Editing 40d:Adamantine

'''Adamantine''' is by far the most rare and valuable [[metal]] in the game. It can only be found in small amounts in mountainous areas. Care should be taken if it is found, since digging down several levels through it will lead you to the demon pits. After you reach [[the pits]], a horde of demons will eventually be loosed on your fortress. These demons are very powerful and can wipe out even a mature, heavily defended fortress. 

To start in a location which has adamantine (and the accompanying demon pits), you must start on a mountain tile ({{Raw Tile|∆|#FFFFFF|#000000}},{{Raw Tile|∆|#808080|#000000}},{{Raw Tile|▲|#FFFFFF|#000000}},{{Raw Tile|▲|#C0C0C0|#000000}},{{Raw Tile|▲|#808080|#000000}},{{Raw Tile|▲|#00FFFF|#000000}},{{Raw Tile|^|#FFFFFF|#000000}},{{Raw Tile|^|#808080|#000000}},{{Raw Tile|^|#00FFFF|#000000}}) or volcano tile ({{Raw Tile|^|#FF0000|#000000}}) in the Region map. The adamantine and pits will be located on only one of the 256 Local map squares of that region, so finding it can be very difficult without cheating, though it is likely to be a square on the Local map which also shows as mountain.{{verify}}

Note that there was a "too deep" forced game ending in previous versions of Dwarf Fortress {{ver|0.23.130.23a and earlier}}  based on how much adamantine you had mined out, but this is no longer true in the current version.


== Older information ==
{{old|0.23.130.23a}}

'''Adamantine''' is the cyan-colored ore, and is formed of clumps of razor-sharp strands that must be carefully extracted from the stone. The adamantine metal itself is considered 'the king of metals', light as a feather, hard as diamond and capable of being sharpened to a near-atomic edge.

Processing adamantine requires separate [[labor]]s, Adamantine Extraction and Adamantine Working, to be enabled under a dwarf's {{k|p}}-{{k|l}} menu. Like [[Craftsdwarf's workshop|craftsworking]], adamantine processing is actually made up of a variety of skills:
*"Adamantine Extractor", which is gained from processing raw adamantine into adamantine strands at a [[Craftsdwarf's workshop]].
*"Adamantine Smelter", which is gained from smelting adamantine strands into adamantine wafers at a [[Magma smelter]]. (A normal [[Smelter]] won't work.)
*"Adamantine Weaver", which is gained from weaving adamantine strands into adamantine cloth at a [[Loom]].
*"Adamantine Worker", which is gained from forging things from adamantine wafers at a [[Metalsmith's forge]] (only clothes require a [[Magma forge]]). 

Adamantine can be used to build '''any item''' you could build out of any other material (excluding, oddly, beds), including furniture, bins, mechanisms, shirts, shoes, etc. None of these items can be decorated however.

Adamantine items are incredibly light; in addition, every dwarf loves adamantine items. Forging the actual item is very fast, (even if making the wafers and hauling them to the workshop takes weeks) and doesn't require fuel.

Adamantine strands are worth 1800 monies each.

Adamantine cloth is worth 2100 monies each. You need three for a shirt, two for shoes, four for pants.

Adamantine wafers are worth 1500 monies and take much longer than bars of other metals to make. A battle axe needs four wafers, and a set of plate mail needs nine. A full set of plate mail, boots, gauntlets, greaves and helm takes 21 wafers.


