The Smelter
Iron has been removed.
“What an odd thing to do!” One might ask at first glance. Let me preface by first saying that the ore is still present, and that Iron is not used in pure form. The quality of tools in CraftWorld was once as follows:
- Wood
- Stone
- Bronze
- Iron
- Steel
- Diamond
- Adamantum
- Gold
- Silver
That’s quite a lot of tools. Adamantum is the ultra hard toolset to make and get, while wood is common and an easy start for new games. But the Bronze, Steel and Iron set are too close together. Copper is fairly common and when combined with Iron yields two Ingots, while Steel due to the rich Iron content and lower yield rate makes it more difficult to collect.
Smelting Bronze Ingots from Copper and Iron
Iron tools, iron ingots and iron rods are all pointless when you have Steel and bronze to work with. Everything that you had that was once Iron, is now Bronze. It’s a much smoother progression path.
Gold, silver and diamond all bear special properties. Silver is ideal for fighting the undead, and Gold has a natural Magical resistance. Diamond due to being a gem, carries magical energy very well, and is very durable.
Alloys:
The Smelter in CraftWorld accepts up to four input materials. This allows the creation of Bronze with copper and iron, or steel with iron and coal (as carbon). The melting down of ingots into Iron and Bronze blocks for tough defences is also another ability of the Smelter. With each extra block of wood you add to the Smelter, the yield of coal increases. This saves needing many Smelters for impatient players.
The new Smelter and Steel entry in the Survival Guide (v2.5)
Repair Bench:
This new Crafting Area serves the purpose of allowing players to enjoy their rare, high end tool sets without worrying about conserving them for fear of loss of something so valuable. We’d much rather a person always bring their “Trusty Adamantum pick” rather than keep it locked up in a box for fear of damage.
Low end stone hammers may repair high end Diamond and Adamantum tools, but you will lose dozens of hammers in the process. Of course if you fire up an adjacent Smelter, to boost the efficiency of the Repair bench, you may only rip through tens of repair hammers instead of dozens. The smelter will not burn if there is no input, so jam it on with a chunk of dirt or something that will not smelt to keep it on. It will also serve as a light for your forge.
Repairing a Bronze Sword by transferring damage to Hammers on a RepairBench
So here a few new features working towards making CraftWorld a unique experience, that will really round out your home as a base of operations in your own little world.
Thanks for reading!
P.S:v2.5 is still in review, as is Cell v2.0
P.P.S: Please forgive any glitches in these screenshots. We are working on a new graphics engine.
Can you make adamantum picks right now?
If so, how?
Not yet. They are a v2.6+ feature (the update we are working on now), and gold and silver are after that.
The update 2.5 sended already to microsoft for the check right ?
2.6+ is the next update ?
hmmm….
Microsoft,microsoft… 2 weeks…
They’ve had it for longer than usual. It’s a big game, and squeezing it under the 90mb memory cap was an annoying task. Went overboard, and it runs on ~50mb now. During the early days of WP7, anything and everything passsed. They’re getting more picky. It means we all get better quality apps despite teh wait.
Is 2.3 out? I cant find anything on Marketplace.
Ughh…
dear bob
2.3? Please read the comments under the recented posts
2.5 will come today or tomorrow..
.SerkanLives
My game is still 2.2 and theres no option for an update in Marketplace. Has 2.3 even been released?
Boooobbbbb
Crap no I mean bobbbb
Anyways, we are skipping 2.3 and making a huge leap to 2.5. The update will come later today or tomorrow. Or never. Who knows.
jaryd will there be a mob setting in 2.5 like u can put it on peaceful where no mobs come and then hard where a lot of mobs come
There is a difficulty setting in 2.5. That can disable or crank up the creatures.
HELL YES.
SO I CAN MAKE MY OWN ZOMBIE APOCOLAPSE?!
THATS SO AWESOME.
FINALLY SOMETHING TO DO WITH MY AWESOME CASTLE.
MULTIPLAYER IS GONNA BE SO BOSS.
when is the update for 2.5 on windows phone?
İ will say something before i buy craftworld without ads…
Please delete the notize that they do weekly Updates . 1 Update the month..
The weekly updates didn’t go perfectly. I apologize. Many large systems are tied together, and frequent updates was not possible without releaseing bug ridden and half broken builds. We’ve moved to larger substantial updates instead.
