# Metal
Metal is a material used for metallic objects in NetHack that are not iron, mithril, copper, platinum, silver, or gold. Metal objects are immune to erosion. 

Description
The following objects are metal:

ya
scalpel
tsurugi
whistle
tin
some wands (tin, iridium, zinc, aluminium, and uranium)
Variants
In variants with an object materials system, metal versions of metallic objects are referred to as steel.

UnNetHack
In UnNetHack, the following items are also metal:

crystal pick
tinfoil hat