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Divine metal

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Divine metal
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Uses
Graphic
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Ore
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Properties
Fire-safe Magma-safe

Wikipedia article

Divine metals are special, procedurally generated metals that can be found in vaults as well as deep underground. Divine metals are used as material for items, weapons and armor used by angels, who ruthlessly protect the vault's priceless treasures. (Similar divine fabrics are used by vault guardians for clothing and soft items.)

Traits[edit]

A dwarf wearing armor made with metal made by the gods.
Art by Metadomino

Divine metals appear to have identical material properties and lists of items craftable from them; the only differences between them are the names, colors, and deity associations. All divine metals have high yield values of 1,000,000 KPa and fracture values of 2,000,000 KPa, and perfect strain-at-yield values of 0. They are extremely light, at a solid density of only 1000 kg/m³, and have a superior max edge of 12000. They are granted spheres matching the associated deity that created the metal (and the guardians who wield it), and a descriptive name with the formula of "(adjective) metal" – examples of such are "multicoloured metal", "pale metal", and "twisting metal".

Overall, their material properties are much better than the corresponding values of steel and mostly worse than those of adamantine. They are terrifyingly potent when used for edged weapons, due to their ultra-sharpness, but despite their light weight, even blunt weapons tend to be highly effective (unlike adamantine, which is worthless for blunt weapons). As armor, they are the only form of metal that is immune to dragonfire, as it cannot melt or boil. Despite this immunity to melting when worn as armor, divine metals can be designated for melting at a smelter. Doing so will produce a number of divine metal bars equal to the yield of the item type. The bars can then be used at a metalsmith's forge to create weapons, armor, etc. just like normal metal bars.

The object testing arena allows one to test weapons and armour made of divine metals.

You can smell the gods on this sphere.
"Divine metal" in other Languages Story tell indicator.png
Dwarven: Nabaskel
Elven: Mecalalethi
Goblin: Ngungdubsnusm
Human: Nirnorigu

Types[edit]

Each world will have a random set of 10 of these 26 metals in its raws.

Sphere Name Color* Sprite
Blight rusted metal Rust Rust bar sprite.png
Chaos twisting metal Red Red bar sprite.png
Darkness dark metal Black Black bar sprite.png
Dawn glowing metal Yellow Yellow bar sprite.png
Day bright metal White Platinum bar sprite.png
Death pale metal Pale blue Pale blue bar sprite.png
Deformity pock-marked metal Black Black bar sprite.png
Disease blistered metal Black Black bar sprite.png
Earth ruddy metal Burnt sienna Burnt sienna bar sprite.png
Fire flickering metal Yellow Yellow bar sprite.png
Jewels faceted metal Green Green bar sprite.png
Light shining metal White Platinum bar sprite.png
Lightning flashing metal Yellow Yellow bar sprite.png
Moon translucent metal Clear Clear bar sprite.png
Mountains frosty metal White Platinum bar sprite.png
Muck slick metal Brown Brown bar sprite.png
Music singing metal White Platinum bar sprite.png
Night black metal Black Black bar sprite.png
Rainbows multicolored metal Clear Clear bar sprite.png
Sky clear blue metal Sky blue Sky blue bar sprite.png
Stars twinkling metal White Platinum bar sprite.png
Storms crashing metal Gray Iron bar sprite.png
Sun blazing metal White Platinum bar sprite.png
Thunder booming metal Gray Iron bar sprite.png
Torture searing metal Black Black bar sprite.png
Volcanos flowing metal Red Red bar sprite.png

*The named colors represent their [STATE_COLOR] token, while the background colors are the colors they appear as in-game in ASCII mode. See color.

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Base
Aluminum • Bismuth • Copper • Gold • Iron • Lead • Nickel • Platinum • Silver • Tin • Zinc
Alloys
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