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Bar of Pig Iron

PostPosted: Wed Feb 21, 2018 2:11 am
by akpeters678
I fill the smelter up with 12 iron ore and 13 lime and only ever get 1 bar of pig iron. Anyone know why?

Re: Bar of Pig Iron

PostPosted: Wed Feb 21, 2018 2:17 am
by gorniksam
how many coal you used for?

Re: Bar of Pig Iron

PostPosted: Wed Feb 21, 2018 11:10 am
by Nsuidara
akpeters678 wrote:I fill the smelter up with 12 iron ore and 13 lime and only ever get 1 bar of pig iron. Anyone know why?

You usually get between a 1 bar and 2 bars.
By using a alloying set, you'll get 2 bars more often.

Re: Bar of Pig Iron

PostPosted: Wed Feb 21, 2018 12:22 pm
by LaserSaysPew
Nsuidara wrote:
akpeters678 wrote:I fill the smelter up with 12 iron ore and 13 lime and only ever get 1 bar of pig iron. Anyone know why?

You usually get between a 1 bar and 2 bars.
By using a alloying set, you'll get 2 bars more often.


When do I need to wear it? When I mine the ore? When I light the smelter? When I place the ore into the smelter? During the wrole smelting process till the moment I take the bar(s) out?

Re: Bar of Pig Iron

PostPosted: Wed Feb 21, 2018 12:35 pm
by grapefruitv
You need to wear it when lighting the smelter.

Re: Bar of Pig Iron

PostPosted: Wed Feb 21, 2018 7:45 pm
by akpeters678
This is dumb.

Re: Bar of Pig Iron

PostPosted: Wed Feb 21, 2018 8:01 pm
by JohnCarver
akpeters678 wrote:This is dumb.


How would you prefer the Alloying bonus be transfered to the smelter if not the point of lighting it?

Re: Bar of Pig Iron

PostPosted: Wed Feb 21, 2018 8:12 pm
by nosfirebird
JohnCarver wrote:
akpeters678 wrote:This is dumb.


How would you prefer the Alloying bonus be transfered to the smelter if not the point of lighting it?

he probs remembers when you could get 2-3 per smelt dont think he would be saying that having to wear it when lighting is dumb

Re: Bar of Pig Iron

PostPosted: Wed Feb 21, 2018 8:48 pm
by akpeters678
gorniksam wrote:how many coal you used for?


I fill it up with coal. Is that wrong?

Re: Bar of Pig Iron

PostPosted: Wed Feb 21, 2018 10:39 pm
by akpeters678
nosfirebird wrote:
JohnCarver wrote:
akpeters678 wrote:This is dumb.


How would you prefer the Alloying bonus be transfered to the smelter if not the point of lighting it?

he probs remembers when you could get 2-3 per smelt dont think he would be saying that having to wear it when lighting is dumb


Correct. It's dumb how much waste happens. If there is a formula I'm missing that will give me a better chance of getting 2 or 3 Pig Iron, ok, then I'm dumb and I haven't figured it out yet, but if it's just how it is, it's dumb to have such a low random chance of getting 1 iron from 12 ore and 13 lime per run.