Making cast iron

Heuvel · Post by **Heuvel** » Fri Jul 10, 2009 12:37 am

Do you have to keep the smelter going for a certain amount of time, or is it like baking where you can insert a certain amount of fuel and then fire and forget?

Dondy · Post by **Dondy** » Fri Jul 10, 2009 12:41 am

Four pieces of charcoal usually does it. Put in five if you want to be extra-extra careful, but it doesn't matter if you put in too much because unlike baking your iron ore cannot burn.

theTrav · Post by **theTrav** » Fri Jul 10, 2009 12:43 am

It's like baking, if you need to re-load fuel it's not a re-start of ticks.

Additionally there's currently a bug where you can leave the ore in the smelter for an extremely long time, and then smelt it with a single piece of charcoal because it accumulates "smelting ticks" even when the thing isn't lit.

Heuvel · Post by **Heuvel** » Fri Jul 10, 2009 12:48 am

OK. Thanks for the quick answers

theTrav · Post by **theTrav** » Fri Jul 10, 2009 1:14 am

Heuvel wrote:OK. Thanks for the quick answers

Happy to help, good luck with your metal working

be careful when you get to the steel making process though, it's a good idea to put your crucible somewhere WAY out of the way and keep any steel you make in your inventory. Large stockpiles cause a lot more grief than joy it seems.

kidrockfan12 · Post by **kidrockfan12** » Wed Jul 22, 2009 7:56 pm

i dont know why but i cannot put charcoal in the smelter. help!

Laremere · Post by **Laremere** » Wed Jul 22, 2009 7:58 pm

Left click it in your inventory so it attaches to your mouse, and right click the smelter.

kidrockfan12 · Post by **kidrockfan12** » Sat Jul 25, 2009 10:58 pm

i know that know i was so stupid XD

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