Atium
Licensed IP · Legendary · Timeless
In the Mistborn universe, atium is a god metal derived from the Shard of Ruin. When burned by an Allomancer, it allows the user to see a few seconds into the future, specifically the shadow of what an opponent will do next. It was the most prized and expensive metal in the Final Empire.
Identity
- Source
- Mistborn series, by Brandon Sanderson
- Aliases
- God Metal of Ruin, Pits metal
Physical Properties
- Appearance
- Dark brown-black crystalline beads, irregular in shape, slightly warm to the touch
- Luster
- Dull
- Density
- 8 g/cm³
- Melting point
- 900 °C
- Boiling point
- 1700 °C
- Lighter
- Stainless Steel
- Denser
- Korvaire Steel
- Magnetism
- Non-magnetic
- Electrical conductivity
- Low
Mechanical Properties
- Mohs hardness
- 5
- Tensile strength
- 400 MPa
- Softer
- Palladium
- Harder
- Inconel
- Workability
- Moderate
- Brittleness
- Moderate
- Malleability
- Low
- Ductility
- Low
Chemical Properties
- Corrosion resistance
- high
- Reactivity
- low
Lore & Narrative
The Lord Ruler hoarded atium, using scarcity to maintain economic and political control over the nobility. What almost no one knew was that atium was not merely a metal. It was literally a piece of a god, and its true purpose in the cosmology was something far more profound than combat advantage.
- Notable uses
- Allomantic combat enhancement, economic control, divine ritual
- Forge uses
- allomantic use, economic currency
- Worldbuilding traits
- god-metal, future-sight, mistborn, cosmere
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