40d Talk:Melt item

How material efficient is melting things down? Risim 23:54, 25 January 2008 (EST)

It's not lossless, that's for sure. I could be quite wrong, but something makes me want to say it's around 3:1, based on bars required to create the items. I think overages are lost, but that's just a casual observation. It's really the only way to get certain metals in larger quantities though, assuming importing the bars or ore alone aren't good enough for your means. (Most commonly run into when trying to get certain metals from the mountainhomes before you're ready to bring in humans) --Edward 06:32, 26 January 2008 (EST)

Does smelting need coal?--Koltom 23:53, 29 February 2008 (EST)

It needs fuel. So coal or magma. --Ikkonoishi 00:25, 1 March 2008 (EST)

Well, i got a bar of steel from melting a steel piccolo and a steel toy axe(2 items), however the piccolo was of "*" quality, not sure if the quality affects melting or not, so mentioning it just to be on the safe side.

Does designating an item to melt make it forbidden? (for equipping) – unsigned comment by Sphexx

Please sign your edits with ~~~~. Also, no, it doesn't. --GreyMario 22:43, 11 April 2008 (EDT)

Melting items and mandates

I had a noble who had a mandate for two bronze goods. I melted down some bronze things and made a bronze bar from it. But that didn't seem to satisfy the mandate; he still wanted 2 bronze goods. Making bronze bars normally satisfies the mandates though. Can anyone else verify that making bars by melting things wont satisfy a mandate? --Bouchart 23:27, 23 April 2008 (EDT)

You'll get no verify from me as I've never melted anything down. However, I will suggest making goblets when you have a metal mandate. --GreyMario 00:00, 24 April 2008 (EDT)