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Real Metalworking

by spoon · for Project Zomboid

This mod addresses the need of vanilla friendly realistic primitive metalworking. It has tons of recipes but it wont let you craft EVERY metal object there is in the game. It is meant to be a…

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About Real Metalworking

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This mod addresses the need of vanilla friendly realistic primitive metalworking. It has tons of recipes but it wont let you craft EVERY metal object there is in the game. It is meant to be a…

This mod addresses the need of vanilla friendly realistic primitive metalworking. It has tons of recipes but it wont let you craft EVERY metal object there is in the game. It is meant to be a profession suitable for a self learned apocalypse survivor or a former blacksmith - not for a superhero who can magically craft complex machinery after reading a magazine.

Works in SP and MP and can be added to existing savegames.

New items:

  • Stone furnace, bellows, anvil, forging mold, charcoal pit, metal cutter, hand drill and grindstone. + Two recipe books.

Recipe details:

  • Most metal items can be melted using a furnace or a blowtorch.
  • The other half can be stomped with any hammer-like object.
  • You can also mine various ores with my : Dynamic Mining mod.
  • Both - melting and stomping- will create unusable metal that is melted into iron ingots.
  • Most car parts and metal furniture can be melted into unusable metal as well (Furnace or blowtorch).
  • All gold/silver can be melted into nuggets and uses along with metal to create welding rods.
  • From iron ingots you can forge tons of tools, materials and even engine parts, using - molds, metal cutters, hand drills, knives, hammers, grindstones etc.
  • Mold is drainable and needs to be refilled with dirt time to time.
  • Charcoal is made in a charcoal pit by slow burning wood for couple of days.
  • All recipes can be created from ground so you can have materials/items nearby and not in your hand. Just in case be sure you keep your other stuff you don't want to be melted further away from the metal works area.
  • Furnace and charcoal pit is built on the spot and cant be moved without destroying it first. Anvil and Grindstone can be moved but are heavy. Destroying a furnace will give you most of the stuff back.
  • Metal antique oven and BBQ can also be craft-forged.
  • Blowtorch uses both petrol and propane.
  • Dismantle railroad tracks, big metal structures and various industrial equipment into metal.
  • Small chance to get hurt(scratched) when doing metalwork.

Everything related to metalworking needs a certain skill + a recipe book. Metalworker profession starts with some free recipes already given to them.

This is part of... :

Project Realistic Overhaul - Set of mods I've created that will overhaul the vanilla game experience to be more hardcore and true to life, but on the other hand leaves you the option to make it through and survive. It makes items and actions have more value and makes the world more alive.

Credits : Special thanks to SumYungGuy for testing this mod and to DmitriySenpai for providing the translation template! Thank you.

Added Polish translation - Thank you KepaS Added Spanish translation - Thank you Dr. Nitropic Added Russian translation - Thank you Locked15 and axelroadman

Workshop ID: 2900671939 Mod ID: RealMetalworking

Highlights

From source data

Footprint

Rated a light load on a server.

Last update

Its author last shipped an update 3 yr ago.

Real Metalworking on Nxeon

From our catalogue
One-click install
Supported on Nxeon Project Zomboid servers. We download it from Steam Workshop, place it, and restart the server.
Server load
light
Smallest plan we suggest
Project Zomboid — 6 GB (6 GB RAM). This follows our own load rating above, not a benchmark.
Latest build
2023-06-19, released 2023-06-19

Game versions by loader

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Workshop

From 1 recorded build of Real Metalworking.

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What kind of mod it is

From the catalog
Listed on Steam Workshop as “QoL”

Quality of life & UI

Small conveniences, tweaks and interface improvements players notice straight away.

Compatibility

Game
Project Zomboid

Verified at the source

  • ✓Steam WorkshopOfficial listing, checked 2026-11-01Open ↗
  • ✓Authorspoon, as published on Steam Workshop
  • ✓LicenseNot published by the sourceFree

Real Metalworking, answered

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Is it free?

Yes. Real Metalworking is free to download from Steam Workshop.

How do I add it to my Nxeon server?

Use “Add to a server” on this page, or open NxLabs from your dashboard. We install it, restart your server and switch it on.

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