Iron Bar Quarter
| Iron Bar Quarter | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Class | Material |
| Weight | 0.5 |
| Made With | 1x Iron Bar Half |
| Station | Metal Bandsaw |
| Research | Make Shiv |
| Crafting Skill | None |
| Crafting | See How to Craft |
| Location | Containers |
| Spawn ID | /additem Base.IronBarQuarter
|
| Crafting XP | 10 XP (Blacksmithing) |
Iron Bar Quarter is a short length of iron bar stock. It is one of the most useful pieces in blacksmithing, because so many small tools start from it.
Forging turns a quarter into Tongs, a Heading Tool, a Draw Plate, Metalworking Pliers, Shears and many other tools. Without a forge it still makes a Shiv or an Improvised Screwdriver. Two quarters forge into an Iron Bar Half, and four into a full Iron Bar.
Quarters are forged from an Iron Chunk or Iron Scrap, or cut from a longer bar. They also turn up in warehouses, sheds, closets and Wild West blacksmith shops. The Carpenter is the best occupation for materials. It starts with the most Carpentry skill. For Welding, the Welder starts strongest.
Uses
Tool forging is the main use. At a Primitive Forge or better, a quarter becomes Tongs, a Heading Tool or a Draw Plate at Blacksmithing level 1. Forged Spoon and Forged Fork recipes take it at the lowest levels. The Forge Masonry Trowel recipe needs level 2. Shears, a Gardening Trowel and a Hand Scythe Blade need level 4. Metalworking Pliers and Crude Scissors need level 4 at a Simple Forge. An Auger Drill needs level 5. Advanced Forge work turns it into Tweezers, Forceps, a Door Hinge and a Doorknob.
Blades start here too. The Forge Simple Blade recipe makes a Simple Metal Blade, and the Forge Small Knife recipe makes a Small Knife at Blacksmithing level 1.
The Make Shiv and Make Improvised Screwdriver recipes need no station. Each takes the quarter, a whetstone or file, and tape or a binding. Both need Maintenance level 1.
The Forge Bar Half and Forge Bar recipes join quarters into longer stock. The Saw into Pieces recipe cuts one quarter into five Iron Piece. The Forge Small Iron Band recipe turns one into an Iron Band - Small.
How to Get Iron Bar Quarter
The Forge Bar Quarter from Chunk recipe takes one Iron Chunk and one Charcoal at a Primitive Forge or better. The Forge Scrap Into Bar Quarter recipe does the same with one Iron Scrap and two Charcoal. A hammer or club hammer and tongs are needed and kept.
The Cut Bar recipe splits a longer bar in two, either at a forge with a metalworking chisel or with a Welding Torch at Welding level 1. The Cut Iron Bar Half recipe uses a Metal Bandsaw for two quarters. The Forge Simple Shortsword Blade and Make Scrap Metal Shortsword recipes give a quarter back as a leftover.
Research
The Research Craft option in the inventory menu studies the Iron Bar Quarter and teaches the recipes below.
| Recipe | Output | Image | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Make Shiv | Shiv | 
|
/additem Base.KnifeShiv
|
How to Craft Iron Bar Quarter
Each recipe that makes the Iron Bar Quarter is listed with its materials and the tools it keeps.
Cut Iron Bar Half
The Cut Iron Bar Half recipe makes the Iron Bar Quarter. It needs no skill level. It is made at a Metal Bandsaw.
| Name | Image | Amount | Kept | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Iron Bar Half | 
|
1x | No | /additem Base.IronBarHalf
|
Forge Bar Quarter from Chunk
The Forge Bar Quarter from Chunk recipe makes the Iron Bar Quarter. It needs Blacksmithing level 0. It is made at a Primitive Forge.
