Alathra:Steelmaking
| Steel | |
|---|---|
 Steel ingot | |
| Usage | Crafting material |
| Obtained | Steelmaking |
| Properties | |
| Sellable | Yes [2.00⌾] |
| Consumable | No |
| Stackable | Yes [64] |
| Info | |
| Release | (Launch) |
Steelmaking is the process of producing steel from iron and coal. Steel is an essential metal that is required to progress to more advanced armor and equipment. Diamond-tier equipment uses steel variants as its base.
Process
Producing steel requires a higher temperature environment than regular coal can provide. Players need to heat coal to obtain coal coke, which can supply enough heat to melt a carbon-rich variant of iron called pig iron, which in turn needs to be crafted separately using iron ingots.
Pig iron needs to be prepared and covered with coal coke, producing a coal-coke covered iron ingot, which can be smelted using any fuel type to produce a steel ingot. Steel requires a long time to form, but as is the case with other metals, blast furnaces provide a significant reduction in wait times for smelting with no additional cost in fuel. Coal coke has an additional function as an alternative fuel source, providing a 50% longer burn time compared to regular coal.
Usage
Steel is a common crafting material in advanced metalwork. Common recipes that require steel include:
- Firearms, such as flintlocks and muskets
- Shields
- Diamond equipment (armor, tools, weapons)
- Steel locks
- Blast furnaces (steel ingots replacing iron)