mithril

plural mithrils · alternative mythril

1. uncountableusuallyfantasyA fictional silvery metal of great strength and value, primarily in fantasy and role-playing settings.

   In order to get the iron ore, mithril and leather strap, you must do the following.

   1993, David Ladyman, Shay Addams, Quest for Clues: The Manual of Swords, page 124

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   ‘The wealth of Moria was not in gold and jewels, the toys of the Dwarves; nor in iron, their servant. Such things they found here, it is true, especially iron; but they did not need to delve for them: all things that they desired they could obtain in traffic. For here alone in the world was found Moria-silver, or true-silver as some have called it: mithril is the Elvish name. The Dwarves have a name which they do not tell. Its worth was ten times that of gold, and now it is beyond price; for little is left above ground, and even the Orcs dare not delve here for it. The lodes lead away north towards Caradhras, and down to darkness. The Dwarves tell no tale; but even as mithril was the foundation of their wealth, so also it was their destruction: they delved too greedily and too deep, and disturbed that from which they fled, Durin’s Bane. Of what they brought to light the Orcs have gathered nearly all, and given it in tribute to Sauron, who covets it.

   1954, J[ohn] R[onald] R[euel] Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring: Being the First Part of The Lord of the Rings, London: George Allen & Unwin, →OCLC; republished Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2012, →ISBN

   Open the double doors to the south and get the mithril plate boots and mithril chain leggings.

   1995, Peter Olafson, Thunderscape: The Official Strategy Guide, page 128

   Once the elf brought in the mithril chainmail shirt, the mithril bracers and leg guards he handed the items to Lord Kale, he put them in the magical pouch on his side for later use, in his mind he knew he had to die for his friends in the near future.

   2012, Matthew Mackenzie, The History of Valin Sol: the Decay Years: Book 1 Rise of Decay, page 113

   A gold dragon's fire could melt iron and steel in seconds, depending on its quality, but this heat only made mithril malleable. Ordin quickly placed a steel rod into the rough mithril sword blank to increase its mass.

   2012, J. Michael Fluck, Dragon Alliance: Rise Against Shadow, page 422

   I was curious what it would take, so doing some calculations based on instamining' hardstone, and comparing hardness, I've determined you need 45k mining speed to instamine mithril. 11.25k with mining speed boost. Is this achievable? Well, looking at the ways of increasing speed on the wiki: […]

   2022 August 24, Yazinator, Hypixel Forums, archived from the original on 09 Nov 2024

   Synonyms: mith

2. countableinformalrareusuallyfantasyA mithril item.

   > […] that mithril ring! What a sweet find. Those mithrils are always nice. I wonder if anyone's found a Mithril of Evasion.

   2000 April 2, [Dalai Lama] <daia...@aol.kom>, “Saturday Night Fever”, in alt.games.diablo (Usenet)

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   I spent an hour or so fiddling around - I really just wanted a Gisarme and some misty javelins - I did not care about the rest of my party. I had about 10 mithrils.

   1994 December 23, Robert Hawkins, “SFII: Mithril Weapons”, in rec.games.video.sega (Usenet)

   Perhaps beef up the mithrils by a point or two at the same time, make it at least conceivable to wear something other than DSM in the endgame.

   2003 September 27, Laura, “Late-game challenges.”, in rec.games.roguelike.nethack (Usenet)