Charcoal pits

[City Builder]

I thought I'd read that charcoal pits can be up to 11x11.

But can they be odd numbers like 7x9 or must they be exactly square?

[Stroam]

They don't have to be square. I've done one that looks like a twisted Z and it still worked with the firepit in the middle.

[redram]

21 hours ago, City Builder said:

I thought I'd read that charcoal pits can be up to 11x11.

This common advice is overly simplistic.  The requirement is that all the piles to be charcoal-ified must be touching each other, and they must be within 5 blocks of the firepit used to ignite the pile.  This is how 11x11x11 is arrived at.  It's not actually the overall dimensions that matter, but the distance from the firepit used to ignite the pile.

[Scott Kimberly]

On 10/21/2020 at 5:37 PM, redram said:

This common advice is overly simplistic.  The requirement is that all the piles to be charcoal-ified must be touching each other, and they must be within 5 blocks of the firepit used to ignite the pile.  This is how 11x11x11 is arrived at.  It's not actually the overall dimensions that matter, but the distance from the firepit used to ignite the pile.

I know this is on the wiki, but isnt 5 blocks from the firepit, in all directions, 11x11x5? Assuming the fire pit is always above the center of the top-most layer

[redram]

20 hours ago, Scott Kimberly said:

I know this is on the wiki, but isnt 5 blocks from the firepit, in all directions, 11x11x5? Assuming the fire pit is always above the center of the top-most layer

5 block above and below.  All directions = 11x11x11.  The vertical part is the tricky part, being able to have a pit, light it, get out and plug all the holes in time.  It's indeed much easier to do 11x11x5.

[Coding Berry]

A vintage story wiki pops up and says that the max is 13x13x13 with 6 blocks in each direction from fireplace. had the game expanded the size or is it just false information?

[Maelstrom]

the 13 would include solid block walls on each side of the charcoal pit.