Ode to the Runescape Blast Furnace, pt 1

THIS IS AN ADVANCED *MEMBERS* RUNESCAPE ENTRY. The Blast furnace is best used by those with smithing lvl 60+ and crafting of at least lvl 40.

If I could write poetry about the parts of Runescape that I love for various reasons, the Blast Furnace would be the first thing I'd write about. But... I'm not a poet. Life doesn't come to me in rhymes and I personally don't "get" poetry that doesn't rhyme. To me, if it doesn't rhyme, it's a story, not a poem. But that's my opinion ;)

To be honest, it took me a bit to "get" how to use the Blast Furnace to its full capacity, but once I figured out how to use it to its full potential, life became very easy around the furnace.

I've read other help guides about the Blast Furnace and I'd like to say that I AM going to be incorporating some of their strategies into mine, as I did follow their advice to get partway through my journey towards understanding.

I regularly refer to http://www.runehq.com for information about how things work on Runescape, plus any quest info or minigame info I'm looking for. Blast Furnace is considered a 'minigame' and that's where it's listed on the Rune HQ site. I strongly recommend the Rune HQ site, it has quality content and great stuff that I don't intend to cover in this blog (quest stuff specifically).

But enough about the red tape, let's jump into useful information about the Blast Furnace itself.

First off, in order to make good timely use of the Blast Furnace, it's best if you bring 25k with you if you're making steel bars, and bring all of your ores in note format instead of bringing them load by load. If you're making mithril+ bars, consider bringing 50k with you, but still, bring all of your ores in note format.

Secondly, when you get to the Blast Furnace itself, talk with Ordan and see what his ore situation is like. If someone's been there before you and drained all the coal way down below 100, hop worlds because coal will cost too much to change from note to ores in the world you're currently in. The same thing applies for the iron or mithril+ ores you're going to be using, but I find it's coal that normally gets drained down.

If you're making iron or steel bars, that's all the checking you really have to do - if the ore situation is good, this is a good world to get started in.

If you're making mithril or better bars, you can decide between two strategies - exactly like the iron and steel bars, or Valdesta's extended strategy which includes dealing with Jorzik and his equipment stock. This extended strategy will be discussed in a future entry.

Getting Started

Okay, now you've determined that there's enough ores to work well in this world, or you've found a world that has a full stock of ores, 100 in each or very close.

Here is my first "whole whack of tips" about how to use the Blast Furnace, for folks who are new to it and for folks who are experienced as well:

• This minigame CAN be handled by one person alone, as long as that person has adequate skill levels in crafting, firebuilding and smithing.
• Pick up the hammer, bucket and spade that are laying around, don't bother to bring your own.
• Remember, the Blast Furnace uses half the number of coal to make bars - that is, one coal + one iron ore = one steel bar, and two coal + one mithril ore = one mithril bar.
• When exchanging notes for ores, sell 10 ore notes, then buy the 10 ores back. When your inventory is full, put the ores on the conveyer belt and repeat your process.
• The Blast Furnace can hold over 200 coal ore at a time, but only 28 of other ores. You're best to fill the furnace up with coal first, so you don't have to worry about them for a while.
• Listen to the Dwarf Foreman when you're pumping. If he says the stove is out, fill it more. About 5 scoops does fine for me if I'm quick, but 10 is better for if the pipes keep bursting while you pump.
• If the Dwarf Foreman says anything about the conveyer belt and you cannot see any ores (of your own) on the belt, don't worry about running the conveyer belt.
• Watch while you're pumping, for the pipes to break and start puffing. Especially if you're alone, stay keen and stay on 'run' and be quick to fix the broken pipes, as the stove goes out if you aren't.
• If you angle your view correctly while you're pumping, you can see when the bars are done smelting without anyone watching the temperature guage to tell you (see the image up top and the red arrow pointing at the bar dispenser exploding when it's ready for you to stop pumping)
• By creating "stackable" items like knives, arrow tips and the likes, you can stay in the Blast Furnace area longer before needing to return to a bank to exchange items.

In general, I don't like the thought of telling people exactly how to play the game, so I'm not going to make a step by step explanation of how to use the Runescape Blast Furnace. However, if there are any tips you'd like to include, please leave a comment on this entry and I'll be glad to add the tips to future entries.

As for the Extended strategy for folks working with Mithril bars and above, you'll just have to wait! :)

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