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* ''BoBoiBoy'': Gopal has the ability of molecular manipulation, which allows the wielder to change the molecular structure of one object into another based on the wielder's imagination. Gopal's powers were initially thought to be simply [[FoodBasedSuperpowers changing objects into food]] since Gopal is a BigEater.
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* ''Series/KamenRiderKuuga'': Kuuga's Dragon, Pegasus, and Titan forms allow him to temporarily transmute objects items of a certain shape into weapons suited to his forms. High tier Guronji also have this ability.
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* ''Literature/TheWheelOfTime'': The [[FunctionalMagic One Power]] has the limited ability to transform substances beyond simple physical changes. However, midway through the series, Egwene reinvents the long-lost spell to transmute iron into the [[MadeOfIndestructium indestructible]] substance ''cuendillar''.
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* ''Webcomic/SaturdayMorningBreakfastCereal'': Jesus [[https://www.smbc-comics.com/?id=1871 transforms]] water into wine with a SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: the new elements are created through nuclear fusion, with the side effect of a massive explosion.
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* ComicBook/{{Invincible}}'s girlfriend and eventual wife, Atom Eve [[SwissArmySuperpower is very versatile with her power of matter transmutation]]. As long as she knows how something is made up, she can change it into something else and since she was created with a deep understanding of chemistry and molecular structure, her abilities are only limited by her imagination. She can change living and non-living matter, make atoms obey her will, create new atoms and form complex forms of life out of non-living matter, fly, create force-fields, shape energy to make any object she can visualize, turn intangible by passing her atomic particles through the spaces between the atoms of the object through which she is moving and augment normally unhealthy food such as cakes into nutritious foods. One major downside of her ability is that any unused atoms are absorbed into her body, which are then removed as waste. She has claimed that when she uses her powers a lot she has to "go to the bathroom" six or seven times a day.
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* ComicBook/{{Invincible}}'s girlfriend and eventual wife, ''ComicBook/{{Invincible}}'': Atom Eve [[SwissArmySuperpower is very versatile with her power of matter transmutation]]. As long as she knows how something is made up, she can change it into something else and since she was created with a deep understanding of chemistry and molecular structure, her abilities are only limited by her imagination. She can change living and non-living matter, make atoms obey her will, create new atoms and form complex forms of life out of non-living matter, fly, create force-fields, shape energy to make any object she can visualize, turn intangible by passing her atomic particles through the spaces between the atoms of the object through which she is moving and augment normally unhealthy food such as cakes into nutritious foods. One major downside of her ability is that any unused atoms are absorbed into her body, which are then removed as waste. She has claimed that when she uses her powers a lot she has to "go to the bathroom" six or seven times a day.
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* Grey from ''Manga/BlackClover''. At first it seems that her Transformation Magic can only be used to shapeshift. It's later revealed that she can transform objects and alter magics themselves by converting elemental spells into a different attribute. Gauche guesses that because she can transform other objects and magic, she doesn't actually have Transformation Magic.
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* ''ComicBook/{{Xombi}}'': David Kim has limited transmutation abilities due to the {{Nanomachines}} in his body.
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* ''Literature/TheWheelOfTime'': The [[FunctionalMagic One Power]] has the limited ability to transform substances beyond simple physical changes; however, changes. However, midway through the series, Egwene reinvents the long-lost spell to transmute iron into the [[MadeOfIndestructium indestructible]] substance ''cuendillar''.
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* ''ComicBook/TheEternals'': Sersi's special ability is matter rearrangement and she is the only fifth level adept (the highest level possible among Eternals) in that discipline. [[TheDreaded Amongst the Eternals it is said that even Prime-Eternal Zuras, the mightiest of all Eternals, fear her.]]
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* ''VideoGame/DarkSoulsIII'': Ludleth of Courland is a practitioner of transposition, the art of converting particularly strong souls into weapons and items. You'll have to find him a suitable kiln before he can do it.
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** Most spellcasting [[CharacterClass classes]] have some use of the School of Transmutation, which includes spells like ''{{baleful polymorph}}'' and ''[[TakenForGranite flesh to stone]]''. Spells that transmute substances can be specific (e.g.: ''transmute metal to wood'') or general (e.g.: ''polymorph any object'', which can turn almost anything into almost anything), but most can be {{Dispel|Magic}}led or [[NoOntologicalInertia have a limited duration]].
