Blade Recipes
| Blade Recipes | |
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| Class | Recipes |
| Type | Crafting Menu Category |
| Skills | Blacksmithing |
| Stations | |
| Recipes | 17 |
| Must Be Learned | 16 |
Blade Recipes cover forging metal blades and spearheads at a forge. Knife blades, sword blades, machete blades and spearheads all come from this menu, along with a few complete scrap weapons.
The craft trains Blacksmithing. It gives a survivor a steady supply of edged weapons and tools once the found ones wear out. Most results are bare blades, so the work continues in Assembly, where a blade is fitted to a handle. The metal comes from the furnace as bars, and the charcoal comes from a charcoal pit or burner. Blade work therefore sits in the middle of the metal crafts, after smelting and before assembly.
Skills
Forge Simple Blade needs no Blacksmithing skill. It is the starting point for every new smith.
Low skill opens small knives. Forge Small Knife asks for Blacksmithing level 1, and Forge Long Simple Blade asks for level 3. At level 4 the kitchen knife, large knife, meat cleaver and spearhead blades open up. Level 5 adds the Hunting Knife Blade, the long spearhead and the Scrap Metal Shortsword.
The high end is swords. Forge Handguard Dagger and Forge Simple Shortsword Blade need level 6. Forge Shortsword Blade and Forge Scrap Metal Sword need level 7. Forge Crude Sword Blade needs level 8. Forge Machete Blade and Forge Sword Blade need level 9.
Experience rises with the level of the recipe. The top sword and machete blades give the most Blacksmithing experience in the menu.
The recipes by the skill level they ask for.
| Skill | Level | Recipes |
|---|---|---|
| Blacksmithing | - | 1 |
| Blacksmithing | 1 | 1 |
| Blacksmithing | 3 | 1 |
| Blacksmithing | 4 | 4 |
| Blacksmithing | 5 | 3 |
| Blacksmithing | 6 | 2 |
| Blacksmithing | 7 | 2 |
| Blacksmithing | 8 | 1 |
| Blacksmithing | 9 | 2 |
Learning
Forge Simple Blade is known from the start. Every other blade recipe must be learned first.
Each one is also learned automatically once two skills are high enough. Blacksmithing is always one of them. The other is the weapon skill that matches the blade: Short Blade for knives and daggers, Long Blade for swords and machetes, and Spear for spearheads.
Magazines teach many of them. American Bladecraft covers knives, the cleaver and the machete. Medieval Armory - June 1993 covers swords, daggers and spearheads. Strange Histories - Siberian Bear Hunting teaches both spearheads.
The Blacksmith occupation and the Blacksmith Knowledge trait start with most of the blade recipes known.
These magazines, books, traits and occupations teach recipes from this category that have to be learned.
| Name | Image | Type | Recipes | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blacksmith | - | Occupation | 11 | - |
| Blacksmith Knowledge | - | Trait | 11 | - |
| Magazine: Medieval Armory - June 1993 | 
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Magazine | 7 | /additem Base.SmithingMag7
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| Magazine: American Bladecraft | 
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Magazine | 5 | /additem Base.SmithingMag8
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| Magazine: Strange Histories - Siberian Bear Hunting | 
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Magazine | 2 | /additem Base.ArmorMag6
|
Materials
Charcoal is the fuel for every blade, and bigger blades burn more of it. Any item that counts as charcoal works.
The metal comes as bar stock. Small blades use an Iron Bar Quarter or Steel Bar Quarter. Larger knives use a half bar. Swords use a full Iron Bar or Steel Bar. Many of the better blades need steel rather than iron.
Old blades can be reforged. Katana Blade Shard, Sword Blade Shard and old knife blades work in place of bar stock in many recipes.
Tools are kept after every forging. Each recipe needs a hammer of some kind, and the better blades ask for a ball-peen hammer or a smithing hammer. Tongs or metalworking pliers hold the hot metal. Crude tongs are enough for the simple blades.
The materials these recipes use up most often.
| Material | Image | Recipes | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Charcoal | 
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17 | /additem Base.Charcoal
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| Simple Sword Blade or similar | 
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2 | /additem Base.CrudeSwordBlade
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| Steel Bar Half | 
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2 | /additem Base.SteelBarHalf
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| Kitchen Knife Blade or similar | 
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2 | /additem Base.KitchenKnifeBlade
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| Large Knife Blade or similar | 
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2 | /additem Base.LargeKnifeBlade
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| Rag or similar | 
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2 | /additem Base.RippedSheets
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| Small Handle | 
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1 | /additem Base.SmallHandle
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| Steel Sheet - Small | 
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1 | /additem Base.SmallSheetMetal
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| Hunting Knife Blade or similar | 
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1 | /additem Base.HuntingKnifeBlade
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| Machete Blade or similar | 
|
1 | /additem Base.MacheteBlade
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| Meat Cleaver Blade or similar | 
|
1 | /additem Base.MeatCleaverBlade
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| Iron Bar or similar | 
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1 | /additem Base.IronBar
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The tools they ask for most often. A tool comes back after the craft.
| Tool | Image | Recipes | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Metalworking Pliers | 
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12 | /additem Base.MetalworkingPliers
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| Claw Hammer | 
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8 | /additem Base.Hammer
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| Ball-peen Hammer | 
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6 | /additem Base.BallPeenHammer
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| Tongs | 
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5 | /additem Base.Tongs
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| Smithing Hammer | 
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3 | /additem Base.SmithingHammer
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| Whetstone | 
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1 | /additem Base.Whetstone
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Stations
Every blade is forged at a forge. The simple blades work at a Primitive Forge or better. The large knife, meat cleaver, simple shortsword and crude sword blades need a Simple Forge or better. The best steel blades need the Advanced Forge.
