---
title: Making Steel And Other Alloys
icon: oritech:item/steel_ingot
---

You can craft early alloys such as **steel, electrum, and adamant** by hand, but it is expensive and wasteful.

<CraftingRecipe
    slots={[
        'iron_ingot',
        'iron_ingot',
        '',
        'coal',
        'coal',
        '',
        '',
        '',
        ''
    ]}
    result="oritech:steel_ingot"
    count={1}
/>

Hand crafting is acceptable for the very first machines. As soon as possible, though, move alloy production into a [Pulverizer](@oritech:pulverizer_block) plus [Foundry](@oritech:foundry_block) setup.

That shift is one of the biggest efficiency upgrades in early Oritech progression, and it also sets you up for later alloys like biosteel, energite, and duratium.