Silver
Silver
This metal is mostly used as a commodity currency. It can also be used for making decorations.
Base Stats
Stat Modifiers
- Armor - Blunt
- ×0.36
- Armor - Heat
- ×0.36
- Armor - Sharp
- ×0.72
- Door Opening Speed
- ×1
- Flammability
- ×0.4
- Insulation - Cold
- ×3
- Insulation - Heat
- ×0
- Max Hit Points
- ×0.7
- Melee Cooldown
- ×1 ... further results
Silver is used for trading with traders, and as a construction material. A decent amount of starter silver is among the wreckage of the colonists pods at the beginning of a new embark (applies only to the default scenarios). More silver can be found through mining, trading, and defeating raiders.
Each trader has a limited stock you can buy from, and with silver, the player can use it to buy slaves, resources, and weapons. Additionally, traders will buy resources relevant to their specialization, such as pirate merchants buying slaves, and bulk merchants buying stone, steel, or gold.
Colonists can suffer from a "High Expectations" mood debuff if your colony becomes too rich. Make sure you have plenty of mood-boosting effects to buffer against this before you start accumulating wealth.
Ore
Silver ore comes in veins of 4 up to a possible 12. Every block of ore drops 35 silver when mined.