Editing Guide:Getting started (section)

=== Craft some {{InvSprite|Steel Ingot}} steel tools and armor. ===
Admittedly, diamond tools aren't actually "the best". Different tools in BTA have different capabilities and purposes. While wooden, stone and iron tools are ultimately worse than every other option, being reserved only for progression or emergency panic crafts, gold, diamond and steel tools all have their own special benefits.

Diamond tools, while the fastest, are not the best in terms of durability. In fact, steel tools take the cake for best  durability in the game in terms of tools, but, as you may have guessed, sacrifice some speed as a result. In general, steel tools are typically better, but larger projects or mining expeditions may see diamond tools being more useful. As for gold tools, while they aren't as good as the other two in general, they offer a unique capability similar to silk touch in modern Minecraft, in that most blocks mined with gold tools will drop as the block itself.

Armor possesses similar traits, in that different materials will offer different, unique perks and detriments. However, you can read the [[Armor]] page for more on that.

Blasting iron ingots in a blast furnace will get you {{InvSprite|Crude Steel}} crude steel, which is then used to craft {{InvSprite|Steel Ingot}} steel ingots. You can then use these with the generic tool, weapon and armor crafting recipes to get steel variants of the respective items.{{Crafting table|type=blast-furnace|input=Iron Ingot|RESULT=Crude Steel|name=n|foot=y}}{{Crafting table|4=Crude Steel|5=Crude Steel|6=Crude Steel|type=workbench|RESULT=Steel Ingot|foot=y}}


''Originally written by Terbo, expanded by many more, such as Mjdxp, Lilsips and LukeisStuff!''

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