Sorry, just a joke, I agree and would want to see Coal as kind of the "soul gem" of the smiths.

It was from the Playstation the official magazine

We're talking about ores, not metals.

Coal + Iron = Steel

I'm guessng:

Iron
Coal
Mithril
Glass
Ebony
Adamantine or admantium
Silver

Some kind of way to smith daedric??

HAHAHA i thought you guys meant anamantium as in what wolverine has in his body and what captain America's shield is made out of lol my bad

Summon Scamp + Ebony Ore = Daedric!


More specifically, I'm thinking creating Daedric crafting materials would require Daedra Hearts+Ebony Ores. It would make enough sense in the lore of the game, and enough sense in gameplay context, right?



They're as different as Iron and Steel, or Copper and Bronze.

after some looking into it on Google: Aluminum, Nickel, and strong thinks like Tungsten or Titanium are the only real world ones I can think of. In another thread on the same topic I only later found http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/topic/1197328-13-ore-types/ someone mentioned that Orc armor might come from a unique ore, according to "some book" does anyone know which one?

But the difference is, sources speak of 'daedric' being a condition that is applied a finished product. But the manuals of arms/armor speak of "daedric" as a raw material to be crafted.

I just pictured one side describing trapping a daedric element into a ready made ebony weapon, and the manuals are describing daedric elements being bound to raw ebony which is than used to make weapons.

Wouldn′t it be cool if there was some really cold part of Skyrim that was so cold that someone was able to build a mercury fortress there, and that you′d bring it down by melting it ? Suppose that′s off topic though. Perhaps we can get lead ?

Another thing just occurred to me, if the Red Mt. erupted then were would Glass and Ebony (and by magical extension Deadra) ores come from? It makes sense that the pre-existent armour and weapons would exist but no new ones can be made?

Does this mean no Glass or Ebony? Will the armour be much rarer in Skyrim? Will we have to (quest) find an alternate means? Oh the suspense is killing me why is 11 11 11 so far away?

im greatly looking forward to the ore

im guessing its for the crafting, i hope you can make powerful stuff with it, not just mediocer stuff.

Added to the fact that it's the carbon, not the fire, that turns iron into steel.

Weapons made out of gold? I'd prefer smashing my foes with a stick.
Maybe weapons coated in gold? That sounds better.

That is why I put Jewellery in parentheses, as I don't see its use as a weapon, even if silver is used as such. Gold is, however, actually an ore rather than bone or leather which I have heard suggested in the past. But yes, if smithing us just making weapons and not also jewellery making then Gold I can only imagine as being useless. But, we have seen it as an ore in previous games.

Stretching the term a bit, maybe a few of the ores are gemstones of some kind. Whatever soul gems are made out of, for example.

I am really happy about this. I just hope we must have extensive traning before we make alot of the items (not nearly as much with wood exept for laminated bows). I mean we cant be expected to go make a well balanced durable steel Katana or somthing right outa jail with no experiance doing so. Possibly in char creation or in the tutorial (prob extended dono but my gut tells me it will be). It might let us pick one type of in game proffesion we had experiance with as a child. I want a realism mode for the game so farming can be usefull. POOR KAHJIT ARCHER WITH A SMALL FARM WOOT. (I am secretly the listener)

Oh heavens, I would laugh the blue off my [censored] if Thorium was included.

Well, let me see here. Mercury was an ingredient in Daggerfall, as was Platinum and Sulphur, along with some others. And I can see possibly Cobalt (and also laugh at this) being used... maybe Aluminium.

Oh, and I believe the silver is a specially treated alchemical silver lining when used in weapons. No telling what could happen with the other metals if a wizard gets his hands on it.

I figure crafting skill will affect your success rate, or more likely item quality. Not sure how they'll limit what items you can make. Possibly you'll have to collect "recipes" of some kind?

I don't a character will be crafting super awesome katanas right off the bat. No worries. And I imagine there will be perks for learning how to smith cultural/stylistic varieties of weapons as well (Dwarven, Orc, etc).

Forget perks. Uncovering the lost crafting secrets of the dwarves should be its own quest.

Well I didn't mean to imply it was a perk one could simply level to. There are lots of quest related perks and "discovered" or earned perks that were done in previous games.

it would be awesome if there were rare variations of certain ore... red or blue glass for instance. (it wouldent occur naturaly)


remember that alloys will need to be craftable aswell


perhaps bonemould or chitin will be classed as an "ore" (despite not being an ore, but still mouldable )

Judging by its appearance, I'd assume it's simply Bronze or Brass. Bronze if you mix copper and tin, Brass if you mix copper and zinc. Regardless, the armor has a very coppery sheen typical with those two materials. I think Brass is more likely, because Bronze oxidizes with time and turns a http://www.visitingdc.com/images/statue-of-liberty-picture.jpg. Brass, on the other hand, retains its quality. Nothing in the dwarven ruins looked corroded like Bronze does, so it is safer to rule out Bronze as a material used by them.

However, that is just the armor in Oblivion. The armor of Morrowind was different because it could rust and http://members.shaw.ca/rado907/armor/heavy/mor-dwemerarmor.jpg. Rust, officially known as Iron Oxide, requires Iron, as the name implies. Neither Bronze nor Brass contain iron, and thus cannot rust. The Dwemer armor in Morrowind must have been made of a different substance that contained Iron. Possibly Cast Iron which can occasionally have a very dark-brown color. But the pristine coppery sheen of Oblivion's armor leads me to believe it is made of Brass.

Thorium as an ore? Isn't it radioactive?
Btw, I get the reference

I also think it was brass. Vivec's lessons talk about them having brass siege weapons. And that giant walking robot thing was made of brass (or coated in it). But it could also be some fantasy alloy with mithril or adamantium mixed in right?

Yeah, it's entirely possible. This is a fantasy world with fantasy metals that have fantasy properties that we can't explain. But at least brass fits the book, and for Morrowind's incarnation of Dwemer armor, iron must be used as a material.

It is also speculated that Morrowind's Dwemer armor wasn't actually armor, but instead just pieces of Dwemer Centurions, which would make sense because the helmet is a centurion head. The Centurions could have been made of iron. Actually, wasn't the one we saw for Skyrim a long time ago gray in color?