Masterwork:Metal

In the Masterwork mod, there are a variety of new weapons grade metal materials. This includes alternate industries for metals of similar quality or even better than iron and steel. Note, that in general your enemies will have access to high quality materials too!

Metal Industries

This might be a nice place to talk about the new industries like the Boneyard, the Damascene powder process, Glassforge, Blast furnace, whatever.

List of metals

Masterwork Mod Weapons Grade Metals and Alloys

Includes both Masterwork Dwarf Fortress and Orc Fortress materials.

Metal	Tile	Source	Dense	Melt Point	Value	I yield	I fract	I elast	S yield	S fract	S elast	Max Edge	Notes
Volcanic	≡‼	Mithril + slade + obsidian + steel Dwarven Great Magma Forge	7.85	25000	60	3010	5040	1880	860	144	430	20000	Yield strengths on par with adamantine However, very low shear fracture and high elasticity
Bifrost	≡‼	Raw bifrost Dwarven Great Bifrost Forge	8.20	25000	100	4000	4000	0	4000	4000	0	500000	Almost as strong as adamantine Holds a 5x sharper edge than adamantine As heavy as bronze
Iridium	≡‼	Rarely recovered (1%) from any ore	7.56	25000	50	3000	3000	0	3000	3000	0	50000	Superior for edged weapons and any armor Inferior only to adamantine and bifrost *Not* the same material as elemental iridium
Deep bronze	≡‼	Mithril + gold + bronze	19.228	16159	40	2500	2500	1705	630	920	338	14000	Excellent for all weapons and armor vs. edge Can rend steel and orichalcum Very heavy
Orichalcum	≡‼	Bloodsteel + iron + silver	10.500	12718	40	3000	4200	940	430	720	200	20000	Very good for all weapons Excellent armor against impact Reagent for orcish arcane blades
Welded mithril	≡‼	Mithril + steel	0.100	12768	75	2505	3520	1340	630	920	175	20000	Excellent for edged weapons and all armor Can rend steel and orichalcum Incredibly light
Welded wolfram	≡‼	Wolfram + rose gold	59.228	16159	38	3500	3500	2005	15.1	15.1	338	10000	Best for blunt weapons Very poor shear (edge) modulus Supernaturally heavy
Mithril	≡‼	Mithril ore	1	20000	45	2005	3020	1140	530	820	115	12000	Very good for edged weapons and all armor Very light
Wolfram	≡‼	Wolfram ore	19.228	16159	30	2500	2500	1705	15.1	15.1	338	10000	Excellent for blunt weapons Very poor shear (edge) modulus Very heavy

Selected base Dwarf Fortress Metals and Alloys

Provided for comparison. See also DF2012:Metal.

Metal	Tile	Source	Dense	Melt Point	Value	I yield	I fract	I elast	S yield	S fract	S elast	Max Edge	Notes
Adamantine	≡‼	Raw adamantine	0.200	25000	300	5000	5000	0	5000	5000	0	100000	Best for edged weapons, all armor
Steel	≡‼	iron + pigiron + flux + carbon	7.85	12718	30	1505	2520	940	430	720	215	10000	Good for all weapons, armor
Iron	≡‼	Hematite, limonite, magnetite	7.85	12768	10	542	1080	319	155	310	189	10000	Fine for all weapons, armor
Bronze	≡‼	Tin + copper	8.25	11868	5	602	843	547	172	241	156	10000	Fine for all weapons, armor
Silver	≡‼	Native silver, galena (50%)	10.49	11731	10	350	595	350	100	170	333	10000	Good for blunt weapons; poor for armor
Copper	≡‼	Native copper, malachite, tetrahedrite	8.93	11952	2	245	770	175	70	220	145	10000	Fine for blunt weapons; poor for armor

Legend:

Tile Color corresponds to how items made from that metal are displayed in game, foreground and background colors.

Source Ore(s) indicates the specific ores that can provide a metal or basic recipe for an alloy.

Density is used to determine the different weight of finished objects and force of weapon strikes. Value shown here is g/cm³, which is the raw value divided by 10³

Melting point is used to determine if a material is magma-safe or not: magma is 12000°U.

Material value is what the base value of an object made of this metal is multiplied by to determine its worth.

Impact yield: Used for blunt-force combat; higher is better. This is the raw value divided by 10³ (i.e., kPa).

Impact fracture: Used for blunt-force combat; higher is better. This is the raw value divided by 10³ (i.e., kPa).

Impact elasticity: Used for blunt-force combat; lower is better. This is the raw value.

Shear yield: Used for cutting calculations in combat; higher is better. This is the raw value divided by 10³ (i.e., kPa).

Shear fracture: Used for cutting calculations in combat; higher is better. This is the raw value divided by 10³ (i.e., kPa).

Shear elasticity: Used for cutting calculations in combat; lower is better. This is the raw value.

• General Term Explanations (From Wikipedia)

Yield Strength - The stress at which material strain changes from elastic deformation to plastic deformation, causing it to deform permanently.

Fracture Strength - The stress coordinate on the stress-strain curve at the point of rupture.

Stress - Force per area = F/A

Strain - Deformation of a solid due to stress = Stress/Young's Modulus