"Made of low-grade kryptonite. Radioactive mineral from your home planet. It weakens you."

—"Hank Henshaw" to Supergirl^[src]

Kryptonite is a radioactive mineral from the planet Krypton. Following Krypton's destruction, some kryptonite found its way to the planet Earth. The day Krypton died, large quantities of kryptonite also rained down on Krypton's sister planet, Daxam.

There are several types of kryptonite, such as Green Kryptonite, Blue Kryptonite, Red Kryptonite, Silver Kryptonite, Synthetic Kryptonite, Black Kryptonite, and X-Kryptonite. Exposure to kryptonite can have a wide variety of effects depending upon its color and present form, the majority of them detrimental if not outright deadly.

Overview

• Effects on Kryptonians
• Effects on humans
• Effects on meta-humans
• Effects on other species

"Kryptonians are nearly indestructible on Earth. How could that blade hurt me?"

"Unclear. I've never seen anything like it. It's definitely not from this planet. It seems to be emitting a specific radioactivity that's damaging to your cellular structure."

—Astra and her associate discuss a kryptonite knife's capabilities^[src]

Kryptonite is normally green, and Kryptonians exposed to the element will become weak within close proximity to it or if pierced by weapons laced with or made from the substance, and prolonged exposure is fatal. Kryptonite is comprised of sodium, lithium and boron, as well as elements not found on Earth.^[1] Kryptonite's effects are radioactive in nature and therefore cannot penetrate the element lead. The radiation of the mineral can be harnessed and used independent of the substance itself to harm a Kryptonian; usually appearing in the form of artificial light emitted from certain machinery.^[2] It has even been used as anesthesia or a sedative against Kryptonians due to its effects. Kryptonite inside the body causes green glowing veins to protrude from the skin of a Kryptonian and the physical pain it causes becomes unbearable at that point (as seen when Sam Lane of Earth-38 injected Astra with liquid kryptonite to torture her for information).^[3] Physical signs of being affected by kryptonite are somewhat fever-like; including nausea, weakness, dizziness, vertigo, fatigue, pain and loss (or near loss) of consciousness. Physical contact with kryptonite of higher intensity is enough to cause burning pain. Kara described the kryptonite poisoning as like having "nails in [her] blood".^[4]

As seen with "Ultraman" (a Kryptonian from Earth-27A of the transmultiversal multiverse), being hit with green kryptonite only made him stronger (like what happened to Bizarro of the original multiverse's Earth-38), though, unlike Bizarro, the kryptonite didn't degrade his body or mind.^[5]

X-Kryptonite has a similar effect on the Inverse World's Kal-El as green kryptonite does on Kryptonians.^[6] However, in the Inverse World, green kryptonite actually heals and strengthens Kryptonians rather than weakening them; even if those Kryptonians are native to a universe where kryptonite would usually have negative effects on them. Nonetheless, as seen with the Inverse World's Kal-El, using green kryptonite too frequently ultimately causes the user's physical appearance to become disfigured and induces headaches.^[7] This also seemed to have altered his personality as (due the fact he'd believed them to be aligned with Ally Allston) he killed two members of the Supermen of America;^[8] a line he usually wouldn't cross.

"Did that just pulsate?"
"This is why no one can help me."
"This from the kryptonite? You said you were fine."
"I thought I was."
"I knew it could pierce the Batsuit, but, when you survived Tommy shooting you, I assumed it meant it was only fatal if the shot hit a vital organ."
"No. Kryptonite kills; just hella slow."

—Luke Fox and Ryan Wilder discuss her kryptonite wound^[src]

Although simply being around green kryptonite doesn't adversely affect humans the way it does Kryptonians, having it pierce the skin—such as being shot with a chunk of kryptonite in a manner similar to being hit with a regular bullet—can still cause terminal radiation poisoning. Even if the kryptonite is removed from the wound right after being shot with the stone, this ultimately leads to slow and painful death in humans.^[1]

As seen when "Bizarro" (a coma patient who was altered into a "reversed" duplicate of Supergirl by Maxwell Lord) was shot with bullets made of green kryptonite, in spite of her strength being equal to Supergirl's, her powers work in a manner directly opposite to a Kryptonian; being hit by green kryptonite unexpectedly corrupted her; physically and mentally degrading her, and only made her stronger^[9] (though Bizarro is meta-human rather than Kryptonian). In the case of Kyle Cushing (who'd been empowered by X-kryptonite by Tal-Rho's experiments to turn the people of Smallville into his own army by using X-kryptonite to place the consciousnesses of deceased Kryptonians inside the bodies of humans; thus making those people like meta-humans to a certain degree),^[10] being around green kryptonite impacted him in much the same way it would a Kryptonian (thus, shooting him with kryptonite while the Kryptonian persona in his body was active presumably would've affected him in the same manner as it would a regular Kryptonian).

