Papermaking

Paper is either made from the processed stalk of the Papyrus crop, from Animal Hides, or from a lengthy process using specific types of Wood. Paper is useful for written materials like Books and Maps.

Papyrus must first be cut into strips with a Knife

Then, papyrus strips are soaked in a Barrel of Water.

Then, soaked papyrus strips are woven together in a loom to make Unrefined Paper. Finally, it must be placed on a log and Scraped to make Paper.

Flip to the next page for information on papermaking via the parchment process.

Parchment

Parchment Paper starts with a scraped hide. Review the leather making chapter to learn how to make it. Parchment requires treatment with a few different items. First, Pumice is needed. Pumice is found on the ground near Volcanoes, or from Sluicing or Panning ore deposits with Andesite, Rhyolite, or Dacite in them.

Pumice

Crafting pumice, a hammer, and scraped hide gives sections of Treated Hide.

Treated hide, lime powder, flour, and a fresh egg will complete the treatment process and yield usable paper.

Paper from Wood

Creating Paper from Wood is an ancient process that requires processing of sturdy types of wood into sheets, which are broken down into a pulp, and then pressed, dried and scraped to make paper.

Note that softer types of wood are not suitable for making paper

Primeiro você precisa encontrar alguma Madeira Densa:

Acácia
Álamo
Bétula
Bordo
Carvalho
Castanheira
Ébano
Freixo
Jacarandá
Nogueira
Sicômoro

O processo começa removendo a casca de uma Madeira Densa para expor as fibras internas da mesma. Você pode descascar colocando-a no chão e clicando nela com botão direito segurando um machado.

Tira de Madeira Densa

Em seguida, a madeira descascada é desbastada com um machado para obter Tiras de Madeira Densa. Isso pode ser feito usando um Machado ou métodos mais sofisticados

Then, the individual strips are soaked in a Barrel of Water. This debilitates the structural integrity of the wood so it can be broken down further

Depois, utilize a Moenda para transformar as tiras encharcadas em Polpa de Madeira Densa.

Piling up the Pulp

While the quern gives you small piles of pulp, you'll want to combine them together in a Workbench. More sophisticated methods of crushing the strips yield higher amounts of pulp

Before the pulp can be processed further into paper, it needs to be broken down further by Boiling it with Lye in a Vat or a Pot.

---

Após ser decomposta por fervura com Lixívia, a Polpa de Madeira Densa Termoquimicamente Tratada pode ser prensada em uma folha de Papel Não Refinado Encharcado.

You can utilize an Anvil to beat down the pulp into a sheet

Como alternativa, você pode pisotear a Polpa de Madeira Densa Termoquimicamente Tratada em um Lagar.

The final step is Drying the Soaked Unrefined Paper into Unrefined Paper, Which then can be Scraped into Paper as shown before.

Cutting Steps...?

Advancing in the Tech-Tree will allow you to create paper from wood with less overall steps, check EMI for the different approaches you can take for making paper with wood.