Smelt Smaller Steel Item is a blacksmithing crafting recipe in Project Zomboid Build 42. It makes Small Ceramic Crucible with Steel x1. It needs no skill level.
| Qty | Item | How it is used |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Large Ceramic Crucible or Small Ceramic Crucible or Large Ceramic Crucible with Steel or Small Ceramic Crucible with Steel | Used up |
| 1 | any crudetongs or any tongs | Tool, kept (may wear) |
| 1 | any charcoal | Used up |
| 10 | Fishing Hook or Fork or Steel Piece or Screws or Needle or Spoon or Butter Knife or Tin Can | Used up |
| Qty | Makes |
|---|---|
| 1 | Small Ceramic Crucible with Steel |
Recipes that make the ingredients:
What you can make next with the result:
Use the Smelt Smaller Steel Item recipe (Blacksmithing category). You need Large Ceramic Crucible or Small Ceramic Crucible or Large Ceramic Crucible with Steel or Small Ceramic Crucible with Steel, any charcoal, Fishing Hook or Fork or Steel Piece or Screws or Needle or Spoon or Butter Knife or Tin Can and these tools: any crudetongs or any tongs.
No skill level is required.
It is known from the start; no book or skill level is needed to see it.
Figures on this page are read from the Build 42 game files (42.22, November 2026). Chances are relative weights inside each loot table, not exact drop rates. Your game is the final word: if it disagrees with us, tell us and we will fix the page.