Charcoal Burning Pit

Charcoal Burning Pit

Class	Workstation
Type	Workstation
Build Menu	Blacksmithing
Build Skill	None
Build Tools	Spade
Health	100 (+20 per skill level)
Recipes	4
Location	Built

The Charcoal Burning Pit is a burning pile dug into the ground for turning wood into Wood Charcoal. The game describes it as a burning pile used to burn Logs into Wood Charcoal.

Charcoal is the fuel of Blacksmithing. Furnaces and forges burn it in almost every recipe, so a steady supply matters early. The pit is the cheapest way to make that supply. It sits at the very start of the metalworking line, before the first furnace is built. The Charcoal Burner barrel does the same job, and the Dome Kiln does it and more. The pit is dug by the survivor rather than found.

How to Build Charcoal Burning Pit

The build recipe is Charcoal Burning Pile, listed under Blacksmithing in the build menu. It needs only a digging tool, such as a shovel, and the tool is kept. No other materials go into it.

The recipe is known from the start. The Blacksmith occupation and the Blacksmith Knowledge trait also start with it known.

The finished pit has 100 health. Each point of the builder's skill adds 20 more.

The Charcoal Burning Pile recipe is in the Blacksmithing build menu. It needs no skill level.

Name	Image	Amount	Kept	Spawn ID
Spade		1x	Yes	`/additem Base.Shovel`

How to Use Charcoal Burning Pit

Wood goes into the pit as the recipe input, and Wood Charcoal comes out. No separate fuel is needed, since the wood itself burns down into the charcoal.

Every recipe here gives the same amount of Wood Charcoal. What changes is the kind and amount of wood it takes. Logs are the most compact input. Large Branch and Plank work too, but more of them are needed for the same result.

Smaller wood items can also go in through their own recipes. Those take many more pieces for one batch, so they suit clearing out scrap wood.

Crafting Recipes

Burn Wood into Charcoal is the main recipe. It takes two Log, or Large Branch or Plank in greater numbers.

Burn Large Wood into Charcoal, Burn Medium Wood into Charcoal and Burn Small Wood into Charcoal take other wood items sorted by size. Larger pieces need fewer items per batch. Small pieces need the most.

Its recipes are the same set the Charcoal Burner runs.

Every recipe made at the Charcoal Burning Pit is listed with what it uses up, the tools it hands back and the skill it asks for. A "Yes" under Learned means the recipe has to be learned before it shows up.

Name	Recipe	Crafting Materials	Tools	Skill	Learned	Spawn ID
12x Wood Charcoal	Burn Large Wood into Charcoal	9x Sapling	-	None	No	`/additem Base.CharcoalCrafted`
12x Wood Charcoal	Burn Medium Wood into Charcoal	12x Firewood	-	None	No	`/additem Base.CharcoalCrafted`
12x Wood Charcoal	Burn Small Wood into Charcoal	18x Scrap Wood	-	None	No	`/additem Base.CharcoalCrafted`
12x Wood Charcoal	Burn Wood into Charcoal	2x Log or similar	-	None	No	`/additem Base.CharcoalCrafted`

Station Tiers

The Charcoal Burner runs exactly the same recipes as the pit. The choice between them is about materials, since the pit needs only a digging tool. The Dome Kiln runs everything the pit runs and adds Make Coke on top. Coke drives the steel recipes at the Blast Furnace. Move to the Dome Kiln once steel is the goal.

The Charcoal Burning Pit shares its recipes with the stations below. A higher station runs everything a lower one runs.

Name	Recipes	Build Skill	Compared
Charcoal Burning Pit	4	None	This station
Charcoal Burner	4	None	Runs the same recipes
Dome Kiln	5	None	Runs every recipe here and more

Notes

The build tooltip reads: a burning pile used to burn Logs into Wood Charcoal.
The pit costs nothing but the work of digging, and the shovel is kept.
Two Log make a full batch, which is the most efficient use of a trip to the woods.
Charcoal fuels the furnaces and forges, so build the pit before the first furnace.

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