Steel Bar
| Steel Bar | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Class | Long Blunt Weapon |
| Skill | Long Blunt |
| Damage | 0.6-1.15 |
| Range | 0.61-1.25 |
| Crit | 20% x2 |
| Condition | 8 |
| Weight | 2 |
| Hands | Two-handed |
| Crafting Skill | Blacksmithing: 0 |
| Crafting | See How to Craft |
| Location | Containers |
| Spawn ID | /additem Base.SteelBar
|
| Crafting XP | 10 XP (Blacksmithing) |
The Steel Bar is a full-length bar of steel stock. It is a smithing material first. It can also be swung as a two-handed blunt weapon that trains the Long Blunt skill.
As a weapon it hits reasonably well and reaches a fair distance. Its true value is at the forge. Steel is the stock for the best forged blades, including sword and machete blades, and for tools such as the Crowbar. Factories and blacksmith shops hold it in quantity, and it also turns up in sheds and garages. A forge or furnace can make one from steel chunks or molten steel. The Construction Worker is the best occupation for long blunt. It starts with the most Long Blunt skill.
Combat
The Steel Bar swings at base speed and reaches about 1.25 tiles. Each hit deals between 0.6 and 1.15 damage, so an ordinary zombie takes a few blows. The crit chance starts at 20 percent, and a crit doubles the damage.
Both hands stay on the bar while it is equipped. The Long Blunt skill raises damage, crit chance and swing speed as it levels. In a fight the Steel Bar is identical to the Iron Bar. The Crowbar matches its damage and reach, with a slightly stronger crit and far better durability. The steel bar is a sound stop-gap weapon, but every hit wears down stock that the forge could use.
Uses
The Steel Bar is bar stock for blacksmithing. At a forge it becomes an Iron Band, a Scrap Metal Shortsword, a Simple Shortsword Blade or a crude sword blade. An Advanced Forge turns it into a Shortsword Blade, a Sword Blade, a Machete Blade or a Crowbar, the last three at Blacksmithing 9. An Advanced Forge can also draw it out into a Steel Rod. It serves to forge a Large Hook, a Fireplace Poker and a Scrap Metal Sword too. A metal saw cuts it into two Steel Bar Halves, and so does a welding torch or a chisel at a forge. Welders use three bars for a Metal Bar Barricade. An Advanced Furnace smelts it into four Steel Chunks.
How to Craft Steel Bar
Each recipe that makes the Steel Bar is listed with its materials and the tools it keeps.
Forge Bar From Chunks
The Forge Bar From Chunks recipe makes the Steel Bar. It needs Blacksmithing level 0. It is made at a Primitive Forge.
| Name | Image | Amount | Kept | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charcoal | 
|
4x | No | /additem Base.Charcoal
|
| Steel Chunk | 
|
4x | No | /additem Base.SteelChunk
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| Claw Hammer | 
|
1x | Yes | /additem Base.Hammer
|
| Tongs | 
|
1x | Yes | /additem Base.Tongs
|
Forge Bar
The Forge Bar recipe makes the Steel Bar. It needs Blacksmithing level 0. It is made at a Primitive Forge.
| Name | Image | Amount | Kept | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charcoal |
|
4x | No | /additem Base.Charcoal
|
| Steel Bar Quarter | 
|
4x | No | /additem Base.SteelBarQuarter
|
| Claw Hammer |
|
1x | Yes | /additem Base.Hammer
|
| Tongs |
|
1x | Yes | /additem Base.Tongs
|
Cast Steel Bar
The Cast Steel Bar recipe makes the Steel Bar. It needs no skill level. It is made at an Advanced Furnace.
| Name | Image | Amount | Kept | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Large Ceramic Crucible with Steel | 
|
4x | No | /additem Base.CeramicCrucible_Steel
|
| Kitchen Tongs | 
|
1x | Yes | /additem Base.KitchenTongs
|
| Charcoal |
|
4x | No | /additem Base.Charcoal
|
| Steel Bar Mold | 
|
1x | Yes | /additem Base.SteelBarMold
|
Cast Steel Bar from Iron
The Cast Steel Bar from Iron recipe makes the Steel Bar. It needs no skill level. It is made at an Advanced Furnace.
