Bronze

Black bronze ingot
Stackable	16
Smeltable
Smelt Point	1020°C
Requires Container	Yes
Output	Ingot mold
Output Amount	1
Items

Bismuth bronze ingot
Stackable	16
Smeltable
Smelt Point	850°C
Requires Container	Yes
Output	Ingot mold
Output Amount	1
Items

Tin bronze ingot
Stackable	16
Smeltable
Smelt Point	950°C
Requires Container	Yes
Output	Ingot mold
Output Amount	1
Items

Bronze is a Tier 3 metal alloy. Bronze is needed to progress past the Copper Age into the Iron Age. Bronze alloys must be created via smelting, and may be cast or smithed into useful tools and equipment.

Obtaining

As an alloy, bronze is not naturally occurring and must be created by the player. Bronze tools may be sometimes sold by different traders, depending on the type of tool. Different metal ore nuggets must be mixed inside a crucible in the right ratios to produce usable molten bronze, which can then be cast directly into tool molds or in an ingot mold to form ingots.

Bronze types

Bronze alloys all require copper as a primary component and is mixed with other metals to create different types. Tin bronze requires tin, black bronze requires both silver and gold, and bismuth bronze require zinc and bismuth. Tin bronze and black bronze require high-temperature fuel like charcoal or coal to create, while bismuth bronze can also be created by burning peat, due to its lower smelting temperature.

Bronze types

Bronze type	Smelting temperature	Copper %	Other metal %	Other metal %
Tin bronze	950 °C	Copper 88-92%	Tin 8-12%	-
Black bronze	1020 °C	Copper 68-84%	Silver 8-16%	Gold 8-16%
Bismuth bronze	850 °C	Copper 50-70%	Zinc 20-30%	Bismuth 10-20%

Sample ratios

Sample ratios of metals in 5 unit pieces, either as nuggets or as bits, with the minimum amount of each metal needed. As an example, if making tin bronze using 128 copper nuggets then 12 tin nuggets are required to make the alloy.

Tin bronze

Copper	Tin
128	12

Black bronze

Copper	Gold	Silver
128	13	13

Bismuth bronze

Copper	Zinc	Bismuth
128	38	19

Usage

Bronze, similarly to copper, can be cast directly into tool molds or smithed as ingots on an anvil. Bronze tools are generally more durable than their copper counterparts, with more hit points. They also deal more damage and mine through appropriate blocks more quickly than copper or stone tools.

Different types of bronze produce items with different stats. Broadly speaking, the best bronze items are made of black bronze, followed by tin bronze and bismuth bronze. Better bronze types do more damage, mine faster, and provide more damage protection when made into weapons, tools or armor.

Tin bronze has higher mining speed, attack power and damage reduction than bismuth bronze items. However, bismuth bronze items have higher durability than tin bronze items.

Progression

Bronze anvils can be used to create iron anvils. Therefore, in order to progress into the Iron Age, players must make a bronze anvil at minimum.