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[–] thesporkeffect@lemmy.world 18 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Can I use the iron in this to forge a sword??

[–] GraniteM@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] thesporkeffect@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago

Ahh, that says you might need ~2.3 kg of iron sand after removing the non-iron from the material. Blood meal appears to be .2% iron by weight. Very napkin quality math says you'd need ~1150 bags to get enough iron