Iron lump/Wooden nail mold

[Rantul]

Random iron lump from mining stone boulders

*Can use wooden nail mold in kiln to make 1 nail
-Wooden nail mold made from whittlers bench and wood block
-Wooden nail mold destroyed with iron lump upon making a nail

*Ability to forge 5 into 1 bar?

[pistolshrimp]

This doesn't really make much sense, we have iron mining already and if you can't set up a mine you can buy from the guide or from other players, what does this add?

[Rantul]

The ability to make 1 nail items on the fly such as sawbucks and clay tubs or maybe you just want 1 compost bin in a spot, removes the reliance on mine and smelters just for a nail or spend a lot of silver for one in boston or going to boston trying to find a seller.

Gives more flexibility when out in the wild and reduces the need to have a smelter, mine, anvil at your side. I would assume finding one would be rare and not something you would go after for mass quantities, still easier to use a smelter and mine if ones available. For small demand for a nail now and then, you don't have to bother with smelter unless you want a lot or even over time it could save you time if you collected few, no need to be bothered running the smelter.

[Feone]

The needing iron before having iron is kind of bothersome for a crafting MMO, imo. Still, with silver in place as is it's not all that needed.

I like the idea as well though. Perhaps make it a rare foragable in a crag or mountain biome that doubles as a curio for mainly Mines & Mountains?

[Darwoth]

if you do not have your own mine and all the nails you need by the end of your first few days playing you are doing it wrong.

[Rantul]

yeah that was kinda the point, needing iron before you can make it in a crafting mmo. It really is meant as a minor suggestion, not something to go hog wild on.