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(I've confirmed making weapons out of iron doesn't need coal except as fuel for a non-magma forge. Perhaps Draco18 was thinking of that?)
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'''Iron''' bars can be smelted at a [[smelter]] by a dwarf with the [[furnace operating]] labor activated.
 
'''Iron''' bars can be smelted at a [[smelter]] by a dwarf with the [[furnace operating]] labor activated.
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Iron makes high-quality [[weapon]]s and [[armor]], and is a component for making the higher-quality metal [[steel]].
  
 
[[Hematite]], [[magnetite]] and [[limonite]] ores yield iron.
 
[[Hematite]], [[magnetite]] and [[limonite]] ores yield iron.
 
From my experience you can't turn iron bars into weapons/etc. without "refined coal" (i.e. coal bars).  Fortunately both kinds of coal are not restricted to being around magma; in my Rock Salt Fortress I've found nothing but rock salt (I bet you knew that already), iron ore, pidling amounts of platinum, and coal.--[[User:Draco18s|Draco18s]] 12:01, 2 November 2007 (EDT)
 
  
 
Iron can be turned into [[pig iron]] and then [[steel]] at the smelter.
 
Iron can be turned into [[pig iron]] and then [[steel]] at the smelter.
 
  
 
[[category:metals]]
 
[[category:metals]]

Revision as of 22:53, 4 November 2007

Iron bars can be smelted at a smelter by a dwarf with the furnace operating labor activated.

Iron makes high-quality weapons and armor, and is a component for making the higher-quality metal steel.

Hematite, magnetite and limonite ores yield iron.

Iron can be turned into pig iron and then steel at the smelter.