Blast FurnaceEdit This Entity
Released on August 23, 2005, the blast furnace is a highly effective smelting machine. Located in Keldagrim, it is available only to members. A popular way to get there is by making use of the mine carts in the Dwarven Mines, which is now free of charge. You can also get to Keldagrim, by climbing down through the trap door inside of the Grand Exchange. It is free to use for level 60 smiths; otherwise, there is a 2500 gp cost (1250 gp with a Ring Of Charos). In order to run the furnace, there are a variety of jobs that need to be performed. Though one can run it alone, it is much easier with the help of others. Using the designated Blast furnace world can help you find a team to run the machine.
The Blast Furnace foreman is located in the south part of the furnace room. He will explain all the jobs in the furnace room. When each of the jobs is performed correctly, the furnace will begin to working and you will see smoke from the pipes. All furnace workers will receive smithing experience when ores made. Certain jobs also give experience to a related skill. The jobs are detailed below.
Running the conveyor belt is essential because it brings the ores to be smelted into the melting pot. Riding on the bicycle runs the conveyor belt. This job requires 30 agility. However, it is hard work to transfer heavy ores along a conveyor belt, so it will drain your energy while operating the conveyor belt. You can also drink and eat while operating the conveyor belt, so bringing a few energy potions will give you extra time on the bicycle.
Requirements: 30 agility
Experience: 2 agility experience per second
The furnace stoker shovels coke (coal) into the furnace to heat it up. Without the coke, there isn't enough heat to smelt the ore. You must have 30 firemaking for this job. You will also need a spade, which can be found right beside the coke bin, as shown in the picture.
Requirements: 30 firemaking
Experience: 5 firemaking experience per stoke
Pumping the heat is a delicate job. If you heat it up too little the ores cannot be smelted. However, too much heat causes the furnace to overheat, which in return will inflict damage toward you by flames.
Requirements: 30 strength
Experience: 2 strength experience per pump
Being the gauge checker yields no experience, making it one of the lowest jobs. It is not really required if you watch where the bars come out. If you are worried about taking damage and want to smelt efficiently, get a friend or someone else to watch the gauge. When the needle is pointing to the green area, the ores will begin smelting into bars. Instruct your heat pumper to stop when it is in the low red and to start when it is in the high white. The gauge also displays a small "part broken" sign when something is broken, and needs to be fixed.
Requirements: None
Experience: None
This job is important because these people keep the blast furnace in working order. Understandably, a machine this complex is bound to break, and this one breaks a lot! Repairing the furnace requires 30 crafting, and yields 50 crafting experience when you fix something. This job also requires a hammer, which can be found at the back of the room. Broken machinery causes the melting pot's temperature to drop, so fixing the machines as quickly as possible is of top priority. Having more than one mechanic is a very good idea, if you don't want to waste time.
Requirements: 30 crafting
Experience: 50 crafting experience per fixed part
When the workers do their job, your bars should appear in the bar dispenser, still piping hot from being melted. Grab the nearby bucket, fill it with water, and cool down the bars with the bucket of water. |
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A: You are trying to smelt too many ores at one time. Finish up your other ores and try again.
A: No, this isn't a glitch. The game has it set up where the dwarves bring in from about 20 to 40 ores of a random kind in to the merchant, which goes to restock the shop if the amount of that ore is less than 100.
A: He does not restock because he only sells what he's bought from other players. This is what it's meant by player-fed. This is the same system taken by the general stores.
A: Perhaps nobody is smelting anything, the workers only get smithing experience if there are people smelting. The gauge checker does not get any experience though.
A: No, you can only smelt ores into bars here.
