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= Casting Age (Copper & Bronzes) =

== Gathering Ore ==

There are currently two stone-age methods of gathering [[ore]], running around and looking for them as items on the surface, or by using a [[Gold Pan]].

To make a single metal tool head you will need to collect 10 pieces of small, copper-bearing ore: 
{{InfoTable/CopperOre}}

If you wish to make {{font color|red|'''''bronze'''''}}¹ tools, you can follow the [[Alloys|alloy recipe]] and replace some of the copper ores with the following:
{| class="wikitable"
|{{GridImage|Bismuthinite (Small)}} [[Bismuthinite]]
|{{GridImage|Cassiterite (Small)}} [[Cassiterite]]
|{{GridImage|Sphalerite (Small)}} [[Sphalerite]]
|{{GridImage|Native Gold (Small)}} [[Native Gold]]
|{{GridImage|Native Silver (Small)}} [[Native Silver]]
|}

¹ '''''Note:''' Only metals that have the word bronze in their name are considered bronze. Other metals made out of the above ores that do not have bronze in their name, such as [[Brass]], [[Rose Gold]], and [[Sterling Silver]] are not bronzes or copper, and therefore cannot be made into tools.''

== Smelting ==

''Note: The [[Vessel]] can only smelt ores. If you have turned your metals into ingots, you will need to heat them in a forge to liquefy them, or use a [[Crucible]] if you plan on making alloys.''
[[File:VesselOresForBronze.png|link=|thumb|Filling a Vessels with Ores for Bronze]] 
[[File:VesselMoltenBronze.png|link=|thumb|A Vessel Containing Molten Bronze]]

=== Copper === 

A [[Pottery#Ceramic Vessel|Ceramic Vessel]] can be used to smelt [[Native Copper]], [[Malachite]] and [[Tetrahedrite]] ore into pure molten copper metal. To do this, fill the vessel with ore (stacks of different ores may be placed together in the same vessel) and then fire it in a [[Pottery#Pit_Kiln|kiln]].

After the firing, retrieve the vessel from the kiln and right-click it to open up its GUI. You will see that now instead of the usual four slots the vessel has only one and contains text describing the amount of metal it contains. This metal will remain liquid for about 10 Minecraft hours, starting after the firing completes. If the metal inside solidifies, the GUI will not open and you must fire it in a pit kiln again to re-melt it. ''Note: Vessels with molten metal inside will have a white, "Liquid" tooltip on them.''

=== Bronzes ===

A Ceramic Vessel can also be used to create [[Bronze]], [[Black Bronze]] and [[Bismuth Bronze]].

'''Before Firing:'''
Place the necessary ores into a Ceramic Vessel, in the proper proportions for the desired type of bronze. For example, if you wanted to create normal [[Bronze]] then you would put copper ore (any combination of Native Copper, Malachite or Tetrahedrite) and Cassiterite into the vessel. For each alloy there is a [[Alloys|range of proportions]] which will produce the desired alloy so you don't have to hit an exact percentage, just be within the range.

'''After Firing:'''
If you got the proportions right then when you right-click the vessel it will open up the same single-slot GUI as described above for smelting pure ores. You can then transfer the molten bronze metal to a Ceramic Mold in the same way. If you got the proportions wrong then when you right-click the vessel you'll get the four-slot storage GUI showing the raw ores still sitting in the vessel, unchanged.

== Casting ==

Ceramic tool and weapon molds can be filled directly from the vessel, or from a liquid unshaped ingot.

'''All the recipes for tool and weapon molds can be found at the [[Clay Tool Molds]] page.''' [[File:Grid_Ceramic_Mold_Pick.png|link=Clay Tool Molds]]

=== Vessel ===

Place an empty or partially filled [[Pottery#Ceramic Mold|Ceramic Tool, Weapon, or Ingot Mold]] into the slot to fill it with metal from the vessel. It takes 100 units of metal to completely fill an empty Ceramic Mold. The text in the vessel's GUI will be updated to show the amount of metal remaining in the vessel.

[[File:VesselFill.gif|link=]]

=== Unshaped Ingot ===

If the copper or bronze has already been turned into an ingot, simply heat it in a [[forge]] with an empty ingot mold in the appropriate slot to melt it. While the full, unshaped metal is at liquid temperature, right click with it in your hand to open the casting GUI. You will see an arrow with one slot to its left and two to its right. The leftmost slot will contain the filled mold. Place a ''single'' empty tool or weapon mold into the first slot on the right to begin the transfer. Once the transfer is complete the tool mold will move into the output slot and will show itself filled with metal.

