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Blood Meal (mander.xyz)

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[–] thesporkeffect 17 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Can I use the iron in this to forge a sword??

[–] GraniteM 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Sure, but you'd need a lot.

https://www.wearethemighty.com/mighty-gaming/blood-iron-sword-myth-explored/#:~:text=At%204%20grams%20per%20person,iron%20longsword%20out%20of%20blood.

[–] thesporkeffect 8 points 2 months ago

Ahh, that says you might need ~2.3 kg of iron sand after removing the non-iron from the material. Blood meal appears to be .2% iron by weight. Very napkin quality math says you'd need ~1150 bags to get enough iron