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You crash-land with nothing but your wits… and a few basic supplies.
Open your inventory (E).
You'll see a stone furnace, some iron plates, and maybe a pistol.
First things first, you need more resources.
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Move using WASD.
Look around for stone patches, iron ore, and trees.
Hold the right mouse button (RMB) over a stone or iron ore to mine it by hand.
Press M to check the map for nearby resource patches.
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Mine 5 stone.
Then open the crafting menu (E).
In the Crafting tab, click the Stone Furnace icon.
It will appear in your inventory.
Place it down on the ground.
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The furnace needs fuel, you can:
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Drag wood or coal into the furnace's fuel slot (the bottom-left square in its GUI).
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Craft a Burner Mining Drill (recipe: 3 iron plates + 3 iron gear wheel + 1 stone furnace).
Place it directly next to an iron ore or copper ore patch.
Make sure the output arrow on the miner faces toward your furnace
The miner will dig ore and push it straight into the furnace.
Now you have automated ore to plate process.
No more hand-mining every piece of iron.
This is the foundation of your factory.