Steel Catch 22 in Starbound
Note: This question refers to content found only in Starbound beta. As of the 1.0 stable version of the game, Steel is not available in the game. It has been replaced with tungsten, which is directly mined as ore and melted into tungsten bars in a furnace.
I want to make Steel bars
To make steel you need iron and oil
to collect oil you need an upgraded Matter Manipulator
to upgrade the Matter Manipulator you need refined copper
to refine copper you need a Refinery
to make a Refinery you NEED STEEL!!!
this is impossible
Best Answer
A Refinery is a crafting device that allows you to transform ores and their derivatives into pixels. You're looking to smelt Copper Ore into Copper Bars, which you can do at a Stone Furnace.
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