Why can’t I smelt iron ore?

[AyKayDog]

I still have a lot of iron ore from my game save before the update, and I wanted to smelt it. However, the furnace now only allows me to smelt copper and tin. I also can’t find the old recipes using iron, like the iron club. Some items that previously required iron now need copper instead.

[panerdar]

I was able to mine iron before the patch but now I can't with my stone pick.

[AyKayDog]

There’s no iron axe anymore either – only copper…

[Iyas]

We added the Bronze level between Stone and Iron.
So you probably need a few points in Blacksmithing (you will have bronze ingot first and later iron).

[Rats]

Next wipe if it includes skill wipes, then it will finally be game over for Pax.

[Gary Dozer]

I don't have any copper tools recipes at all. Just bronze ones. But I can smelt iron ore fine. They seriously broke recipe unlock system with item transfer.

[T0XIC]

It all will work. They revamped some of the skill tree stuff. Use the Journal to research what you can make. If it is not there, your skill is now not high enough.

[Gary Dozer]

The only thing I can make from a copper ingot is a bronze ingot

[Somethin Killed]

Originally posted by Rats:

Next wipe if it includes skill wipes, then it will finally be game over for Pax.

I agree, the amount of EXP required now (especially in an Alpha game where testing is supposed to be the point) is atrocious. 2.5 million EXP from 30 to 31 is an absolute grind for weeks for some of these professions just to gain a single level. This is not going to go well, especially for solo players. I get that they want it to challenge people and be rewarding/take a certain amount of time, but people dont want this kind of a snore fest to grind on be it a Clan full of specialists and definitely not a solo player.

[Ironside]

Originally posted by AyKayDog:

There’s no iron axe anymore either – only copper…

you scared me for a minute. I can still build Iron axes. I think with them adding new stuff. Some things probably need a higher level to build now or maybe you have to unlock a recipe that is new for it to pop back up?