How To Get Salt Ore In The Front Game

Want to know how to get Salt Ore in The Front? You're not alone. As you might have realized, the developers have tossed the proverbial ball into players' courts, leaving gamers to figure out the ins and outs of The Front all alone. That includes even basic things like building a shelter.

However, with a lack of tooltips and no real instructions in the game, many players also want to know the location of Inorganic Salt Ore in The Front. Luckily, we've got the answer — and the solution is actually quite straightforward. Let's review all the steps.

Where To Find Inorganic Salt Ore In The Front

Method 1: Advanced Refinement

The most immediately practical way you can get Inorganic Salt Ore in The Front game is by smelting Stone in the Stone Furnace. To be more specific, you need to select the "Advanced Refinement" option from the crafting menu. It costs 3x Stone for 1x Inorganic Salt Ore.

While this method can also yield a variety of other ores — including Lead, Copper, and Iron — Inorganic Salt Ore is a notable (but not guaranteed) product. That being said, you'll need to offer a large yield of Stone raw material in the hopes of obtaining the required amount of your desired product.

Method 2: Farming Salt Stone

I can't confirm this yet myself at the time of writing, but sources on The Front discussion page on Steam suggest that there is a Salt Mine around K11 — my assumption is that you can smelt Salt Stone found there into Inorganic Salt in the same manner you would smelt Copper, Lead, or Iron Ore in the game.

How To Use Inorganic Salt Ore In The Front

Once you've got Inorganic Salt Ore, you can take it to the Chemist's Bench (you can craft this from the Crafting Table for 25x Stone, 35x Wood, and 5x Iron Ingot). Here, you can grind the ore into Inorganic Salt, which you can then use to craft gunpowder.

It is also used to make batteries, although I haven't figured that part out yet. Speaking of which — having played The Front for some time now and become overwhelmingly frustrated by the lack of tooltips in the game's Early Access, I figured that you might benefit from these pro tips that I learned.

Activate the Stone Furnace

You must activate the Stone Furnace before you can smelt the Stone required to get Inorganic Salt Ore in The Front. To do this, place Wood into an open slot under the Consumable Bar. Then, press "Activate." If you run out of Wood, the smelting process will terminate.

Stone Pickaxe for farming

For the sake of efficiency, we suggest using the Pickaxe to farm Stone — the weapon is available from the native Crafting menu. It requires 1x Stone and 2 Wood and will dramatically improve your farming speed.

And that's everything you need to know about how to get Salt Ore in The Front. We hope you found this guide useful.