TestifiedWolf wrote:About how much cast iron would get me a brickwall without deep artifice?
This depends entirely on what size you want your wall to be. I have a 60x60 wall with 4 gates, and I needed about 2,5
cupboards, or approx. 160 cast iron. This was made into 45 wrought iron and ~20 steel with deep artifice.
TestifiedWolf wrote:Also apart from all this stuff, if there's any experienced hermit reading this, what else should I know/consider in the long run? Animals, cheese, steelmaking, all seem like a lot of effort and even if I want to get to that point in the game, I feel like I'm getting real close to burning out.
The game's what you make of it, and if you don't want to keep animals, make cheese, or steel you don't have to.
To be honest, i'm a casual hermit playing little more than a hour a day, maybe 2-3 on weekends, and I managed to get up my brickwall a month after settling, i have some animals and planning to make cheese soon, and all this doesn't seem like much effort to me.