>>1197294>>1197294Iron is a reach, clay or quartz would be easier to find/use, and they're all just examples...although to be fair, PT guy did manage to make a smelter out of mud and clay that yielded a few iron pellets from orange creek bacteria so it's not out of the realm of possibility.
Innawoods metallurgy is unrealistic but I'm still surprised it's so hard to find any good info on identifying potentially useful rocks/minerals or even landscape features that could help for more long-term OTG situations. You could make clay cookware in an afternoon, but that requires knowing where to find clay...
