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The quality of the charcoal determines the success% chance of making steel, while the quality of the [[iron lump]] determines the maximum quality of the finished steel lump. It would be wise to not risk wasting high quality iron on poor charcoal unless you have a lot of it.
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The quality of the charcoal determines the success% chance of making steel, while the quality of the [[iron lump]] determines the maximum quality of the finished steel lump. It would be wise to not risk wasting high quality iron on poor charcoal unless you have a lot of it.<br>
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To yield more steel from the same amount of charcoal, combine iron into 2kg lumps, then use a 0.5kg of charcoal.
  
 
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Revision as of 22:30, 20 January 2008

Main / Skills / Smithing / Metallurgy / Steel lump

Description

Steel lump is an alloy of iron lump and charcoal. Creating it uses the skill metallurgy.

Method

  1. Heat 1kg of iron lump and 0.5kg of charcoal till glowing hot.
  2. Activate a iron lump
  3. Right-click a charcoal
  4. Select Create->Lump

Tools required

Items required

Skills used

Usage

Steel is mainly used to make plate armour, but you can also use it to make bowls, rivets and armour chains. It is also used to make steel and flint.

Tips

The quality of the charcoal determines the success% chance of making steel, while the quality of the iron lump determines the maximum quality of the finished steel lump. It would be wise to not risk wasting high quality iron on poor charcoal unless you have a lot of it.
To yield more steel from the same amount of charcoal, combine iron into 2kg lumps, then use a 0.5kg of charcoal.