Metal Ingot

Metal Ingot is referred to as "Iron Ingot" in the Primitive Plus DLC

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Metal Ingot
Created by refining metal ore in a forge.
Resource
Type	Resource
Item
Weight	1.0
Stack Size	200
Stack Size (Mobile)	5000
Spawn Command cheat giveitemnum 74 1 0 0 or cheat GFI MetalIngot 1 0 0 or cheat giveitem "Blueprint'/Game/PrimalEarth/CoreBlueprints/Resources/PrimalItemResource_MetalIngot.PrimalItemResource_MetalIngot'" 1 0 0
Crafting
Used to craft	318 items
Crafted in	Refining Forge Industrial Forge Phoenix
Ingredients
Resources breakdown 2 × Metal
Purchase (Mobile)
Purchase Yields	50 Pieces
Purchased in	Metal Foundry
Cost	125 ×  Molds

The Metal Ingot is a resource in ARK: Survival Evolved. It's an essential ingredient for most mid-game and late-game equipment.

The Industrial Forge can produce up to 40 Metal Ingots at once if enough raw materials are available.

Crafting

To craft metal ingots you will need to put Metal in a Refining Forge or Industrial Forge. 2 pieces of Metal can be smelted to create a Metal Ingot.

Quantity	Refining Time Refining Forge	Refining Time Industrial Forge	Refining Time Phoenix
1 ×  Metal Ingot	20s	1.3s	?
15 ×  Metal Ingot	5m	20s	?
100 ×  Metal Ingot	33m 20s	2m 13s	?

Metal Ingots are used to craft a lot of items, including:

• Smithy
• Fabricator
• Vault
• Metal Pick
• Metal Hatchet
• Metal Sickle
• Pike
• Firearms
• Explosive Weapons
• Ammunition
• Flak Armor
• Fur Armor
• Several Saddles
• Platform Saddles
• Elevator Structures
• Metal Structures and Buildings
• Metal Irrigation Pipes
• Electrical Cables
• Electrical Devices
• Weapon Attachments

Full list of items crafted with Metal Ingot

Gathering

Weight Reduction

The following creatures reduce the weight of Metal Ingot by the listed amount while it is in their inventory:

Creature	Reduced by
Argentavis	50%