** 5[[superscript:th]] Edition wizards who specialize in the School of Transmutation can {{alchem|yIsMagic}}ically transform a wood, non-precious stone, iron, copper, or silver object into another one of those substances [[NoOntologicalInertia for short time]].
** 5[[superscript:th]] Edition wizards who specialize in the School of Transmutation can {{alchem|yIsMagic}}ically transform a wood, non-precious stone, iron, copper, or silver object into another one of those substances [[NoOntologicalInertia for short time]].
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** Most spellcasting [[CharacterClass classes]] {{class|AndLevelSystem}}es have some use of the School of Transmutation, which includes spells like ''{{baleful polymorph}}'' and ''[[TakenForGranite flesh to stone]]''. Spells that transmute substances can be specific (e.g.: ''transmute metal to wood'') or general (e.g.: ''polymorph any object'', which can turn almost anything into almost anything), but most can be {{Dispel|Magic}}led or [[NoOntologicalInertia have a limited duration]].
** 5[[superscript:th]] Edition wizards who specialize in the School of Transmutation can {{alchem|yIsMagic}}ically transform a wood, non-precious stone, iron, copper, or silver object into another one of those substances [[NoOntologicalInertia for a short time]].
** 5[[superscript:th]] Edition wizards who specialize in the School of Transmutation can {{alchem|yIsMagic}}ically transform a wood, non-precious stone, iron, copper, or silver object into another one of those substances [[NoOntologicalInertia for a short time]].
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* ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'', 1st Edition Advanced D&D compatible supplement ''The Dragon Tree Spell Book''. The spell Transubstantiation is used by dragons to change one chemical element to another. One standard use is to change various substances to gold and adding it to their treasure. In one case, a dragon changed a stone bridge into hydrogen while its enemies were standing on it. It then cast a lightning bolt into the hydrogen cloud, causing the cloud to explosively combine with atmospheric oxygen.
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** 1st Edition Advanced D&D compatible supplement ''The Dragon Tree Spell Book''. The spell Transubstantiation is used by dragons to change one chemical element to another. One standard use is to change various substances to gold and adding it to their treasure. In one case, a dragon changed a stone bridge into hydrogen while its enemies were standing on it. It then cast a lightning bolt into the hydrogen cloud, causing the cloud to explosively combine with atmosphericoxygen.oxygen.
** Most spellcasting [[CharacterClass classes]] have some use of the School of Transmutation, which includes spells like ''{{baleful polymorph}}'' and ''[[TakenForGranite flesh to stone]]''. Spells that transmute substances can be specific (e.g.: ''transmute metal to wood'') or general (e.g.: ''polymorph any object'', which can turn almost anything into almost anything), but most can be {{Dispel|Magic}}led or [[NoOntologicalInertia have a limited duration]].
** 5[[superscript:th]] Edition wizards who specialize in the School of Transmutation can {{alchem|yIsMagic}}ically transform a wood, non-precious stone, iron, copper, or silver object into another one of those substances [[NoOntologicalInertia for short time]].
** 1st Edition Advanced D&D compatible supplement ''The Dragon Tree Spell Book''. The spell Transubstantiation is used by dragons to change one chemical element to another. One standard use is to change various substances to gold and adding it to their treasure. In one case, a dragon changed a stone bridge into hydrogen while its enemies were standing on it. It then cast a lightning bolt into the hydrogen cloud, causing the cloud to explosively combine with atmospheric
** Most spellcasting [[CharacterClass classes]] have some use of the School of Transmutation, which includes spells like ''{{baleful polymorph}}'' and ''[[TakenForGranite flesh to stone]]''. Spells that transmute substances can be specific (e.g.: ''transmute metal to wood'') or general (e.g.: ''polymorph any object'', which can turn almost anything into almost anything), but most can be {{Dispel|Magic}}led or [[NoOntologicalInertia have a limited duration]].
** 5[[superscript:th]] Edition wizards who specialize in the School of Transmutation can {{alchem|yIsMagic}}ically transform a wood, non-precious stone, iron, copper, or silver object into another one of those substances [[NoOntologicalInertia for short time]].
