Did you know that Golden Swords dropped by Zombie Pigmen are very useful? Their EMC value is always bigger than 2048, meaning that you can burn them in Calcinator to get Azure Dust. Infuse Wood (not planks!) with 4 pinches of Azure Dust in Aludel, then burn Infused Wood in Calcinator again to get one pinch of Minium Dust. Therefore, you need 16 Golden Swords farmed from Zombie Pigmen, 8 pieces of wood and Inert Stone to make Minium Stone almost for free!
Also, did you know that many other items can be burned in Calcinator to get Azure Dust?
- Tinker Alloy Gear (1 iron ingot + 3 copper ingots + 1 tin ingot)
- Leadstone Energy Cell Frame (1 redstone block, 4 lead ingots, 4 glass blocks)
- LY Upgrade (4 paper, 10 redstone, 1 gold nugget, 3 lapis lazuli pieces [not blocks!])
If you have Power Armor, and find broken or almost broken Iron Chestplates in dim. doors dungeons, or normal dungeons, don't throw it away!
If you manage to repair it to full condition (use only another Iron Chestplate, repairing with Iron Ingots is a waste), it can also be burned to Azure Dust.
