1.18.2 / Advanced Mechanics / Bloomery

Bloomery

The Bloomery is a device used to smelt Iron Ore into Iron Blooms which can be worked into Wrought Iron. The iron ores are Hematite, Limonite, and Magnetite. These ores melt into Cast Iron rather than Wrought Iron. All iron-bearing items melt into Cast Iron. To turn them into usable iron, the bloomery is needed. Any iron item can be used in the bloomery, including iron tools and cast iron ingots!

The bloomery is made from 8 Bronze Double Sheets.

A Bloomery

A minimum size bloomery. The bloomery block will open and close with Right Click.

The bloomery can contain up to a maximum 24 Iron Ore and 24 Charcoal, with 8 of each item per layer of the chimney. To add layers to the chimney, stack up two more layers of stone blocks.

To add items to the bloomery, climb up to the top and throw items inside. A tower of grey ore should form.

The bloomery must have an equal amount of charcoal and ore items. Light the bloomery block, and wait most of a day. When the bloomery block shuts off, it is done. Each 100mB of iron that melts in the bloomery is transformed into a Bloom Block. The bloom block contains Raw Iron Blooms, which can be obtained by mining the Bloom Block repeatedly with a pickaxe. Any iron that cannot be fit into 100mB increments is lost.

The Bloom Block

The Raw Iron Bloom must be worked in a anvil to make Refined Iron Bloom.

The Refined Iron Bloom must be worked in a anvil to make Wrought Iron Ingots.

Smith's Notes

• If the bloomery finds itself with more items contained than it can handle based on its chimney, it will try to spit them out the front.
• To retrieve your items from a bloomery that is not lit, do not break the molten block tower. Break the bloomery block.
• Blooms will only melt into cast iron, not wrought iron. They must be worked!

• The bloomery cares about the quantity of items thrown into it, not the quality. Using rich ore in the bloomery consumes the same amount of charcoal as poor ore!
• Molten blocks will readily spread fire to their environment! Be careful.