Blacksmith

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Blacksmith

Blacksmith
Construction Material
Planks	13		Cut Stone	13
Machinery		1
Employees
Engineer's Guild Preference		Requires one craftsman to function and an apprentice for the last slot.		3
Foot Print
Crafts useful items made of iron or steel.				3x3x2 with a fair few empty blocks.
Building's Catalyst
			The Wooden Vice is made in the Carpenter
Hard Labour

The Blacksmith will create assorted catalysts out of iron and steel bars.

The iron pots that are produced at the Blacksmith are particularly helpful in elevating your production of food at the Soup Kitchen. They are relatively cheap to produce and may be needed to help supply the rigorous demands of your colony for ever increasing qualities of food.

The precision scales are more niche as they impact things like soap manufacture or medicine production. They also cost substantially more by requiring steel in the recipe. If you are trying to supply your colony with soap to improve bathing quality to 4 stars at a bath house, it may prove helpful.

The catalyst for the Blacksmith is the wooden vise which is made at the Carpenter for wood planks. This is relatively cheap to make, so it can be helpful if you have large demands for these catalyst items. That being said, even a partially staffed Blacksmith can likely keep up with the demands of your colony.

Since all of these catalysts are expensive and slowly consumed, it is recommended to set a production limit. A small limit of 20-30 should be effective protection against shortages without crowding Warehouses. If your end users are located together, it may be helpful to locate a Storage Shed or Small Warehouse near those buildings and dedicate space to the catalyst.

The Smuggler will purchase steel plates for 55 coins of credit towards a gold bullion. This is one of the best offers the Smuggler makes, but given the cost of producing steel plates, you should likely stick to over producing Cut Stone or Woven Cloaks.