How do I melt metals in Foundry?

You'll need an Induction Crucible Furnace. Feed it metal items (ore, ingots, blocks, etc) and power it with MJ, RF, or EU. The furnace heats up and once it reaches the melting point, your metals turn liquid. Extract the liquid with containers or pipes.

Can I make tools and armor from the casted metals?

Yes. Make molds by combining a blank mold with a tool or armor piece in a crafting table. Harden the mold in a furnace, then use it in the Metal Caster with liquid metal and any required extra items like sticks.

What's the difference between Bronze, Brass, Invar, and Electrum?

These are alloys made by mixing two metals in the Alloy Mixer. Bronze is copper and tin, Brass is copper and zinc, Invar is iron and nickel, and Electrum is gold and silver. Each one exists in liquid form for casting.

Does Foundry work with other mods?

Yeah, it integrates with popular mods like Buildcraft, IC2, Railcraft, Forestry, and Thermal Expansion. You can process items from these mods and access their metals and materials.

How do I get the Refractory Fluid Container?

Craft it from Refractory Bricks and Clay. It's basically an upgraded bucket that holds more fluid, can be partially filled, and works with any tile entity to transfer liquids.

Foundry Mod 1.12.2, 1.10.2 | 1Minecraft

Foundry is a mod about working with liquid metals. Melt down ore, ingots, and other metal items into liquid form, mix alloys, and cast them back into tools, armor, blocks, and more. It’s a complete metalworking system with multiple machines, each doing its own job.

What Does Foundry Add?

Liquid Metals

Foundry supports a ton of metals: Iron, Gold, Copper, Tin, Bronze, Electrum, Invar, Nickel, Zinc, Brass, Silver, Steel, and Lead. You can melt down ore, ingots, dusts, and blocks from Minecraft or other mods. The mod also works with modded tools, armor, gears, plates, and more.

New Machines

Induction Crucible Furnace: This is where the magic starts. Feed it metal items and power, and it’ll melt them down into liquid metal. The hotter it gets, the faster it melts. You extract the liquid using containers or fluid pipes.

Metal Caster: Takes liquid metal and uses molds to cast it into items or blocks. Make metal ingots, blocks, stairs, slabs, gears, armor, tools, and cable casings. You craft molds from a blank mold and a template item, then harden the mold in a furnace.

Alloy Mixer: Combines two liquid metals to make alloys. Mix copper and tin for bronze, copper and zinc for brass, iron and nickel for invar, or gold and silver for electrum.

Metal Infuser: Adds non-metal substances to liquid metals. Currently used to add carbon to iron for making steel.

Refractory Fluid Container

Like a bucket, but better. Holds up to 1000 mB of liquid and can be partially filled. Right-click a tank to drain or fill it. Right-click the ground to place or pick up fluids. Works with any fluid block or tile entity.

Metal Blocks and Variants

Foundry adds decorative metal blocks for all its metals, plus slabs and stairs. Cast them in the Metal Caster for various shapes.

Mod Compatibility

Foundry plays nice with Buildcraft, IC2, Forestry, Railcraft, Thermal Expansion, Redstone Arsenal, Gregtech, and Tinker’s Construct. It pulls recipes from these mods and lets you process their items too.

Installation

You’ll need Minecraft Forge installed first. Download the mod file and drop it into your mods folder at .minecraft/mods. Done.

Requirements

Minecraft Forge
Substratum Mod (Minecraft 1.10.2 and earlier)
Thermal Foundation Mod (Minecraft 1.12.2)
Placebo (Minecraft 1.12.2)

Finding Recipes

Install Just Enough Items (Forge) or Roughly Enough Items (Fabric) to see all the crafting recipes in-game. Way easier than digging through wikis.

Version Compatibility

Foundry works on Minecraft 1.12.2 and 1.10.2. Pick the version that matches your Minecraft installation.