Crafting -- beYou Blacksmith Forge

The forge is designed to create crafting tools to use on the workbench and with other devices in beYou.

By using tools to hammer, bend, cut and shape supplies, you will be able to make usable beYou tools which will then be used in various devices within beYou including but not limited to the workbench, chopping trees, and mining.

NOTE: be careful and pay close attention to the use of your supplies while using the forge. If you aren't careful you will end up not getting the best performance out of your forge, and therefore potentially waste some of your assets.

## Requirements/Restrictions

* Owner only
* Must be beYou level 5 or higher to use
* Mining is optional
* Materials from mining are required
* beYou Hud is required
* Requires 10% hygiene, 10% energy and 25% wellness

## Supplies Needed

**IMPORTANT**: If you are missing any of the required items, do not attempt to start up the Forge.
In order to use the blacksmith forge, you will need:

* beYou Water - Requires at least 10 water uses (100% water to start) or (2 X "Add Water" on Menu)
* bY Coal - Requires at least 5
* bY Matchsticks - Requires at least 1
* Metal(s) - May requires at least 1, depending on the item being created
* Wood(s) -  May require at least 1 type (bY Cut/bY Chopped/bY Logs), depending on the item being created

Depending on the item you are forging please take a look at the requirement list and ensure you have the right amount of supplies to craft the tool you want. It’s possible that you may start it up and not have the resources to completely finish a tool and waste your assets.

## Items Made by the Forge

As of the date and time of this publication, the following items are able to be created using the forge:

Forge Tools

* bY HandSaw
* bY Pickaxe
* bY Chopping Axe
* bY Shovel

Forge Supplies

* bY Molten Iron
* bY Molten Copper
* bY Molten Silver
* bY Molten Lead
* bY Molten Gold
* bY Molten Steel
* bY Molten Bronze
* bY Molten Tin
* bY Molten Titanium
* bY Molten Platinum
* bY Molten Aluminum
* bY Molten Zinc
* bY Glass
* bY Aluminum Jar Lids

You can find the requirements to make these items on our Forge Requirements page, or you may use the Forge Asset Checker inworld to ensure you have the most up-to-date list of required assets.

More may be made available at a later date.

## Basic Options

You will need to be wearing the beYou Hud or you will be kicked off the machine. You will also have to have energy in order to stay standing on it. Once standing on the Forge you will be presented with the following menu options:

* Rez the beYou Blacksmith Forge and sit.
* Add Water - Add water to the forge. This is used for cooling the metals.
* Check Water - Display (briefly) a hover text showing the current water level.
* Add Coal - Add a single bag of coal to the bin.
* Ignite Coals - Use a match to start up the forge.
* Blow Fire - Use the blower to keep the forge at maximum heat.
* Forge Item - Place the forge into build mode, selecting the tool you want to forge.
* Stand - Stand up from the forge.
* Settings
	+ Reset Forge - will completely reset the forge (*this will also stop any active projects and you will lose uses so be careful with this option*)
	+ Anims - allows you to cycle through the animations and adjust positions if need be

Once the timer begins to count down, you do not have to remain seated. You will have to sit on the forge to start it and progress the stages..

## Starting Up The Forge

1. Add water - Brings water up to 100% & takes 10 beYou Water uses.
2. Add Coal  - Takes 5 bY Coal uses & loads it to the forge.
3. Ignite Engine - Takes 1 bY Matchsticks uses heats up the coals.
4. Use Blower - use the blower to reach 100% heat. The forge will not allow you to select an item until the heat level is at 100%.
5. Forge Tool - Select the tool you want to create.

You have officially started up your forge! Now in order to continue your project, you must maintain heat levels in order to continue.

## Maintaining Heat Level

As the tool is being created you will need to monitor the heat level. The heat level will show as hover text for the entire time during the build. If the heat level falls below 65% progress on your build will pause. If your heat level goes lower than 20% your forge will completely stop, requiring you to restart the forge. You'll need to use the blower to keep it at a high heat level. Please remember this while forging tools! If you don't pay attention your coals will run cold on you faster than you realize! Just do your best to pay attention to the heat level and always try to keep it in the 90's. Doing this will ensure your builds come out faster.

**IMPORTANT**: Your forge will try and recover your progress when you stand up from the middle of a build. However, you will GREATLY increase your times and efficiency by not standing up during the middle of a build. It takes a little more commitment than the other stations so be prepared to be invested in your products! They will cost you time and energy to make so use them or sell them.

## Maintenance

After a certain number of uses, this device will need to be cleaned. To repair this piece of equipment, you will need the beYou Forge Repair Kit, which can be made using the Maintenance Repair Toolbox or bought from local markets.

When it's time to clean/repair the device, you will sit on it and it will automatically check for the toolkit and if you have it, it will start to repair. If not, you will receive a message letting you know what you need in order to clean and repair it.

## Tips & Reminders

Be careful to pay attention to what you are doing. You will have to remember a few important things about the Forge that are pretty important.

1. Even though you may stand once the countdown process begins per state, it is best to not stand while in the middle of a build. It will still try to recover your progress when you stand back on however you may lose some time in the process.
2. Always try to keep your power level above 90%. It will ensure the best efficiency for completing the builds.
3. Only use the Reset if you are out of all options and cannot get your item to respond correctly! This may result if you are losing assets if the forge is running. (These can always be replaced with a support ticket). Keep in mind we log incidents to each account and excessive attempts to reclaim assets will be revealed.
4. After 3 tools in a row without shutting down the forge, it will automatically reset itself and re-calibrate. This is necessary for proper function.
5. If you are clicking on the Anvil and it says "Click to start the next stage" EXCEPT you keep getting the menu to select an item or stop. Click Ignore, wait 5 seconds, and then try again. Repeat this process a few times and if after that it still doesn't move to the next stage then load that item back into the forge. It will pick up from the last spot after reloading.