Steel

Steel is a basic material and currently the 3rd strongest material in the game. It is not a resource by itself; steel items are made from Common Metal Ore which is grey & white in-game.

Obtaining

Common Metal is a very common ore that generates in Arcane Desert, Candy, Enchanted, Grass, Infernal, Jungle, Lemon, Mushroom, Permafrost, Savanna, Swamp, and Wasteland biomes but it does not generate in the Beach, Corrupted, or Crystal biomes. Common Metal itself can also be found in the Crystal Biome but not in the form of an ore. It can also be placed directly through the Nature and Disasters menu tab.

File:IconSeedCrystal - Scaled 10x.png	Crystal Tree	5File:IconResWood scaled 10x .png+ 1File:IconResStone scaled 10x .png+ 1File:IconResCommonMetals scaled 10x pngcrushed.png+ 1File:IconResMythril scaled 10x.png
File:IconSeedCrystal - Scaled 10x.png	Big Crystal Plant	2File:IconResCommonMetals scaled 10x pngcrushed.png+ 1File:IconResMythril scaled 10x.png
File:IconSeedCrystal - Scaled 10x.png	Small Crystal Plant	2File:IconResCommonMetals scaled 10x pngcrushed.png+ 1File:IconResMythril scaled 10x.png+ 1File:IconResCrystalSalt scaled 10x.png
File:IconSeedDesert - Scaled 10x.pngFile:IconSeedCandy - Scaled 10x.pngFile:IconSeedEnchanted - Scaled 10x.pngFile:IconSeedGrass.pngFile:IconSeedInfernal - Scaled 10x.pngFile:IconSeedJungle - Scaled 10x.pngFile:IconSeedLemon - Scaled 10x.pngFile:IconSeedMushroom - Scaled 10x.pngFile:IconSeedPermafrost - Scaled 10x.pngFile:IconSeedSavanna - Scaled 10x.pngFile:IconSeedSwamp - Scaled 10x.pngFile:IconAcid scaled 10x pngcrushed.png	Common Metal Ore	2File:IconResCommonMetals scaled 10x pngcrushed.png+ 1File:IconResStone scaled 10x .png

Icon (Ore-Deposit)	In-Game	Storage Icon (Common Metals)	Storage Icon (Fan-Made)	Knowledge
File:IconOreDeposit scaled 10x pngcrushed.png	File:Ore Deposit-Common Metals In-Game.png	File:IconResCommonMetals scaled 10x pngcrushed.png	File:IconSteelMaterial scaled 10x .png	File:-Material - Steel-.png

Uses

Steel can be used to forge and craft tools, weapons, armor, and other accessories like amulets when a culture learns the "Material - Steel" knowledge, which can be unlocked as early as culture level 31.

Steel can be crafted into axes, bows, hammers, spears, swords, helmets, armor, boots, rings, amulets.

Sword	Axe	Hammer	Spear	Bow
File:Icon sword steel.png	File:Icon axe steel.png	File:Icon hammer steel.png	File:Icon spear steel.png	File:Icon bow steel.png
Helmet	Armor	Boots	Amulet	Ring
File:Icon helmet steel.png	File:Icon armor steel.png	File:Icon boots steel.png	File:Icon amulet steel.png	File:Icon ring steel.png

Trivia

• Steel is never mentioned in the official changelogs