| Name | Image | Amount | Kept | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charcoal | 
|
1x | No | /additem Base.Charcoal
|
| Iron Chunk | 
|
1x | No | /additem Base.IronChunk
|
| Claw Hammer | 
|
1x | Yes | /additem Base.Hammer
|
| Kitchen Tongs | 
|
1x | Yes | /additem Base.KitchenTongs
|
Cut Bar
The Cut Bar recipe makes the Iron Bar Quarter. It needs Welding level 1.
| Name | Image | Amount | Kept | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Iron Bar | 
|
1x | No | /additem Base.IronBar
|
| Welding Torch | 
|
1x | No | /additem Base.BlowTorch
|
| Welder Mask | 
|
1x | Yes | /additem Base.WeldingMask
|
Cut Bar
The Cut Bar recipe makes the Iron Bar Quarter. It needs Blacksmithing level 0. It is made at a Primitive Forge.
| Name | Image | Amount | Kept | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Iron Bar |
|
1x | No | /additem Base.IronBar
|
| Claw Hammer |
|
1x | Yes | /additem Base.Hammer
|
| Metalworking Chisel | 
|
1x | Yes | /additem Base.MetalworkingChisel
|
| Charcoal |
|
1x | No | /additem Base.Charcoal
|
| Tongs | 
|
1x | Yes | /additem Base.Tongs
|
Forge Scrap Into Bar Quarter
The Forge Scrap Into Bar Quarter recipe makes the Iron Bar Quarter. It needs Blacksmithing level 0. It is made at a Primitive Forge.
| Name | Image | Amount | Kept | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charcoal |
|
2x | No | /additem Base.Charcoal
|
| Iron Scrap | 
|
1x | No | /additem Base.IronScrap
|
| Claw Hammer |
|
1x | Yes | /additem Base.Hammer
|
| Tongs |
|
1x | Yes | /additem Base.Tongs
|
Forge Simple Shortsword Blade
The Forge Simple Shortsword Blade recipe makes the Iron Bar Quarter. It needs Blacksmithing level 6. It is made at a Simple Forge. The recipe has to be learned first.
| Name | Image | Amount | Kept | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charcoal |
|
5x | No | /additem Base.Charcoal
|
| Iron Bar |
|
1x | No | /additem Base.IronBar
|
| Claw Hammer |
|
1x | Yes | /additem Base.Hammer
|
| Tongs |
|
1x | Yes | /additem Base.Tongs
|
Make Scrap Metal Shortsword
The Make Scrap Metal Shortsword recipe makes the Iron Bar Quarter. It needs Welding level 6.
| Name | Image | Amount | Kept | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Iron Bar |
|
1x | No | /additem Base.IronBar
|
| File | 
|
1x | Yes | /additem Base.File
|
| Rag | 
|
1x | No | /additem Base.RippedSheets
|
| Welding Torch |
|
8x | No | /additem Base.BlowTorch
|
| Welder Mask |
|
1x | Yes | /additem Base.WeldingMask
|
Used in Crafting
Everything made with the Iron Bar Quarter, with how much each recipe takes, the other materials it needs, the station and the skill.
| Item | Image | Recipe | Amount | Other Materials | Station | Skill | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Improvised Screwdriver | 
|
Make Improvised Screwdriver | 1x | - | Maintenance: 1 | /additem Base.Screwdriver_Improvised
| |
| Iron Band - Small | 
|
Forge Small Iron Band | 1x |
|
Primitive Forge | Blacksmithing: 0 | /additem Base.IronBandSmall
|
| Iron Bar Half |
|
Forge Bar Half | 2x |
|
Primitive Forge | Blacksmithing: 0 | /additem Base.IronBarHalf
|
| Iron Bar |
|
Forge Bar | 4x |
|
Primitive Forge | Blacksmithing: 0 | /additem Base.IronBar
|
| Iron Piece | 
|
Saw into Pieces | 1x | 1x Hacksaw (kept) | - | None | /additem Base.IronPiece
|
| Shiv |
|
Make Shiv | 1x | - | Maintenance: 1 | /additem Base.KnifeShiv
| |
| Simple Metal Blade | 
|
Forge Simple Blade | 1x |
|
Primitive Forge | Blacksmithing: 0 | /additem Base.CrudeBlade
|
| Small Knife | 
|
Forge Small Knife | 1x |
|
Primitive Forge | Blacksmithing: 1 | /additem Base.SmallKnife
|
These recipes accept the Iron Bar Quarter by its type rather than by name.