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+'''Adamantine''' is by far the most rare and valuable [[metal]] in the game. It can only be found in small amounts in mountainous areas. Care should be taken if it is found, since digging down several levels through it will lead you to the demon pits. After you reach [[the pits]], a horde of demons will eventually be loosed on your fortress. These demons are very powerful and can wipe out even a mature, heavily defended fortress.
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-* [[Raw adamantine]]
-|properties=
-* [[Damage]]% 500
-* [[Armor|Block]]% 500
-* [[Material value]] 300
-|uses=
-* [[Weapon|Melee Weapons]]
-* [[Crossbow]]s
-* [[Bolt]]s
-* [[Pick]]s
-* [[Armor]]
-* [[Anvil]]s
-* [[Metalsmith's forge|Metal crafting]]
-* [[Clothing]]
-}}{{av}}
-'''Adamantine''' is by far ''the'' most rare and valuable [[material]] in the game.  The raw ore, [[raw adamantine]], can only be found in mountainous areas, and only in small amounts.
+To start in a location which has adamantine (and the accompanying demon pits), you must start on a mountain tile ({{Raw Tile|∆|#FFFFFF|#000000}},{{Raw Tile|∆|#808080|#000000}},{{Raw Tile|▲|#FFFFFF|#000000}},{{Raw Tile|▲|#C0C0C0|#000000}},{{Raw Tile|▲|#808080|#000000}},{{Raw Tile|▲|#00FFFF|#000000}},{{Raw Tile|^|#FFFFFF|#000000}},{{Raw Tile|^|#808080|#000000}},{{Raw Tile|^|#00FFFF|#000000}}) or volcano tile ({{Raw Tile|^|#FF0000|#000000}}) in the Region map. The adamantine and pits will be located on only one of the 256 Local map squares of that region, so finding it can be very difficult without cheating, though it is likely to be a square on the Local map which also shows as mountain.{{verify}}
-Although usually referred to as a [[metal]], it also has some properties of a [[cloth]] - it is truly unique among materials.
+Note that there was a "too deep" forced game ending in previous versions of Dwarf Fortress {{ver|0.23.130.23a and earlier}}  based on how much adamantine you had mined out, but this is no longer true in the current version.
-Adamantine metal has a [[Item value|material multiplier]] of x300 ([[raw adamantine]] has a multiplier of x250).
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-==Uses==
+== Older information ==
-Adamantine can serve as a metal or a "fabric" - adamantine [[Clothing#Articles|cloak]]s are amazingly protective and valuable ''(if also, to some players, an amazingly extravagant waste of this ultimate material!)''.  Raw adamantine may also be processed into [[stone]] goods in the same way as other economic stone.
+{{old|0.23.130.23a}}
-Adamantine items are incredibly light: they weigh about 2.5% as much as an equivalent article crafted from iron. [[Weapon]]s and [[armor]] made from adamantine are 5 times stronger/more deadly than equivalent [[iron]] objects, and almost 4x that of [[steel]].*
+'''Adamantine''' is the cyan-colored ore, and is formed of clumps of razor-sharp strands that must be carefully extracted from the stone. The adamantine metal itself is considered 'the king of metals', light as a feather, hard as diamond and capable of being sharpened to a near-atomic edge.
-:''(* It's not clear if this matters as much for [[weapon]]s as much as for armor, especially in the hands of a [[Soldier#Heroes_and_Champions|hero]] or [[Soldier#Heroes_and_Champions|champion]] - if an *exceptional steel axe* is lopping off heads and limbs with every stroke, there's not much more you can do - gone is gone. [[Megabeast]]s may be the obvious exception to this unproven theory.  However, for [[armor]], there is no upper limit to how much [[damage]] you want to '''avoid'''.)''
+Processing adamantine requires separate [[labor]]s, Adamantine Extraction and Adamantine Working, to be enabled under a dwarf's {{k|p}}-{{k|l}} menu. Like [[Craftsdwarf's workshop|craftsworking]], adamantine processing is actually made up of a variety of skills:
+*"Adamantine Extractor", which is gained from processing raw adamantine into adamantine strands at a [[Craftsdwarf's workshop]].
+*"Adamantine Smelter", which is gained from smelting adamantine strands into adamantine wafers at a [[Magma smelter]]. (A normal [[Smelter]] won't work.)
+*"Adamantine Weaver", which is gained from weaving adamantine strands into adamantine cloth at a [[Loom]].
+*"Adamantine Worker", which is gained from forging things from adamantine wafers at a [[Metalsmith's forge]] (only clothes require a [[Magma forge]]).
-Adamantine is one of the few [[magma-safe]] materials. Raw adamantine is the only [[stone]], aside from [[bauxite]], that can be used to make magma-safe [[mechanism]]s. (To do this, you must lift the [[economic stone|restrictions]] on its use via the Stone submenu of the [[status]] screen.)  Mechanisms can also be made from three adamantine wafers at a [[forge]] or [[magma forge]] (under "trap components") by a mechanic - though this cannot be done with any other metal, it is far more efficient to use the raw stone.
