Originally posted by archaicwasteland:

Originally posted by That guy with the Spoon:

i guess a lot of mistland biomes are bordering plains so farm some and smelt it there?

I suppose the good news is that the Ancient Armor or Weapons that are mineable in Mistlands drop Scrap Iron that you can smelt to make the Blast Furnace. Iron Bars seem to be scavenge-able from some of the structures in Mistlands as well.

considering the amount of Iron Players need to make and upgrade the Padded Iron armor I think it would have been better if the devs had added Iron ore to the Plains. They could have put sub-surface Iron deposits (like silver) that you needed to use the Wishbone to find. Maybe even thrown in some Copper and Tin to make setting up Plains and Mistland bases easier. It also would have made the game so much less of a grind with regards to getting the gear you need for Mistlands.

I did the Iron grind once with my original character, got so frustrated with having to mule the Iron around that I installed the Unrestricted Portals mod because I didn't want to do that kind of a mats grind ever again. I do hold myself to a solid rule. I have to defeat the Boss of a biom before I allow a metal from the biom though a portal, and even then they have to be ingots, not ore. So I mine and smelt on site, then portal to where needed. My head cannon is that smelting removes the last bit of a dead Forsaken's hold on the metals it once held dominion over. Be nice if the devs set the game up that way someday.