Makeshift Smelter Permafrost build part

Build cost, refund and repair

What placing it costs, what deconstruction returns, and what one repair takes.

Cost

• Scrap×5

Refund

• Scrap×2

Repair

• Scrap×2

The quickest known source for each of the 1 ingredients: a container with its chance per visit, a trader with the price, an animal, a resource node, or a recipe.

Where to get the materials

Item	Where it comes from
Scrap	Mined from Metal Object Medium node (3–5 per node)Car Military (Tier 1)

Health, decay and how it compares with the other parts in its category.

HP

250vs 14 other parts in the category

Cost

5higher = cheaper than more peers

Where the game lets you put it.

• Needs a foundation

How to unlock

Available without spending blueprint points.

Building blueprint0 blueprint points

Placing this bench unlocks these crafts.

• Quality MetalMakeshift Smelter5× Iron, 5× ScrapCost20 sCraft time

15 parts share this build-menu group. Campfire is the cheapest at 2 materials; Makeshift Smelter is the toughest at 250 HP.

Other workstations parts

Structure	HP	Cost	Materials	Build time
Campfire	125	2	2× Stone	1.5 s
Makeshift Smelter	250	5	5× Scrap	1.5 s
Professional Smelter	250	5	5× Iron Ingot	1.5 s
◆Radio Station	250	5	2× Scrap, 1× Wire, 2× Wood	1.5 s
Workbench Furnace	250	5	5× Quality Metal	1.5 s
Workbench	250	10	10× Wood	1.5 s
Radio Station Bench	250	13	3× Wire, 10× Wood	1.5 s
Tailoring Bench	250	18	15× Wood, 3× Copper Ingot	1.5 s
Tanning Rack	250	18	15× Wood, 3× Deer Pelt	1.5 s
Dismantle Bench	250	20	10× Wood, 10× Iron	1.5 s
NPC Workbench	250	20	10× Wood, 10× Quality Metal	1.5 s
Repair Bench	250	20	10× Wood, 10× Flint	1.5 s
Weapon Bench	250	20	10× Wood, 10× Iron Ingot	1.5 s
Stove	250	30	30× Scrap	1.5 s
Stone Furnace	250	40	40× Stone	1.5 s

How much you pay for each point of health, against the other 15 Workstation parts with a cost and HP.

Materials per HP

Part	Materials per 100 HP	Note
Makeshift Smelter	2	Cheaper per HP than 87% of the category
Workstation average	6.3	This part is 68% cheaper per HP than average
Makeshift Smelter	2	Best value in the Workstation category

Materials are counted one-for-one regardless of rarity, so a part built from scarce ingots looks cheaper than it feels.

Similar parts

Other parts from the same group of the build menu.

• CampfireSurvival125HP2Cost
• Dismantle BenchWorkstation250HP20Cost
• NPC WorkbenchWorkstation250HP20Cost
• Professional SmelterWorkstation250HP5Cost
• ▣Radio StationWorkstation250HP5Cost
• Radio Station BenchWorkstation250HP13Cost
• Repair BenchWorkstation250HP20Cost
• Stone FurnaceWorkstation250HP40Cost

Data: Permafrost Early Access preview build 0.44.2.4552-playtest — refreshed at the Oct 9 launch. How we source this