How to Craft an Allomantic Vial and Store Metals

Filling the Vial

An Allomantic Vial is the container you carry your metal reserves in. Craft it, then combine it with the metal flakes you have produced so it holds a usable charge. The vial itself is a crafting_shapeless recipe, so the arrangement of ingredients does not matter — only that the correct items are present.

Which Flakes to Use

Every metal in the mod has a matching flake form: Aluminum Flakes, Bendalloy Flakes, Brass Flakes, Bronze Flakes, Cadmium Flakes, Chromium Flakes, Copper Flakes, Duralumin Flakes, Electrum Flakes, Gold Flakes, Iron Flakes, Lead Flakes, Nicrosil Flakes, Pewter Flakes, Silver Flakes, Steel Flakes, Tin Flakes, and Zinc Flakes. Each flake type is produced by grinding the corresponding ingot or raw material, so decide which metal you want to burn before you commit flakes to a vial.

Carrying More Than One

A Coin Bag holds multiple vials so you are not caught without a reserve mid-fight. Keep spare filled vials in the bag and refill from your flake stock between trips. Because flakes come from ingots, keep a stack of the relevant ingot on hand so you can grind more flakes whenever your vials run dry.