The workstations these recipes run at.
| Station | Image | Recipes |
|---|---|---|
| Advanced Forge | 
|
17 |
| Simple Forge | 
|
9 |
| Primitive Forge | 
|
5 |
Recipes
Early on, Forge Simple Blade turns a quarter bar or a blade shard into a Simple Metal Blade. Forge Small Knife and Forge Long Simple Blade follow as skill grows.
The useful mid-game blades are kitchen and hunting tools. Forge Kitchen Knife Blade, Forge Large Knife Blade, Forge Meat Cleaver Blade and Forge Hunting Knife Blade make proper working knives. Forge Spear Head and Forge Long Spear Head give metal heads for spears.
Scrap weapons come out finished. Forge Scrap Metal Shortsword and Forge Scrap Metal Sword use cloth or leather strips for the grip.
The end of the line is long blades. Forge Simple Shortsword Blade, Forge Shortsword Blade, Forge Crude Sword Blade, Forge Machete Blade and Forge Sword Blade make the strongest blades. Forge Handguard Dagger makes a finished steel dagger.
Every recipe in the Blade menu is listed with what it makes, what it uses up, the tools it hands back, the skill it asks for and where it is made. A "Yes" under Learned means the recipe has to be learned first. Each tab holds one kind of thing made.
| Name | Image | Recipe | Crafting Materials | Tools | Skill | Station | Learned | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scrap Metal Shortsword | 
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Forge Scrap Metal Shortsword | Blacksmithing: 5 | Primitive Forge or better | Yes | /additem Base.ShortSword_Scrap
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| Scrap Metal Sword | 
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Forge Scrap Metal Sword |
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Blacksmithing: 7 | Primitive Forge or better | Yes | /additem Base.Sword_Scrap
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| Name | Image | Recipe | Crafting Materials | Tools | Skill | Station | Learned | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Simple Metal Blade | 
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Forge Simple Blade |
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Blacksmithing: 0 | Primitive Forge or better | No | /additem Base.CrudeBlade
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| Long Simple Metal Blade |
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Forge Long Simple Blade |
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Blacksmithing: 3 | Primitive Forge or better | Yes | /additem Base.LongCrudeBlade
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| Kitchen Knife Blade |
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Forge Kitchen Knife Blade |
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Blacksmithing: 4 | Advanced Forge | Yes | /additem Base.KitchenKnifeBlade
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| Large Knife Blade |
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Forge Large Knife Blade |
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Blacksmithing: 4 | Simple Forge or better | Yes | /additem Base.LargeKnifeBlade
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| Meat Cleaver Blade |
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Forge Meat Cleaver Blade |
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Blacksmithing: 4 | Simple Forge or better | Yes | /additem Base.MeatCleaverBlade
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| Metal Spearhead | 
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Forge Spear Head |
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Blacksmithing: 4 | Advanced Forge | Yes | /additem Base.SpearHead
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| Hunting Knife Blade |
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Forge Hunting Knife Blade |
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Blacksmithing: 5 | Advanced Forge | Yes | /additem Base.HuntingKnifeBlade
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| Long Metal Spearhead |
|
Forge Long Spear Head |
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Blacksmithing: 5 | Advanced Forge | Yes | /additem Base.SpearLongHead
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| Simple Shortsword Blade |
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Forge Simple Shortsword Blade |
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Blacksmithing: 6 | Simple Forge or better | Yes | /additem Base.CrudeShortSwordBlade
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| Shortsword Blade | 
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Forge Shortsword Blade |
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Blacksmithing: 7 | Advanced Forge | Yes | /additem Base.ShortSwordBlade
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| Simple Sword Blade |
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Forge Crude Sword Blade |
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Blacksmithing: 8 | Simple Forge or better | Yes | /additem Base.CrudeSwordBlade
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| Machete Blade |
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Forge Machete Blade |
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Blacksmithing: 9 | Advanced Forge | Yes | /additem Base.MacheteBlade
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| Sword Blade | 
|
Forge Sword Blade |
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Blacksmithing: 9 | Advanced Forge | Yes | /additem Base.SwordBlade
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| Name | Image | Recipe | Crafting Materials | Tools | Skill | Station | Learned | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Small Knife | 
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Forge Small Knife |
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Blacksmithing: 1 | Primitive Forge or better | Yes | /additem Base.SmallKnife
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| Handguard Dagger | 
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Forge Handguard Dagger | Blacksmithing: 6 | Advanced Forge | Yes | /additem Base.HandguardDagger
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Notes
- Most results are bare blades, so a Small Handle and the Assembly menu finish the job.
- Raising Short Blade, Long Blade or Spear alongside Blacksmithing unlocks blade recipes without any magazine.
- Broken swords and old knife blades are worth keeping as forging stock.
- Simple Shortsword and Shortsword forging also give back a quarter bar or shard.
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