What do I need to craft a Refined Ingot?

An Ingot plus Coal, processed at a Furnace or Improved Furnace.

Where do I get the Ingots to refine?

Base Ingots are smelted from Ore, which is mined in mountainous regions across the map.

Is an Improved Furnace worth unlocking?

Yes, it processes materials much faster than the basic Furnace and is essential once Refined Ingot demand ramps up.

Crafting

How do you get a Refined Ingot in Palworld?

Answer

Refined Ingot is crafted at a Furnace by smelting Ingots together with Coal, rather than found in the wild. You need a steady supply of Ore and Coal, both mined from mountain and desert regions, plus the Furnace or Improved Furnace technology unlocked. It is the backbone material for mid-to-late weapons and structures.

Quick answer

Refined Ingot is a smelted material, not a drop or a gathered resource. Combine Ingots (themselves smelted from Ore) with Coal at a Furnace, or produce them in bulk with an Improved Furnace once you unlock it. The bottleneck is almost always Coal supply, since Ore is common everywhere in the mountains.

How to craft it

Ingredient	Source
Ingot	Smelted from Ore at a Furnace
Coal	Mined in desert or volcanic regions
Furnace / Improved Furnace	Base structure, unlocked via the technology tree

Feed Ore into the Furnace first to make base Ingots, then combine Ingots with Coal to upgrade them into Refined Ingots.

Best farming route

Set up an Ore mining base in the mountains — Ore nodes are common and unrestricted for fast travel, unlike Coal.
Set up a second base, or extend the same one if a desert region is close enough, dedicated to Coal.
Assign Mining Pals to both nodes so Ore and Coal accumulate passively.
Run Furnaces at both bases, or transport Coal to your main Ore base, and keep the smelting queue full.
Upgrade to an Improved Furnace as soon as it unlocks — it processes several times faster and removes most of the manual restocking.

What it is used for

Refined Ingot is required for almost every mid-and-late-game weapon, tool and base structure upgrade, including higher-tier walls, the Production Assembly Line, advanced weapon workbenches and armor. It effectively replaces plain Ingots as your default building material once you are past the early game, so keeping a large buffer in a chest saves constant backtracking.

Check Mining-affinity Pals on the Paldex
Use the interactive map to find Ore and Coal clusters close together
Review base placement tips in the fast travel guide
See the breeding guide for building a stronger mining team

Frequently asked questions

What do I need to craft a Refined Ingot?: An Ingot plus Coal, processed at a Furnace or Improved Furnace.
Where do I get the Ingots to refine?: Base Ingots are smelted from Ore, which is mined in mountainous regions across the map.
Is an Improved Furnace worth unlocking?: Yes, it processes materials much faster than the basic Furnace and is essential once Refined Ingot demand ramps up.