Melter

Melter is a Crafting Station in Mindustry that consumes scrap at an unusually high rate. It is designed to process large quantities of scrap quickly, making it useful wherever rapid scrap throughput is required. Its compact footprint belies its consumption demand: a single Melter draws more scrap per second than a standard Conveyor can reliably deliver, and two Melters together can consume more scrap per second than a Titanium Conveyor can supply.

Because of this high demand, Melter placement and input logistics determine how effectively it operates. Direct single-line feeding with ordinary Conveyors often results in underfed melters and wasted potential. Melter behavior encourages the use of aggregated feedlines, overflow routing, or gate-based splitting to balance throughput and prevent starvation.

• Melters have an unusually high item consumption rate relative to their small physical size; expect them to pull scrap faster than a single basic conveyor can sustain.
• Two Melters can exceed the throughput of a Titanium Conveyor, so plan multiple supply lanes or upgraded logistics when running more than one.
• A net consumption rate often cited for Melters is around 6 scrap per second in total demand scenarios; this corresponds roughly to the output of about 10 un-boosted Pneumatic Drills with full scrap coverage, or about 4 Pneumatic Drills if those drills are boosted. Use this as a rule-of-thumb when sizing scrap production for one or more Melters.
• Splitting drills into groups improves conveyor efficiency: grouping drills in fives (for unboosted setups) or in pairs (for boosted setups) allows the use of standard Conveyors (which effectively move about 3 items/sec per group) and saves titanium compared to building many higher-tier conveyors.
• Use Overflow and Underflow Gates to merge multiple conveyor lanes into the Melter inputs without losing throughput. Gates let you combine lines dynamically so that multiple slower conveyors can supply a high-consumption building without constant manual rerouting.
• When designing a base around Melters, prioritize redundant and buffered supply (multiple lanes, junctions, small storage chests) to smooth bursts and avoid temporary starvation that reduces effective processing over time.

Melter integration favors a logistics-first approach: plan conveyor topology and production ratios around its high scrap draw, and prefer aggregated lanes with gate-controlled overflow rather than single-line feeding if you want the Melter to operate at full capacity.