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[[Fuel]] for the metal industry is processed at a [[smelter]] or [[wood burner]], but [[magma smelter]]s and [[magma forge]]s do not need conventional fuel to operate.
 
[[Fuel]] for the metal industry is processed at a [[smelter]] or [[wood burner]], but [[magma smelter]]s and [[magma forge]]s do not need conventional fuel to operate.
  
However, producing [[steel]] will requires [[fuel]] even at a magma smelter, either in the form of [[coke]] or [[charcoal]]. [[Pig iron]] is made by smelting 1 [[iron]] with 1 [[fuel]] and 1 [[flux]], and [[steel]] is made by smelting 1 iron bar with 1 pig iron, 1 more fuel and 1 more flux, producing a final product of 2 steel bars.  In the end, each steel produced requires 1 iron ore, 1 flux, and 1 fuel, regardless of where it is processed. (See [[Fuel]] and [[Smelting]].)
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Producing [[steel]] will require [[refined coal]] even at a magma smelter, either in the form of [[coke]] or [[charcoal]]. [[Pig iron]] is made by smelting 1 [[iron]] with 1 refined coal and 1 [[flux]], and steel is made by smelting 1 iron bar with 1 pig iron, 1 more refined coal and 1 more flux, producing a final product of 2 steel bars.  In the end, each steel produced requires 1 iron ore, 1 flux, and 1 refined coal, regardless of where it is processed. (See [[Fuel]] and [[Smelting]].)
  
 
===Smelters:Forges===
 
===Smelters:Forges===

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The metal industry can be quite profitable, as pursuit of high-quality weapons and armour for your military or statues and furniture for hallways and rooms can provide many lesser-grade items to trade or melt down and recycle.

Raw material

Ore

Ore is a generic term given to a mineral which can be refined to produce a metal. Within the game this is done at a smelter.

Bars

Once an ore is smelted into pure metal, it becomes a bar of that metal. Sometimes ores and/or bars can be combined to produce alloys, which also come in bars.

Power

Producing metal from ore, and turning the metal into finished products, requires a large amount of power

Conventional vs Magma powered

Conventional (non-magma) smelters and forges require fuel to run them. Magma versions require only an open floor to magma below them.

Fuel

Fuel for the metal industry is processed at a smelter or wood burner, but magma smelters and magma forges do not need conventional fuel to operate.

Producing steel will require refined coal even at a magma smelter, either in the form of coke or charcoal. Pig iron is made by smelting 1 iron with 1 refined coal and 1 flux, and steel is made by smelting 1 iron bar with 1 pig iron, 1 more refined coal and 1 more flux, producing a final product of 2 steel bars. In the end, each steel produced requires 1 iron ore, 1 flux, and 1 refined coal, regardless of where it is processed. (See Fuel and Smelting.)

Smelters:Forges

Because smelters can be slower than forges, especially when producing steel bars and/or items that consume several bars at a time, providing several smelters (and smelter operators) per working forge is recommended.

Clutter can be a problem as well, especially when smelting steel or bituminous coal, and multiple smelters can be rotated as one becomes cluttered and the next activated.

Completed products

Through a variety of labours and workshops, the metal industry can create high value armor, furniture, weapons and crafts.

Furniture

Crafts

Summary

flowchart of raw materials and produce created through the metal industry
Required worker / tasks