Beskar
Licensed IP · Very Rare · Sci-Fi
Mandalorian iron, the one ordinary material a blaster bolt does not go through: the energy spreads across the plate instead of punching a hole in it. Reforging costs it nothing, so a single set of armour is worked and reworked across generations, each owner leaving marks in the metal. A smith who melts beskar down for someone outside the creed has not made a sale, he has committed a crime.
Identity
- Source
- Star Wars
- Also known as
- Mandalorian iron, Beskar'gam (armor form)
- Comes from
- Mandalore
Physical Properties
- Appearance
- Bright polished silver-white with distinctive hammer marks when worked; dulls to a matte grey when unpolished
- Luster
- Metallic
- Density
- 9.8 g/cm³
- Melting point
- 1700 °C
- Boiling point
- 3200 °C
- Lighter
- Bismuth
- Denser
- Pewter
- Magnetism
- Non-magnetic
- Electrical conductivity
- Low
Mechanical Properties
- Mohs hardness
- 11
- Tensile strength
- 1200 MPa
- Softer
- Voidsteel
- Harder
- Adamantine
- Workability
- Difficult
- Brittleness
- Tough
- Malleability
- Low
- Ductility
- Low
Chemical Properties
- Corrosion resistance
- Very High
- Reactivity
- Very Low
Lore & Narrative
During the Great Purge, the Empire confiscated vast quantities of beskar from Mandalore. Much of it was melted into ingots and distributed as payment or stored in Imperial vaults. Recovering this stolen beskar became a sacred duty for surviving Mandalorians.
- Notable uses
- Personal armor, ceremonial weapons, cultural artifacts
- Forge uses
- Armor, Weapons, Cultural artifacts
- Worldbuilding traits
- Mandalorian, Cultural, Energy-resistant, Hereditary
Sources
- Beskar, Wikipedia
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