DF2012:Magma forge

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Magma forge

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Job Requirement
Weaponsmith, Armorsmith, Metalsmith, Metal crafter, Trapper, Mechanic
Construction
Materials	Jobs
Magma-safe building material (non-economic) Magma-safe anvil	Weaponsmithing Armoring Blacksmithing Metalcrafting Mechanics
Materials Used
Metal bars
Goods Created
Crafts Goblets (x3 from one metal bar) Toy Instrument Flasks (x3 from one metal bar) Coins (x500 from one metal bar) Studding Furniture

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The magma forge is a workshop used by dwarves to turn metal bars into useful objects such as weapons, ammunition, armor, furniture, coins, trap components, metal crafts and ballista arrow heads without the need for fuel to heat the forge.

To build a magma forge, you must have magma-safe materials (non-magma-safe materials will not be shown on the material list), an anvil, and a build site with at least one of its eight non-center tiles open over magma at least 4/7 deep. Technically, the anvil must be magma-safe, but, except for rare strange mood creations, it is not currently possible to make an anvil from magma-unsafe materials. Placing an impassable tile of the workshop over the magma will prevent dwarves from getting knocked in and prevent magma creatures from crawling out. While it is possible to construct a magma forge without open access to magma beneath any of its 9 squares, it will not operate (you will be unable to add tasks to the workshop). Note also that, like all workshops, the central tile must be floored, as it is required for a dwarf to use the workshop, and therefore cannot be the square used to access magma (you will be blocked from building the workshop).

Note that in order to build one, you must have first found magma on the map.

Workshop labors and skills

Several different types of items can be created at a metalsmith's forge; dwarves will need the correct type of labor enabled for each. The labors used at a forge are:

• Weaponsmithing -- weapons, trap components, bolts, and ballista arrowheads
• Armoring (armorer) -- armor
• Metalcrafting -- chains, and everything in the "Other Objects" category (crafts, coins, goblets, studding, etc.), except anvils
• Blacksmithing -- Anvils, blocks, and all furniture except chains.
• Trapping -- Animal Traps.
• Mechanics -- Mechanisms.

See also

• Metalsmith's forge

Workshops & Furnaces
Workshops	Ashery - Bowyer - Butcher - Carpenter - Clothier - Craftsdwarf - Dyer - Farmer - Fishery - Jeweler - Kitchen - Leather - Loom - Magma forge - Mason - Mechanic - Metalsmith's forge - Millstone - Quern - Screw press - Siege - Still - Soap - Tanner
Furnaces	Glass furnace - Kiln - Magma glass furnace - Magma kiln - Magma smelter - Smelter - Wood furnace
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