As seen with the Inverse World's Lana (who'd somehow gained powers similar to those of an Inverse World Kryptonian), X-kryptonite weakened her in the same manner it had done to the Inverse World's Kal-El.^[11] It's likely green kryptonite would influence her in the exact same way it would an Inverse World Kryptonian.

However, how being shot with green kryptonite would affect other meta-humans (such as the Flash), or if it would influence them any differently than it does a normal human, is unknown, while being around it doesn't seem to affect them any differently than regular humans.

Green Martians and Daxamites seem to suffer no adverse effects from kryptonite whatsoever; even if it penetrates their skin or is infused into their blood, respectively.^[12][13]

History

Green Kryptonite

Earth-38

After the destruction of Krypton, samples of kryptonite fell to Earth, and also rained down upon Krypton's sister world, Daxam.^[12]

A short time after J'onn J'onzz started posing as Hank Henshaw and assumed leadership of the D.E.O., the organization received reports of an asteroid that had just landed in the desert. Since Superman occasionally worked with the D.E.O. at that time, he accompanied J'onn to investigate. Upon arrival, in the darkness, J'onn saw something glowing emerald-green in the crater. While J'onn was unaffected by it, being near it severely weakened Superman. This led J'onn to name the substance "kryptonite". Because of the threat it posed, Superman wanted to destroy it, but J'onn kept it to use as a weapon against other hostile Kryptonians. This led to a falling out between the two that wouldn't be mended until several years later when J'onn entrusted all of the D.E.O.'s kryptonite to Superman to get rid of in order to keep it out of the wrong hands.^[14]

At some point after declaring his war on Superman, Lex Luthor created a device designed to release kryptonite into a planet's atmosphere, thus making that entire planet uninhabitable to Kryptonians.^[15]

Just as Kara was starting out as Supergirl, she was on her way to help deal with a fire, and was knocked out by kryptonite darts, she then awoke at the D.E.O., held down by cuffs of kryptonite, with Director "Hank Henshaw" (J'onn J'onzz in disguise) informing her of what the substance was. Alex Danvers (Kara's adoptive sister) then arrived in the room and removed the cuffs; telling "Hank" they weren't necessary.^[16]

Alex taught Kara to fight in a room lined with low-intensity kryptonite emitters, just enough for Kara to be brought down to normal strength (roughly 18% of her typical physical capacity).^[16] In the field, Alex utilized a sword made from kryptonite, which she ultimately used to kill Astra.^[17]

Project Cadmus found a way to turn humans into cyborgs (known as "Metallos"), powered by hearts of green kryptonite.^[18] The "Metallo Procedure" can also be used on the dying to enable them to make a full recovery, and while a Metallo will die if their "heart" is removed,^[14] they can be rebuilt again, allowing that individual to be resurrected.^[19]

When Mon-El's mother and father (Rhea and Lar Gand, respectively) arrived on Earth looking for their son, but Mon-El said that he wished to stay on Earth, his parents—especially his mother—refused to let him stay with his new family. When Kara decided to try to just talk to Rhea, the latter met with Kara and Mon-El at the Fortress of Solitude, and, as Kara learned by being near Rhea, the latter had a pair of kryptonite daggers with her, which she explained that she'd had made from kryptonite that fell upon Daxam when Krypton died^[12] (with the fallout of that planet's destruction endangering Daxam; thus the reason Mon-El had been sent away from Daxam in the first place). She then attacked Kara with the daggers, prompting Mon-El to agree to go with Rhea to make his mother stop hurting Kara.

A short time later, Kara, J'onn and Winn ended up using a transmatter portal to get themselves onto Rhea and Lar Gand's ship to rescue Mon-El (who, in spite of reluctantly agreeing to what his mother wanted, was still being taken against his will). In the fight that ensued aboard the ship, Rhea's daggers ended up getting sucked out a broken window into the vacuum of space. After Lar Gand ultimately allowed Mon-El to stay on Earth, as he could see that that was what his son truly wanted, Rhea murdered her husband and vowed to make Earth suffer for taking her son from her.^[12] During the Daxamites' subsequent invasion of Earth, on Lillian Luthor's urging, Winn and Lena modified a version of Lex's kryptonite bomb to disperse lead into the atmosphere as a stoppage measure to force the Daxamite army to leave Earth. Lena entrusted the machine's remote to Kara so that only the latter would be able to turn it on.

