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'''Compounding''' is a technique for using [[Allomancy]] to enhance [[Feruchemy]]. A person capable of compoundingCompounding is referred to as a '''compounderCompounder'''.

To understand the mechanics for this "hack", one must first understand the differences between Allomancy and Feruchemy. Allomancy is considered an end-positive system, meaning power is drawn from an outside source--in this case, from [[Preservation]].{{epigraph ref|mb3|32}} Feruchemy is an end-neutral system, with the power for the magic being drawn directly from the magic user--the amount of [[Investiture]] drawn out of a metalmind is equal to, and limited by, the amount of Investiture that was stored in the first place. In both cases, the type of metal acts as a focus, determining the form in which the magic manifests.{{cite}} When compoundingCompounding is performed, the nature of the Investiture already stored in the metalmind determines the form taken by the magic--thus Feruchemical attributes are released.{{cite}} However, because the Allomancy is fueled by Preservation, the amount of Investiture released is amplified. It is as if a previously hand-powered device were hooked up to an electrical cord to provide greater power output.{{wob ref|851}}

The power of compoundingCompounding is even greater than it may appear at first glance because the Feruchemical attributes being released may also be stored, rather than used, and the process repeated with a greater reserve of Investiture at the compounderCompounder's disposal. Repeated cycles allow for exponential (and effectively infinite) access to Feruchemical attributes.

While compoundingCompounding typically refers to Allomancy enhancing Feruchemy, there is most likely a way for Feruchemy to enhance Allomantic abilities as well.{{17s ref|post|30533}}

The [[Lord Ruler]] used this ability extensively, as he was both [[Allomancy#Mistborn|Mistborn]] and a full [[Feruchemist]], so he could compoundCompound in every metal. He would age briefly to store youth in [[atium]] and then burn it to effectively live forever.{{book ref|tfe|epilogue}} He used gold compoundingCompounding to heal very rapidly, leading to rumors that he survived flaying and decapitation. [[Miles Dagouter]] also used gold compoundingCompounding to heal himself incredibly fast with an effectively limitless supply of health--hence his nickname, Miles Hundredlives.{{book ref|aol|11}} [[Marsh]] is able to compoundCompound atium due to abilities granted by his [[Hemalurgic]] spikes. Using the bag of atium taken from [[KanPaar]], Marsh has remained alive by performing the same age trick as the Lord Ruler.{{qa ref|727|3}}

During the [[Final Empire]], [[Steel Inquisitor]]s did not compoundCompound, though it was sometimes possible for them to figure it out.{{wob ref|5484}}{{wob ref|850}} Compounding is one potential reason the Lord Ruler persecuted Feruchemists so extensively--he did not want Feruchemists to mix with Allomancers and create more compoundersCompounders.{{book ref|tfe|epilogue}}

While the exponential use of compoundingCompounding is immensely powerful, it isn't without limitation. In some cases, the need to withdraw Feruchemical attributes may outpace even the ability to produce them using compoundingCompounding. For example, a gold compounderCompounder with limited reserves may in some cases be unable to compoundCompound health at the rate in which he needs to withdraw it. Likewise, the Lord Ruler could not have used compoundingCompounding to become immortal, because the rate at which one must withdraw youth increases with age. At some point his need to withdraw youth would outpace his ability to store and compoundCompound it.

To perform compoundingCompounding, the metalminds themselves must be burned. Thus a person can only compoundCompound so long as a supply of metal is accessible for the purpose of producing more metalminds. These metalminds also must be small enough to swallow or insert into the body, such that they can be Allomantically burned.

Compounding is also only possible with a metalmind that is not "locked" by Spiritual Identity--that is, the metalmind must either have been created by the user himself or it must be "unkeyed". Any Allomancer is technically capable of compoundingCompounding--even without Feruchemical abilities--if the metalmind has been "unkeyed" by means of Feruchemical Aluminum.{{17s ref|post|88515}}

According to rumor, Miles Dagouter would constantly tap his metalminds for healing. Waxillium took this to confirm his suspicions that compoundingCompounding could be dangerous to stop once started--presumably because the compounderCompounder's body comes to rely on the stores provided. This suggests that compoundingCompounding often leads to [[savant|savanthood]].