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Crafting Mechanic: Smelting
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Smelting
Metallurgy 101. Only here on Vintage Story.
To acquire your first metal tools you will need to smelt copper, and later on bronze. You will need charcoal, clay, copper nuggets, and a pair of tongs. Craft a crucible through clay forming and fire it in a pit kiln. You can acquire charcoal through the process of charcoal burning. Before you begin, also prepare and fire one or more tool molds. You might want to start out with a pickaxe and hammer mold. Also don't forget to make a pair of tongs (and hold them in your off hand) to handle the scorching hot metal!
Once prepared, place the crucible in the firepit, then place nuggets into the 4 crucible slots and heat with charcoal. You can place any amount of ore nuggets in the crucible (128 per slot X 4), but the more ore you add, the longer the smelting process will take.
Once smelted, hold your tongs in your off hand, and take the crucible out of the firepit and hold over a mold, pressrightmouse to begin pouring. Most molds require 100 units of metal to be complete (each nugget is 5 units). The molten metal will be very hot initially, after the item has cooled to below 200 degrees, you can take out your cast item.
Congratulations! You are now a master metallurgist \o/
Smelting high melting point ores
Some ores, such as quartz, iron ore and meteoric iron have high melting points that cannot be reached using a simple crucible in a firepit. These you will have to smelt in a bloomery + chimney.
Metallurgy 101. Only here on Vintage Story.
To acquire your first metal tools you will need to smelt copper, and later on bronze. You will need charcoal, clay, copper nuggets, and a pair of tongs. Craft a crucible through clay forming and fire it in a pit kiln. You can acquire charcoal through the process of charcoal burning. Before you begin, also prepare and fire one or more tool molds. You might want to start out with a pickaxe and hammer mold. Also don't forget to make a pair of tongs (and hold them in your off hand) to handle the scorching hot metal!
Once prepared, place the crucible in the firepit, then place nuggets into the 4 crucible slots and heat with charcoal. You can place any amount of ore nuggets in the crucible (128 per slot X 4), but the more ore you add, the longer the smelting process will take.
Once smelted, hold your tongs in your off hand, and take the crucible out of the firepit and hold over a mold, press
Congratulations! You are now a master metallurgist \o/
Smelting high melting point ores
Some ores, such as quartz, iron ore and meteoric iron have high melting points that cannot be reached using a simple crucible in a firepit. These you will have to smelt in a bloomery + chimney.