Dwarf fortress where is iron

This is because the main way to find iron was to look for sedimentary stone layers, but anymore those aren't displayed. As such, finding iron ores isn't easy. There are 3 iron ores: magnetite, limonite, and hematite. Magnetite and limonite appear only in sedimentary layers, which are always near the surface. Hematite is found in sedimentary layers and igneous extrusive layers, which are almost always found near the surface. As such, if you use the site finder to find sites with shallow metal s , you're more likely to find iron ores than if you have no shallow metals.

Once you're on-site, focus your exploratory mining efforts on the stones labeled Sedimentary or Igneous Extrusive on the table on this wiki page.

Ingredients are one fuel and either a lignite or a bituminous coal. If lignite, the production is two fuel. If bit. So bit. The trick is in order to start making fuel from bit.

Now that you have fuel, you can convert your iron-bearing ore to iron bars. Iron comes from three ores: hematite most common , magnetite appears in large clusters , and limonite.

Any of these iron ores can be smelted at a smelter to produce four iron bars. If you have a standard smelter, a bar of fuel will be necessary; magma smelters require no fuel to operate. Iron will also be available through goblinite , as well as the dwarven and human caravans. Iron may be combined with other materials at a smelter , mostly for the production of steel.

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It's a nice balance between knowledge and cheating. Sometimes it's just nice to know you're not searching in vain. Protheroe Protheroe 61 3 3 bronze badges. Chalk has the additional benefit of being a flux stone, meaning you'll be able to make pig iron and steel.

Theodore Murdock Theodore Murdock 3, 2 2 gold badges 26 26 silver badges 40 40 bronze badges. Is there a way to check if there's shallow metal after embarking? I haven't found any yet, so I suppose there isn't any here. There's no standard in-game way. You could use dfhack's "prospect all" command to tell you how much you have in the way of minerals, and look through the results for limonite, magnetite, and hematite.

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