When Rhea refused to withdraw her forces even after being overpowered in a fight against Supergirl, Kara reluctantly activated the device, killing Rhea and forcing the army to retreat. Sadly for Kara, this also required Mon-El (who'd become her boyfriend) to leave the planet. After Mon-El left Earth, the pod he was flying ended up getting sucked into a wormhole,^[13] sending him to the thirty-first century, where he received a cure for lead poisoning, making Earth's atmosphere safe for him again, and went on to found the Legion of Super-Heroes.^[20]

After Kara was badly beaten in a fight against Reign,^[21] the Legion of Super-Heroes used their future technology to heal her. The Legion knew from future history that Supergirl would survive, and that Reign would leave eventually, but they didn't know when they'd be rid of Reign, or how it would happen. A short time later, after Reign declared war on all criminals and law enforcement officers alike, J'onn decided to initiate the Sundown Protocol against Reign. This was a last-ditch option intended to take down Superman if he were to ever go rogue. This meant using all weapons that could be used against a Kryptonian: sound bombs, red sun grenades and more—kryptonite included.

Winn reminded J'onn that Clark had gotten rid of all the D.E.O.'s kryptonite, but J'onn said that they still had kryptonite the D.E.O had recently confiscated from Thomas Coville,^[22] the founder and leader of a cult dedicated to worshipping Supergirl (the last thing he tried doing before being apprehended had been to attempt to detonate a bomb under a packed stadium, so that Supergirl would save everyone inside with Thomas hoping they'd be "converted" to his cause). When Supergirl tried approaching it, she'd weakened, due to the fact that the bomb had soil from Krypton on it, which contained traces of kryptonite. Kara then took advantage of her weakened state in the substance's presence to cut herself in an attempt to prove to Coville that she wasn't a god.

This prompted Thomas to try to stop the bomb, but he couldn't. Alex then arrived on the scene and removed the kryptonite (which the D.E.O. then kept), and Supergirl was able to use her heat vision to send the bomb far enough underground so that no one was hurt in the explosion, though it did awaken Mon-El (who'd travelled 12,000 years into the past with the Legion of Super-Heroes as part of a mission, and the group had subsequently put themselves to sleep, intending to reawaken in the thirty-first century) from stasis in a ship buried in the Earth).^[23] When everything was ready, the D.E.O. staged a bank robbery to draw Reign out. In spite of all their preparations, and utilizing all of their anti-Kryptonian weapons against her at once, she managed to shrug everything off—even the kryptonite—and escape, also breaking Alex's leg in the scuffle.^[22]

A little over a year after Rhea's attack, a version of Lex's device was used by the Children of Liberty to pump kryptonite into Earth's atmosphere,^[24] though, on Alex's urging, Lena was able to put Kara in a special suit designed to protect the latter against kryptonite, which Kara then wore until they could make the planet's environment safe for her again.^[25] After special nanites built by Brainy and Lena devoured the kryptonite in the air, Kara was able to remove the suit.^[26] though she later donned it to travel into outer space,^[27] and again to protect herself from kryptonite weapons utilized by Lex Luthor.^[28]

Earth-X

The Nazis of Earth-X presumably came across Kryptonite at some point in their universe as they'd turned at least one of their soldiers into a Metallo, powered by a heart made of green kryptonite. It too presumably originated from the explosion of Krypton in that universe. Oliver Queen of Earth-1 later discovered a weakness of SS General Kara that involved shooting a Kryptonite arrow in her shoulder, but its effects were somewhat limited against her.^[29]

Anti-Monitor Crisis

At some point after Superman arrived on Earth in Earth-99's universe, that Earth's Bruce Wayne started keeping a stash of kryptonite in his lair under the mansion, and wound up murdering the Kryptonian. After Bruce was accidentally killed by Earth-1's Kate Kane (who'd been protecting Earth-38's Supergirl from Bruce), Kate stole some of Bruce's kryptonite. Lex attempted to use a piece of kryptonite against Clark Kent of Earth-167, but because Clark had given up his powers, it had no effect on him and Clark snatched it out of Lex's hand and threw it into a field.^[30] When Kate told Kara about it a short time later, the latter told Kate to keep it, trusting her to not use it.^[31]

