HELP smelting native copper

[Kionashi 10]

hi everyone im kinda new with TFC so it may not be a bug, but when im trying to smelt native copper in the firepit it only reach the state bright red****, i figure i was using a crappy wood so i look for better wood and i found maple, it reach the state orange**** but didint smelt, (i was using a bellow) i dont know what to do to smelt it... i even cheat myselft a few cassetorite and it smelt the tin just fine, but i dont like cheating so i dont know what to do..i even cheat mysfelft some pieces of hickory and still could not smelt the native copper...i know it should be easier with a bloomery but i need a chisel first....i know i could find cassetorite and smelt tin but im having problems to find granite.. .and i think i should be able to make a copper chisel ¬_¬U

any advice to make the firepit hotter??

i also wanna know....the jet is useful? because i found a lot and i the wiki says nothing about it

[nkgamer 1]

you can´t smelt Copper in a firepit, in the wiki it says yes, but you need Sphalerite, Bismuthinite or Cassiterite to get an Bar in a firepit what you can work on a stone Anvil.

So you have to find one of these ores. Jet has no function till now so put it in your Chest and wait for an update

I hope its all right what I said.

[Watsisname 0]

Copper is indeed smeltable in a firepit, but you have to use the highest-temperature wood, which is hickory, and it has to be done at very high altitude, with a bellows. It takes a long time and you have to keep the temp at max by using the bellows almost constantly, but it's possible.

Your best bet though is to find tin, zinc, or bismuth for the first-tier tools and make a bloomery.

[nkgamer 1]

oh okai you can smelt it in a firepit but cant work it on a stone anvil! thatz the second problem

[BlueXeta 0]

When I tried to smelt it in a firept (At about 76 altitude, with hickory and bellows) it just disappears. Is this something in terrafirmacraft, i.e. I disintegrated it into unusable form, or is it a glitch. I got no slag, and the last temperature it was on was Orange****

[Deviator 51]

You need a ceramic mold in the bottom slot if melting in the firepit otherwise your metal flows over the ground and disappears.