Metal

are metallic mixtures that allows a seasoned Blacksmith to make better use of the five basic metals that are found in the Mines. Typically, the durability, damage and heat retention (How hard it is to smith) of an alloy is related to one of the ingredient metals. For example, Red Iron combines the damage and heat retention of iron with the durability of copper for an overall improvement. For this reason, most veteran players prefer using alloys over basic metals.

Relative values
Through experimentation, it is suspected that all alloys do more damage than either of its ingredients. Furthermore, as of 0.0.22.1, it is suspected that relative damage ranking of the alloys are as follows:

Red iron < Palladium < Electrum < Viridium < Valayan

As a result, the strongest tools and weapons are made from Valayan. Then, Durability is ranked as:

Electrum < Red Iron < Palladium and also Viridium < Valayan. The relation between valayan/viridium/electrum are unknown

However, the heat retention of each alloy does not follow this trend. More testing must be done for the true relative rankings, but the heat retention generally opposes damage. This means that tools made out of Valayan are the hardest to forge at the Smithy. The rankings are:

Electrum < Palladium < Red Iron Valayan < Viridium