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{{For/see|built horizontal and vertical bars|[[Bars]]}}<br />
{{For/see|designated tavern locations|[[Tavern]]}}<br />
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A '''bar''' is a sub-type of building material (interchangeable with a [[block]] for that purpose), and is the base individual unit of [[metal]], [[charcoal]], [[coke]], [[potash]], [[ash]], [[pearlash]], and [[soap]]. All [[metal]]s are created as bars at a [[smelter]], whether processed from [[ore]]s, [[alloy]]ed with other metals, or [[melt]]ed down from existing metal items.<br />
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With the exception of non-[[fire-safe]] materials, all bars are as durable as others - a wall made from bars of ash, charcoal or soap will last as long one made from bars of [[steel]]. Bars are a storage unit and not an end product in of themselves, being used for various other tasks:<br />
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{| class="wikitable"<br />
! Bar !! Used for<br />
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| [[ash]] || making [[lye]] or [[potash]]<br />
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| [[fuel|charcoal<br />or coke]]|| powering standard [[forge]]s, [[smelter]]s, [[kiln]]s, and [[glass furnace]]s,<br />and making [[pig iron]] and [[steel]]<br />
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| [[metal]] || [[blacksmith|smithing]] <br />
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| [[pearlash]] || making clear or crystal [[glass]]<br />
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| [[potash]] || [[potash|fertilizing]] [[farming|farm]]s or making [[pearlash]]<br />
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| [[soap]] || [[health care]] and [[cleaning|cleaning self]]<br />
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|}<br />
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All bars are 600 cm<sup>3</sup> in [[size]], which means up to 10 will fit into a [[Container#Quick_Reference|6000-capacity bin]]. The only exception to this 600 cm<sup>3</sup> size are possibly partially-used soap bars. In the real world, a [http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c6/Gold_bullion_2.jpg 400-tr.oz. bar of gold] is approximately the same size, at 645 cm<sup>3</sup>.<br />
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All types of bars can also be used to build [[workshop]]s, [[road]]s, [[bridge]]s, and other [[construction]]s. Different bars require different [[labor]]s in their construction: [[blacksmith|smithing]] is used for metal bars and [[mason]]ry for all others (including bars of soap).<br />
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"Bars" of [[adamantine]] metal are referred to as "wafers", but when used as building material they function the same as any other bars.<br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[Block]]<br />
* [[Stack]]<br />
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{{Translation<br />
| dwarven = ish<br />
| elvish = emu<br />
| goblin = zak<br />
| human = tod<br />
}}<br />
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