What's the hardness / hp per inch of silver?

[willuwontu]

As title. Trying to figure out how to destroy a silver ingot.

[SlimGauge]

You're going to need something like disintegrate, because with out magic, matter can neither be created or destroyed.

Cut the ingot in half ? You get two smaller ingots.

Smash it flat ? You've got silver foil.

The ingot is not depending on its shape to be valuable silver, so "destroying" it by changing its shape does no good.

Now, if it was a locked silver jewelry box that you're trying to break into, that's another issue.

[willuwontu]

Okay, I'm trying to destroy (as in apply to destroyed condition) an object made of silver.

What the hardness of the object, and how can I determine its HP?

[SlimGauge]

If it's a weapon, it's probably made of Alchemical Silver
HP=10/inch, Hardness 8

If it's not reinforced with steel (as Alchemical Silver is described to be), then it'd be less.

We *do* have rules for
Gold

If it's a gold weapon, it's half that of the base weapon.
If it's gold armor, it's hardness 5.

This should give you a ball-park starting estimate.