=======Heating up Cast Iron/Steel=======

//Before you begin to create Weapons or Armour, you need to know how to heat up certain resources to place them in **Tongs**, otherwize, they are unusable for blacksmithing//

**To do this, you need:**

- Any form of Steel/Cast Iron

- An Anvil

- Flint n Steel

- Multiple pairs of tongs


1. Light a fire using the **Flint n Steel**, then throwing **Steel/Cast Iron** into the fire (this will not burn it). This heats up the metal, making it usable. 

2. Then, right click the fire with a pair of **Empty Tongs**, and the amount of steel in the tongs should be displayed as a tooltip. (you may have to right click the fire multiple times, as it takes some time)

3. Once you have the **Steel/Cast Iron** in your **Tongs**, you will be able to right click an anvil to choose an item you want to create

**Disclaimer**: 
//If you cannot light a fire inside your town, this may be due to **restrictions set by the town owner preventing fire being placed**, if these are in place, **go into a nearby wilderness area, or use /rtp (random tp) to light your fire**.//

*Note*:** You can hover over any of the recipies inside the anvil to check what materials they need to craft**

**To use the heated up cast iron/steel, go to [[creating_weapons|]] or [[creating_armour|]]**