Balancing Resource Costs Between Chainmail and Iron Armor

Understanding the Mod's Resource Balance

Standard Iron Armor requires 24 iron ingots to make a full set, which can consume most of your metal early in the game. This mod provides an alternative progression route by adding both chainmail armor recipes and a rebalanced recipe for crafting chains, letting you tailor your resource spending.

Managing Your Metal Early Game

When starting a new world or recovering after losing gear, you often need iron for tools, buckets, and shields in addition to armor:

1. Smelt your mined iron in a furnace or blast furnace.

2. Open your Crafting Table and check the new chain crafting recipe against standard iron crafting recipes.

3. Craft chains using the mod's recipe to stretch your raw materials across armor production.

4. Assemble chainmail armor pieces to gain defense while saving extra iron for weapons and utility items.

Consulting the in-game recipe book allows you to compare the required components directly, helping you decide whether to craft full chainmail or mix and match pieces based on your current stockpile.