⚡️ Fellowship is overhauling loot in Season 3, live 22 June, with gear becoming the core of almost all PROGRESS.

The headline change: the old upgrade system is out, replaced by Tempering. Gear can be upgraded throughout play (not just in ENDGAME); each upgrade boosts stamina, primary and secondary stats, and max upgrades are tied to item rarity. Soul Dust replaces ingots, use it to change rarity, reroll modifiers and play the Fl...

#SteamAndEpic #Gear #Fellowship #Tempering #PROGRESS #Flooding

⚡️Fellowship Season 3 launches June 22, the loot system has been ripped out and rebuilt.

The headline change is the move to Tempering: gear can be upgraded throughout the run, each temper boosts stamina plus primary and secondary stats, and max tiers scale with rarity. Old ingots are gone and replaced by Soul Dust, it lets you change item rarity, reroll modifiers and use Flooding to chase optimal stat combos. Developers say...

#SteamAndEpic #Season #Fellowship #Developers #Tempering #Flooding

Newbie blacksmithing attempt at hardening my splitting wedge, which seemed a bit soft (the old Birch gave it a burr).

Filed that burr off, threw it into the sauna fire until red hot, then into an old pot of prehistoric tractor oil, flames and sizzling, etc.

Then back into the fire, guessing the temperature before remembering I have a thermal imaging phone in my pocket and back outside to cool down over night.

No idea if I did this right, but will find out :)

#Blacksmithing #Quenching #Tempering #Annealing #Steel #Homestead #DIY #Tools

“Heat is the chocolate-killer.
Heat is the little-death that brings total obliteration.
I will face the heat.
I will slowly heat the chocolate and only slowly.
And when it has reached 87F (30C) I will turn the heat off to see its path.
Where the heat has gone there will be nothing. Only shiny chocolate will remain.”

#chocolate #tempering

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