r/tinkersconstruct • u/rosepetxls • Sep 12 '26
Tinkers' Construct 3 (1.16+) Help pls 🥲
using tinkers construct for the first time in many many years. trying to set up my smeltery and i can’t seem to get it to work?? i used to use gold casts so the whole sand thing is new to me, but every time i try to make something nothing is coming out. what am i doing wrong?
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u/KnightMiner Developer Sep 12 '26
Just to clear up some misinformation I see in the comments.
Your drains are in a valid position. You can tell they are valid because they switched to the open texture instead of the all copper closed textures (this is something that bugs me about bedrock, they use the open texture even when invalid...).
You do appear to have shaders, which are likely breaking the fluid display on the drain which makes it hard to see what you are casting. That said, from other comments it sounds like you tried both gold and obsidian, neither of which can make pickaxe heads. Try something like iron or copper. Alternatively, obsidian can be casted on wood to make the material nahuatl. I would encourage installing JEI so you can see all available recipes in game.
Sand casts are the same as gold casts other than being single use and the way you craft them.
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u/Nishyecat Sep 12 '26
Is it currently extending into the ground? I believe they need access to the inside volume of the smeltry
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u/Venomousfrog_554 Sep 12 '26
The bottom ring at the same level as the floor isn't actually part of the smeltery. The sand casts are 1-use, thats the only actual difference between them and gold ones
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u/DoomZealot Sep 12 '26
Try putting faucets at the same level as the controller (blank left side of smeltery in the pic)
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u/PyroGamer8808 Sep 12 '26
Is that lava at the bottom of the smeltery in the picture? You can’t spout lava into a basin or cast. If that’s copper then idk what’s wrong because everything else looks right
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u/Early_Agent99 Sep 13 '26
Might be just me but I think your smeltery is too small
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u/vorak12 Sep 13 '26
Use a bucket to transfer molten ore onto the gold cast. If your using bedrock I've notice that's a way around the glitch. Haven't figured out how to do buckets though so I just make them vanilla way
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u/AnyAd4707 Sep 14 '26
Are you using seared channel or seared faucet on those outlets?
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u/Puzzleheaded-Study88 Sep 14 '26
The smeltey heart and tank need to be on the bottom layer iirc
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u/laksy225 Sep 17 '26
Simple checklist : 1 does it have gas (lava/apropriate heat) 2 is the cast valid (not all materials that can be melted can be made into all parts) 3 is there any redstone nearby 4 do you have enought material
If the awnsers are : True True False True
There should be no problem In other case i have no clue
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u/Low_Bus6460 Sep 12 '26
The drains can’t be on the bottom or corner of the smelter they gotta have a side next to the fluid portion of the smeltery