+Adamantine can be used to build '''any item''' you could build out of any other material (excluding, oddly, beds), including furniture, bins, mechanisms, shirts, shoes, etc. None of these items can be decorated however.
-==Storage==
+Adamantine items are incredibly light; in addition, every dwarf loves adamantine items. Forging the actual item is very fast, (even if making the wafers and hauling them to the workshop takes weeks) and doesn't require fuel.
-Raw Adamantine is stored in stone stockpiles with "Raw Adamantine" enabled in that stockpile's 'other stone' category.
-However once strands are extracted, they are stored in a cloth pile.  It is unfortunately impossible to directly segregate adamantine from plant fiber and silk cloth, because all cloth apparently counts as non-plant/animal products as far as the game is concerned, and adamantine does not appear as a thread/cloth type in the cloth custom stockpile menu. To create a stockpile for adamantine strands designate a cloth stockpile set to accept no types of thread or cloth and tell this stockpile to take from all other cloth stockpiles.
+Adamantine strands are worth 1800 monies each.
-Wafers are stored in bar/block piles with adamantine enabled. All other goods can be stored in any stockpile with the adamantine metal enabled.
+Adamantine cloth is worth 2100 monies each. You need three for a shirt, two for shoes, four for pants.
-== Processing ==
+Adamantine wafers are worth 1500 monies and take much longer than bars of other metals to make. A battle axe needs four wafers, and a set of plate mail needs nine. A full set of plate mail, boots, gauntlets, greaves and helm takes 21 wafers.
-Adamantine strands are extracted from [[raw adamantine]] at a [[craftsdwarf's workshop]]. The [[strand extraction]] labor must be enabled for a dwarf to perform the extraction. The process is extremely slow for an unskilled laborer. Adamantine strands are worth 1800☼ each, while the raw adamantine is worth 750.  1 ore => 1 strand => 1 wafer.
-Subsequent processing of the strands requires no adamantine-specific skills or labor permissions. Adamantine strands are processed into adamantine wafers at any [[smelter]]. Adamantine wafers are worth 1500☼ each - curiously, less than the strands they are smelted from. Adamantine wafers are treated much like [[bar]]s of other metal, and can be forged into a variety of useful items. Adamantine strands may also be woven into cloth using the Weave Metal Cloth task in a [[loom]].  The cloth needed varies by article of clothing: 6 cloth is required for a robe, 5 for a cloak or a dress, 3 for trousers or a shirt, 2 for a vest or hood, but 1 cloth produces a pair of gloves, mittens, socks or shoes.  No matter what the cost to make, all adamantine clothing seems to be worth 36000☼ for masterwork, 15000 and 12000 for the next grades down.  Surprisingly, adamantine clothing ''does'' wear out and lose its value over time like other clothing.  Adamantine strands may be dyed for a very small increase in value, but if they are melted into wafers they will return to their normal color and value.
+[[category:metals]][[category:Economic Stone]]
-Forging things out of adamantine requires a number of wafers equal to item's MATERIAL_SIZE. This is usually about three times as many as are needed for constructions with bars of other metals, since one metal bar counts for 3 MATERIAL_SIZE. For instance, plate mail has [MATERIAL_SIZE:9] and normally requires three metal bars to forge; adamantine plate mail requires nine adamantine wafers. Helm has [MATERIAL_SIZE:2] and normally requires one metal bar to forge; adamantine helm requires two adamantine wafers. Large furniture takes 9 full wafers and small furniture (buckets, animal traps) takes 3 full wafers (compare to 3 bars and 1 bar respectively for other metals), though there are some exceptions - chains, blocks, and ballista arrow heads require 4 wafers, despite requiring either 1 (for chains and blocks) or 3 (for ballista arrow heads) metal bars. Miscellaneous craft items are only 1 wafer, and you still get a full set of 3 goblets. This makes goblets far and away the best option if you want to maximize your adamantine wealth, even moreso than in other materials.
-Note that if you try to melt down adamantine objects, you recover wafers at the same rate that you would normally recover bars, so trying to melt down lower-quality adamantine items to reforge them gets prohibitively expensive in a hurry - adamantine plate mail takes 9 wafers to forge and yields slightly less than a single wafer when melted for scrap.
-Engravings in adamantine are not exceptionally valuable, increasing Architecture created wealth by 120 for masterwork or 50 for exceptional quality.
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