Casting: Difference between revisions

Casting is primarily used to make metal tools from copper and bronze, which are smelted into a liquid state and molded or "cast" into tool heads. Base metal ore nuggets or alloys can also be converted to ingots using this process.  

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To cast metal items, players need a [[crucible]], [[firepit]], fuel ([[coal]] or [[charcoal]]), [[molds|clay molds]] created by [[Clay Forming|clay forming]] and [[metal]] nuggets. [[File:Native copper in chert.png|300px|thumbnail|right|Copper ore can be found in small stone surface deposits.]]

* Axe: (Harvesting) Damages Wood, Leaf and plant blocks including trees, logs, planks, fences, gates and wooden building components. Used to create firewood.

* Hammer: (Crafting) Used in smithing, and to crush stones/ores in the crafting grid when no quern is available.

* Sword: (Weapon) Damages Mobs; used as a melee combat weapon

Metal nuggets can be obtained by [[panning]].  Small stones containing metal ores also appear on the surface of the world and are a good early game source of metal nuggets. To gather surface deposits, "breaking" the ore containing stones (with an empty hand or any item) to converts the stones into ore nuggets for collection. These surface deposits are an indicator of larger underground ore deposits. Be sure to add a waypoint to mark the location for later mining operations.  

Nuggets obtained by collecting small stone surface deposits or panning are "ready to use" and do not require additional processing. Ores collected by [[mining]] are trapped in the parent stone. Stone and metal ore chunks must be placed in the crafting grid with a [[hammer]] to crush the stone and obtain smeltable ore nuggets. Each nugget contains 5 units of base metal.

# Place the crucible in the input slot of the firepit to access the crucible GUI.  

# When the correct ingredients for an alloy are added, the GUI displays the amount (metal units) and type of material that will result from the smelting process  

# Add fuel, [[Peat]], [[coal]] or [[charcoal]] and light the firepit. Be sure to select the fuel appropriately, the fuel must raise and maintain the temperature of the metal above the melting point to liquefy the ores within the crucible.

# When the metals are liquefied, the glowing crucible will shift to the firepit output slot.  

''Adding ores after the process begins resets the temperature.''

Metal ores and alloys with melting points at or below 1300°C can be smelted in a [[crucible]] and cast to form [[molds|metal ingots]] prior to [[smithing]] or tool heads using [[molds|clay molds]].  Copper and Bronze Alloys may be cast into tool heads using [[molds|clay molds]]. <br>

# Pick up the glowing crucible will appear glowing and will shift to the firepit output slot (GUI: right).   

# When the mold is filled, no more metal can be added to the mold.  

# The metal will cool in the mold, and item temperature can be viewed in the block GUI.

''If a player attempts to pick up a mold before the metal is cool, the liquid material will be lost.'' A partially filled mold cannot be picked up without losing the material, even after the metal cools.

* Tin bronze, a mixture of copper and tin, has twice the durability of copper.

* Bismuth bronze, a mixture of copper, bismuth, and zinc, has slightly higher durability than tin bronze. In comparison to Tin Bronze, weapons and tools made from bismuth bronze are slightly slower (reduced mining speed) and have reduced attack power (HP).

Copper 50% to 70%

Zinc 20% to 30%

| Armor, Tier 3 Tools/Weapons

Gold 8% to 16%

Silver 8% to 16%

| Armor, Tier 3 Tools/Weapons

Tin 8% to 12%

| Armor, Tier 3 Tools/Weapons

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