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Treyflix

Refining Coal into Coke

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The reason you have to use Charcoal to smelt things is because any impurities (which Coal is full of) can effect the final product Metal/alloy. IRL you can also use a substance called Coke (not to be confused with the soda brand). Charcoal takes a lot of time and is a pain in the @$$ to make. I find I end up with a LOT of coal. TFC should have a way to refine Coal into Coke like IRL!

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Should be possible by simply replacing log piles in a charcoal furnace with coal blocks.

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The whole point of my suggestion is to move away from charcoal production because it's time consuming.

According to Wikipedia

"Volatile constituents of the coal—including water, coal-gas, and coal-tar—are driven off by baking in an airless furnace or oven (kiln) at temperatures as high as 2,000 °C (3,600 °F) but usually around 1,000–1,100 °C (1,800–2,000 °F).[16] This fuses together the fixed carbon and residual ash. Most modern facilities have "by-product" coking ovens."

So a coke oven block with input/output made of either Fire clay or metal. I'm inclined to think fire clay is more realistic. And it works balance wise

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The whole point of my suggestion is to move away from charcoal production because it's time consuming.According to Wikipedia"Volatile constituents of the coal—including water, coal-gas, and coal-tar—are driven off by baking in an airless furnace or oven (kiln) at temperatures as high as 2,000 °C (3,600 °F) but usually around 1,000–1,100 °C (1,800–2,000 °F).[16] This fuses together the fixed carbon and residual ash. Most modern facilities have "by-product" coking ovens."So a coke oven block with input/output made of either Fire clay or metal. I'm inclined to think fire clay is more realistic. And it works balance wise

Jesus, I still can't find graphite.

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Jesus, I still can't find graphite.

Yeah, graphite and silver seem to be the two rarest resources. Which is why I was pissed when they took silver out of gold panning. It's unrealistic and was not really causing any balance issues IMHO. :/But making it from fire clay would be fine because you still have charcoal until you find kaolinite and Graphite.
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Anyone notice that coke is already in the creative menu? I'm not sure if it will be used as a charcoal replacement, but it seems like they already have plans for this.

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