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Kill3rCat

Oh, help me... too much Bismuth Bronze!

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Ok, so after a short mining haul I came back with plenty of Bismuthinite, Sphalerite and Malachite (these conveniently happened to be one of several ore veins in my vicinity in my SSP world).

 

I have enough to fill 6 ceramic vessels (with a lot left over, could probably fill another 1 or 2 vessels) like:

 

 

 

[14 rich sphalerite]           [13 bismuthinite]

 

 

 

[16 malachite       ]            [16 malachite     ]

 

 

 

This translates to:

 

800 copper (50%)

325 bismuth (20.1%)

490 zinc (30.3%)

 

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In total, that is 1615 units per vessel, and 9690 units total.

 

Now, a Bismuth Bronze anvil will take 1400 units, while a bloomery takes 3200. That still leaves me 5000 units spare (discarding the useless 90).

 

What the hell am I to do with 50 ingots of Bismuth Bronze? That is almost enough to make 4 of each tool (most tools I don't even bother using, anyway). And I don't even know how or why I'd want to store 4 of each tool. Not to mention that I'd hate to have to gather 480 clay, and enough wood to burn 24 pit kilns. Fortunately, I probably have enough straw lying around as waste from my grain farms to make straw a non-issue.

 

I've played lots of TFC before, but never ended up with this much of any metal.

 

Any suggestions, folks? (short of mass-dumping half of the metal in the sea)

Edited by Kill3rCat
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You need it for blue steel. You'll likely need to replace some tools before you get really going in Iron Age. Armour. A second bloomery is worth it.

Honestly there is not a tool I wouldn't make metal version of.

There is also no imperative to smelt it all. Just store the ore until you need it. You'll need to make black bronze, sterling silver, rose gold and brass eventually as well.

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Humm,

Adding:

800 copper (50%)

325 bismuth (20.1%)

490 zinc (30.3%)

equals: 100.4%

Now for serious, just leave the ore in a chest, is not going to hurt anyone. You prob will need it later. 

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Yes, it indeed equals 100.4%. The .4% is the 15 units left over, which is discarded because 15 units is useless.

 

Unfortunately due to a slight lapse in intelligence, I forgot to realise that 20.1 > 20% and 30.3 > 30%. The alloy recipe was therefore incorrect and I had to adjust the recipe, and refire the ceramic vessel full of ore. Oh well. I got it so damn close the first time, I felt kind of proud... *duh*

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Nope you are confusing the alloy calculator with the anvil addon.

All this tool does is help people not good in math or just too lazy to make the calculations. it does not gives you any advantage.

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Aren't alloy calculators banned on the forums?

 

No? There's a whole bunch of them posted in the Addons & Applications forum and have been there for quite a long time. http://terrafirmacraft.com/f/forum/29-addons-applications/

 

 

The math behind alloys is publicly available on the wiki, why would we ban it from the forums?

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