Fuel

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Different materials have different burn times and temperatures. Different processes also require different temperatures and duration. Cooking requires a temperature of 200°C, while firing a clay mold requires a temperature of 700°C. Melting ores, metals, or glass requires much higher temperatures.

Wood

All logs and planks burn at 800°C, which is a temperature high enough for cooking and firing pottery items made of blue clay. Wood does not burn hot enough to use in metal working.

Image Wood Type Duration (s)
Log-acacia.png Acacia Log 89
Log-baldcypress.png Bald cypress Log 72
Log-birch.png Birch Log 78
Log-ebony.png Ebony Log 110
Log-kapok.png Kapok Log 47
Log-larch.png Larch Log 72
Log-maple.png Maple Log 79
Log-oak.png Oak Log 98
Log-pine.png Pine Log 60
Log-purpleheart.png Purpleheart Log 72
Log-redwood.png Redwood Log 72
Log-walnut.png Walnut Log 72
Log-aged.png Aged Log 40
Oak planks.png Wooden Planks Blocks 20
Stackedbamboo.png Stacked bamboo 24
Grid Oak slab.png Wooden Slab/Stairs Blocks 10
Plank-oak.png Board 6

High Temperature Fuels

These fuels generate temperatures high enough to be used to fire pottery items made by clay forming, smelting ores for casting, and in smithing. Be sure to check the temperature required for your process and choose your fuel accordingly.

Image Name Temperature (°C) Duration (s)
Grid Firewood.png Firewood 700 24
Peatbrick.png Peat 900 25
Grid Brown coal.png Brown coal 1100 77
Grid Bituminous coal.png Black coal 1200 84
Anthracite.png Anthracite 1200 196
Charcoal.png Charcoal 1300 40
Coke.png Coke 1350 40

Calculating Fuel Cost

Warm up times are difficult to calculate but once warmed up the amount of fuel needed to complete a process is roughly: 30 * [Number of ore] / [duration of fuel]. The fuel needs to have a max temperature equal or greater to the ore of course.

For a stack of charcoal, you can roughly melt about 83 ore.

Alternative Fuels

Most items made of wood and cattails (baskets, chests, other furniture) will also burn in a firepit. In an emergency, you might not have the fuel you need. Before you burn your household goods, you might also use these flammable items.

Image Name Temperature (°C) Duration (s)
Grid Dry Grass.png Dry grass , Cattails , Papyrus 600 4
Bamboostakes.png Bundle of bamboo stakes 700 10
Torch.png Torch 600 6
Flower-woad.png Flowers and other plants 600 10
Rot.png Rot 400 12
Fat.png Fat 400 96
Stick.png Stick 300 8


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