[solved] Bloomery not firing up.

[Dwaare 0]

Created my bloomery today following instructions on http://wiki.terrafirmacraft.com/Bloomery.

 

Everything worked apart that I cannot light it up using a firestarter on the bloomery door. The firestarter is making a hitting animation instead of the lighting animation and does not consume durability (I'm using the firestarter the same way as I would use it to lit something else so I'm not pressing a wrong button).

 

This happened during a multiplayer game with my brother, neither him could light it.

[Kittychanley 1,002]

Just to double check that you aren't using the wrong button (I know you said you think it isn't). You are right-clicking with the firestarter, correct? Usually the hitting animation is done when you left-click with something, which is not the proper way to use a firestarter.

 

Are you sure that you put ore in your bloomery? There was a recent fix making it so that players cannot light bloomeries unless there is ore in it, to avoid players from wasting charcoal. The only ore that the bloomery will accept is Hematite, Limonite, or Magnetite. You will know that the bloomery accepted the ore because it will disappear into the charcoal block. You also need to throw in an equal amount of charcoal.

 

Here's an example of using the bloomery that follows the steps on the wiki exactly:

• Open the hatch and place (right click while sneaking) 8 charcoal so that the entire block is solid charcoal.
• Climb up the top of the bloomery and throw in 16 pieces of hematite. The hematite disappears into the charcoal block, and it is no longer seen floating in the stack.
• Throw in 16 pieces of charcoal into the stack (because you used 16 pieces of hematite). The thrown charcoal items will also disappear into the charcoal block, and will no longer be seen floating in the stack.
• The stack of the bloomery will fill up with molten ore blocks once you throw in both the charcoal and the hematite, since you have thrown in more than 8 pieces of each.
• Climb back down and right click on the bloomery hatch to close it, then right click on it with a firestarter to light it. Both the bloomery block and the chimney will light up to show that it is working. 

[theubie 19]

 

 

Here's an example of using the bloomery that follows the steps on the wiki exactly:

• Open the hatch and place (right click while sneaking) 8 charcoal so that the entire block is solid charcoal.

 

 

Not to be picky, but isn't it just right click without sneaking?

[Dwaare 0]

Added extra charcoal and it worked thanks.

[Wraithypooo 0]

I simply cannot make this work.

 

I do what i'm supposed to building-wise

i sneak 8 charcoals on

I dump 8 lemonite ores (25 units a piece)

and 8 charcoals on top.

 

I've spend almost 128 lemonite ores this way, and still can't get the bloomery to ignite.

The only thing i can think of is.....Does it have to be lemonite (10 units a piece)?

 

and how about the bloomery door, do i ignite while open, and then close it?

Edited 1 May 2015 by Wraithypooo

[Kittychanley 1,002]

I simply cannot make this work.

 

I do what i'm supposed to building-wise

i sneak 8 charcoals on

I dump 8 lemonite ores (25 units a piece)

and 8 charcoals on top.

 

I've spend almost 128 lemonite ores this way, and still can't get the bloomery to ignite.

The only thing i can think of is.....Does it have to be lemonite (10 units a piece)?

 

and how about the bloomery door, do i ignite while open, and then close it?

 

The bloomery door should be closed when you ignite it. Also make sure that the bloomery is actually consuming the ore when you throw it in. If the item is just sitting there, you are doing something wrong. You need to make sure that it actually instantly disappears as soon as you throw it in.

 

If the item isn't instantly disappearing when you throw it in, then there is something wrong with the way you have built your bloomery. Also make sure that there are no players standing in the chimney when you throw the items in.

[Wraithypooo 0]

Just lost 16 more ores, can't figure this one out.

I'll try to make a video and upload my efforts

 

About the ore dropping. First 4 ores dissapear straight away, the rest is like "hopping" for a while, and then either consumed or de-spawned.

Edited 2 May 2015 by Wraithypooo

[Bunsan 323]

Maybe just post an image of your bloomery first. If only 4 ore and charcoal disappear and rest bounce on top it suggests that the top part of your bloomery is not valid.

[Wraithypooo 0]

Damn...i finally figured it out

I have been PLACING both the initial AND the last 8 charcoals....not dropping the last 8

 

So now, it fired up no problem.....