Professional Smelter Permafrost build part

Build cost, refund and repair

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

Cost

• Iron Ingot×5

Refund

• Quality Metal×2

Repair

• Quality Metal×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
Iron Ingot	Craftable: 3× Iron, 3× Coal

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.

• Coal×2Stone Furnace5× WoodCost15 sCraft time
• Copper IngotStone Furnace3× Copper, 5× CoalCost15 sCraft time
• Gold IngotStone Furnace3× Gold, 5× CoalCost15 sCraft time
• Moonrock IngotProfessional Smelter3× Moon Rock, 5× CoalCost15 sCraft time
• Quality MetalProfessional Smelter2× Iron Ingot, 2× ScrapCost10 sCraft time

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

Other workstations parts

Structure	HP	Cost	Materials	Build time
Campfire	125	2	2× Stone	1.5 s
Professional Smelter	250	5	5× Iron Ingot	1.5 s
Makeshift Smelter	250	5	5× Scrap	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
Professional 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
• Makeshift SmelterWorkstation250HP5Cost
• NPC WorkbenchWorkstation250HP20Cost
• ▣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