Alloying Pig Iron and Bacon Modifiers in Tinkers

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Pig iron in Tinkers' Construct is a quirky living alloy forged from iron, blood, and clay that bestows the self-feeding Bacon modifier onto tools.

Smelting and Alloying Molten Pig Iron

Forging living pig iron requires blending molten metal with organic essences inside a functional foundry or smeltery:

Construct an authentic multiblock smeltery powered by blazing lava and governed by a Smeltery Controller.
Melt down iron ingots or raw iron chunks in the smeltery crucible to produce liquid molten iron.
Sacrifice livestock or hostile mobs within the smeltery chamber to harvest sizzling pools of liquid blood.
Drop clay balls or clay blocks into the melting vat to liquefy the minerals into molten clay.
When the three fluids mix in equal measures, an alchemical reaction alloys them into molten pig iron.
Cast the molten alloy into an ingot cast on a casting table to cool and claim a finished Pig Iron Ingot.
Pour molten alloy into a casting basin to produce an imposing, flesh-pink Block of Pig Iron.

Tools forged from pig iron carry unique organic characteristics that provide emergency sustenance during mining expeditions:

Fashion tool heads, bindings, or handles from pig iron in the part builder or casting table.
Tools incorporating pig iron gain the inherent Tasty trait, which gradually satisfies player hunger as the tool is used.
While mining stone or cleaving hostile mobs, the tool occasionally slices off a delicious edible strip of Bacon.
Eating dropped bacon restores hunger bars and saturation, preventing starvation during prolonged underground mining runs.
If pig iron tools sustain damage, craftsmen can repair the blade directly on an anvil using strips of bacon.
Breaking small nuggets into a Pig Iron Nugget allows cheap micro-repairs without melting entire ingots.

Equipping pig iron gear provides unparalleled convenience for deep spelunking and survival challenge packs:

Combine pig iron tool heads with high-durability wooden or stone handles to create durable early-game mining picks.
Slaying monsters with a pig iron broadsword simultaneously clears hostile threats and generates combat rations.
The comical pink aesthetic of pig iron makes your personalized weapons instantly recognizable on community servers.
Utilizing pig iron mechanics ensures adventurous miners remain perpetually fed and armed throughout every campaign.