
I do, however, have enough steel which I assumed would allow me to create an armour of a higher tier

Now, if I check another artifact without having all ingredients, it requires iron

But once I have all ingredients, the requirement changes to voratun

So my question is - what is the actual metal requirement for Tinker artifacts? Do I need to meet the iron requirement even if I want to use a higher tier metal (which doesn't make sense) or do these artifacts always require voratun, in which case it would be nice if they said so from the beginning?
EDIT: I was able to craft the armour after getting 50 voratun, so it's the second case - misleading description