How to make light weapons?

[Sleepy Head]

I am trying to make a 1.5kg two handed sword for lord Rimjob. Anyone know which alloy is the lightest?

[nenacu]

Your handbook will tell you, as will flipping through the different ores in your planning tab, but if you can't be bothered to look at either, Tamra.

[Morilibus]

To elaborate. Here are some screenshots of some useful in game resources to help determine that kind of stuff out.

This book on the Design table is the one Nenacu is talking about.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3415608519

In it on this page:

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3415606910

I highlighted the relevant column in red. The higher the number the heavier the metal.
I also converted it to KG per 0.1 L as that is how much liquid metal each ore piece will give you. Useful if you want to try to predict how much ore you need for a design.

As an example. Here is a dagger. It's made of gold. The entire dagger with the handle weighs 3.15Kg
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3415607714

If I remove the handle it weighs 2.76Kg. So that is the amount of metal needed.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3415607847

If we look at that chart in the book it lists that one ore chunk will yield 1.93KG. So to make that dagger I would need to use 1.43 ore chunks, or two ore chunks and I would have some left over metal.

If I wanted to make that same dagger out of the lightest metal, Tamra.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3415607945

It would weigh 0.77Kg. If I look in the book it says that one ore chunk will yield 0.5384 KG. I would also need 1.43 Ore chunks to pour that dagger in Tamra. So I would still need two ore chunks. As the Volume doesn't change, only the Density.

Meaning, once you figure out the volume of ore needed for a weapon design, it will be the same regardless of which metal you make it out of.

An example of how to use that book.