The most efficient way to get coal?

[Herr Uhrensohn]

So how do you get a decent amount of coal without spending a **** load of money on it?
And is there a way to produce coal .. like in minecraft?

[Pockyninja]

There is a machine to turn 5 wood into coal, but I get a large amount of mine from mobs and fishing treasures.

[TrueTon]

Аt some point you will be able to craft Charcoal Kiln that turns 20 pieces of wood into piece of coal. Unfortunately I can't tell at what exactly level of what particular skill you get access to it.

[Amicus]

If you craft (or get from completing the construction bundle) the charcoal burner (foraging level 4 unlock) you can convert 20 wood to coal. Getting from the minecarts in the mine and killing dust spirits from level 41 to 79 are another good place to collect from, esp if you have the burgler ring.

The wiki says can be foraged from the beach in the fall. Not there yet as been playing very slowly on more than one character, but if not in the open, try using hoe as well.

[Pockyninja]

Originally posted by Morgath:

If you craft (or get from completing the construction bundle) the charcoal burner (foraging level 4 unlock) you can convert 20 wood to coal. Getting from the minecarts in the mine and killing dust spirits from level 41 to 79 are another good place to collect from, esp if you have the burgler ring.

The wiki says can be foraged from the beach in the fall. Not there yet as been playing very slowly on more than one character, but if not in the open, try using hoe as well.

It shows up just out in the open on the beach. I only seen one piece during the winter.

[james64468]

I have had some stuff from recycle machine turn things into coal.

[Prasiatko]

In addition to the kiln once you get below about level 45 in the mine you get mobs that drop coal fairly regularly.

Also if you see a mine cart or a bag in the mine right click on it, they often give a bunch of coal.

[NotThatHarkness]

Originally posted by Senior Coquonfaze:

So how do you get a decent amount of coal without spending a **** load of money on it?
And is there a way to produce coal .. like in minecraft?

The 20 wood/coal is kind of painful. I have a ton of wood but most of my farm land is now cleared; it's not as renewable as it once was (I also don't need as much either). You can also get a recycling machine from the fishing skill and recycle some of the garbage you get from fishing. One of them (trash?) has a chance of giving you a piece of coal. That's not really a production method though.

I started buying coal from Clint. I just started year 3 and have a decent amount of money (over $250k, not a huge amount) so I can afford to buy large quantities. I just bought 64 for a bunch of bee boxes.

Unfortunately the rail cars and bags in the mine seem to be one time use only. Otherwise farming the mines could have been a nice method.

[Pixel Peeper]

It might have been 20 when this thread was created. It's one and a half years old.

Either way, this is all pointless. Between the Dust Sprite drops, Geode drops and Fishing drops, it's nearly impossible to run out of Coal. Without even trying for it, you should have a surplus.

No one's ever going to need 50 Kilns. I wouldn't even bother with one.

[Pyrimidal]

I just farm levels 40-60 for iron, I also kill loads of dust sprites which drop 1 coal per every 3 killed. I can usually get out of the mine with 15 coal at the end of the day. And then there's mining rocks themselves, which have a chance to drop coal.