coal and load it with ores to produce bars for crafting advanced equipment.
