Metalwork Trouble

[LilTV1155]

I looked through internet for mythical / fabled metals. But I am still trying to evaluate their worths. Which one is stronger and more powerful?
Took info from there: Fantasy Metal Tropes
Put those metals in order, is this accurate in terms of hardness/strength? 1 -10 = Weak -> Strong

1. Silver / Gold / Platinum
2. Meteoric Iron
3. Cold Iron
4. Damascus Steel
5. Mirthril
6. Adamantine
7. Orichalcum
8. Hihi'irokane

 

[Reborn_Cat]

1. Silver/gold/platinum - 1
2. Cold Iron - 3
3. Meteoric Iron - 4
4. Damascus steel - 4
5. Mithril - 8
6. Adamantine - 10
7. Orichalam - 9
8. Hihi'irokane - 8

Stuff like mithril and hihi'irokane is more for magic compared to adamantine

 

[Underload]

Just make your own stuff. Call it shitowen and be done with it.

 

[CheertheDead]

I looked through internet for mythical / fabled metals. But I am still trying to evaluate their worths. Which one is stronger and more powerful?
Took info from there: Fantasy Metal Tropes
Put those metals in order, is this accurate in terms of hardness/strength? 1 -10 = Weak -> Strong

1. Silver / Gold / Platinum
2. Meteoric Iron
3. Cold Iron
4. Damascus Steel
5. Mirthril
6. Adamantine
7. Orichalcum
8. Hihi'irokane

I think it greatly depends on each author's craft. You can make them harder than the others in some ways. The pop tropes are more of an overgeneralisation than a guideline. If you want me to check your list then it is below. I have no confident that it is accurate though.

1. Silver / Gold / Platinum - 1
2. Meteoric Iron - 4
3. Cold Iron - 1
4. Damascus Steel - 3
5. Mirthril - 3 (or 2)
6. Adamantine - 9 (material to make weapon of gods)
7. Orichalcum - 10 (I remember this material, it is what made the very gates of Atlantis in mythology and folklore)
8. Hihi'irokane - 10 (seem to be orichalcum of different color so it only has aethestic value vs Orichalcum)

You can check the glossary of my fanfic to see how i shaped the properties of Adamantine and Orichalcum.

 

[Cipiteca396]

Just make your own stuff. Call it shitowen and be done with it.

Your metals should be what they need to be to get their job done. So just make it up as needed. That said, if you try to make mithril heavy and adamantine soft, you're gonna upset your readers.

This is my list off the top of my head.
Utility/Hardness/Magic/Mystic

1. Silver / Gold / Platinum 8/1/8/4
2. Lead 5/2/4/2
3. Iron 5/3/4/2
4. Cold Iron 3/3/5/5
5. Alchemic Silver 6/3/6/6
6. Steel 4/5/4/2
7. Damascus Steel 4/6/3/2
8. Titanium 1/7/3/2
9. Ebony 3/7/8/5 (Obsidian, Blacksteel)
10. Demonsteel 2/8/4/8 (Daedric, Netherite)
11. Crystal 2/7/5/8 (Glass?)
12. Mithril 3/8/8/4
13. Adamantine 1/10/1/1 (It's only selling point is being hard, but it does that well)
14. Orichalcum 4/4/3/8 (Literally 'Mountain Copper', It's special bronze.)
15. Hihi'irokane 4/7/4/8
16. Elemental Materials 2/2/8/6
17. Monster Materials 3/4/4/4
18. Dragon Materials 2/9/8/2

 

[Daitengu]

Depends on the situation in the story on the worth of a metal.
Like, I would prize silver higher than anything else if I was fighting werewolves. Mythril, adamantine, orihalcum? Shit don't matter if it can't keep em down.

Same with cold iron and Fae. Some Fae just keep coming back from death unless you use cold iron or meteoric iron.

 

[LilTV1155]

Just make your own stuff. Call it shitowen and be done with it.

It's hard to do it if you are not a master generator of geography or fictional elemental / metallurgy without making the words sounds too off. Tacking a random name on it just feel weird and for some reasons, not right to the story's worldbuilding flows. I don't know.

 

[Cipiteca396]

It's hard to do it if you are not a master generator of geography or fictional elemental / metallurgy without making the words sounds too off. Tacking a random name on it just feel weird and for some reasons, not right to the story's worldbuilding flows. I don't know.

In that case, don't make it random. Take the most important qualities of the metal, and label it directly. Jewel Steel, shines like jewels, but is significantly tougher than iron or bronze. If that sounds odd, then translate it into the language of the local people who use it. Mithril was originally called Moon Silver. I already mentioned that Orichalcum is Greek for Mountain Copper.
You could also just not name it. Unknown substances appear quite often in fictional and even real world mythology. Damascus steel isn't a type of steel, it's a steel that was forged in the real world city of ancient Damascus. Naming it after a location like that is also a great idea even if the substance is well known. Or people, like on the periodic table's heaviest elements.

 

[LilTV1155]

In that case, don't make it random. Take the most important qualities of the metal, and label it directly. Jewel Steel, shines like jewels, but is significantly tougher than iron or bronze. If that sounds odd, then translate it into the language of the local people who use it. Mithril was originally called Moon Silver. I already mentioned that Orichalcum is Greek for Mountain Copper.
You could also just not name it. Unknown substances appear quite often in fictional and even real world mythology. Damascus steel isn't a type of steel, it's a steel that was forged in the real world city of ancient Damascus. Naming it after a location like that is also a great idea even if the substance is well known. Or people, like on the periodic table's heaviest elements.

What an awesome idea! Thank you for the advice!