Smelter

 improves your efficiency regarding : you can turn two scraps into three ingots of for 2  or 1, which then improves your repairs on the  hull. They can also be used for building, crafting, or upgrades.

Traders asking for Scrap Metal do not accept Refined Metal.

It is a job, so you should borrow the  unless.

Custom synergy
'’s main synergies are with and, both adding roles related to the , and supplementing '.
 * Blacksmith grants points, useable for smelting, and flesh your role out beyond duplicating metal. Beware, their crafting is more expensive, so you should toggle special AP on and off (skillap on/off).
 * Builder may reduce 's material consumption, and further improve the effectiveness of personal hull repairs.
 * Having all three allows you to access the, the and the  at the same place, and benefit from Builder and Blacksmith’s own synergy.

Any will greatly benefit from your skills, as  upgrades are numerous and expensive: around 6 metal are consumed to fully upgrade a drone (8 if you want to completely upgrade it, which is rarely done).  turns this into 4 and 4.

To get scrap metal, you have two main options: and. Both will require a certain amount of and, so you should take it into consideration, or leave it to another player. Pilot salvages more scraps but leave them in, while Metalworker is free and requires you to visit storage rooms instead (you can benefit from , but it won't suffice).

After collecting scraps,  needs help bringing the scraps to the, for that, a lot of options exist:
 * Robotics Expert and Tamer may train and command their NPC to haul scraps.
 * and provide more inventory room.
 * ,, and a pushed have a better movement economy (more  or free movements).
 * can teleport between rooms, at the cost of.
 * You can benefit from items and projects, like the or the.
 * adds another layer, depending on the available Objectives:
 * 's : 1- teleportation between two rooms.
 * 's : sometimes saving on movement.
 * 's : allowing to move the.

The Forge may inflict damage negated by, and possibly avoided by and.
 * All three offer bonuses to explorations, although it generally won't be enough to claim one of the limited places in the.

If you're interested in fixing the hull, apart from Builder, and  give you free  to do so, but you may be required elsewhere for repairs. Technician and Contortionist additionally increase your success chances.

It is a dirty job, so you may be interested in and, to take showers for free or avoid dirtiness.

General effects

 * Spawns the in.
 * gives bonus if used for hull repairs.