Steel making: Difference between revisions

Refractory blocks are important for the steel making process as no other currently available block can withstand the extreme heat necessary to produce {{ll|steel|steel}}. Refractory blocks come in three different tiers, all of which can be used to make the cementation furnace. All refractory brick blocks have a chance to receive damage per use of the cementation furnace smelting process, however, using higher tier blocks will reduce the amount that receive damage per use. Tier 1 has a heat resistance of 90% (1 in 10 chance to break), tier 2 95% (1 in 20 chance to break), and tier 3 99% (1 in 100 chance to break). (Tier 3 may actually have a heat resistance of 99.9% and thus a 1 in 1000 chance to break. This information needs verification.)

|Output=Unfired refractory brick (Tier 1)|Output_name=Unfired refractory brick (Tier 1)

|Output=Unfired refractory brick (Tier 2)|Output_name=Unfired refractory brick (Tier 2)

|Output=Unfired refractory brick (Tier 3)|Output_name=Unfired refractory brick (Tier 3)

|Output=Refractory bricks (Tier 1)|OA=2|Output_name=Refractory bricks (Tier 1)

|Output=Refractory brick grating (Tier1)|OA=3|Output_name=Refractory brick grating (Tier 1)

The cementation furnace is a multiblock structure that needs to be built in a specific way to ensure it is functioning as intended. When starting the build of a furnace, the player can use {{Keypress|Shift}} + {{RMB}} on the stone coffin with coal or an empty hand to trigger a building help overlay. Using {{Keypress|Shift}} + {{RMB}} will additionally inform the player about the number of still missing or mis-placed blocks in the structure.

Additionally to the refractory blocks, there are some more specialist blocks necessary to build a functioning steel making furnace, namely an '''iron door''' and a '''stone coffin''' including a '''coffin lid'''.

And iron door can either be found in ruins, or crafted out of 6 iron plates. Stone coffins can be made out of {{ll|granite|granite}}, {{ll|andesite|andesite}}, {{ll|basalt|basalt}} or {{ll|peridotite|peridotite}}.

|Ingredients=1x {{ll|Hammer|<translate><!--T:157--> Hammer</translate>}}<br>3x {{ll|Rock#Relieving_Stone_Blocks|<translate><!--T:158--> Rocks</translate>}}<br>1x {{ll|Chisel|<translate><!--T:159--> Chisel</translate>}}

After the carburation process is 100% completed, damaged refractory brick blocks can be broken to return some of their materials back, similar to a broken bloomery. Grate blocks do not get damaged at the moment, which means there is no sense in making them out of higher tier bricks. In addition, not all of the blocks on the cementation furnace building need to be of the same tier, allowing for use of refractory blocks of a different tier when replacing damaged ones.