Board Thread:Suggestions forum/@comment-28122306-20160707135100

Orginal idea was suugested by :User:AlteOgre

Thanks for adding this feature. It's a very useful respons to my suggestion to deal with the Jungle Mud Abundance. There's aspects to it that could be improved imo.
 * Crafting sturdy brick type blocks by just compressing wet mud together does not seem realistic. It also is a relatively too cheap manner to obtain decent construction materials from the filth of the jungle imo. I propose to introduce Hardened Mud as an intermediate. Hardened mud would have the same recipe as Hardened Clay and would be used in the basic crafting recipe to craft Mud Brick. The appearance would be less smooth as Hardened Clay as Mud drying will result in crack formation, resulting in a more porous material than any other raw material used for brick crafting.
 * The appearance of the Mud Brick is now very smooth, with the texture based on the Arnor Brick. Upon drying Mud will get a lighter teint, develop cracks from shrinking and be rather porous and light. If you can, please adjust the texture accordingly.
 * As the Mud Brick is rather porous and light, it would be fitting if the block stats would be adjusted accordingly. I propose to reduce the breaking time and blast resistance for that reason.
 * On a related note, if you would implement Hardened Mud, please ensure it can be produced in an Alloy Forge. And if you do that, also enable Hardened Clay production in Alloy Forges. 