Helve Hammer Stopped Working

[Strahl]

Hello,

My helve hammer has randomly stopped smithing. I have a tin bronze anvil and helve hammer, but it won't smith even copper items anymore. Can someone tell me from the screenshot if I messed up something in my setup? It was working previously and I haven't changed anything.

[LadyWYT]

Looking at the HUD in the upper left corner, I'd say that there isn't currently enough wind to power it.

[Strahl]

Does the wind need to be a specific threshold? I thought less wind just meant it smithed slower.

[LadyWYT]

5 minutes ago, Strahl said:

Does the wind need to be a specific threshold? I thought less wind just meant it smithed slower.

I think it does, yeah, depending on your setup. It'd be the first thing I'd suspect if it worked previously and then just stopped. Some of the machinery requires more power in order to operate and the bit I've messed with helve hammers, they seem to be one of the ones that require more power than something like the pulverizer.

And less wind does mean that the machines run slower, but there also has to be enough wind to make it run to begin with. The wind threshold needed depends on what you're trying to power.

[Strahl]

I waited for a storm to come by. The helve hammer is going pretty quick, but nothing is happening.

[Strahl]

Okay, I just tried another item. It's letting me do a copper plate, but not a copper saw blade. Are there certain Items helve hammers can't forge?

[LadyWYT]

11 minutes ago, Strahl said:

Are there certain Items helve hammers can't forge?

Currently, helve hammers can forge either plates or ingots, but not the more complex items(such as sawblades). They're meant to help mitigate the more tedious things to forge rather than automate the process entirely.