40d:Furnace

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Furnace is an umbrella term for different workshops that are used to heat materials, and that often produce only intermediary--products, items that are then used to create something else for the final product.

Every furnace must be built from fire-safe materials and designed by a building designer. It can be powered by fuel or, in the case of magma furnaces, by the heat from magma - if the latter, they do not consume the magma, merely must be over it. Magma furnaces must be placed with one of their edge tiles above magma with depth of 4 or more; this can be accomplished by digging a channel for the magma, or hanging it directly over open magma source.

All these are constructed using the Furnaces submenu (via b, e ).

See main articles for a full discussion, esp of magma versions.

Wood furnace

• Shortcut: b, e, w
  
• Materials used: wood
  
• Items made: ash, charcoal

• Feeds into: fuel for other furnaces, steel making, asheries

Smelter

• Shortcut: b, e, s
• Materials used: bituminous coal, lignite, ore, metal bars,flux, fuel (and metal objects to be melted)
• Items made: coke, metal bars, alloys

• Feeds into: Forges

Magma smelter

• Shortcut: b, e, l

Magma versions use charcoal or fuel coal for pig iron and steel production only. If the magma source fails, they cannot be powered by fuel.

Glass furnace

• Shortcut: b, e, g
• Materials used: sand, pearlash, rock crystal, fuel
• Items made: glass objects

• Glass objects are final products

Magma glass furnace

• Shortcut: b, e, a

Kiln

• Shortcut: b, e, k
• Materials used: potash, fuel
• Items made: pearlash

• Feeds into: higher quality glass production

Magma kiln

• Shortcut: b, e, n

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