I haven’t got update 2.3 or 2.5 in my lumia 610. Are the updates for both paid and free versions? I have the free version and I can’t see any new updates in the marketplace for craftworld free.
Update was approved today, it’ll take a bit to appear on your phone.
Phone model does not matter. CraftWorld runs on low mem devices like your 610.
Both are updated to 2.5
jarryd for people who lost thier crafting book from the chest glitch will u give us another one please
In a future update, with the book crafting system. The repair bench or a salad is something I can mess with, without much confusion, but the books are a big CW feature, and I won’t introduce confusion. Hang on man, it’s coming!
Wait so what’s gonna happen to all the iron stuff?
Turns into bronze.
Iron ignots?
iron rods?
Bronze Ingots!
Bronze Rods!
Bronze Sword!
Bronze Hammer!
Bronze Pick!
Bronze Shovel!
Perfect!
Where do we find flint for arrows? Gravel?
So jarryd, when will the update appear on the marketplace sp excited and just can’t wait to hunt animals and take down the undead
ITS UP!! IM THR FIRST TO DOWNLOAD!! ITS AWESOME!!!!
Thanks for letting me know.
why cant i get any updates on my phone please help guys
Do you have internet on your phone? Connect to WiFi at home, or a freinds house. Places like McDonalds do silly things that make the Wifi not work properly. Try connecting to your PC with a cable. I think Zune can do it for you as well.
Keeps on crashing.
Says “opening world 1″ and when the green bar sticks out a little bit, it crashes. I’ve tried deleting a few worlds, doesn’t work. I mean the worlds erase, but crashes again and the worlds are there again. I’ve tried rebooting the device, and trying to make the game save, doesn’t work. Is a reinstall needed? I don’t mind, as long as it will work.
Swap versions before wiping craftworld out. Move to the paid one for a bit, and let me know how it goes.
I did the trial on paid a long time ago. Looks like you guys forgot the timer there. The try is the same as buy. No difference.
Woah. Seriously? I’ve never heard of this. I’ll have to test. Thanks Tarik.
I know im spamming. Sorry.
Flint is very rare. Takes about 50 sands to get one. So is sheep.
Survival book is awesome, and funny. But you should have a recipie menu instead of a book.
what’s the template for a sword?
You should have a retro/hd option. There Might be some complaints about running speed. I know my phone sucks.
I got an HTC radar.
I’m going to wait till next update. I’m not gonna wipe it.
Thanks for an awesome game! You guys are way past survival craft now!!!!
Cheers Tarik, I hope your leg is mending well. Sword is:
[Bronze]
[Bronze]
[Stick]
We’ll swap over to hilts and blades in the not too distant future. HTC Radar? 1st gen is only a year old. It’s the low mem devices, like the 610 that are a bit low for CraftWorld. The game runs great, but the memory contraint rips into the veiw distance.
I took most of the funny out of the book. It was more fun than useful. I’d like to re-write it again to make it like hitch hikers guide. And the other books too. (the ones coming soon)
INFO: http://forums.2point0studios.com/showthread.php?1854-WP7-Save-file-Issue&p=6598#post6598
Hell yeah its mending well! Took an x-ray 2 weeks ago and there’s barely 2 cracks. One throughout the width of the bone in a zigzag manner, the other nearly to the other side. So I nearly broke it in 2 places. Anyways I can walk now.
So I’ve gotten the beta version earlier and I’ve played it. I’m reporting all bugs from there now. Is it ok if I keep the “Trial” version? I just need to ask. I’m not too find of stealing work.
And ill take your advice on waiting till the next update. I’d rather keep the saves.
I really don’t know how to make a bomb, or a TNT, or anything else in that matter. I have some “how do you make” questions.
TNT
Lighter to light the tnt(?)
You were talking about 7 weapons. I know 2. what are the others and how do I make them?
And to help everyone else looking for flint, just get 50 sand prices and make a tower with the jump and place method. Then shovel down and repeat.
Never mind sheep is all good. Don’t listen to me about all the rare things. I havent played the game long enough. And I found a peice of hemp.
What do I do with fire salts?
and materials HAVE increased. I found 30 prices of coal just chilling on the sides of mountains. I start tunneling and find 3 rubies.
