Refining Forge

The Refining Forge is a structure in ARK: Survival Evolved that is used to refine into  and  into. It is unlocked at Level 20.

Usage
To use the Refining Forge, one needs to put either, , or  inside. See table below for more information. The Refining Forge also can not be sitting on a foundation that's in water.

Once the fuel and refining materials are inside the forge, you light the fire to begin refining. Durations for the fuel and the refining materials are given in the tables below.

To make the most efficient use of fuel, the amount of refining materials and fuel should be balanced to not waste fuel once the refining is complete.

For common examples:
 * 400 Thatch, or
 * 100 Wood, or
 * 50 Sparkpowder, or
 * 12.5 AnglerGel

Can exactly melt:
 * 300 Metal (150 Metal Ingot s), and/or
 * 600 Oil & 500 Hide (500 Gasoline)

Fuel
Each fuel will burn for a different amount time. The table below shows how long each fuel will burn and what a single piece of fuel can theoretically refine (Minimum amounts of ingredients are given in the Refining section). Each fuel stacks to a maximum of 100, except thatch, which stacks to 200. The table below shows how long one stack of each fuel will burn and how much that is able to refine. An excellent offline calculator is available for automating these calculations, or you can use the following online calculator.

Refining
Each resource takes a different amount time to refine. The following table gives the duration to refine each resource for different amounts of ingredients An online calculator for automating the calculations is available at tristan.games (Just click the industrial tab)

Both Gasoline and Metal can smelt at the same time with both timers running simultaneously.

Painting and Color Regions
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