Hammer's Ringing Fall is a Vintage Story mod by Vinter_Nacht and Huldra_Nacht. Hammer's Ringing Fall reshapes Vintage Story crafting so metal parts are needed for tools, weapons, storage, shelving, planks, and other mid-game goods.
Why this mod is worth installing
Choose it if the jump from clay storage to easy wooden chests feels too quick. It is especially useful for multiplayer servers where blacksmithing should remain important beyond armor and weapons.
What Hammer's Ringing Fall adds
The mod extends the crafting progression by adding intermediate metal components. Rivets, bands, nails, hinge parts, and pins become building blocks for everyday equipment and construction, so obtaining and processing metal matters throughout the mid-game.
Woodworking is no longer separated from the forge. Chests need hinges and nails, while shelving, planks, stairs, and other wooden recipes consume metal fasteners instead of appearing immediately after obtaining a saw.
Tool hafts add another preparation stage for equipment. An oiled log is shaped with an axe and fat, then cured before it becomes a usable haft; sizes differ for blades, axes and hammers, or long-handled tools such as scythes and shovels.
The included advanced smithing recipes further expand work at the forge. Together, these changes create a steadier demand for charcoal, metalworking, and blacksmith labor, with multiplayer trade benefiting most.

Crafting contributors and recipe support
The image credits the texture artist, JSON assistance, and the contributor of the advanced smithing recipes included with the mod.
Where to download Hammer's Ringing Fall
The official Vintage Story Mod DB page is the right place to get the current release through the in-game mod manager.
Download the Hammer's Ringing Fall mod on mods.vintagestory.at