Iron scraps turned to slag?

[Sore]

Me and my friend were hammering it at the same time so that it wouldn't cool off too fast. Why did it turn to slag? Can't find a cave so we had to farm this from skeletons. Going to be pretty pissed if this is normal.

[Juniper]

You have to turn it each time you stop seeing numbers from hitting it. Turn it with R and T, but keep track and be sure to hit each side.

[Sore]

Originally posted by Juniper:

You have to turn it each time you stop seeing numbers from hitting it. Turn it with R and T, but keep track and be sure to hit each side.

Wow there was no indication for anything like that. That's an uninstall for sure.

Will have to wait for a major patch.

[Enjiaro]

you produce slag when you failed with the right heat while smelting or it cooled off to fast.
best ratio is 5 iron 15 coal and keep the heat at 1600. Not above 1600 or below 1200

[Saltysugar]

also be careful how you hit it, i wasted iron creating blocks instead of axe heads.

[[Æsir]Yuulaw]

Caves are a big ol rock stuck to the side of terrain that u place a mining building on. If u are uncertain the big rock shines yellow when scanning

[grab these bandages]

Originally posted by Sore:

Originally posted by Juniper:

You have to turn it each time you stop seeing numbers from hitting it. Turn it with R and T, but keep track and be sure to hit each side.

Wow there was no indication for anything like that. That's an uninstall for sure.

Will have to wait for a major patch.

There is entire tutorial right in the game how to smelt iron from metal parts or ore into bloom and then iron heads for tools.

[Axyl]

Originally posted by Sore:

Originally posted by Juniper:

You have to turn it each time you stop seeing numbers from hitting it. Turn it with R and T, but keep track and be sure to hit each side.

Wow there was no indication for anything like that. That's an uninstall for sure.

Will have to wait for a major patch.

The button prompts for Rotating the Item weren't a clue?

Good grief

[Aurelius]

Originally posted by Sore:

Originally posted by Juniper:

You have to turn it each time you stop seeing numbers from hitting it. Turn it with R and T, but keep track and be sure to hit each side.

Wow there was no indication for anything like that. That's an uninstall for sure.

Will have to wait for a major patch.

It's not a bug, it's the blooming mini-game. The raw bloom is a cube and you need to knock the slag off each side. The tone of the hammer changes when you're done with the side. You'll get a solid smack if there's still work to be done on one side, and you'll get a dull tap when it's done on a side.
Because it's a cube you have to hit each side. The turning buttons let you get to each side of the cube. There is a visual indicator of slag, the black material on the cube, but because the sides are close it's difficult to tell. I rely on the sound.
The whole cube has to be cleaned of slag before the orange bar depletes, which is indicating that it's still hot enough to work. If you don't get it done in time, you'll get less useful metal and some slag.

Be careful once you take bloom to the anvil to be worked, though, because you only have one rotation button to turn a piece you're working on, which is 'R.' If you hit 'T' before you're done it'll quench, that is, throw it in the water, and it'll ruin some metal.

As indicated above this is part of the in-game tutorials.

[Sore]

Originally posted by Axyl:

Originally posted by Sore:

Wow there was no indication for anything like that. That's an uninstall for sure.

Will have to wait for a major patch.

The button prompts for Rotating the Item weren't a clue?

There were no prompts. It's early access people don't get your pantsu in a twist. It's a good game but clearly I've played it enough and should wait for a bit more polish.

[BrackishButcher]

Has anyone found out what to do with slag? Or is it a useless resource?

My other question - when an iron tool breaks, is there a way to repair it, or do you just have to build a new one?

[Icarius Fallen]

Originally posted by Sore:

Originally posted by Axyl:

The button prompts for Rotating the Item weren't a clue?

There were no prompts. It's early access people don't get your pantsu in a twist. It's a good game but clearly I've played it enough and should wait for a bit more polish.

The prompts are in the lower corner. They show up there every time you do it. I'm afraid that it's not a bug and won't be patched. The game has a lot of bugs, but that isn't one of them.

You'll be waiting a long time if you're expecting that to change, most likely.

[Maoman]

Originally posted by BrackishButcher:

Has anyone found out what to do with slag? Or is it a useless resource?

My other question - when an iron tool breaks, is there a way to repair it, or do you just have to build a new one?

I think slag is just waste, at least I haven't found a use for it. But when an iron tool breaks, you get the metal head of the tool back and can make a new tool, so the bulk of the iron never gets wasted, just the wood and (sometimes) a bit of iron via nails.

You've probably figured that out by now but this post still shows up in google so I figured I'd let any future googlers know.

[Falcion]

This game has one real bug and that is that AI of villagers tend to be a little off the hook sometimes. It is kind of grindy but at the same time if you like me enjoy smithing/metalworking etc it can be quite fun for you.
I really enjoy smithing here although I hope it will be altered a little. Cube things is quite ok, but making some tools should have more variety, also I don't think nails should be hit from all sides maybe just 1 or 2. Bigger things could be even like cube 6 sides and small/medium 4 sides.

Would also love if you could "sharpen" tools and weapon to give them some bonus depending on your smithing (imagine kingdom come deliverence minigame).

Thing in this game to gradualy let your npc take over some tasks from you but at the same time it's not just "press x" 10 times to do everything. You have to plan, and be observant whole smithing is one big series of diffrent challenges that you can do on a side monitor while watching a movie (or not at first at least).

Also those metal heads if they're forever then this really helps out i broke a hammer found a hammer head thought I made it by accident but now it makes more sense.
I'm at the place where I start giving iron tools to my villagers so it will help out a lot.