Honestly, i have no idea how to put ts in steam age, but here is my idea. If i see one more rime this shitty ahh iron recipe im gonna blow myself up. Lets break it down:

Current (wrong):
Pig Iron (Fe)(?) + Furnace -> Iron Ingot

Problem:
IRL, pig iron is Fe + 4% C + Si/Mn/P/S impurities. You can’t smelt away carbon—it’s bonded chemically. Furnace re-smelting just gives you more pig iron, not pure iron.

Realistic steam-era fix:

1. Pig Iron -> Steel (Bessemer process, 1856 ):

   • Machine: Bessemer Converter (idk if it even possible to make smth like ts, but eh why not):
   • Input: Pig Iron + O2
   • Chemistry:
     C (random carbon) + O2 > CO2↑ (burns off excess carbon)
     Si + O2 -> SiO₂ (slag)
     Mn + O2 -> MnO (slag)
   • Output: Steel Ingot (Fe + 0.2–2% C)

2. Pig Iron -> Wrought Iron (Puddling process, 1780):

   • Machine: Puddling Furnace (again random machine from my imagination)
   • Input: Pig Iron (stir with rods in furnace)
   • Chemistry:
     C + O2 -> CO₂↑ (decarbonization)
     Impurities oxidize -> slag
   • Output: Wrought Iron Lump -> Hammer → Wrought Iron Ingot (Fe, <0.1% C)

3. Pure Iron? Needs electrolysis:

   • Machine: Electrolyzer
   • Input: Steel Dust/ Wrought Iron Dust
   • Chemistry: Fe2O3 + energy -> 2Fe (pure) + 3O2

No idea about iron in steam age, still thinking abt that

The only idea i have in mind is using ULV Electrolyzer for iron, as i remember, ULV machinea dont need iron, but need wrought

I think the default Minecraft iron is meant to mostly be equivalent to cast iron, if I recall correctly. This could be displayed in-game more accurately for sure.

I think the default Minecraft iron is meant to mostly be equivalent to cast iron, if I recall correctly. This could be displayed in-game more accurately for sure.

ye, that sounds true, but if minecraft iron = cast iron, then what is greg iron? and what is pig iron then

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missclick

Seeing " + Mn/Si/S/P impurities" makes me think it's added on purpose xd.
As for the content, the Pig Iron + Oxygen recipe is in-game, look at EBF. Why you don't need air or oxygen for the recipe: 1) PBFs don't have fluid input 2) ways of getting air or oxygen in steam are not widely known 3) we can assume air flowing freely into PBF and purifying molten iron.
Additionally, the current early steel recipe can be assumed to be extracting impurities by working - look at medieval japanese way of making steel, the thousand layers or what the rumor was, was not to make it ultra mega strong, but to make it usable. As for why iron can be made by smelting pig iron in primitive smelter, idk, but needs to be there to make it a bit easier + PBFs don't have phantom circuit slot.

Seeing " + Mn/Si/S/P impurities" makes me think it's added on purpose xd. As for the content, the Pig Iron + Oxygen recipe is in-game, look at EBF. Why you don't need air or oxygen for the recipe: 1) PBFs don't have fluid input 2) ways of getting air or oxygen in steam are not widely known 3) we can assume air flowing freely into PBF and purifying molten iron. Additionally, the current early steel recipe can be assumed to be extracting impurities by working - look at medieval japanese way of making steel, the thousand layers or what the rumor was, was not to make it ultra mega strong, but to make it usable. As for why iron can be made by smelting pig iron in primitive smelter, idk, but needs to be there to make it a bit easier + PBFs don't have phantom circuit slot.

i mean, ye, maybe it was usable but using same steel in LV+ age as this "usable" steel is not quite logic. Recipe with pig iron and steel is fact in game but i honestly dont love that its only in EBF as it quite primitive technology. The problem why i here is wroughr iron, i just didnt want to play after its recipe lol.