RimWorld: how to get steel

RimWorld is a game set in the future. Although people have traveled all over the world and beyond, there is no steady progress between these colonies. This is where your decisions matter the most as they can endanger the colony or help it develop. As you move through these colonies, you can do anything from fighting to rescuing colonists and even animals. One of the important resources that you will have to find is steel. Even though you will find this resource in several places, you will find that steel is not always easy to obtain. So here is your Gamer Tweak guide on how to get steel in RimWorld.

How to get steel in RimWorld

There are four ways to get steel in RimWorld. You can get it by doing one or all of the following:

• Mine from the mountains of ores
• Trade with other factions
• Dismantle various items to restore steel
• deep drilling

Here are some of the important tips you should keep in mind to get steel with these methods.

Harvest from RimWorld ores as Compact Steel

Here’s everything you need to know about how to dig mountains to get steel from ores.

• Compact Steel is an ore that is unlike any of the other common rock types.
• This is very common in RimWorld.
• You can mine compact steel by selecting individual parts of it and clicking on the “Mine”button. This will force the colonist to mine the same.
• You can also mine compact steel by using the Architecture tab and mining the entire area.

Trade with other factions

If mining is not suitable for you, you can always trade the same. Here’s everything you need to know about how to trade with other factions to get steel.

• Send a caravan to a friendly or neutral base to trade.
• Most factions will have steel that they are willing to trade.
• You will find that steel is cheaper and can be bought with silver.
• If you have a communications console, you can even trade with passing ships.

Dismantle various items to restore steel

If mining doesn’t suit you and you don’t have enough resources to trade, you can always dismantle various items. Here’s everything you need to know about how to dismantle items to get steel.

• You can disassemble the “ruins”in the game to get steel from them.
• Dismantle objects such as steel urns, walls, floors, art and various types of furniture.
• Click on the item you want to extract steel from and use the colonist to dismantle it.
• You can even scrap items from raids, events, outposts, and other faction bases.
• You can dismantle previously built items to get steel

deep drilling

As an alternative to the three options above, you can even deep drill to extract steel from the ground. Here’s everything you need to know about how to drill deep to get steel.

• Use the Deep Drill Rig along with the Ground Penetrating Scanner to find the ore that is underground.
• This will require you to research a few items first before you can use this method.
• You can use this method once you’ve leveled up to the mid to late stages of the game.
• Use the scanner to look for steel ores, and then dig with a drill.

This was your guide on how to get steel in RimWorld.