Can't smith a ring

[Negligent Discharge]

I have a gold bar and a gem on the anvil with the ring recipe selected and no matter how much i hit it, it won't craft the ring.

[HDL_CinC_Dragon]

Make sure the gold bar is heated in the furnace first until its good and glowing red (not in the crucible). I keep forgetting to do that myself sometimes still.

Also, I guess for completeness for others searching for this where that's not the issue, make sure you're using a blacksmith hammer and not a construction hammer.

[Negligent Discharge]

omg thank you i totally forgot about heating the bar

[HDL_CinC_Dragon]

No worries :D

[RaydenVI]

Originally posted by HDL_CinC_Dragon:

Make sure the gold bar is heated in the furnace first until its good and glowing red (not in the crucible). I keep forgetting to do that myself sometimes still.

Also, I guess for completeness for others searching for this where that's not the issue, make sure you're using a blacksmith hammer and not a construction hammer.

Neither of these fixes worked

[Zerschmetterling]

Originally posted by marcbalgemann:

Originally posted by HDL_CinC_Dragon:

Make sure the gold bar is heated in the furnace first until its good and glowing red (not in the crucible). I keep forgetting to do that myself sometimes still.

Also, I guess for completeness for others searching for this where that's not the issue, make sure you're using a blacksmith hammer and not a construction hammer.

Neither of these fixes worked

Unlock your anvil with the construction hammer, pick it up and set it down again. That should fix it.

[Klandor]

Also, make sure your Gold Bar and Gem are flat on the Anvil.

The way I do it is to place the Gold Bar and the Gem in a Pan and place the Pan on the Furnace. Give it about a minute or so and the Gold Bar should start glowing a nice cherry red color. Pick up the Pan, center the dot (not the pointer dot, the dropping dot) on the Anvil and drop the Pan onto the Anvil. Make sure nothing obstructs it or doesn't allow the Pan to sit FLAT on the Anvil. Grab the Blacksmith Hammer and hit the Anvil. It should result in a Ring that's "connected" to the Pan. It could be picked up, but keeping it "connected" to the Pan makes it easier to keep track of...

[chaney]

Detail: to "hit the anvil" use the Blacksmith hammer as mentioned, and point the center pointing dot (not the dropping dot) at a visible part of the anvil top. Click, profit.