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The closest I get to a succesful result is using the Vanadium metal switch together with the rapid cooling switch. This gets me as far as the creatures attempting to bend it in half and succeeding, before tossing it away.

Can you quote the exact text, please?

How many minibosses have you beaten? The cooling options should have appeared after Judgement.

I've beaten 2 of Bismuths arm things. I think judgement was the second one.

The text is: 


You flip the switch. One of the smaller vessels starts churning, and thin streams of molten liquid flow from both it and the large smelter to combine in another vat. There's some more shaking and banging, and then the product is disgorged into the main channel.

The monsters immediately burst to life, swarming the metal like starving animals. They crawl and wriggle all over it, constantly poking and prodding even as they work it into a new shape. When they're done, you're delighted to see they've produced a new conveyor!

You pull the lever down, and the ground falls out from under the new conveyor! It drops into what appears to be a vat of water, which immediately froths into a boil. The conveyor rises again, steaming but cooled into a solid shape. But it's not over yet. The monsters keep running their fingers over the metal.
With a viciousness that startles you, one grabs a small hammer and slams it down hard. The arm-monster recoils from the impact, and the new conveyor appears unblemished.

"Oh, I see!" Pearl says. "Adding vanadium increased the hardness of the metal. How fascinating!"
The monsters take a small piece out of the stream and begin doing… something with it. First one squeezes it between its thumb and forefinger, and after a few seconds of that, two grasp one end each and try to pull it apart. To your relief, they don't succeed.

But then for some reason they keep pulling and prodding at the new conveyor – really hard, too! It looks like they're trying to break it!
And they do. As they try to bend it, the whole thing snaps in half. They throw the ruined pieces into the lava.
You wail and tug at your hair as you watch the new conveyor melt into slag. What was wrong with it? You'll just have to try again!

What happens if you cool it slowly?

If I cool it slowly, I get:

You pull the lever up, and pistons suddenly descend from the ceiling to pound at the conveyor. Its surface becomes more even under the assault, the small lumps and irregularities in the metal smoothing out. When they're finished, you wait as the metal slowly cools. It rings out a beautiful melody as it does, the crystals crinkling as they settle. But it's not over yet. The monsters keep running their fingers over the metal.
With a viciousness that startles you, one grabs a small hammer and slams it down hard. The arm-monster recoils from the impact, and the new conveyor appears unblemished.

"Oh, I see!" Pearl says. "Adding vanadium increased the hardness of the metal. How fascinating!"
The monsters take a small piece out of the stream and begin doing… something with it. First one squeezes it between its thumb and forefinger, and after a few seconds of that, two grasp one end each and try to pull it apart.
It breaks with an audible snap. The rest of the monsters don't even hesitate before flinging the whole thing into the lava.
You wail and tug at your hair as you watch the new conveyor melt into slag. What was wrong with it? You'll just have to try again!

Oh dear, you do have an impossible strength value. I don't know how that happened. I specifically fixed that exact error a while back.

I refreshed the puzzle test several times and couldn't replicate that value. I've added another reset in the latest version, but tell me if it happens again.

Well, I still seem to be having this problem even after saving/loading in the newest version. Tried it multiple times from both the online save games and the stored save file I have on my computer.

Are you still getting the same results from the same inputs?

Yes, and every input fails at the same stage that it did before.

Okay, try again. I've enabled console logs, so open the browser console to confirm the puzzle is getting reset.

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When arriving at the main menu, I get these error messages:

HTTP load failed with status 403. Load of media resource https://v6p9d9t4.ssl.hwcdn.net/html/2046152/current/sound/Jimmy/Sarcastic%20Applause%20from%20the%20Darkness.ogg failed. index.html
All candidate resources failed to load. Media load paused. index.html

Source map error: Error: request failed with status 403
Resource URL: https://v6p9d9t4.ssl.hwcdn.net/html/2046152/current/index.html
Source Map URL: es6-shim.map

Despite these error messages, It still allows me to load a game, start a new one, etc.

When loading a game, I get this:

onLoad running, save version = 36 index.html line 31440 > eval:1004:10 Forge puzzle should have been reset, new strength value = 0 index.html line 31440 > eval:1483:12

The new strength value in the line up above varies whenever I load, from -1 to 1.