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Copper upgrade using Tin ingots in the Smithing table

With the new copper armor, weapons, and tools coming to the game this fall, I was thinking now's a better time then ever to add another upgrade use to the Smithing table besides Netherite and armor trims. I suggest adding Tin into the game as a rare ore. More rare than iron but less rare than diamond. When smelted the Tin ingots could be used in the smithing table along with a new alloy (Bronze) upgrade template, to upgrade the new copper tool and armor sets into Bronze which could fit nicely as a tier between Iron and Diamond or as an aesthetic difference to iron. In real life Bronze was abandoned in favor of Iron not because iron was necessarily better in every way, but because you needed to mine two metals, Copper and Tin, to make the alloy, rather than using one (iron). With Tin being much more rare than Copper, Iron was more cost effective and people made the switch.

I would love to have Bronze tools, weapons, and armor that gives us higher durability than Iron before finding Diamonds. This would help the progression of the game but also give more use for the new Copper set to the more late game players. Baring it being better than Iron, a bronze armor set could look really cool, and be great just for the aesthetics alone.

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    putting bronze between iron and diamond not only would confuse everyone but confuse new players who would automatically think iron is better

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    ^^^
    That's not true. Specially considering that you would need an upgrade template (I would suggest to make it the easiest template tho, since you'll use it before diamonds so you shouldn't worry about duplicating it). Also, bronze was better in real life in almost every aspect except rarity and cost. Eventually steel became the most used material and it was way better than both, iron and bronze, but bronze IS better and it could help reduce the gap between iron and diamond. I like this idea.