Metal

Many items in the game are made of metal including tools, weapons, armor, and lanterns. There are eleven base metals, which can be found in raw ore form. Eight of the base metals have a current use, while three base metals have no current use. Base metals with melting points at or below 1300°C can be melted in a crucible and cast into ingots or used to create alloys when combined in specific ratios. Metal with melting temperatures higher than 1300°C (iron) requires a bloomery to smelt and form ingots.

Every base metal and alloy placed on the ground

Base metals

	Base Metal	Melting point	Used for
	Copper	1084 °C	Tier 2 Tools
	Iron	1482 °C	Tier 4 Tools
	Gold	1063 °C	Tier 3 Tools
	Silver	961 °C	Tier 3 Tools, Alloy
	Lead	327 °C	Alloy ingredient
	Tin	232 °C	Tier 3 Tools, Alloy
	Zinc	419 °C	Tier 3 Tools, Alloy
	Bismuth	271 °C	Tier 3 Tools, Alloy

Copper

Copper Ingot
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 small stone surface deposits that provide smeltable ore nuggets when broken, thus a hammer isn't needed. Copper nuggets can also be obtained by panning. A high temperature fuel such as Coal is needed to smelt copper, which can be used to make every type of metal tool and armor via the smelting and smithing mechanics. Copper is also used as a component in all alloys currently included in VS, including: brass, tin bronze, black bronze, bismuth bronze, and molybdochalkos.

Gold

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

Gold is a rare metal that is used to make the alloy black bronze. The base metal can be used to craft lanterns and armor. Gold nuggets can sometimes be obtained by panning

Silver

Silver Ingot
Stackable	16
Smeltable
Smelt Point	961°C
Requires Container	Yes
Items

Silver is a rare metal that is used to make the alloy black bronze. The base metal can be used to craft lanterns and armor. Silver nuggets can sometimes be obtained by panning

Tin

Tin Ingot
Stackable	16
Smeltable
Smelt Point	232°C
Requires Container	Yes
Items

Tin is used as a component of the alloy Tin Bronze. The base metal has no current use.

Zinc

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

Zinc is used as a component of the alloys brass and bismuth bronze. The base metal has no current use. Zinc in the form of sphalerite nuggets can sometimes be obtained by panning

Bismuth

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

Bismuth is used as a component of the alloy bismuth bronze The base metal can be used to make lanterns, but not tools.

Lead

Lead Ingot
Stackable	16
Smeltable
Smelt Point	327°C
Requires Container	Yes
Items

Lead is used as a component of the alloy molybdochalkos. The base metal is the only metal that can be worked when cold, but this has no use as the only item created from lead ingots are plates, which are not used to craft anything.

Iron

Iron Ingot
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. Due to the high melting temperature, Iron can only be smelted in a bloomery. Iron is used to create the highest tier tools and armor.

Alloys

Alloys are created using the casting mechanic. For more information on alloys, see the casting page.

Metals Without a Current Use

	Metal	Melting point	Used for
	Chromium	1907 °C	-
	Platinum	1770 °C	-
	Titanium	1668 °C	-

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