Weapons and armor may be made of special materials. These materials will alter the properties (and value) of said equipment.

List of materials in NWN2

Hides

Hides are primarily used for leather armor, or as scales for heavier armor.

• Leather hide (standard hide)
• Salamander hide (fire resistance, weight reduction, for leathers only)
• Umber hulk hide (resistance to mind spells)
• Wyvern hide (increased poison saves, for plate armor)
• Red dragon hide (fire resistance, weight reduction, used for scale/plate armor)

Metal

Metal ingots are used to make many weapons, chainmail, scalemail, or plate armor.

• Iron (standard metal)
• Cold iron (bypasses some creatures' DR, weapons only)
• Alchemical silver (bypasses some creatures' DR, weapons only)
• Mithral (weight reduction, plus lower armor check penalties and lower chance of arcane spell failure on armor)
• Darksteel (acid resistance on armor and +1 electrical damage on weapons)
• Adamantine (damage reductions to armor, +2 magic damage to weapons and bypasses some creatures' DR)

Wood

• Basic wood
• Shederran (adds attack bonus to crossbows, adds Mighty to bows, not usable with staff/spear/shield)
• Duskwood (adds attack bonus to crossbows, adds Mighty to bows, weight reduction on shields, +1 magic damage on quarterstaff)
• Zalantar (adds attack bonus to crossbows, adds Mighty to bows, reduces shield arcane spell failure, +1 electrical damage on quarterstaff)