Steel Crucible

Steel Crucible
Vital statistics
Size (obj)Structure footprint in tile units.<br><br><i>Rounded-up from source.<br>Source: 0.812 x 0.474</i>	0.9 x 0.5
Skill(s) RequiredSpecific needed skills.<br>The default skills every hearthling starts off with, Oral Tradition, Primitive Tools & Wilderness Survival), are ignored.	Steelmaking
Discovery Req.This(<i>discoveryreq</i>) is only for items that need to be discovered in addition to items listed in "Object(s) Required"/<i>(<i>objectsreq</i>).</i><small><br><b><i>(Temporary active on all pages, but leave empty if "None".</i></b><small>	(None or Unknown)
Object(s) Required	Bar of Wrought Iron, Brick x10, Stone x5
Required By	(1) Bar of Steel
Can be Lifted	No
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Build > Buildings & Construction > Furnaces & Fireplaces > Steel Crucible

A steel crucible is necessary for refining bars of wrought iron into bars of steel. For information on how to operate the crucible, read the 'How to Acquire' section on the 'Bar of Steel' page.

Contrary to what the patch note below seems to clearly imply, steel DOES reset ALL of its progress if steelbox (ingame window name) runs out of fuel. Steelboxes were always the exception to other stuff not resetting - there was a period where everything reseted to eliminate the fuel bug before a proper fix.

Quality

Steel crucible quality seems to be calculated by the formula ${\frac {{WroughtIronBar}+{AvgBrick}+{AvgStone}}{3}}$

Notes

• Important: Since World 16 Player must make a Discovery of Bloodstone to be able to build a crucible.

Game Development

• Stack of Stacks (2023-03-07)◎ >"Fixed the old fuel bug and removed the work-around for it. Ovens/smelters/&c. no longer reset their progress when burning out, rather each item therein tracks the average fuel quality it has seen while burning, and uses that upon completion."

• Fishing for Finery (2021-04-25)◎ >"Added variable materials to "Steel Crucible"."