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*Stoked - load with requirements, stoke with wood and ignite, continue to add wood/stoke as it burns down until the liquid is boiled off. For stoked runs (see details below), you will need 28 wood per kettle (assuming no mistakes), with the total process taking about 14 teppy minutes (30 teppysec per tic).  
 
*Stoked - load with requirements, stoke with wood and ignite, continue to add wood/stoke as it burns down until the liquid is boiled off. For stoked runs (see details below), you will need 28 wood per kettle (assuming no mistakes), with the total process taking about 14 teppy minutes (30 teppysec per tic).  
  
===Products===
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Output                    Input                                Method  <br>
 
5 [[Potash]] = 5 [[ash]], 25 water in jugs (jugs not consumed)    -    stoked  <br>
 
50 Flower Fertilizer = 1 catfish, 1 perch fish, 1 tilapia fish, 5 water in jugs, 5 wood  non-stoked, requires Horticulture  <br>
 
50 Grain Fertilizer = 1 carp fish, 5 water in jugs, 5 wood  non-stoked, requires Barley Cultivation  <br>
 
50 Weed Killer = 1 Toad Skin Mushrooms, 5 water in jugs, 5 wood  non-stoked, requires Barley Cultivation  <br>
 
25 sulfur = 25 Sulphurous Water  stoked, requires Desiccation 1  <br>
 
3 salt = 25 Coconut Water  stoked, requires Desiccation 2 to configure kettle but not to run it  <br><br>
 
3 acid = 25 Sulphurous Water, 1 salt  stoked, requires Desiccation 3 
 
8 Arsenic = 1 Razor's Edge Mushroom, 1 Scorpion's Brood Mushroom, 5 Oil, 5 Wood  non-stoked, requires Toxin Extraction <br>
 
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To build:<br>
 
Costs: <br>
 
4 [[copper sheeting]] <br>
 
1 [[iron pot]] <br>
 
Built: in a compound, uses 5x5 cells <br>
 
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Skill/Tech required: Cooking <br>
 
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Comments<br>
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== Source ==
Use a large array of kettles, ideally placed near water. <br>
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This building becomes available after you have learned the [[Cooking]] skill. Specific recipes may require additional techs or skills (see below).
Sulfur can also be made by evaporating sulphurous water in a tub, which does not use wood or require any skills. Basic and Sturdy Tubs break with usage. <br>
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== Cost ==
Details on operation<br>
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* 4 [[Copper Sheeting]]
One stoked run of the kettle: <br>
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* 1 [[Iron Pot]]
load requirements <br>
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Ignite (cost 5 wood) <br>
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Built in a [[Compound]]. Uses 5x5 cells. <br>
burns off 1 wood in lighting <br>
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fire burns till 0 (4 wood) <br>
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== Products ==
at 0 wood stoke 5; water is at 24 now <br>
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{| border="1" cellpadding="5"
at 0 wood stoke 5; water is at 19 now <br>
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at 0 wood stoke 5; water is at 14 now <br>
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! Output !! Input !! Method || Tech/Skill Needed
at 0 wood stoke 5; water is at 9 now <br>
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at 2 wood stoke 3; water is at 6 now. <br>
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| 5 [[Potash]] || 5 [[Ash]], 25 [[Water in Jugs]] (jugs not consumed) || Stoked || None
let burn out. - to not waste time+wood, make sure that "water" is one more than "wood", otherwise the extra wood will keep burning wasting time.<br>
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you will get an option to take the product (don't discard ;) ) <br>
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| 50 Flower Fertilizer || 1 [[Catfish]], 1 [[Perch Fish]], 1 [[Tilapia Fish]], 5 [[Water in Jugs]], 5 [[Wood]] || Non-stoked || [[Horticulture]]
In total you will need 28 wood per kettle (assuming no mistakes), and it can get rather hectic running multiple kettles if you run out of wood.... <br>
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| 50 [[Grain Fertilizer]] || 1 [[Carp Fish]], 5 [[Water in Jugs]], 5 [[Wood]] || Non-stoked || [[Barley Cultivation]]
Total process takes about 14 teppy minutes (30 teppysec per tic).<br>
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| 50 [[Weed Killer]] ||  1 [[Toad Skin Mushrooms]], 5 [[Water in Jugs]], 5 wood]] || Non-stoked || [[Barley Cultivation]]  <br>
If you run out of wood, you can always ignite with more wood after, it may take more time but it works. <br>
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| 25 [[Sulfur]] ||  25 [[Sulphurous Water]] || Stoked || [[Desiccation]] (1)
You can also stoke the fires before they reach zero, more stokes, but the same amount of wood consumed, as long as you make sure your last round of stokes gives you no more than 1 more water than wood. <br>
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| 3 [[Salt]] || 25 [[Coconut Water]] || Stoked || [[Desiccation]] (2) to configure kettle but not to run it  
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In more general terms, it works as follows: <br>
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| 3 [[Acid]] ||  25 [[Sulphurous Water]], 1 [[Salt]] || Stoked || [[Desiccation]] (3)
- Once the kettle is ignited, it runs in a series of 30-teppysecond ticks. At the beginning of each tick, it consumes one deben of wood. At the end of the tick, it evaporates one deben of water. (Meaning that most of the time, except for the very beginning and end of the batch, it will consume one wood and one water simultaneously every 30 tsec.) <br>
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- The first three ticks after igniting are "warm-up" ticks... wood is consumed, but no water is evaporated. <br>
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| 8 [[Arsenic]] ||  1 [[Razor's Edge Mushroom]], 1 [[Scorpion's Brood Mushroom]], 5 [[Oil]], 5 [[Wood]] || Non-stoked || [[Toxin Extraction]]
- If at the beginning of a tick there is no wood left under the kettle, the fire goes out. The batch isn't ruined, but the fire will have to be reignited, and will go through the warm-up process again, wasting time and wood. <br>
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- You can stoke the kettle at any time to add wood, but it will only hold up to 5 at once.<br>
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'''NOTE:''' Sulfur can also be made by evaporating sulphurous water in a tub, which does not use wood or require any skills. Basic and Sturdy Tubs break with usage.
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== Use ==
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In general terms, it works as follows:
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* Once the kettle is ignited, it runs in a series of 30-teppysecond ticks. At the beginning of each tick, it consumes one deben of wood. At the end of the tick, it evaporates one deben of water. (Meaning that most of the time, except for the very beginning and end of the batch, it will consume one wood and one water simultaneously every 30 tsec.)
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* The first three ticks after igniting are "warm-up" ticks... wood is consumed, but no water is evaporated.  
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* If at the beginning of a tick there is no wood left under the kettle, the fire goes out. The batch isn't ruined, but the fire will have to be reignited, and will go through the warm-up process again, wasting time and wood.
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* You can stoke the kettle at any time to add wood, but it will only hold up to 5 at once.
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=== Stoking Run ===
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# Load requirements
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# Ignite (cost 5 wood)
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* Burns off 1 wood in lighting
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* Fire burns till 0 (4 wood)
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# At 0 wood stoke 5; water is at 24 now
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# At 0 wood stoke 5; water is at 19 now
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# At 0 wood stoke 5; water is at 14 now
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# At 0 wood stoke 5; water is at 9 now
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# At 2 wood stoke 3; water is at 6 now
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# Let burn out
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# Take the product (don't discard!)
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==== Notes ====
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* In total you will need 28 wood per kettle (assuming no mistakes).
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* Total process takes about 14 teppy minutes (30 teppysec per tic).
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Revision as of 00:39, 9 January 2009

