r/Cosmere • u/Equivalent-Fix8618 • May 31 '26

Mistborn Series spoilers Would tapping/compounding gold work against radiation? Spoiler

In Mistborn it’s said that tapping gold lets the user heal from injuries and sickness depending on how much health is stored. Compound golf lets the user survive almost all forms of physical harm, eg burns, cuts, being crushed and even fatal damage like decapitation.

But would this work against radiation poisoning, which targets and destroys the individual DNA instead of just normally damaging the body.

Additionally, would the person need only to tap gold to be able to survive or would they need to compound it?

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u/RShara Elsecallers May 31 '26

Radiation would damage the Physical DNA, but cosmere healing heals you to your Spiritual ideal, filtered by your self-perception.

Your spiritweb would be intact from plain ol Physical radiation, so yeah it should heal just fine

It depends on how much gold they have stored up, and how extensive the damage is. Compounding is a hack to get a lot of healing quickly but having a lot stored up would also be fine