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SubTrope for {{Shapeshifting}}. Serves as a SuperTrope to MidasTouch, PhilosophersStone, and TakenForGranite.
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* ''Franchise/TheFlash'': Dr Alchemy possesses the Philosopher's Stone which can transmute any object into another.
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->'''Cio:''' The Arts are three: Red, White, and Black. Red can only change one thing into another. Tha has changed the air itself into ''raw, untapped potential.'' Waiting to be shaped. Now...
->'''Allison:''' ''BECOME.''
->'''Allison:''' ''BECOME.''
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->'''Cio:''' The Arts are three: Red, White, and Black. Red can only change one thing into another. Tha has changed the air itself into ''raw, untapped potential.'' Waiting to be shaped. Now...
->'''Allison:'''Now...\\
'''Allison:''' ''BECOME.''
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* ''Literature/TheWheelOfTime'': The [[FunctionalMagic One Power]] has limited ability to transform substances beyond simple physical changes; however, midway through the series, Egwene reinvents the long-lost spell to transmute iron into the [[MadeOfIndestructium indestructible]] substance ''cuendillar''.
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* ''Series/TheFortyFourHundred'': In "The Great Leap Forward", Meghan develops the ability to transmute matter through the power of thought after being exposed to promicin. While she is signing a report in her office, her pen turns into a lilac.
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* ''Series/TheFortyFourHundred'': In "The Great Leap Forward", Meghan develops the ability to transmute matter through the power of thought after being exposed to promicin. While she is signing a report in her office, her pen turns into a lilac.
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* ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'': Alchemy, the process by which transmutation is induced in this universe, is a science rather than a mystic art. Alchemy follows the Law of EquivalentExchange and the sequence of transmutation follows the sequence of:
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* ''ComicBook/TheEternals'': Sersi's special ability is matter rearrangement and the only fifth level adept, the highest level possible among Eternals, in that discipline. [[TheDreaded Amongst the Eternals it is said that even Prime-Eternal Zuras, the mightiest of all Eternals, fear her.]]
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->'''Cio:''' The Arts are three: Red, White, and Black. Red can only change one thing into another. Tha has changed the air itself into ''raw, untapped potential.'' Waiting to be shaped. Now...
->'''Allison:''' ''BECOME.''
-->-- ''Webcomic/KillSixBillionDemons'', [[https://killsixbilliondemons.com/comic/king-of-swords-4-37/ King of Swords 4-37]]
Transmutation is the process by which one form of matter is converted into another. In RealLife (and sometimes in fiction), this involves a change in the nucleus of an atom. When the number of protons in the nucleus of an atom is altered, the identity of that atom changes as it is turned into another element or isotope. This transmutation process can be either natural or artificial.
Fiction tends to take a bit of ArtisticLicense with what Transmutation is and how it works, especially when Transmutation is a superpower.
Transmutation can be expected to appear in works where AlchemyIsMagic.
See also MidasTouch. Serves as a SuperTrope to TakenForGranite and a SubTrope for {{Shapeshifting}}.
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* Grey from ''Manga/BlackClover''. At first it seems that her Transformation Magic can only be used to shapeshift. It's later revealed that she can transform objects and alter magics themselves by converting elemental spells into a different attribute. Gauche guesses that because she can transform other objects and magic, she doesn't actually have Transformation Magic.
* ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'': Alchemy, the process by which transmutation is induced in this universe, is a science rather than a mystic art. Alchemy follows the Law of EquivalentExchange and the sequence of transmutation follows the sequence of:
** Comprehension - Understanding the inherent structure and properties of the atomic or molecular makeup of a particular material to be transmuted.
** Deconstruction - Using energy to break down the physical structure of the material so as to make it more malleable.
** Reconstruction - Reforming the material into a new shape.
* ''Manga/HunterXHunter'': Transmutation is one of the [[MagicAIsMagicA Nen]] types. Transmuters have the ability to alter the properties of their BattleAura to mimic something else, or only specific attributes. Prominent examples include Killua, who can transmute his aura into [[ShockAndAwe electricity]], and Hisoka, who can make his aura elastic and adhesive.
