Damascus Ingot
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StatisticsDamascus Ingot |
Other UsesUsed in Quest: Relic Great Axe: Bravura
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Synthesis RecipesNone |
Used in Recipes
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Desynthesis RecipeNone |
Obtained From Desynthesis
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How to Obtain
| Auction House Category: Materials > Smithing ( | ) |
Merchants
Price: 28 L. Jadeshell Name Location Type Antiqix Castle Oztroja (F-8) NPC
Dropped From
Name Level Zone Roc (NM) 55 Sauromugue Champaign Simurgh (NM) 58 Rolanberry Fields Overlord Bakgodek (NM) 85 Monastic Cavern Byakko (NM) 88-90 Ru'Aun Gardens Kirin (NM) 92 Shrine of Ru'Avitau Tiamat (NM) 95 Attohwa Chasm Vrtra (NM) 95 King Ranperre's Tomb Jormungand (NM) 95 Uleguerand Range
BCNM
Name Zone Level Time Members Cactuar Suave Chamber of Oracles None 30 minutes 6 Come Into My Parlor Qu'Bia Arena None 30 minutes 6 Contaminated Colosseum Horlais Peak None 30 minutes 6 Copycat Waughroon Shrine None 30 minutes 6 Double Dragonian Horlais Peak None 30 minutes 6 E-vase-ive Action Qu'Bia Arena None 30 minutes 6 Eye of the Storm Chamber of Oracles None 30 minutes 6 Horns of War Horlais Peak None 30 minutes 18 Infernal Swarm Qu'Bia Arena None 30 minutes 6 Moa Constrictors Balga's Dais None 30 minutes 6 Operation Desert Swarm Waughroon Shrine None 30 minutes 6 Ouryu Cometh Riverne - Site A01 None 60 minutes 18 Royale Ramble Balga's Dais None 30 minutes 6 Prehistoric Pigeons Waughroon Shrine None 30 minutes 6 Seasons Greetings Balga's Dais None 30 minutes 6 The Hills Are Alive Waughroon Shrine None 30 minutes 18 The Scarlet King Chamber of Oracles None 30 minutes 6
Background
Damascus steel is a hot-forged steel used in Middle Eastern swordmaking from about 1100 to 1700AD. Damascus swords were of legendary sharpness and strength, and were apocryphally claimed to be able to cut through lesser quality European swords and even rock.
Damascus swords often had an obvious patterned texture on their surface. Several other steelmaking techniques, such as wootz steel also result in patterned surfaces, and have often been sold as Damascus steel, Damascened steel and sometimes watered steel. The technique used to create original Damascus steel is now a matter of historical conjecture. The most common technique today for producing these materials is pattern welding, which is widely used for custom knife making. Skilled swordsmiths can manipulate the patterns to mimic the complex designs found in the surface of the original, medieval Damascus steel.
One explanation of the legendary properties of Damascus steel is that the pattern consists of alternating bands of very hard but brittle iron carbide or cementite and softer more flexible iron. Another hypothesis for the hardness of Damascus steel is that the steel contains a small amount of vanadium, which would theoretically strengthen the blade[citation needed].
In late 2006, a group of scientists headed by Peter Paufler found direct evidence of nanotubes and nanowires in a sample of a 17th century sword forged from Damascus steel. The complex process of forging and annealing is thought to have accounted for the nano-scale structures.
The origins of the name Damascus remains somewhat controversial. Damascus steel was originally made using ore with a certain chemical composition from a mine that is now exhausted[citation needed]. So attempts at reproduction are difficult at best.
It would seem obvious that the name Damascus refers to swords forged in Damascus, but there are several other possible sources of the name. One is the name of the swordsmith himself: the author al-Beruni refers to swords made by a man he names Damashqi. Another author, al-Kindi, refers to swords made in Damascus as Damascene. This word has often been employed as an epithet in various Eastern European legends (Sabya Damaskinya or Sablja Dimiskija meaning "Damascene sword"), of which perhaps the best known are the Serbian legends of Prince Marko, a historical figure of the late 14th century in what is now the Republic of Macedonia.
