What's the point in equipping the bellows?

[jshepler]

Dragging the bellows to a kiln or forge will increase heat.

Equipping the bellows doesn't seem to do anything. Can't drag it from equipment to kiln/forge because the equipment popup covers them.

The bellows' description says it helps work faster with kilns and forges, but you don't really do anything with them that actively takes time so there's nothing to do "faster".

I haven't noticed anything different while having the bellows equipped. I even checked the metalworking skill to see if by chance some bonus was added. Nope.

So what's the point in equipping the bellows - what am I missing?

[money3030]

Bellows as equipment hmm 🤔 must be some left over code or something not sure how you will benefit from that unless it gives armor or a mini shield/buckler.

[jshepler]

I checked some of the other things we get from clothing - no increase in temperature and it doesn't get wet (no increase in wetness).

I got attacked by a lizard so checked for any modifiers from bellows - nothing in attacking with spear or bow or retreating.

[money3030]

I guess it's just to lower carry weight maybe 🤔, Kinda like the rope where you need it in your hand to use but lower encumbrance and useless when equipped.

If you ask me rope and wood armor isn't that hard to implement though especially on hand and leg guards, for hunting purposes. (Bone and rope would be way better though especially from Boars, with enough padding it's gonna be superb protection.)

I'm surprised the new leather gloves don't offer any armor increase either even a tiny bit to stack with Leather pants, but yeah it's just dapper with leather pants now we just need leather shirt/Jacket/Coat.

[Slowsilver]

At least you get one extra slot. Hasn't even crossed my mind to try to equip them.

[Gwim]

Oh, thanks for reporting that. I had no idea you could equip the bellows!
I probably enabled it by accident at some point. I'll have this removed for the next hotix. ;)

[manollette]

@Gwim not sure if the next hotfix is just two years in the making, but you can still equip them