| Name | Image | Amount | Kept | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Large Ceramic Crucible with Iron | 
|
4x | No | /additem Base.CeramicCrucible_Iron
|
| Kitchen Tongs |
|
1x | Yes | /additem Base.KitchenTongs
|
| Coke | 
|
6x | No | /additem Base.Coke
|
| Limestone | 
|
6x | No | /additem Base.Limestone
|
| Steel Bar Mold |
|
1x | Yes | /additem Base.SteelBarMold
|
Used in Crafting
These recipes take the Steel Bar as an ingredient or a part.
| Recipe | Output | Image | Station | Skill | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Build Metal Bar Barricade | Metal Bar Barricade | - | - | Welding: 3 | - |
| Cut Bar | Steel Bar Half | 
|
Primitive Forge | Blacksmithing: 0 | /additem Base.SteelBarHalf
|
| Forge Bar Into Rod | Steel Rod | 
|
Advanced Forge | Blacksmithing: 0 | /additem Base.MetalBar
|
| Forge Crowbar | Crowbar | 
|
Advanced Forge | Blacksmithing: 9 | /additem Base.Crowbar
|
| Forge Crude Sword Blade | Simple Sword Blade | 
|
Simple Forge | Blacksmithing: 8 | /additem Base.CrudeSwordBlade
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| Forge Iron Band | Iron Band | 
|
Primitive Forge | Blacksmithing: 0 | /additem Base.IronBand
|
| Forge Machete Blade | Machete Blade | 
|
Advanced Forge | Blacksmithing: 9 | /additem Base.MacheteBlade
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| Forge Scrap Metal Shortsword | Scrap Metal Shortsword | 
|
Primitive Forge | Blacksmithing: 5 | /additem Base.ShortSword_Scrap
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| Forge Shortsword Blade | Shortsword Blade | 
|
Advanced Forge | Blacksmithing: 7 | /additem Base.ShortSwordBlade
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| Forge Simple Shortsword Blade | Simple Shortsword Blade |
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Simple Forge | Blacksmithing: 6 | /additem Base.CrudeShortSwordBlade
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| Forge Sword Blade | Sword Blade | 
|
Advanced Forge | Blacksmithing: 9 | /additem Base.SwordBlade
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| Saw Bar | Steel Bar Half |
|
- | None | /additem Base.SteelBarHalf
|
Any recipe that asks for a barstock or smeltablesteellarge accepts it as the tool, such as Forge Scrap Metal Sword, Smelt Steel From Large Steel Item and Smelt Large Steel Item.
Repair
The Steel Bar has 8 condition. Each hit has a 1 in 15 chance of taking a point off. The Long Blunt and Maintenance skills both lower that chance. Hits with it give no Maintenance experience. A worn bar can still go into the furnace for steel.
Locations
The Steel Bar is a sure find in a few places. Blacksmith crates and metal shelves always hold one. So do the metal shelves of factories, the golf club factory and the wire factory. Derelict steel factories and metal fabrication shops hold one more often than not. Welding storage rooms and welding workshops hold one at a fair rate. Garage storage, sheds, closets, studios and the knife factory tool cabinets hold one now and then.
The places where it spawns, with the rough chance per container. Each tab shows one kind of place.
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Blacksmith | Crate | 100% |
| Blacksmith | Metal shelves | 100% |
| Factory | Metal shelves | 100% |
| Golf factory | Crate | 100% |
| Golf factory | Metal shelves | 100% |
| Wire factory | Metal shelves | 100% |
| Wire factory | Other | 100% |
| Derelict steel factory | Crate | 60% |
| Metal fabrication | Other | 60% |
| Factory | Crate | 40% |
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Welding workshop | Other | 23.5% |
| Warehouse | Small box | 5.2% |
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Garage storage | Counter | 7.3% |
| Garage storage | Metal shelves | 7.3% |
| Shed | Counter | 7.3% |
| Shed | Metal shelves | 7.3% |
| Shed | Shelves | 7.3% |
| Closet | Crate | 5.2% |
| Closet | Other | 5.2% |
| Shed | Other | 5.2% |
| Garage storage | Crate | 4.2% |
Notes
- Forging a bar needs four Steel Chunks, four pieces of charcoal, a hammer and tongs at a Primitive Forge or better.
- Casting a bar needs four crucibles of steel, a bar mold, tongs and charcoal at an Advanced Furnace.
- Molten iron can also be cast into a Steel Bar with six Coke and six Limestone.
- Steel Bar Halves and Quarters can be forged back into a full Steel Bar.
- Keep spare bars for the forge rather than wearing them down in fights.
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