Alternate Materials

Using the guidelines on this page, you can convert any material into any other, for any product.  Your shoes, for example, can be made of fine deer leather, ostrich, wood, wolf pelt, paper-mache, silver, or solid ruby… if you have the price.
As a rule, half of the cost of a manufactured good is in the materials to make it, and half is workmanship. To convert materials, first cut the original price in half. This is figuring about half the price of an item is in materials, and the other half of the cost is workmanship. Next, divide the materials cost (the half that we just found) by the number on the chart next to the substance that makes up the item. Now multiply that result by the number next to the desired material. This product is added to the workmanship cost—that's the half of the original cost that we found first. This final sum is the cost to purchase the item when made from the alternate material. If you are converting a commodity—that is, you are trading in tin for lumber, or something—then there is no workmanship cost. In these cases do not divide in half at the start.
If the final product is an unusual one (e.g. you want your jacket made out of paper mache rather than leather) then double the final cost. If it goes beyond the unusual into silly or even assinine (if you want a porcelain jacket) double that again.
Material 	Conversion number
Abyssal rock 	666
Acacia 	245
Amber 	29599
Ash 	184
Bamboo 	70
Basalt 	429
Bear skin/fur 	555
Beaver fur 	333
Beech 	133
Birch 	73
Blackwood 	1924
Bone 	592
Brass 	889
Brick 	14
Brocade 	1406
Bronze 	1185
Brownstone 	414
Buckram 	186
Camelhair 	96
Canvas or cotton duck 	129
Cedar 	119
Cement/concrete 	48
Ceramic 	297
Cherry 	415
Clay 	41
Copper 	594
Coral 	118
Cork 	137
Cotton, denim 	236
Cotton, muslin 	162
Cotton, regular 	81
Crystal, amethyst, carved solid 	22201
Crystal, amethyst, studded 	3552
Crystal, lead 	814
Crystal, quartz, carved solid 	13320
Crystal, quartz, studded 	1182
Diamond, carved solid 	592007
Diamond, studded 	185000
Dolomite 	443
Ebony 	2368
Elm 	148
Emerald, carved solid 	703030
Emerald, studded 	189447
Ermine 	962
Felt 	325
Fir 	177
Fox fur 	925
Glass 	469
Gold 	75480
Granite 	533
Great cat fur 	784
Gypsum, Alabaster 	3034
Gypsum, ordinary 	389
Hemp 	170
Horse hide 	104
Horsehair 	76
Iron 	15
Ironwood 	248
Ivory 	9472
Jade, carved solid 	51810
Jade, plated/embedded 	34040
Jute 	146
Kapok 	445
Kendyr 	156
Khaki 	178
Lace, cotton 	629
Latex, caoutchouc or elaterite 	416
Laurel 	59
Lava stone 	363
Lead 	75
Leather/hide, alcove 	30
Leather/hide, buffalo/bison 	340
Leather/hide, calf 	422
Leather/hide, cow 	295
Leather/hide, davenport 	303
Leather/hide, deer 	222
Leather/hide, divan 	289
Leather/hide, foet 	1944
Leather/hide, formald 	163
Leather/hide, gazebo 	407
Leather/hide, great reptile 	446
Leather/hide, naga 	503
Leather/hide, pig or goat 	185
Leather/hide, shark 	667
Limestone 	366
Linden 	140
Linen, cambric 	519
Linen, damask 	141
Linen, ordinary 	66
Mahogany 	266
Maple 	207
Marble 	893
Marten fur 	732
Mohair/Moire 	259
Nickel 	149
Oak 	238
Obsidian 	1480
Ostrich skin 	518
Otter 	710
Paper or papier-mâché 	8
Pearl, carved solid 	7400
Pearl, studded 	3997
Pewter 	821
Pine 	111
Plaster 	37
Platinum 	150960
Poplar 	155
Porcelain 	521
Rabbit skin/fur 	74
Ramie 	244
Rawhide 	147
Resin 	442
Rubber, vulcanized 	251
Ruby, carved solid 	777077
Ruby, studded 	192410
Russet 	221
Sable 	741
Sandstone 	399
Sapphire, carved solid 	707667
Sapphire, studded 	190923
Satin, farmer's 	273
Satin, silk 	2146
Seal fur 	590
Sealskin 	384
Serge, woollen 	112
Sericeous, silk serge 	1036
Shell, common 	311
Shell, fancy 	593
Shell, mother-of-pearl, highest quality	119141
Shell, nacre 	1333
Silk, ordinary, silkworm 	888
Silk, other bug 	1184
Silk, spider or goat 	2738
Silver 	3774
Snakeskin, common 	591
Snakeskin, deadly 	744
Spruce 	89
Squirrel fur 	208
Steel 	296
Teak 	595
Terra cotta 	44
Tin 	740
Velvet, silk-on-cotton 	1332
Wicker 	29
Wolf pelt 	658
Wood, low-grade local 	56
Wool, angora 	1199
Wool, flannel 	370
Wool, llama or alpaca 	123
Wool, sheep, ordinary 	88
Wool, worsted 	444
Wool, yak 	192
Zebra fur 	157
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