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* ''ComicBook/TheEternals'': Sersi's special ability is matter rearrangement and the only fifth level adept, the highest level possible among Eternals, in that discipline. [[TheDreaded Amongst the Eternals it is said that even Prime-Eternal Zuras, the mightiest of all Eternals, fear her.]]
* Every character who has taken on the moniker of ''ComicBook/{{Firestorm}}'' has this ability. The first Firestorm could not affect organic matter but the Jason Rusch incarnation did not have this limitation.
* ComicBook/{{Invincible}}'s girlfriend and eventual wife, Atom Eve [[SwissArmySuperpower is very versatile with her power of matter transmutation]]. As long as she knows how something is made up, she can change it into something else and since she was created with a deep understanding of chemistry and molecular structure, her abilities are only limited by her imagination. She can change living and non-living matter, make atoms obey her will, create new atoms and form complex forms of life out of non-living matter, fly, create force-fields, shape energy to make any object she can visualize, turn intangible by passing her atomic particles through the spaces between the atoms of the object through which she is moving and augment normally unhealthy food such as cakes into nutritious foods. One major downside of her ability is that any unused atoms are absorbed into her body, which are then removed as waste. She has claimed that when she uses her powers a lot she has to "go to the bathroom" six or seven times a day.
* ''ComicBook/LegionOfSuperheroes'': The hero Element Lad and the villain Cosmic King both have the ability to change chemical elements into other elements.
* ''ComicBook/TeenTitans'' has Shimmer, a member of the Fearsome Five, who can transmute any element or compound into another. The change only lasts for a few minutes and she can only affect materials within a radius of three feet.
* ''ComicBook/{{Thorgal}}'': Jolan can psychically rearrange atoms to disintegrate objects. His mentor has even greater control over it, able to rearrange them into different objects at will, such as making a flower from thin air.
* ''ComicBook/{{Xombi}}'': David Kim has limited transmutation abilities due to the {{Nanomachines}} in his body.
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* ''Fanfic/DungeonKeeperAmi'': Magic can be turned into something that looks like gold, gold can substitute for magic, and magic can be used to gather and shape ambient matter into solid objects like paper.
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* ''Literature/HarryPotter'': Transfiguration is the magic of turning one object into another. The more two objects are alike, the easier it is to transfigure one into the other.
* ''Literature/TheStormlightArchive'': Radiant Knights of the orders that can use the Surge of Transformation can change one form of matter into another at will, as long as they have enough Stormlight. There are also Soulcasters, {{Magitek}} devices with similar but more limited matter-alteration abilities. For example, some Soulcasters produce only grain, others only stone, etc.
* In ''Literature/TheTraders'', a Foundation merchant bribes a government official on an anti-nucleonic planet to release a Foundation spy with a device that transmutes iron into gold. He then blackmails the official into buying the rest of his cargo at an insane markup with recordings of him using the nucleonic device.
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* ''TabletopGame/ArsMagica'': A spell with the ''Muto'' [[MagicAIsMagicA magical technique]] grants the target properties it would not naturally have, which can mean transforming it into an entirely different substance. For example, a ''Muto [[DishingOutDirt Terram]]'' spell could turn dirt into gold, or, with an ''[[{{Biomanipulation}} Animal]]'' prerequisite, turn dirt into badgers.
* ''TabletopGame/{{Champions}}''. The Transform power can change one element into another, such as turning base metals into gold.
* ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'', 1st Edition Advanced D&D compatible supplement ''The Dragon Tree Spell Book''. The spell Transubstantiation is used by dragons to change one chemical element to another. One standard use is to change various substances to gold and adding it to their treasure. In one case, a dragon changed a stone bridge into hydrogen while its enemies were standing on it. It then cast a lightning bolt into the hydrogen cloud, causing the cloud to explosively combine with atmospheric oxygen.
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** ''TabletopGame/GURPSSupers''. The Alter superpower allows one element or compound to be changed to another.
**''GURPS Magic''. Transform spells can change one substance (element or compound) into another.
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* ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim'': Applies to the Transmute spell, which turns iron ore into silver, and silver ore into gold.
