Skyrim:Smelting

A Smelter

Skyrim provides the ability to smelt ores that you have mined, transforming ores into ingots. Smelting is done in a smelter, which is typically in the shape of a very large, dome-shaped oven (see picture at right). 22 smelters in total are found in Skyrim, all of which are shown on (map), as well as 5 smelters found on Solstheim^DB. There is also a category listing these locations. If you have Hearthfire installed, it is also possible to construct additional smelters at any homes you have built. You can place one outside and one in the cellar, if it has been constructed.

Smelter Locations

Hold	Location	Description
Eastmarch	Goldenrock Mine	The mine is located in Darkwater Crossing; the smelter is at the entrance to the mine
	Gloombound Mine	Near the entrance on the outside
	Steamscorch Mine	The mine is located in Kynesgrove; the smelter is at the entrance to the mine
	Windhelm	Outside the Blacksmith Quarters
Falkreath Hold	Bilegulch Mine	To the right of the mine entrance
Haafingar	Broken Oar Grotto	At the very end of the caves with a workbench and forge
Hjaalmarch	Stonehills	To the left of the mine entrance
The Pale	Iron-Breaker Mine	Both mines are located next to Dawnstar, and each has a smelter outside the entrance
	Quicksilver Mine
The Reach	Cidhna Mine	Outside the entrance to the mine, in Markarth
	Gloomreach
	Karthwasten	There are two smelters to the north of the town
	Kolskeggr Mine	To the right of the mine entrance
	Left Hand Mine	To the right of the mine entrance
	Mor Khazgur Mine	Outside the entrance to the mine
	Soljund's Sinkhole	Directly across from the mine entrance, next to the Miner's House
The Rift	Northwind Summit	Between two out-buildings to the right of the wall with the Word of Power
	Shor's Stone	Outside the entrance to Redbelly Mine, near Filnjar's House
SolstheimDB	Damphall Mine
	Glover Mallory's House	Next to Glover Mallory's stand in the market, where he runs his blacksmithing shop during the day
	Raven Rock Mine	To the right of the mine entrance
	Severin Manor	In the blacksmith workshop near the bottom of the stairs; it's on the right if you've just come down the stairs
	Skaal Village
Winterhold	Fort Fellhammer	To the left of the entrance
	Whistling Mine	To the right of the mine entrance
Whiterun Hold	Whiterun	Outside Warmaiden's

Recipes

Ingots (bars) of materials are made using single, or combinations of ores at the smelter.

	Used	Weight	Value		Created	Weight	Value	Delta Weight	Delta Value
	Corundum Ore × 2	1	20		Corundum Ingot × 1	1	40	-1	0
	Ebony Ore × 2	1	60		Ebony Ingot × 1	1	150	-1	30
	Gold Ore × 2	1	50		Gold Ingot × 1	1	100	-1	0
	Iron Ore × 1	1	2		Iron Ingot × 1	1	7	0	5
	Orichalcum Ore × 2	1	20		Orichalcum Ingot × 1	1	45	-1	5
	Quicksilver Ore × 2	1	25		Quicksilver Ingot × 1	1	60	-1	10
	Malachite Ore × 2	1	30		Refined Malachite × 1	1	100	-1	40
	Moonstone Ore × 2	1	30		Refined Moonstone × 1	1	75	-1	15
	Silver Ore × 2	1	25		Silver Ingot × 1	1	50	-1	0
	Corundum Ore × 1	1	20		Steel Ingot × 1	1	20	-1	-2
	Iron Ore × 1	1	2

Dwarven Metal Ingots

Dwarven metal ingots are not crafted from any known ores or ingots. Instead, they are made from melted down dwemer metal scraps found in most Dwarven Ruins. The scraps yield different numbers of ingots, as listed in the following table. For more information, see Dwarven Metal Ingot.

	Used	Weight	Value	Created	Weight	Value	Delta Weight	Delta Value	Ratio (Ingots / Weight)
	Small Dwemer Plate Metal × 1	2	15	Dwarven Metal Ingot × 3	1	30	1	75	1.5
	Large Decorative Dwemer Strut × 1	15	10	Dwarven Metal Ingot × 2	1	30	-13	50	0.13
	Bent Dwemer Scrap Metal × 1	2	15	Dwarven Metal Ingot × 3	1	30	1	75	1.5
	Large Dwemer Plate Metal × 1	2	15	Dwarven Metal Ingot × 3	1	30	1	75	1.5
	Solid Dwemer Metal × 1	25	25	Dwarven Metal Ingot × 5	1	30	-20	125	0.20
	Large Dwemer Strut × 1	20	15	Dwarven Metal Ingot × 3	1	30	-17	75	0.15

Bugs

• Occasionally, when you activate the Smelter, the animation will not start and you will not enter third-person view if you were in first-person view. When this happens, you will instantly crash upon smelting anything. The workaround is to exit the smelting interface, wait a few seconds, and then try again. ^?