Bronze Age
Bronze Age counts the batches of Bronze Ingots you smelt in the Furnace. It is a Smithing inspiration with two free levels, and it stays hidden until you research Bronze Melting.
There are two recipes. Bronze Melting melts 3 Bronze Scrap into 2 ingots; Bronze Forge adds 3 Copper Nuggets and 1 Tin into 4. Both count once per batch, so the scrap recipe gets you here faster, but scrap is limited and copper is not: the copper vein never runs out (see The Copper Rush).
What counts
| Do | What | Where |
|---|---|---|
| Make | Bronze Ingot | Furnace I, Furnace II |
Levels
| # | Name | Total needed | Faith | Talent exp. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bronze Age I | 3 | free | 1 |
| 2 | Bronze Age II | 10 | free | 1 |
| 3 | Bronze Age III | 25 | 2 | 1 |
| 4 | Bronze Age IV | 50 | 3 | 1 |
| 5 | Bronze Age V | 100 | 10 | 1 |
| 6 | Bronze Age VI | 250 | 20 | 2 |
Totals are counted from the start, not per level. Buying a level costs Faith from your backpack and gives talent experience; see Talents and Inspirations.
Notes
- Mastery: the scrap recipe needs Smithing 1, the copper recipe Smithing 2.
- The Fireman perk adds one ingot to every batch but does not change the count.