Steel

Steel
Details
A metal
Require:	Foundryman
Storage:	buildings, Chest
Source:	Foundryman, Trade mission, Trains
Usage:	buildings, research, crafting, ships, trains, trade, facilities
Category:	Resources, Capped resources

Steel is a metal

Steel has many uses including crafting, construction and research.

• Your available Steel, storage capacity, production rate and any bonuses to production, displays after you get some.

Access

Steel appears, after you hire a Foundryman.

• You need 200 Food, 1 Coin and 1 free Population to hire a Foundryman.

Worker required:
Worker	Hire cost
Foundryman	Food	200
	Coin	1
	Population	1

• You can get Steel:
  • from a Foundryman, on Jobs;
  • on a Trade mission or if you salvage a Fireship, at the Dock; and
  • with trains, at Market.

Storage

Your maximum available Steel is limited by storage capacity.

• Storage for Steel is provided, by:
  • some buildings, on Buildings; and
  • Chests.

Storage provided:
Item	Amount
Warehouse	3
Towncenter	5
Repository	5
Chest	0.1

• Other factors increment storage.

Production

• Foundrymen, you can maintain, produce 0.01 Steel per second.

Steel produced:
Producer	Rate
Foundryman	0.01 per second

Bonuses to production

• Other factors increment Steel production.

Bonuses to production:
Item	Amount
Eredal	10% per Title
Steel tools	5%
Quenching	25%
Global production	varies
Boost	× 2
Rush economy	30 minutes of production

Bonuses also affect the quantity of resources brought in by a Cargo train.

Uses

• Steel is used. to:
  • construct, on Buildings;
  • construct and maintain production, on Facilities;
  • research, on Technologies;
  • construct a Cargo train, at Market;
  • craft items, on Crafting; and
  • trade and construct a Fireship, at the Dock.

Use of steel:
Use	Item	Amount
craft	Armor	30
craft	Chest	30
craft	Greatsword	100
craft	Frame	100
craft	Musket	300
craft	Engine	400
research	Manufacturing	5
research	Steel tools	10
research	Cavalry	25
research	Cache	100
research	Intelligence	100
research	Steel	150
research	Quenching	250
research	Metalwork	400
construct	Cargo train	500
construct	Workbench	2 × 1.4n
construct	Bank	100 × 1.4n
construct	Crusher	50 × 1.2n
construct	Cement kiln	600 × 1.3n
consume	Tool factory	2 per second
construct	Fireship	200
export	Trade mission	varies
where 'n' is the number of the item

Other

• A Cargo train can haul 0.0125 Steel per second, before any bonuses.

• You can import Steel with a Trade mission, from the Dock.

Trades for steel:
Send	ratio	Receive
Chemicals	2 : 5	Steel
Copper	50 : 3	Steel
Food	20 000 : 9	Steel
Iron	10 : 1	Steel
Mineral	10 000 : 3	Steel

• A variable amount of Steel is returned when you salvage:
  • a Fireship, at the Dock; or
  • a Cargo train, at Market.

Steel salvaged:
Item	Amount
Fireship	50  →  100
Cargo train	100  →  200

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