why meteoric iron can't make iron door

[IyakaHen]

isn't it a "iron" ?

[idiomcritter]

welcome to the forum @IyakaHen

in similar fashion, I too have wondered why Metal Scraps can't be smelted/grinded into usable ingots

looking at the the wiki info on smelting temps, iron has a higher smelting temp than meteoric, so a different academical property that prevents door creation (but still allows armor and tool fashioning lol )?

[IyakaHen]

2 hours ago, idiomcritter said:

welcome to the forum @IyakaHen

in similar fashion, I too have wondered why Metal Scraps can't be smelted/grinded into usable ingots

looking at the the wiki info on smelting temps, iron has a higher smelting temp than meteoric, so a different academical property that prevents door creation (but still allows armor and tool fashioning lol )?

i just look up at wikipage(wiki.vintage). it said iron is 1482°C and m.iron is 1476°C

[DUCATISLO]

bro imagine steel doors tho

[LadyWYT]

I would imagine it's an oversight, and may be added later along with steel doors. Of course, it could just be for simplicity's sake, since iron is the cheapest material to make those items from(and you'll need iron anyway to acquire meteoric iron and steel).

8 hours ago, idiomcritter said:

in similar fashion, I too have wondered why Metal Scraps can't be smelted/grinded into usable ingots

I suspect it's for balancing reasons. Not that iron ore is particularly hard to find, but it takes a bit more effort to locate and acquire than cave diving for scraps. That being said, it could also just be an oversight as well, and get added later as an option.