History Main / SilverHasMysticPowers

** And in ''TheMagiciansNephew'', the [[HowDoYouLikeThemApples apples]] of immortality are made of silver.

* ''DungeonsAndDragons'' uses this a lot for so many items.

** ForgottenRealms supplement ''Volo's Guide to All Things Magical''. Silver is the metal most associated with and suitable for magic. Magic items that involve moon-related magics, electricity/lightning and energy discharges (e.g. Magic Missile) will automatically make all saving throws related to item creation magic if they're 60% (or more) silver by weight.

* In ''TheDresdenFiles'', silver is pretty useful all around but ''ancestral'' silver is even better, i.e. it is the only thing that can kill the uber-werewolves ''loup garou''. Harry has inherited a silver amulet from his late mom and it saves his butt at least once.

* Inverted in ''{{Mistborn}}'', where silver is one of the few metals which ''doesn't'' have special powers.

-->Poison may be applied only to ordinary iron or steel non-magic weapons. Silver will not hold poison; the magic radiating from such weapons will burn it off.

If GoldSilverCopperStandard is involved, expect {{gold| makes everything shiny}} to be even more powerful, while silver still has its own powers.

* In a few of ''TheElderScrolls'' games silver weapons (and daedric weapons, which were technically magical in nature) were the only way to harm ghosts without magic.

Compare {{Mithril}} (which is also called "(Moria) silver"), CrystalSkull, PowerCrystal.

* The ManlyWadeWellman protagonist John the Wanderer carries a guitar with silver strings. This is because silver is the only substance in the world Satan fears, and as a consequence, it's proof against all beings of evil and darkness.

Compare {{Mithril}} (which is also called "silver"), CrystalSkull, PowerCrystal.

* In ''Rifts'', Silver is one of the few things that can hurt nearly every supernatural creature in the game, up to and including many ''Gods''. Consequently, nearly every PC in the game usually has at least a single silver-plated knife or cross. One nation at war with a kingdom of vampires equips Silver-plated swords on their ''HumongousMecha''.

* The rat god, in ''Literature/BrideOfTheRatGod'' by BarbaraHambly, can only be sealed away with pictures using silver in them. When the god uses his mind tricks to get a master painter sent away, the people trying to stop it remember that the silver in film could do the same thing (as this took place in Hollywood during TheRoaringTwenties).

* In ''Literature/HarryPotter'', goblin-wrought silver is nigh-invulnerable, and can absorb the properties of what it pierces in order to make itself stronger. It's unclear how the goblins make it this way, or whether it's truly silver or simply called so because the same colour. There are many other objects in the series which are made of silver (the Pensieve) or have the appearance of silver (unicorn blood).

Silver was considered a mystical element in folklore, and thus in fiction, it's properties become reality. The metal can do many things, from channel magic, to stopping evil (including warding off or harming [[OurVampiresAreDifferent vampires]] and [[OurWerewolvesAreDifferent werewolves]]), making magic mirrors, to turning water into a HealingPotion.

Due to the above, silver is almost always considered to be on the good end of magic (and items formed of it may also be MadeOfGood). Some works can make it evil though, or used for evil when LightIsNotGood.

** The "Cloak of Lordliness" is a PimpedOutCape, granting powers to make crowds listen to you, which made of [[PrettyInMink ermine]] sewn together with silver thread.

Due to the above, silver is almost always considered to be on the good end of magic. Some works can make it evil though, or used for evil when LightIsNotGood.

* ''DungeonsAndDragons''

->Silver: The metal of the moon, silver is well-known for being able to ignore lunar-based defensive powers such as those of lycanthropy. Unlike gold, silver will tarnish readily unless protected, but it needs no special preparation for most magical uses. Awakened, 3 ounces of silver (6 quantities for enchanting purposes) will grant moderate bonuses to divinations and magical wards it is used in. Unfortunately, silver is also strongly attuned to goodness and purity, it does not readily tolerate evil enchantments, having a marked tendency to decay into iron should the evil continue to be forced into it, though the presence of blue sapphire will aid the metal in resisting wickedness, and emeralds will weaken the silver if set in it. Like gold, but to a much weaker degree, silver can provide support for a spell, and also like its yellow cousin, it requires strengthening for physical reasons if used in weapons and armor. A wide selection of alloys can be made using silver, many exhibit varying degrees of tolerance for magical lightning, a quality the pure metal does not seem to have. Quite a few spells utilize the innate goodness of silver to strike out at evil, generally this does not harm the metal in the least.