Improved Alchemical Silver (D&D equipment)

Unofficial rules compendium

The damage penalty of Alchemical Silver has been removed, but the price has been multiplied by ten. Standard alchemical silver is still available.

This is an improvement on the standard alchemical silvering process, where the silver alchemically applied only to the surface of the weapon, leaving the interrior of the weapon intact and just as strong and sharp as usual while still bypassing the damage reduction of creatures such as lycanthropes. The alchemical silvering process can’t be applied to nonmetal items, and it doesn’t work on rare metals such as adamantine, cold iron, and mithral.

Type of Alchemical Silver Item	Item Cost Modifier
Ammunition	+20 gp
Light weapon	+200 gp
One-handed weapon, or one head of a double weapon	+900 gp
Two-handed weapon, or both heads of a double weapon	+1,800 gp