Refining Forge
EngramLevel 20
Requires Wood, Thatch, or Sparkpowder to activate. Put unrefined resources in this to refine them.
- Weight
- 4
- Stack
- 100
- Unlock level
- 20
- Engram points
- 21
- Crafting XP
- 18.55

Refining Forge is a structure in ARK: Survival Ascended. It unlocks at level 20 for 21 Engram Points. It can be crafted at a Player Inventory using 5 different resources.
Crafting recipe
Crafting Refining Forge requires 5 resources, including 125x Stone, 5x Flint, and more. Available crafting stations: Player Inventory. Use the calculator below to figure out exact quantities for multiple crafts.
Crafting
Crafting calculator
Level 20 · 21 engram points
StationPlayer Inventory
Crafting XP: 18.55Craft time: 5 s
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