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Refining Stations
May 23, 2026 at 08:33 PM
Corrected wikilink existence flags
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
