Gunmetal Metallurgy and Weapon Printer Fabrication
Gunmetal metallurgy forms the foundational manufacturing tier in Vic's Point Blank, supplying industrial alloys for firearm internals, robotic motors, and automated weapon printers. Transforming basic raw copper and iron into ballistic hardware requires multi-step furnace smelting, component assembly, and electronic processor fabrication before modern firearms can be produced.
Refining Gunmetal Alloys
The metallurgical progression begins with the compounding of unrefined gunmetal mesh:
- Fabricating Gunmetal Mesh: Place one
Iron Ingot directly above one 
Copper Ingot in a vertical crafting column to produce one 
Gunmetal Mesh. - Smelting and Blasting: Heating one Gunmetal Mesh inside a standard furnace through smelting, or in a blast furnace through blasting, refines the alloy into one
Gunmetal Ingot. - Compact Nugget Storage: One Gunmetal Ingot can be broken down into nine
Gunmetal Nugget pieces. Conversely, arranging nine gunmetal nuggets across a full three-by-three crafting grid recompacts them into one Gunmetal Ingot.
Assembling Precision Mechanical Components
Raw ingots are shaped into standardized sub-assemblies for firearm construction:
Gun Internals: Fabricating the core firing mechanisms requires three Gunmetal Ingot and two Iron Ingot pieces. In a crafting table, arrange two gunmetal ingots in the top-right slots, one gunmetal ingot on the left of the middle row, and two iron ingots in the center and right of the middle row to produce one Gun Internals assembly.
Assembling the KamiCat Processor
Operating an advanced weapon fabrication printer requires a dedicated logic circuit board known as the 
KamiCat Processor:
- Ingredient Requirements: Four
Iron Nugget, two 
Redstone Dust, one 
Lapis Lazuli, one 
Diamond, and one Copper Ingot. - Grid Configuration: Place iron nuggets in the four outer corners of the crafting table. Place redstone dust in the top-middle and center-right slots. Position lapis lazuli in the center-left slot, the diamond directly in the center slot, and a copper ingot in the bottom-middle slot.
- This creates one KamiCat Processor, the electronic brain that coordinates three-dimensional weapon printing routines.
Fabricating the Weapon Printer Machine
The Weapon Printer serves as the central manufacturing console where players craft guns, magazines, ammunition, and attachments:
- Construction Bill: Six Iron Ingot, two
Glass Pane, and one KamiCat Processor. - Crafting Layout: In a crafting table, place three iron ingots across the top row, two glass panes in the left and center of the middle row with the KamiCat processor on the right, and three iron ingots across the bottom row.
- Completing the craft yields one Weapon Printer. Once placed in your workshop, the printer provides access to the complete catalog of firearms, calibers, and tactical weapon modifications.