[[File:MoldGUI.gif|link=]]

Retrieve the filled tool mold and the now-empty Ceramic Mold from the slots on the left. There is a chance that the Ceramic Ingot Mold will be broken and lost during this process.

Once the mold is full, place it into your crafting area and retrieve the finished tool or weapon head from the output. The mold will be destroyed in the process.

{| cellspacing=10
|{{Grid/Inventory Table
|B2= Ceramic Mold Axe (Copper)
|Output = Axe Head (Copper)
}}
|{{Grid/Inventory Table
|B1= Axe Head (Copper)
|B2= Stick
|Output = Copper Axe
}}
|}

== [[Anvils]] ==

In order to progress out of the Casting Age, you will first need to work your way up to a Tier 2 Anvil.

=== Stone ===

By using a [[hammer]] on the top of a raw '''Igneous''' [[stone]] block that is in its natural spawning layer, you will open the anvil GUI, where you can weld Copper Ingots into [[Double Ingots]].
{| class="wikitable"
!colspan=5| [[Stone|Igneous Stone]]
|-
! Igneous Intrusive
| [[File:Grid Diorite.png|link=]] Diorite
| [[File:Grid Gabbro.png|link=]] Gabbro
| [[File:Grid Granite.png|link=]] Granite
|
|-
! Igneous Extrusive
| [[File:Grid Andesite.png]] Andesite
| [[File:Grid Basalt.png|link=]] Basalt
| [[File:Grid Dacite.png|link=]] Dacite
| [[File:Grid Rhyolite.png|link=]] Rhyolite
|}

=== Copper ===

After you have obtained seven Copper Double Ingots, craft them into a Copper Anvil, where you can weld Bronze Ingots into Double Ingots.
{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1= Copper Double Ingot |B1= Copper Double Ingot |C1= Copper Double Ingot
|A2= |B2= Copper Double Ingot |C2=
|A3= Copper Double Ingot |B3= Copper Double Ingot |C3= Copper Double Ingot
|Output= Anvil (Copper)
}}

=== Bronze ===

After you have obtained seven Bronze Double Ingots or seven Bismuth Bronze Double Ingots, craft them into an Anvil, where you can work Bronze Double Ingots into [[Metal_Sheet|Sheets]] and weld Sheets into [[Metal_Double_Sheet|Double Sheets]].
{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1= Bronze Double Ingot |B1= Bronze Double Ingot |C1= Bronze Double Ingot
|A2= |B2= Bronze Double Ingot |C2=
|A3= Bronze Double Ingot |B3= Bronze Double Ingot |C3= Bronze Double Ingot
|Output= Anvil (Bronze)
}}


= Iron Age =

== Gathering Ore ==

By now you should have a [[Pickaxe]] and a [[Prospector's Pick]] to use for finding and mining ore.

== Smelting ==

===Wrought Iron===

Wrought Iron is obtained by working an [[Bloom|Iron Bloom]] that has been created in a [[Bloomery]].

{{InfoTable/Bloom}}

===Pig Iron===

Pig Iron is obtained by smelting the [[Iron|Iron Ore]] in a [[Blast Furnace]].

===Steel===

{| class="wikitable"
!align="left"|Input
!align="left"|Work Type
!align="left"|Output
|-
|[[File:Grid Pig Iron Ingot.png]] '''Pig Iron Ingot'''
|align="Center"|Hammer
|[[File:Grid High Carbon Steel Ingot.png]] '''High Carbon Steel Ingot'''
|-
|[[File:Grid High Carbon Steel Ingot.png]] '''High Carbon Steel Ingot'''
|align="Center"|Hammer
|[[File:Grid Steel Ingot.png]] '''Steel Ingot'''
|-
|colspan="3" align="center"|Black Steel starts from the alloy recipe melted in a [[crucible]]. It will show as ''Weak Steel'' in the crucible.
|-
|[[File:Grid Black Steel Ingot.png]] '''Weak Steel Ingot'''<br>[[File:Grid Pig Iron Ingot.png]] '''Pig Iron Ingot'''
|align="Center"|Weld
|[[File:Grid Black Steel Ingot.png]] '''High Carbon Black Steel Ingot'''
|-
|[[File:Grid Black Steel Ingot.png]] '''High Carbon Black Steel Ingot'''
|align="Center"|Hammer
|[[File:Grid Black Steel Ingot.png]] '''Black Steel Ingot'''
|-
|colspan="3" align="center"|Blue/Red Steel start from the alloy recipe melted in a [[crucible]]. It will show as ''Weak Blue/Red Steel'' in the crucible.
|-
|[[File:Grid Red Steel Ingot.png]] '''Weak Red Steel Ingot'''<br>[[File:Grid Black Steel Ingot.png]] '''Black Steel Ingot'''
|align="Center"|Weld
|[[File:Grid Red Steel Ingot.png]] '''High Carbon Red Steel Ingot'''
|-
|[[File:Grid Blue Steel Ingot.png]] '''High Carbon Blue Steel Ingot'''
|align="Center"|Hammer
|[[File:Grid Blue Steel Ingot.png]] '''Blue Steel Ingot'''
|-
|}