A Kettle is used for reducing various liquids by boiling.

There are two methods used for the kettle:

  • Non-stoked - load with requirements including wood, leave until complete.
  • Stoked - load with requirements, stoke with wood and ignite, continue to add wood/stoke as it burns down until the liquid is boiled off. For stoked runs (see details below), you will need 28 wood per kettle (assuming no mistakes), with the total process taking about 14 teppy minutes (30 teppysec per tic).


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Size 5x5
Where Compound




Source

This building becomes available after you have learned the Cooking skill. Specific recipes may require additional techs or skills (see below).

Cost

Built in a Compound. Uses 5x5 cells.

Products

Output Input Method Tech/Skill Needed
5 Potash 5 Ash, 25 Water in Jugs (jugs not consumed) Stoked None
50 Flower Fertilizer 1 Catfish, 1 Perch Fish, 1 Tilapia Fish, 5 Water in Jugs, 5 Wood Non-stoked Horticulture
50 Grain Fertilizer 1 Carp Fish, 5 Water in Jugs, 5 Wood Non-stoked Barley Cultivation
50 Weed Killer 1 Toad Skin Mushrooms, 5 Water in Jugs, 5 wood]] Non-stoked Barley Cultivation
25 Sulfur 25 Sulphurous Water Stoked Desiccation (1)
3 Salt 25 Coconut Water Stoked Desiccation (2) to configure kettle but not to run it
3 Acid 25 Sulphurous Water, 1 Salt Stoked Desiccation (3)
8 Arsenic 1 Razor's Edge Mushroom, 1 Scorpion's Brood Mushroom, 5 Oil, 5 Wood Non-stoked Toxin Extraction

NOTE: Sulfur can also be made by evaporating sulphurous water in a tub, which does not use wood or require any skills. Basic and Sturdy Tubs break with usage.

Use

In general terms, it works as follows:

  • Once the kettle is ignited, it runs in a series of 30-teppysecond ticks. At the beginning of each tick, it consumes one deben of wood. At the end of the tick, it evaporates one deben of water. (Meaning that most of the time, except for the very beginning and end of the batch, it will consume one wood and one water simultaneously every 30 tsec.)
  • The first three ticks after igniting are "warm-up" ticks... wood is consumed, but no water is evaporated.
  • If at the beginning of a tick there is no wood left under the kettle, the fire goes out. The batch isn't ruined, but the fire will have to be reignited, and will go through the warm-up process again, wasting time and wood.
  • You can stoke the kettle at any time to add wood, but it will only hold up to 5 at once.

Stoking Run

  1. Load requirements
  2. Ignite (cost 5 wood)
  • Burns off 1 wood in lighting
  • Fire burns till 0 (4 wood)
  1. At 0 wood stoke 5; water is at 24 now
  2. At 0 wood stoke 5; water is at 19 now
  3. At 0 wood stoke 5; water is at 14 now
  4. At 0 wood stoke 5; water is at 9 now
  5. At 2 wood stoke 3; water is at 6 now
  6. Let burn out
  7. Take the product (don't discard!)

Notes

  • In total you will need 28 wood per kettle (assuming no mistakes).
  • Total process takes about 14 teppy minutes (30 teppysec per tic).