About
10x  Iron Ore are received when Chipping an  Iron Ore Boulder with  Any Axe or  Any Pickaxe. Alternatively an Iron Ore Boulder can be crushed in a  Stamp Mill or blown up with a  Lit Boomstick to receive Iron Ore. Iron Ore can be stored in a  Stockbin.
Ore Metals
Ore Metals are Metal Bars that can be made from Metal Ore  Mined straight from the earth.  Any Ore Chipped from an  Ore Boulder can be smelted in a lit  Ore Smelter to make Ore Metal Bars.
Smelting
The amount Ore Metal Bars produced in your Ore Smelter is based partially on chance but mostly influenced by the Ore/Lime ratio and your Alloying Artifact Bonus. Currently, the best Ore/Lime ratio is 13x  Lime and 12x Any Ore of one type. To smelt place your Lime and Ore in a lit Ore Smelter. After about 40 minutes at least one of your Ores will be replaced with a corresponding Ore Metal Bar and the rest of your Ore will have become  Dross. The number of metal bars depends on the alloying artifact bonus, the smelter’s previous run, and chance.
Each time a Dross is produced there is a chance for it become  A Face in the Dross instead. Using a  Little Limestone in place of one of your Limes may also increase the number of Metal Bars that are created.
Iron Purity
The Purity of a  Bar of Pig Iron comes from the Iron Ore Boulder the Iron Ore used to make it, was Chipped from. Iron Ore Boulders' get their Purity from a combination of Mine Level, distance from the ramp, and chance. Iron Purity will transfer directly onto  Fish Hooks,  Knife Blades, or any  Wrought Iron Bars made from it.
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