Look in the Desert for Tin Ore
Tin belongs to the Desert resource stage. Bring Tin Ore to a burning Blacksmith furnace, feed in the ore, and collect Tin Bars. Smelting is a physical furnace operation; the absence of a recipe button does not by itself mean you cannot smelt it.
Keep the smelting and alloy steps separate:
| Input | Result |
|---|---|
| Tin Ore in a burning Blacksmith furnace | Tin Bar |
| 1 Copper Bar + 1 Tin Bar | Bronze Bar |
Use a Desert Quarry
A Desert Quarry can produce Tin Bars with a Miner at job level 2. A Quarry in the Plains or Forest produces Copper Bars instead, so leveling the same worker will not turn a Plains Quarry into a tin source.
If tin production stalls, check:
- The Quarry is actually in the Desert.
- A Miner is assigned.
- That worker has reached profession level 2.
- Hunger has not reduced work efficiency to zero.
Plan around your world
Use the terrain on your own map to find the Desert. World generation changes exact locations, so a tutorial’s southeast route is not a universal coordinate.
Prepare Copper Bars before setting up the Bronze Bar chain, and use logistics once manual transport becomes too slow.