*''VideoGame/WarcraftIII'': The Goblin Alchemist's Transmute ability instantly kills an enemy unit and gives gold depending on its cost. It can only be used on weaker creeps and has a long cooldown period, though.
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* ''Webcomic/KillSixBillionDemons'': Transmutation is integral to the "Art of Lying to the Face of God", or magic. The Red Art of Dominion empowers a practitioner to convince the universe that one form of physical matter is actually another form, like creating fruit out of thin air. The White Art of Division can transform the self, like [[DimensionalTraveler traveling across dimensions]]. Combined, they can achieve effects like a BalefulPolymorph.
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* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'': The [[ShowWithinAShow story being told]] in "A Hearth's Warming Tail" features the main character, Snowfall Frost, attempting to transmutate a lump of coal into gold. She almost succeeds until the ringing of bells out in the street breaks her concentration.
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* Breeder reactors are intended to change one type of fissile material to another, such as uranium to plutonium (for nuclear weapons), or thorium to uranium (to recycle nuclear waste).
* There have been numerous attempts to use nuclear reactors or particle accelerators to transmute [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synthesis_of_precious_metals metals into precious metals]], but few of them are cost-effective.
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-->-- ''Webcomic/KillSixBillionDemons'', [[https://killsixbilliondemons.com/comic/king-of-swords-4-37/ King of Swords 4-37]]
Transmutation is the process by which one form of matter is converted into another. In RealLife (and sometimes in fiction), this involves a change in the nucleus of an atom. When the number of protons in the nucleus of an atom is altered, the identity of that atom changes as it is turned into another element or isotope. This transmutation process can be either natural or artificial.
Fiction tends to take a bit of ArtisticLicense with what Transmutation is and how it works, especially when Transmutation is a superpower.
Transmutation can be expected to appear in works where AlchemyIsMagic.
See also MidasTouch. Serves as a SuperTrope to TakenForGranite and a SubTrope for {{Shapeshifting}}.
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* Grey from ''Manga/BlackClover''. At first it seems that her Transformation Magic can only be used to shapeshift. It's later revealed that she can transform objects and alter magics themselves by converting elemental spells into a different attribute. Gauche guesses that because she can transform other objects and magic, she doesn't actually have Transformation Magic.
* ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'': Alchemy, the process by which transmutation is induced in this universe, is a science rather than a mystic art. Alchemy follows the Law of EquivalentExchange and the sequence of transmutation follows the sequence of:
** Comprehension - Understanding the inherent structure and properties of the atomic or molecular makeup of a particular material to be transmuted.
** Deconstruction - Using energy to break down the physical structure of the material so as to make it more malleable.
** Reconstruction - Reforming the material into a new shape.
* ''Manga/HunterXHunter'': Transmutation is one of the [[MagicAIsMagicA Nen]] types. Transmuters have the ability to alter the properties of their BattleAura to mimic something else, or only specific attributes. Prominent examples include Killua, who can transmute his aura into [[ShockAndAwe electricity]], and Hisoka, who can make his aura elastic and adhesive.
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* ''ComicBook/TheEternals'': Sersi's special ability is matter rearrangement and the only fifth level adept, the highest level possible among Eternals, in that discipline. [[TheDreaded Amongst the Eternals it is said that even Prime-Eternal Zuras, the mightiest of all Eternals, fear her.]]
* Every character who has taken on the moniker of ''ComicBook/{{Firestorm}}'' has this ability. The first Firestorm could not affect organic matter but the Jason Rusch incarnation did not have this limitation.
* ComicBook/{{Invincible}}'s girlfriend and eventual wife, Atom Eve [[SwissArmySuperpower is very versatile with her power of matter transmutation]]. As long as she knows how something is made up, she can change it into something else and since she was created with a deep understanding of chemistry and molecular structure, her abilities are only limited by her imagination. She can change living and non-living matter, make atoms obey her will, create new atoms and form complex forms of life out of non-living matter, fly, create force-fields, shape energy to make any object she can visualize, turn intangible by passing her atomic particles through the spaces between the atoms of the object through which she is moving and augment normally unhealthy food such as cakes into nutritious foods. One major downside of her ability is that any unused atoms are absorbed into her body, which are then removed as waste. She has claimed that when she uses her powers a lot she has to "go to the bathroom" six or seven times a day.
