How do you unlock iron weapons ?

[Myst]

I have placed a furnace, smelted iron ingots, Charcoal, and Shards But still no recipes for iron tools/weapons. The only recipe i received in a higher tier is a composite bow when i mind scrap and got heavy chitin for the first time. I am trying to make the forge but it says i need clay and the clay says I need an iron pickaxe. is this a bug or do I need to kill the next boss? What unlocks iron tier? Very confused feels like a catch 22. It is posted on line that if I place the forge it will unlock iron tier, but that can be right cause to make forge you need clay and clay needs iron tool as stated above. What am I missing ? Anyone know for sure?

[☢» MACHIN3 «☢]

you can mine clay with a Spike Pickaxe

5 Fiber, 5 Resin, 5 Iron Shard, 5 Refined Wood

[Myst]

This already I know, I google and tried you tube too to get some answers before I came here, but thanks for your response. The problem is.... I can't craft it with out a recipe. it wont let me craft anything with out a recipe. I am trying to find out how you unlock the iron recipes. so I can make it.

[☢» MACHIN3 «☢]

Originally posted by Myst:

This already I know, I google and tried you tube too to get some answers before I came here, but thanks for your response. The problem is.... I can't craft it with out a recipe. it wont let me craft anything with out a recipe. I am trying to find out how you unlock the iron recipes. so I can make it.

if you gathered those item it should show in your workbench to craft a spike pickaxe not in the stonecutter or forge. But if it's not showing then you might have a glitch for sure

[Tachyon]

Originally posted by Myst:

...It is posted on line that if I place the forge it will unlock iron tier, but that can be right cause to make forge you need clay and clay needs iron tool as stated above. What am I missing ? Anyone know for sure?

You need the SPIKE pickaxe to get Clay, as someone already mentioned, not the IRON pickaxe. I'm about to go and get some Clay with the one I made yesterday.

[TamanduaGirl]

Originally posted by Myst:

This already I know, I google and tried you tube too to get some answers before I came here, but thanks for your response. The problem is.... I can't craft it with out a recipe. it wont let me craft anything with out a recipe. I am trying to find out how you unlock the iron recipes. so I can make it.

You said you thought clay needs an iron pickax. They said you need a spike pickax, that's made with a bull ant mandibul not iron.

[Tachyon]

Originally posted by TamanduaGirl:

Originally posted by Myst:

This already I know, I google and tried you tube too to get some answers before I came here, but thanks for your response. The problem is.... I can't craft it with out a recipe. it wont let me craft anything with out a recipe. I am trying to find out how you unlock the iron recipes. so I can make it.

You said you thought clay needs an iron pickax. They said you need a spike pickax, that's made with a bull ant mandibul not iron.

No, it needs 5 Fiber, 5 Resin, 5 Iron Shard, 5 Refined Wood, not a Mandible and not Iron made in a Forge. Iron Shards look like little piles of scrap metal lying on the ground.

https://thenerdstash.com/how-to-get-iron-shards-in-smalland-survive-the-wilds/

[TamanduaGirl]

Originally posted by Tachyon:

Originally posted by TamanduaGirl:

You said you thought clay needs an iron pickax. They said you need a spike pickax, that's made with a bull ant mandibul not iron.

No, it needs 5 Fiber, 5 Resin, 5 Iron Shard, 5 Refined Wood, not a Mandible and not Iron made in a Forge. Iron Shards look like little piles of scrap metal lying on the ground.

https://thenerdstash.com/how-to-get-iron-shards-in-smalland-survive-the-wilds/

Ah I was thinking of the wrong one. I know what about the iron shards.

[william_es]

You need to make a windmill, and grind clay into clay mortar. This unlocks all kinds of things. Stone tier building parts, and the forge for making iron weapons.

[Myst]

yeah I meant spike not iron, it's in the iron tier. Sorry about that. I will log out and re try with the mats in my inventory again. Thanks so much everyone.

[william_es]

Originally posted by Myst:

yeah I meant spike not iron, it's in the iron tier. Sorry about that. I will log out and re try with the mats in my inventory again. Thanks so much everyone.

Awesome! Good luck.

if you're open to suggestions, I highly recommend you make an iron hammer first. It's the best weapon against the bus sized roaches in the graylands.

The power attacks from the iron hammer do INSANE damage, but when fighting the roaches, the regular attacks are actually better just due to the speed. The roach does a backwards dodge that can take it right out of the way of the slower power attacks.

2nd thing to spend iron on is an iron pick, since it will speed up harvesting the iron piles. 4 hits to harvest, saving you time.

[Valhalla Awaits]

Originally posted by william_es:

You need to make a windmill, and grind clay into clay mortar. This unlocks all kinds of things. Stone tier building parts, and the forge for making iron weapons.

^THIS

It makes no sense that the windmill clay unlocks a TON of stuff that doesn't even need clay/mortar. But thats the hidden step your looking for to unlock all the endgame stuff.