spaceMonkeys42 Posted March 28, 2025 Report Posted March 28, 2025 Hi! This is not a complaint but more of a curiosity on my part. I'm pretty new to this game, I've watched some tutorials and stuff, but I definitely don't know everything. I'm currently in the copper stage and I've been trying to advance to bronze. Knowing there are a few different alloys in the game I went out with the prospecting pick to find what was around, and I found ultra high sphalerite. I saw this could be used for brass, which I probably mistakenly thought was equivalent to bronze, so I thought that would be perfect to make a brass anvil. I was able to get up to the 900 units needed but then quickly realized when I went to pour it that there is no brass anvil? I then went to pour other tools at least but couldn't do that either. I probably could have more carefully checked the handbook beforehand to realize this, but I was kind of just wondering why? Is this just a game thing or is there some real life reason (is bronze more sturdy than brass?). There also seems to be limited uses for brass in the game from what I could tell checking the handbook. It seems to be limited to lanterns and plaques basically. Appreciate any help with this question! In the meantime I will be searching for cassiterite
Solution Maelstrom Posted March 28, 2025 Solution Report Posted March 28, 2025 (edited) Wlecome to the forums!!! Good question. Caused me to go searching the interwebs with goggle. And I found that historically speaking, making brass was difficult. So difficult that it wasn't made until the 1700s. Since you already have zinc, you may stumble across bismuth and make your way into the bronze age anyway. Edited March 28, 2025 by Maelstrom 1
Poxxs Posted March 28, 2025 Report Posted March 28, 2025 Brass so far I’ve found is only used for ingots. And you use the ingots for plates. Then use the plates for torch holders, that way your torches you place down never go out. Or if you ever get glass production you can use the brass for lanterns. 1
Maelstrom Posted March 28, 2025 Report Posted March 28, 2025 Clear quartz chunks/nuggets can be used in crafting lanterns as well. 2
Thorfinn Posted March 28, 2025 Report Posted March 28, 2025 28 minutes ago, Maelstrom said: Clear quartz chunks/nuggets can be used in crafting lanterns as well. That's almost always my first lantern. It won't stack, though, so at some point, that one stays home and the stack of glass ones goes on tour. 1
spaceMonkeys42 Posted March 28, 2025 Author Report Posted March 28, 2025 Appreciate all the kind answers! Especially Maelstrom for doing that research, that makes sense and I kind of figured there was probably some kind of historical reason since this game is so detailed. Thanks so much for all your responses! I've tracked down a "very high" deposit of casserite so hopefully I'll be into the bronze era soon! 1
Maelstrom Posted March 31, 2025 Report Posted March 31, 2025 I've found metals of poor and very poor readings when looking for something else. Recently I found a magnetite deposit caving (under my home too boot!) I took a reading just out of curiousity, since all readings anywhere close to my home were no better than poor, and it was very poor. Only thing that would have stunned me even more is if magnetite had a miniscule reading.
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