* ''ComicBook/LegionOfSuperheroes'': The hero Element Lad and the villain Cosmic King both have the ability to change chemical elements into other elements.
* ''ComicBook/TeenTitans'' has Shimmer, a member of the Fearsome Five, who can transmute any element or compound into another. The change only lasts for a few minutes and she can only affect materials within a radius of three feet.
* ''ComicBook/{{Thorgal}}'': Jolan can psychically rearrange atoms to disintegrate objects. His mentor has even greater control over it, able to rearrange them into different objects at will, such as making a flower from thin air.
* ''ComicBook/{{Xombi}}'': David Kim has limited transmutation abilities due to the {{Nanomachines}} in his body.
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* ''Fanfic/DungeonKeeperAmi'': Magic can be turned into something that looks like gold, gold can substitute for magic, and magic can be used to gather and shape ambient matter into solid objects like paper.
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* ''Literature/HarryPotter'': Transfiguration is the magic of turning one object into another. The more two objects are alike, the easier it is to transfigure one into the other.
* ''Literature/TheStormlightArchive'': Radiant Knights of the orders that can use the Surge of Transformation can change one form of matter into another at will, as long as they have enough Stormlight. There are also Soulcasters, {{Magitek}} devices with similar but more limited matter-alteration abilities. For example, some Soulcasters produce only grain, others only stone, etc.
* In ''Literature/TheTraders'', a Foundation merchant bribes a government official on an anti-nucleonic planet to release a Foundation spy with a device that transmutes iron into gold. He then blackmails the official into buying the rest of his cargo at an insane markup with recordings of him using the nucleonic device.
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* ''TabletopGame/ArsMagica'': A spell with the ''Muto'' [[MagicAIsMagicA magical technique]] grants the target properties it would not naturally have, which can mean transforming it into an entirely different substance. For example, a ''Muto [[DishingOutDirt Terram]]'' spell could turn dirt into gold, or, with an ''[[{{Biomanipulation}} Animal]]'' prerequisite, turn dirt into badgers.
* ''TabletopGame/{{Champions}}''. The Transform power can change one element into another, such as turning base metals into gold.
* ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'', 1st Edition Advanced D&D compatible supplement ''The Dragon Tree Spell Book''. The spell Transubstantiation is used by dragons to change one chemical element to another. One standard use is to change various substances to gold and adding it to their treasure. In one case, a dragon changed a stone bridge into hydrogen while its enemies were standing on it. It then cast a lightning bolt into the hydrogen cloud, causing the cloud to explosively combine with atmospheric oxygen.
* ''TabletopGame/{{GURPS}}''
** ''TabletopGame/GURPSSupers''. The Alter superpower allows one element or compound to be changed to another.
**''GURPS Magic''. Transform spells can change one substance (element or compound) into another.
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[[folder:Video Games]]
* ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim'': Applies to the Transmute spell, which turns iron ore into silver, and silver ore into gold.
*''VideoGame/WarcraftIII'': The Goblin Alchemist's Transmute ability instantly kills an enemy unit and gives gold depending on its cost. It can only be used on weaker creeps and has a long cooldown period, though.
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* ''Webcomic/KillSixBillionDemons'': Transmutation is integral to the "Art of Lying to the Face of God", or magic. The Red Art of Dominion empowers a practitioner to convince the universe that one form of physical matter is actually another form, like creating fruit out of thin air. The White Art of Division can transform the self, like [[DimensionalTraveler traveling across dimensions]]. Combined, they can achieve effects like a BalefulPolymorph.
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[[folder:Western Animation]]
* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'': The [[ShowWithinAShow story being told]] in "A Hearth's Warming Tail" features the main character, Snowfall Frost, attempting to transmutate a lump of coal into gold. She almost succeeds until the ringing of bells out in the street breaks her concentration.
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[[folder:Real Life]]
* Breeder reactors are intended to change one type of fissile material to another, such as uranium to plutonium (for nuclear weapons), or thorium to uranium (to recycle nuclear waste).
* There have been numerous attempts to use nuclear reactors or particle accelerators to transmute [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synthesis_of_precious_metals metals into precious metals]], but few of them are cost-effective.
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