== Smithing ==

See [[Anvil]] page for the guidelines of smithing metal.
{| class="wikitable"
!align="left"|Input
!align="left"|Work Type
!align="left"|Output
|-
|[[File:Grid Copper Ingot.png|link=]] '''Ingot'''
|align="Center"|Hammer
|
{|
|[[File:Grid Axe Head (Copper).png]]'''[[Axe|Axe Head]]''' 
|[[File:Grid Chisel Head (Copper).png]]'''[[Chisel|Chisel Head]]'''
|[[File:Grid Hammer Head (Copper).png]]'''[[Hammer|Hammer Head]]'''
|[[File:Grid Hoe Head (Copper).png]]'''[[Hoe|Hoe Head]]'''
|[[File:Grid Javelin Head (Copper).png]]'''[[Javelin|Javelin Head]]'''
|[[File:Grid Knife Blade (Copper).png]]'''[[Knife|Knife Blade]]'''
|-
|[[File:Grid Pick Head (Copper).png]]'''[[Pickaxe|Pickaxe Head]]'''
|[[File:Grid ProPick Head (Copper).png]]'''[[Prospector%27s_Pick|Prospector's Pick Head]]'''
|[[File:Grid Saw Blade (Copper).png]]'''[[Saw|Saw Blade]]'''
|[[File:Grid Shovel Head (Copper).png]]'''[[Shovel|Shovel Head]]'''
|[[File:Grid Scythe Blade (Copper).png]]'''[[Scythe|Scythe Blade]]'''
|
|-
|}
|-
|[[File:Grid Gold Ingot.png]] '''2 Ingots + Flux'''
|align="Center"|Weld
|[[File:Grid Gold Double Ingot.png]] '''Double Ingot'''
|-
|[[File:Grid Bismuth Bronze Double Ingot.png]] '''Double Ingot'''
|align="Center"|Hammer
|
{|
|[[File:Grid Mace Head (Bismuth Bronze).png]]'''Mace Head'''
|[[File:Grid Sword Blade (Bismuth Bronze).png]] '''Sword Blade'''
|-
|}
|-
|[[File:Grid Blue Steel Double Ingot.png]] '''Double Ingot'''
|align="Center"|Hammer
|[[File:Grid Blue Steel Sheet.png]] '''Sheet'''
|-
|[[File:Grid Black Bronze Sheet.png]] '''Sheet''' 
|align="Center"|Armor Process¹
|
{|
|[[File:Grid Black Bronze Helmet.png|link=Armor]] '''[[Armor|Helmet]]'''
|[[File:Grid Black Bronze Boots.png|link=Armor]] '''[[Armor|Boots]]'''
|-
|}
|-
|[[File:Grid Red Steel Sheet.png]] '''Sheet''' 
|align="Center"|Hammer²
|
{|
|[[File:Grid Red Steel Bucket.png|link=Armor]] '''[[Bucket|Red Steel Bucket]]'''
|[[File:Grid Blue Steel Bucket.png|link=Armor]] '''[[Bucket|Blue Steel Bucket]]'''
|-
|}
|-
|[[File:Grid Silver Sheet.png]] '''2 Sheets + Flux'''
|align="Center"|Weld
|[[File:Grid Silver Sheet 2x.png]] '''Double Sheet'''
|-
|[[File:Grid Black Bronze Sheet 2x.png]] '''Double Sheet'''
|align="Center"|Armor Process¹
|
{|
|[[File:Grid Black Bronze Chestplate.png|link=Armor]] '''[[Armor|Chestplate]]'''
|[[File:Grid Black Bronze Greaves.png|link=Armor]] '''[[Armor|Greaves]]'''
|-
|}
|-
|[[File:Grid Steel Sheet 2x.png]] '''Double Sheet'''
|align="Center"|Hammer
|[[File:Grid Steel Tuyere.png]] '''Tuyere'''
|-
|}
*¹ ''Main article: [[Armor]]''
*² ''Main article: [[Bucket]]''


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