Originally posted by ObisidianSage:

Why do all late game recipes use iron? They don't.

Originally posted by Kursor1:

There's iron all over the Mistlands. 15-20 per ancient sword and 20-40 per ancient armor. You dont have to import it. Just bring a smelter from home and go nuts.

Originally posted by ObisidianSage:

Why do all late game recipes use iron? They don't. You're actually just complaining about padded armor. Mistlands-tier armor does not use iron. Plains-tier weapons do not use iron. Most mistlands-tier weapons don't use iron. And, of course, no food recipes use iron.

The best use for blackmetal is blackmetal chests, though. The storage capacity and aesthetic value of them is great.

That said, iron is incredibly valuable in this game. I consider gold and gems to be trash next to iron. That's mostly because of how useful it is in construction, though.

Originally posted by Creeperlox:

Plains tier armor doesn't even use blackmetal?

Why send the player back two biomes to old dungeons (for main equipment items) instead of focusing on new areas? I'm just referencing the plains game play at the moment, which I'm starting to realize feels pretty empty without its own dungeons, only one set of armor, etc. But, even Mistlands uses a ton of iron. You get a whole new smelter--that doesnt even smelt other items--and you only use it for a few tools? Hopefully the last two late-game areas won't ALSO depend on iron. I really don't care to spend the rest of my in-game time digging out the swamps..