And the chest glitch is over jarryd. I tested it with the hemp and it doesn’t work.
Yay.
no ones heard from you in a long time. Just curious, have you found the bug?
Have fun. Good luck and GODSPEED.
Hey Tarik,
I spent the day chopping up videos for a new Trailer. Glad to confirm the chest bug is fixed.
Bomb:
[FireSalts]
[ClayBlob]
Dynamite:
[Plank][Bomb][Plank]
[Bomb][Sand][Bomb]
[Plank][Bomb][Plank]
Just punch the Dynamite to light it. Dig fast Tarik, we’ve overdone the mineral deposits in v2.5, and will be reducing it by about 30%. The save bug is related to the deletion of files (or lack therof) and should be fixed in v2.6.
Weapons list:
Bow
Arrow
Axe
Sword
SingleBrick (Throw it)
Bomb (Throw it)
Dynamite
I’m glad you’re healing well.
I’m still not getting the update but when I searched up Craftworld in the marketplace it said that it was on verison 2.5 already. Does that mean I have to redownload Craftworld?.
Same thing happened to me. Keep going to that page and back. Its going to say update on the bottom. Have fun.
Lag and lots of it everytime I click on something it takes me out of the game and the controls are kind of different I don’t really like them and is night time based on real time
When is the next update
Lol
(I just had to ask it was funny to see what you would say)
But all in all its good good job jarryd and tell the other people good job too I kno there is lots to be worked on
New save format will clear up the lag next update.
I got the update but when I try to load my worlds, it just closes down on me and my bros have the same problem
Does it pop up the email reports? Mail those in, it will tell me exactly where to look.
Yaaaay so now im a bro!
Both of my brothers have the unpaid version and received the update, I have the paid version and it hasn’t showed up for me yet.
The first time I loaded a world in 2.5 it worked great. Deathly disappointed that it no longer loads at all. Same issue as others have noted. There’s no crash log created to send in, it just force closes during loading of any world now. This is true for both free and paid versions. I tried restarting the phone (Lumia 700) and playing around with various game options before attempting to load again. I haven’t tried every possible combination there. I didn’t attempt a fresh install as I wasn’t willing to lose my saves. The problem applies to previously saved worlds as well as new ones. After exiting to menu the first time (from a previous 2.0/2.2 world in paid and free versions respectively), there just doesn’t seem to be any way back into the game. Hope this information helps and the problem can be quickly and easily resolved. Thanks!
Thankyou for the detail feedback. We’ll have an update to fix what the update broke soon.
INFO: http://forums.2point0studios.com/showthread.php?1854-WP7-Save-file-Issue&p=6598#post6598
Ohh, never mind, I found the solution, you have to uninstall craftworld then reinstall it but you will lose all your worlds
I played my world once and now everytime I try to play since the update it sends me back out. Do I really have to uninstall and lose all my work?
No. Download another version of Craftworld in the meantime.
INFO: http://forums.2point0studios.com/showthread.php?1854-WP7-Save-file-Issue&p=6598#post6598
Can you make something, like a bucket to put water into so we can transport water?
…and my password is… I must have an annoying brother.
awesome!!!! do u have a ruff date when you will start to work on the xbox version????? just want to know.
How do you make a sword
What’s the red blocks i I really deep in the earth. Its not labled in my game, amounts many other objects
That’s Adamantium. It’s tougher than diamond, but rarer. It takes 4 to smelt 1 ingot. Adamantium tools coming soon.
Sweet. Can you do anything with the fire salts the mobs drop?
Make bombs and dynamite.
Jarryd can u make the crafting book easier to read because their is barely anything in it and is their iron tools because some of the stuff I found I can’t mine with stone tools
Dig deep, find some white/gray speckled stones. They are iron ore. Find some green ones, they yeild copper. Add 1 iron to 3 copper in the smelter to get bronze.
I am confused I thought iron was removed
Rods, ingots, tools and weapons cannot be made of pure iron.
Iron ore is used to create alloys such bronze and steel.
How do you make steel? 3 Iron ore and coal?
Why paintings are grey/green/black only? it does not show the pictures i take. In the picture library its the same.
Are these paintings loaded from file or paintings freshly taken?
Freshly taken