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Ah, right, my apologies for fooling around then.

The amount of metal in-setting is sizeable enough to equip armies if we're talking iron, but that's to be expected. Precious metals also exist (though obviously in smaller quantities) and are much more permeable to qi. Things like lead and mercury are also refined, but the quantity of those in comparison to precious metals is even smaller because of a lack of uses for them. Of course, the tech isn't there for those metals that are even less common, so... Yeah. Also no means of mass production for alloys.

What exists, though, is qi-infused metal from the bodies of metal-affinity creatures. Some beasts eat metal in their diet, which is processed and stored in their bodies. People hunt these beasts for the metal, which usually has some intrinsically good properties. It's also really hard to forge without the right types of qi and the know-how on how to process it, but the end result far outshines regular metals because of it. The older the beast is, the more metal and the higher quality it is. Their strength scales likewise, though.

tl:dr: It's plentiful enough that you can use it efficiently, but good luck replenishing mercury stores if you go that route.
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Thanks for the information. I need to head to sleep before I have time to make a list of some abilities though.