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40d Talk:Furnace

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Just how much magma?[edit]

This says: 3 or deeper, but Magma smelter says: 4 or deeper. What is right? --User:Dorten

Four. --Savok 12:53, 9 June 2008 (EDT)

Grate or other protection?[edit]

I have had trouble with magma men and other monsters coming up through channels. Can you build anything between the channel and the smelter or workshop and still have everything work? I was thinking of a floor grate or something. --GarrieIrons 11:01, 9 June 2008 (EDT)

You should be able to build a floor grate there, I can't imagine why you wouldn't be able to. If not, then you could always station your barracks outside the smelter, just in case. --AlexFili 11:23, 9 June 2008 (EDT)
Personally, I seal off the magma tube with a floodgate. --Savok 12:53, 9 June 2008 (EDT)
Just to make it clear - it was monsters not the magma which was the problem. I worked out that the workshops always have the same layout so I demolished it, built a floor where the channel was, built a channel where the workshop would cover it up, and the problem is gone now.
ie for a magma glass smelter built the channel where the - is below:
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GarrieIrons 22:56, 9 June 2008 (EDT)