Orihalcon

Orihalcon is the most powerful forgeable material in Golden Sun: The Lost Age. It is described as "An ore of great power". Because it is an Artifact, it can be sold and later repurchased. It can be bought for 4000 coins and sold for 3000 coins.

Locations In Golden Sun: The Lost Age
Orihalcon can be obtained in the following areas:


 * A chest in Anemos Inner Sanctum
 * Mars Lighthouse
 * From an transfer-data event during the first departure from Contigo after the reuinion, assuming Isaac's party rescued Hammet from Dodonpa in Golden Sun.
 * A chest in Yampi Desert Cave

It can also be dropped (extremely rarely) from a Sky Dragon in Anemos Sanctum (fell it with Jupiter Djinn to increase drop rate by four times).

Items Forged from Orihalcon
Big Bang Gloves: Glove class: Defense +47: Mars power +40. It is bought for 10200 coins and sold for 7650 coins. The chance of it being forged is 15%.

Cosmos Shield: Shield class: Defense +49: All elemental resistances +20. It is bought for 12200 coins and sold for 9150 coins. The chance of it being forged is 15%.

Excalibur: Long Sword class: Attack +180: Unleashes Legend, which converts to Jupiter damage, adds 73 attack points, and may strike for 3 times the damage. It is bought for 29200 coins and sold for 21900 coins. The chance of it being forged is 5%.

Millenium Helm: Helm class: Defense +48: Maximum HP +20. It is bought for 11400 coins and sold for 8550 coins. The chance of it being forged is 20%.

Nebula Wand: Staff class: Attack +165: Unleashes Reverse Star, which converts to Mercury damage, adds 63 damage points, and may add 10% of the damage done to the user's own PP meter. It is bought for 15200 coins and sold for 11400 coins. The chance of it being forged is 10%.

Stellar Axe: Axe class: Attack +171: Unleashes Supernova, which converts to Jupiter damage, adds 63 attack points, and may stun the target. It is bought for 19700 coins and sold for 14775 coins. The chance of it being forged is 10%.

Xylion Armor: Armor class: Defense +50: Attack +12. It is bought for 22500 coins and sold for 16875 coins. The chance of it being forged is 20%.

Analysis
Due to the power of the equipment forged from this material, Orihalcon is a highly desirable and extremely practical item, which many players seeking out multiple copies (usually using the RNG method to make the item much more accessible). The items forged from it include; Excalibur, which is the second best weapon in the game due to its ability to potentially triple the user's damage output. While the Sol Blade will, on average, deal more damage than the Excalibur, the fact that only one Sol Blade can be acquired means that multiple copies of Excalibur are desirable for use by the three remaining warrior-style Adepts. The Cosmos Shield, which is the best hand-armor available for a player wishing to improve their Adept's defensive abilities (having excellent Defence and Resistance boosts). The other hand-mounted armour, the Big Bang Gloves are also useful as the 40-point Mars-power boost will markedly improve upon the potency of any Adept using Mars-aligned abilities. The Nebula Wand's PP restoration and Mercury-aliment make it arguably the best weapon for Mia to equip. The Millenium Helm and Xylion Armor are generally strong defensive items with generally strong statistics buffs. Perhaps the only item that is almost completely undesirable is the Stellar Axe, as, even though it is a powerful item in its own right, it is far inferior to Excalibur.

Cultural Allusions
The material "Orichalcum" is a brass/gold-like metal mentioned in several ancient texts, such as Plato's account of the mythological civilisation of Atlantis.

RNG Method
Here is the RNG method for how to get the Orihalcon.

Orihalcon Dropped by Sky Dragons in Anemos Sanctum. Standard rules apply.

Party Order: Felix, Jenna, Sheba, Piers Attack order: Sheba, Felix, Jenna, Piers

Round 1

Felix casts Quake Sphere! Big Arrow: Sky Dragon

Jenna casts Cycle Beam! Big Arrow: Sky Dragon

Sheba casts Shine Plasma! Big Arrow: Other Enemy

Piers casts Glacier! Big Arrow: Other Enemy

Round 2

Felix casts Earthquake! Big Arrow: Sky Dragon

Jenna casts Cycle Beam! Big Arrow: Sky Dragon

Sheba unleashes Whorl! You felled Sky Dragon!

Piers attacks other enemy! You felled other enemy!

You got some Orihalcon.