iron plates

[wyldefx]

How do I acquire iron plates in the new Unity version?

[CursedXistence]

smelt iron to make iron ingots, build anvil, then craft iron plates while standing next to the anvil.

[AlphaGodith]

you just need an anvil i believe and they'll unlock, since you use the anvil to craft the plates from ingots.

[wyldefx]

But there is no anvil. Not even a blueprint for it. Therefore no doors.

[LoneRanger]

Originally posted by wyldefx:

But there is no anvil. Not even a blueprint for it. Therefore no doors.

Build a primitive Workbench, then build a Workbench, then a Furnace, and melt some Iron Ore ... as if by Magic You have learned how to build a Anvil ...

[wyldefx]

I made a primitive workbench, then a workbench, then a stone smelter. I now have iron ingots. Still no anvil. I can make a drawbridge and a spinning wheel, but no door.

[AlphaGodith]

Originally posted by wyldefx:

I made a primitive workbench, then a workbench, then a stone smelter. I now have iron ingots. Still no anvil. I can make a drawbridge and a spinning wheel, but no door.

if you've made regular workbench and taken the iron ingots out of the furnace, the anvil should have unlocked... i can test it to see if the unlock broke tomorrow but for now, stupid question of have you taken the ingots out of the furnace? and have any other recipes that require iron unlocked, such as better tools?

[wyldefx]

of course I did.

[Zebron]

If you place the anvil next to your workbench you can use the anvil by accessing the workbench. I found you can make plates through the workbench if the anvil is next to it. I really like this proximity effect of accessing both the workbench and the anvil at once if the anvil is right next to the workbench.

[wyldefx]

I don't have an anvil to place yet.

[CursedXistence]

Originally posted by wyldefx:

I don't have an anvil to place yet.

It should have unlocked under the workbenches tab in the crafting menu after you made the ingots.

[wyldefx]

Just started a new game and did it again. After smelting the iron, and letting it cool, I took it out. Opened the menu and there is definitely no anvil. I guess the house isn't going to have a door until later in the game.
The workstation tab has the simple workstation, the advanced workstation, and that is it for that row. Below it are the three smelters. There is a spinning wheel and a tanning rack. Can't imagine why the devs think a spinning wheel should be built before an anvil. But there is no anvil blueprint.

[Cybagran]

Chose Workbenches in Menu then scroll down to Other Crafting Stations, the first one inline will be Anvil, Grinder etc. Click on the Anvil and it will show that you will need 16 ingots and a workbench to make it at. (Not iron plates) If you are at the tanning rack you have scrolled to far down. The Other Crafting Stations are after the smelters.

[wyldefx]

Okay, it showed up this time. This was the third playthrough for it. The other two I didn't get the jingle and upgrade. Now it showed up. Thanks much.

[AlphaGodith]

i tried testing this myself and got the anvil recipe as soon as i built my first regular workbench. not sure why it didn't work for you the first two times.

[AlphaGodith]

Originally posted by wyldefx:

The workstation tab has the simple workstation, the advanced workstation, and that is it for that row.

this confuses me- there are three workbenches, the first is the primitive workbench, the next is just the workbench, and the third is the modern workbench, which you probably won't unlock until you get aluminum so it doesn't really matter here.

are they really called something else for you? that would certainly explain some of the confusion, if you were expecting to unlock the anvil with the primitive workbench and not realizing we meant the next one when we said regular.