| Recipe | Output | Image | Station | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drill Heading Tool | Heading Tool | 
|
- | /additem Base.HeadingTool
|
| Forge 2 Spoons | Forged Spoon | 
|
Primitive Forge | /additem Base.SpoonForged
|
| Forge Doorknob | Doorknob | 
|
Advanced Forge | /additem Base.Doorknob
|
| Forge Draw Plate | Draw Plate | 
|
Primitive Forge | /additem Base.DrawPlate
|
| Forge Drill | Auger Drill | 
|
Simple Forge | /additem Base.OldDrill
|
| Forge Forceps | Forceps | 
|
Advanced Forge | /additem Base.SutureNeedleHolder
|
| Forge Forks | Forged Fork | 
|
Primitive Forge | /additem Base.ForkForged
|
| Forge Gardening Trowel | Gardening Trowel | 
|
Primitive Forge | /additem Base.HandShovel
|
| Forge Hand Scythe Head | Hand Scythe Blade | 
|
Primitive Forge | /additem Base.HandScytheBlade
|
| Forge Heading Tool | Heading Tool |
|
Primitive Forge | /additem Base.HeadingTool
|
| Forge Hinge | Door Hinge | 
|
Advanced Forge | /additem Base.Hinge
|
| Forge Masonry Trowel | Mason's Trowel | 
|
Primitive Forge | /additem Base.MasonsTrowel
|
| Forge Metalworking Pliers | Metalworking Pliers | 
|
Simple Forge | /additem Base.MetalworkingPliers
|
| Forge Scissors | Crude Scissors | 
|
Simple Forge | /additem Base.ScissorsForged
|
| Forge Sheep Shears | Shears | 
|
Primitive Forge | /additem Base.SheepShears
|
| Forge Tongs | Tongs |
|
Primitive Forge | /additem Base.Tongs
|
| Forge Tweezers | Tweezers | 
|
Advanced Forge | /additem Base.Tweezers
|
| Smelt Iron From Small Item | Iron Chunk |
|
Primitive Furnace | /additem Base.IronChunk
|
| Smelt Small Iron Item | Small Ceramic Crucible with Iron | 
|
Simple Furnace | /additem Base.CeramicCrucibleSmall_Iron
|
| Smelt Steel From Small Iron Item | Steel Chunk | 
|
Advanced Furnace | /additem Base.SteelChunk
|
Locations
Wild West blacksmith counters are the best place, with about one chance in six. Closets, sheds, warehouses and studio metal shelves hold one about one time in ten. Mechanic counters and garage crates are nearly as good. Storage rooms, Wild West tool stores and storage units turn one up only rarely.
The places where it spawns, with the rough chance per container. Each tab shows one kind of place.
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Wild West blacksmith | Counter | 16.2% |
| Studio | Metal shelves | 10.4% |
| Warehouse | Metal shelves | 10.4% |
| Mechanic | Counter | 9.7% |
| Storage room | Other | 4.2% |
| Mechanic | Metal shelves | 1% |
| Storage unit | Other | 1% |
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Closet | Crate | 10.4% |
| Closet | Other | 10.4% |
| Shed | Other | 10.4% |
| Garage storage | Crate | 8.4% |
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Warehouse | Small box | 10.4% |
| Wild West tool store | Counter | 3.2% |
Notes
- Research Craft on a quarter teaches the Make Shiv recipe.
- Tongs forged from a quarter unlock most other forge recipes.
- A Shiv from a quarter is a fast early weapon with no forge needed.
- Steel Bar Quarter works in the same recipes.
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