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Refining Stations
May 22, 2026 at 11:18 AM
Corrected the intro to match the actual station list, added a What They Do role table and Tips, linked Press and Crafting, kept the full variants table
Refining stations are workshops that turn raw materials into refined goods in Windrose. They sit between gathering and crafting: ore becomes ingots, hides become leather, plant fiber becomes cloth, and so on. Each station is built once at a base and then used to process stacks of materials over time.
Every refining station takes a specific kind of raw input and returns a refined output that higher-tier recipes need. A typical base keeps several running side by side so that ingots, cloth, leather, and ground goods are all stocked before the player sits down at a Crafting bench.
Station | Role |
|---|---|
Smelts ore into metal ingots | |
Upgraded furnace for higher-tier smelting | |
Turns wood into charcoal | |
Spins plant fiber into cloth and thread | |
Cures raw hides into leather | |
Grinds materials, including Gunpowder from Sulfur and Ash | |
Presses materials into refined form | |
Applies enchantments to gear |
A complete list of Refining Stations variants in Windrose is shown below, with thumbnail, build cost, and comfort bonus for each entry. Click any name to open its dedicated page.
Image | Variant | Build Cost | Comfort |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hearth +1 | ||
| Mire Metal Ingot x3, Hewn Stone x10, Plant Fiber x10, Essence Arborum x2 | - | |
| Hewn Stone x20, Foothills Iron Ingot x10, Clay x20 | Hearth +1 | |
| Wood x15, Millstone Parts x1 | - | |
| Hearth +1 | ||
| - | ||
| - |
Build the basic Smelting Furnace early; ingots gate most weapon and armor recipes.
Several stations grant a Hearth comfort bonus, so clustering them near living quarters doubles as base comfort.
The Large Smelting Furnace is the upgrade path once Foothills Iron Ingot is available.
Smelting Furnace - core ore-to-ingot station
Spinning Wheel - cloth production
Tanning Rack - leather production
Millstones - grinding and Gunpowder
Press - pressing station
Crafting - turning refined goods into gear
