Foundry

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The Foundry converts Coal and Iron Ore . Both resources are produced by coal mines and iron ore mines which both need transporting to a foundry in order for them to be converted into Iron ingots . It is used to produce Iron Tokens in Toolworks and to produce Steel in Steelworks. Iron ingots are also needed to complete Ruined Church challenge. Foundries are an Era II buildings, therefore when transitioning from the Early Steam Era to the Steam Era several Foundries will appear in random locations across the map.

Processes

The base building of the Foundry consumes 3 units of Coal and 3 units of Iron Ore producing 3 Iron ingots and 2 Coal Tokens every Game tick. There are two extensions that can be added to the foundry immediately. Of these two, the Blast Furnace offers a more balanced process, requiring equal amounts Coal and Iron Ore , while providing a large increase to production output of the foundry. There is another Improved Blast Furnace extension available in later era. Overall, a fully upgraded Foundry without electrification will consume 14 units of Coal and 13.5 units of Iron Ore while producing 13.5 Iron ingots and 6 Coal Tokens every Game tick.

The base building and the Sheet Metal Mill extension can be connected to the electrical network from Era 5 onward, which will further increase their production of Iron ingots without increasing the raw material consumption. The amount of electrification production bonus is shown in the brackets at each building.
Moreover, special extension (Electric Arc Furnace) becomes available. This extension works only when electrified. It uses the electricity instead of the coal and consumes 3 units of Iron Ore producing another 3 Iron ingots and 1 Electricity Token .