One day in a forest on the far edge of the Island of Terraria on the outer edge of the kingdom of Pax a boy no older than 13 emerged from a bush with shortsword in hand with his other copper tools on his back. He appeared confused as if the environment were unfamiliar. He scanned his surroundings and found a suitable tree to chop down in order to make a house. Nearby he sighted a vein of iron ore that he would have to remember to grab. As the tree fell (as was custom in this land) it split into plank sized pieces and fell into a neat stack. The boy carefully selected a few and made them into a crafting bench by hammering bits of wood in to hold it together. He mined the iron ore out and placed it in a pile by the crafting bench so that when he could refine it he would have it nearby. Before he could refine it though he would need a furnace which required wood and torches which could only be gotten from killing slimes and burning what they dropped on a stick. This "gel" as we call it is unable to burn out making it useful for torches. These would heat the iron ore above and turn it into a liquid. Then the ore would be taken out and dropped in a pool of water to cool turning it into a lump of metal that could be used for tool making.
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