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|image=Feruchemical_table.jpg
|related=[[Preservation]], [[Ruin]]
|focus=Metal▼
|prereq=Genetic ability
|type=End-Neutral
|world=Scadrial
|universe=[[Cosmere]]
|books=[[Mistborn (series)]], [[The Stormlight Archive]], [[The Sunlit Man]]
}}{{exemplary|date=2018-04-07}}
{{update|tsm}}
{{spoilers|tsm}}
'''Feruchemy''' is one of the three prime manifestations of [[Investiture]] on [[Scadrial]]. The natives of that world consider it one of the three [[Metallic Arts]].
{{for|:Category:Metals|3=the individual pages for each metal}}
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{| width=80% class=infobox style='text-align:center!;' align=center
! class=title colspan=3 style='background-color:#bbf;' | God Metals{{file ref|Feruchemical table.jpg|Table of Feruchemical Metals}}
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!Shard
!Effect
|-
| '''[[Atium]]'''
| [[Ruin]]
| Stores youth
|-
| '''[[Atium|Pure Atium]]'''
| [[Ruin]]
| Unknown
|-
| '''[[Malatium]]'''
| [[Ruin]]
| Unknown
|-
| '''[[Atium|Atium Alloys]]'''
| [[Ruin]]
| Unknown
|-
| '''[[Lerasium]]'''
| [[Preservation]]
| Unknown
|-
| '''[[Lerasium|Lerasium Alloys]]'''
| [[Preservation]]
| Unknown
|-
| '''[[Harmonium]]'''
| [[Harmony]]
| Unknown
|-
| '''[[Trellium]]'''
| [[Autonomy]]
| Unknown
|-
| '''[[Raysium]]'''
| [[Odium]]
| Unknown
|-
|}
Apart from the regular metals, [[Scadrial]] also has access to two God Metals, formed of the [[Investiture]]s of [[Ruin]] and [[Preservation]]. While the Feruchemical properties of [[lerasium]], Preservation's God Metal, are unknown, Ruin's metal, [[atium]], allows for storing youth,{{book ref|mb7|part=ars}} letting a person appear younger or older. Ordinarily, this power has limited use outside of temporary disguise, as one must spend equal time old and young. However, it can be Compounded to greatly extend the user's lifespan.{{book ref|mb1|epilogue}} Following the [[Catacendre]], there is also [[ettmetal|harmonium]], made of [[Harmony]]'s Investiture;{{wob ref|1033}} however, its Feruchemical properties are unknown and it is difficult to experiment with as it explodes when in contact with water.{{book ref|mb6|22}} The God Metals can also form alloys with each of the sixteen lesser metals. It is hypothesized that each of these God Metal-lesser metal alloys would allow other Feruchemical abilities to be discovered.{{book ref|mb4|part=ars}}
The earliest inspiration for Feruchemy dates to when Brandon was a teenager and had insomnia. He would lie awake at night and be really tired during the day, so he wished that he could store up his sleepiness so that he could be sleepy when he wanted to be sleepy.{{wob ref|8974}}
An early version of Feruchemy
The attributes stored in brass (warmth) and electrum (determination) were originally supposed to be reversed. By the time Brandon realized his mistake, brass storing warmth had already been canonized in released books. Brandon decided not to retcon this, citing the fact that Feruchemy operates on different principles than Allomancy.{{wob ref|5508}} Brandon also notes that the organization of the metals in the Feruchemical chart is of human invention.{{wob ref|1090}} Isaac Stewart also confirmed that the Feruchemical symbols for chromium and nicrosil were mistakenly swapped on the Feruchemical table (i.e. the symbols are in the correct position on the table itself, but the wrong metals were assigned to them). This may be corrected in the future.{{wob ref|11030}}
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