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{{Furnace|name=Wood furnace|key=w|job=[[Wood burner]]
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* [[Fire-safe]] [[building material]] (non-[[economic]])
 
* [[Fire-safe]] [[building material]] (non-[[economic]])
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* [[Architecture]]
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* [[Masonry]] or [[Metalsmithing]]
 
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A '''wood furnace''' is a specialized form of [[furnace]] designed to burn fresh [[wood]]. Unlike the other non-[[magma]] furnaces, a wood furnace does not require fuel to operate.
 
  
==Uses==
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A '''wood furnace''' is used to convert [[wood]] into [[ash]] or [[charcoal]]. It must be built out of [[fire-safe]] materials.
Any dwarf with the [[wood burner]] [[labor]] enabled can burn a single log in order to produce either [[ash]] or [[charcoal]]. While it's hardly efficient, charcoal serves as the most ubiquitous form of [[fuel]] available to run a [[metal industry]] on. Ash sees use in multiple industries, such as [[glazing]] [[earthenware]] items, advanced [[glassmaking]], [[farm plot|crop fertilization]], and [[soap]] production.
 
  
==Construction==
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Operating a wood furnace requires the [[Wood burner|wood burning]] [[labor]] enabled.
Wood furnaces can be built from any [[fire-safe]] material. The overall value of the wood furnace building helps determine the strength of the good thought dwarves receive when admiring it. This value is determined by both the value of the material used in its construction, as well as the quality of the builder's efforts. {{Verify|is this still true in v50, now that architecture is gone?}}
 
  
==Minimalist start==
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Building a wood furnace requires the [[architecture]] skill and a skill relevant to the material used to make the furnace ([[masonry]] for [[stone]] or [[glass]] or any of the [[Metalsmith#Metalsmith_profession|metalworking]] skills for [[metal]]).
For players trying to maximize the value of their embark points, you may wish to avoid bringing finished [[battle axe]]s or [[pick]]s, choosing instead to bring metal ore, an anvil and fuel with you, so you can forge them yourself. Including a wood furnace can be extremely useful here, allowing you to turn logs into fuel much more cheaply than bringing coke, but you will need to bring a [[fire-safe]] stone for the [[furnaces]] and the [[Metalsmith's forge]]."
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[[Wood]] is not an option as building material for this workshop, as it is not a [[fire-safe]] material.
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[[charcoal|Charcoal]] and [[coke]], not very intuitively, are valid materials for building furnaces, since their ignition point is above the cutoff for fire safety. [[Soap]] made from [[dragon]] tallow is also an acceptable material. These somewhat more esoteric materials all use the masonry skill to finish the construction.
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As with all other buildings that require an architect, Dwarves will admire wood furnaces and receive a good [[thought]], its strength dependent on the overall value of the building, which is determined by the value of the materials and the quality of the architect's and builder's efforts.
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A wood furnace should be the first thing you build if you embarked with nothing but coal, logs, and a single unit of coke. It will allow more fire safe construction materials to be built so that you can smelt the coal and forge picks.
  
 
{{Translation| dwarven = lolum sarvesh | elvish = ave lethari | goblin = dôr usmza | human = pado nganiz}}
 
{{Translation| dwarven = lolum sarvesh | elvish = ave lethari | goblin = dôr usmza | human = pado nganiz}}

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