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Dwarfium

Description
An end-game alloy made by combining adamantine with platinum, the best of two worlds.
The Damascus steel of Dwarf Fortress.

The recipe is the same as steel, only replacing iron and pig iron with adamantine and platinum:
1x adamantine wafer
1x platinum bar
1x flux stone
1x coal

2x dwarfium bars

Current Version: 1.0.1
Improved upon the material properties of the metal slightly, this now makes it better than adamantine and platinum in the areas they dominated.

Dwarfium blunt weapons are better than platinum blunt weapons and sharp weapons were already better than adamantine since the density was taken from platinum, but now even more so since density was increased a little beyond that of platinum.

Dwarfium bolts are better than platinum bolts due to density, but I don't know if even strange moods could craft a stack of platinum bolts.

In regards to armor, dwarfium is better than adamantine, but much heavier. Might want to save some adamantine armor for your marksdwarfs.

Also, dwarfium unlike adamantine, can not be used to create clothes, this is just a design choice, since having clothes with above platinum density doesn't make much sense. It would just slow the fort to a crawl, so I don't think many players would use it that way anyway.

If you have any questions, suggestions or issues, feel free to post them below.
20 Comments
Gexi_TheHundrdth Apr 5 @ 7:37am 
The recipe does not seem to be appearing in the smelter again, even though I am on 1.01 please fix
zeeb  [author] Jan 22, 2023 @ 2:21pm 
No problem!
Thrice Jan 22, 2023 @ 2:08pm 
tyvm!
zeeb  [author] Jan 2, 2023 @ 3:14pm 
Updated to version 1.0.1, make sure to clean out your data/installed_mods if you want to play with the newer version.
zeeb  [author] Jan 2, 2023 @ 2:59pm 
I guess I can boost this a little bit, but when it comes to another metal that is much stronger, I leave it to someone else. They can use this mod's structure if they wish. Or maybe I'll make something in the future, but for now I got some other cool stuff I want to try my hands at.
Thrice Jan 2, 2023 @ 12:57pm 
This game is in need of stronger metals. Maybe make 2 versions, 1 OP and one just a super valuable adamantite?
zeeb  [author] Jan 2, 2023 @ 10:34am 
Indeed. I was thinking of making it slightly better, just like how steel works compared to iron. But I've not decided yet. Let me know what you guys think.
Thrice Jan 1, 2023 @ 8:58pm 
So are the stats literally the best of platinums stats with the best of adamantiums?
zeeb  [author] Dec 29, 2022 @ 10:50pm 
You have to remove the mod from data/installed_mods since apparently when mods are installed, they don't update automatically when a mod is updated, so for now the workaround is to remove installed mods and let the game reinstall them.

The mod was fixed at 28 Dec, so if you've downloaded and installed the mod before this, it's broken.
Hyperion Dec 29, 2022 @ 9:29pm 
dwarfium isnt appearing as a crafting option in the smelter. is there a bug or something?