Metal

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Every metal placed on the ground

Many items in the game are made of metal including tools and weapons. There are many different variants of metal, each one with their own melting point. There are base metals which can be found in raw ore form in the ground, there are alloys that are made by combining the base metals in certain ratios, and then there are metals for which there is no current use. Any metal with a melting point at or below 1300°C can be melted down in a crucible but anything higher requires a bloomery.

Base metals

Bases Melting point Used for
Ingot-copper.png Copper 1084 °C Tier 2 Tools
Ingot-iron.png Iron 1482 °C Tier 4 Tools
Ingot-gold.png Gold 1063 °C Tier 2 Tools
Ingot-silver.png Silver 961 °C Tier 2 Tools
Ingot-lead.png Lead 327 °C Alloy ingredient
Ingot-tin.png Tin 232 °C Alloy ingredient
Ingot-zinc.png Zinc 419 °C Alloy ingredient
Ingot-bismuth.png Bismuth 271 °C Alloy ingredient

Copper

Copper Ingot
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Stackable 16
Smeltable
Smelt Point 1084°C
Requires Container Yes
Items


Copper is very likely to be the first metal most players obtain. It can be found in chunks on the ground that give nuggets when broken, thus a metal hammer isn't needed. Charcoal is needed to smelt copper. Copper can be used to make every type of metal tool and armor. It is also used in the alloys of brass, tin bronze, black bronze, and bismuth bronze.

Iron

Iron Ingot
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Stackable 16
Smeltable
Smelt Point 1482°C
Requires Container Yes
Items


Iron is the best metal currently in the game. Unlike copper, it can't be found on the ground. It does appear in rocks and requires a tier 3 (Bronze) pickaxe to mine. A bronze anvil is also needed to work iron. Iron can only be smelted in a bloomery because of its high smelting temperature. Iron makes the highest tier tools and armor.

Gold

Gold Ingot
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Stackable 16
Smeltable
Smelt Point 1063°C
Requires Container Yes
Items


Gold is a rare metal that is used to make lanterns, black bronze and tier 2 tools.

Silver

Silver Ingot
Ingot-silver.png
Stackable 16
Smeltable
Smelt Point 961°C
Requires Container Yes
Items


Silver, much like gold, is rare. It is used to make lanterns, black bronze and tier 2 tools.

Lead

Lead Ingot
Ingot-lead.png
Stackable 16
Smeltable
Smelt Point 327°C
Requires Container Yes
Items


Lead is used to make molybdochalkos and has the unique property that it can be worked cold, but this has no use as the only item you can smith are plates, which are not used to craft anything.

Tin

Tin Ingot
Ingot-tin.png
Stackable 16
Smeltable
Smelt Point 232°C
Requires Container Yes
Items


Tin is a very important and somewhat rare metal. It is required to make Tin bronze.

Zinc

Zinc Ingot
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Stackable 16
Smeltable
Smelt Point 419°C
Requires Container Yes
Items


Zinc is used to make brass, and bismuth bronze. On its own, zinc cannot be used to make tools.

Bismuth

Bismuth Ingot
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Stackable 16
Smeltable
Smelt Point 271°C
Requires Container Yes
Items


Bismuth is used to make lanterns and the bismuth bronze alloy, but no tools.

Alloys

Alloys Melting point Ingredients Used for
Ingot-brass.png Brass 920 °C Zinc 30% to 40%

Copper 60% to 70%

Lanterns, Torch holders
Ingot-bismuthbronze.png Bismuth Bronze 850 °C Bismuth 10% to 20%

Copper 50% to 70%

Zinc 20% to 30%

Tier 3 Tools
Ingot-blackbronze.png Black Bronze 1020 °C Copper 68% to 84%

Gold 8% to 16%

Silver 8% to 16%

Tier 3 Tools
Ingot-molybdochalkos.png Molybdochalkos 902 °C Copper 8% to 12%

Lead 88% to 92%

Lanterns
Ingot-tinbronze.png Tin Bronze 950 °C Copper 88% to 92%

Tin 8% to 12%

Tier 3 Tools

Metals Without a Current Use

Metal Melting point Used for
Ingot-chromium.png Chromium 1907 °C -
Ingot-platinum.png Platinum 1770 °C -
Ingot-titanium.png Titanium 1668 °C -



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