Earth-Prime

In Earth-Prime's history, Kara experienced the effects of green kryptonite for the first time the night of her senior prom when a meteor shower fell upon Midvale on May 26, 2009. After meteors began falling near the school, she wound up punching one of these asteroids as it fell, attempting to keep the comet from hurting anyone. Due to the fact that the meteor contained kryptonite, Kara ended up getting cut by the stone.^[32] After Lex Luthor sent Kara to the Phantom Zone in 2020,^[33] Brainy and Nia wound up time traveling back to this event in order to get a chunk of the meteor with Kara's blood on it as they needed a sample of her DNA to locate her within the Zone. After they successfully obtained what they needed, they returned to the present.^[34]

Lucius Fox stated in his journal that green kryptonite is the only thing capable of penetrating the Batsuit.^[35] Alice later read the journal and learned that the substance can cut through anything. At some point, Professor M. Darby analyzed a sample of kryptonite, although he did not know its true name, just that it was a "rare meteor rock," learning of its cutting power.^[36]

The Earth-Prime version of the D.E.O. kept large deposits of green kryptonite until it was stolen by Rama Khan^[37] to be used to kill Kara, requiring her to have an Anti-Kryptonite suit created by Lena Luthor, though Kara wound up engaging in combat with Leviathan before the suit was ready, and Lena had to deliver it to Kara in the field via drone.^[38] When Lex nearly killed Kara with kryptonite radiation from a ring-like weapon he had on hand after meeting with her at the Fortress of Solitude and Lex subsequently left Kara for dead, the Anti-Kryptonite suit came to Kara via remote control once more, encasing Kara and she managed to recover from Lex's attack, subsequently rendezvousing with her team to battle Lex again a short time later.^[39]

After Tommy Elliot (posing as Bruce Wayne) took Kate's shard of kryptonite from Luke Fox, he loaded the kryptonite fragment into a gun, proceeding to shoot Ryan Wilder (who had stolen the Batsuit after finding it in the wreckage of the plane crash that supposedly killed Kate, with Tommy now wanting the suit so he could pose as Batman). True to Lucius Fox's journal, the kryptonite went straight through the suit's armor and pierced Ryan's skin, leaving her injured and knocking her to the ground.^[40]

"Kryptonite is comprised of sodium, lithium, boron, and elements not found on Earth. As a result, this makes it the singular material that can penetrate the Batsuit, and the only fail-safe that protects the suit against corruption."

—Ryan Wilder reads up on kryptonite^[src]

While Ryan did survive (fighting off Tommy and subsequently returning the kryptonite and the Batsuit to Luke) she, after examining her shallow wound a short time later, found that the kryptonite—even though the rock had been removed from her cut—seemed to be affecting her in a strange way, causing green veins to spread outwards from the site of the ballistic trauma,^[40] with the wound only getting worse over time.^[41] Eventually, it got so bad that in addition to the intense pain that the injury continued causing her, she also began experiencing episodes of severe vertigo and photopsia, prompting her to do more research on the stone's properties.^[1] Later, the kryptonite made its way into Ryan's brain, causing her to begin experiencing hallucinations as well.^[42] Ryan and her friends ultimately concluded that her only hope of surviving the kryptonite poisoning was the Coryana Desert Rose's universal healing properties.^[42] Ryan nearly died of the infection, but the Bat Team managed to administer the Rose's serum to her in the nick of time, saving Ryan's life and allowing her to make a full recovery.^[43][44]

After Kate Kane (who'd been brainwashed into believing she was Circe Sionis) convinced the Bat Team to give her back the Batsuit (claiming she wanted to get back to protecting Gotham), she knocked them out and trapped them in the Batcave. A short time later, she took the suit and cut it up, using a piece of green kryptonite to carve a diagonal line through the suit's emblem.^[45]

Earth-TUD25

John Henry Irons from another universe came to Earth-TUD25 after his home world was destroyed (presumably in the Anti-Monitor Crisis). Despite losing the last of his stock of kryptonite fighting Earth-TUD25's Superman, John decided he had to look for more, as it was necessary for his mission.^[46] After looking in Moldova and Mongolia, he abandoned his search. When asked by Superman, Sam Lane revealed that he stockpiled a supply of kryptonite enough for the world to be in short supply, stating that his reason for doing so was to avoid anyone getting their hands on the substance to use against Superman.^[47] An officer under Sam Lane's command used kryptonite bullets against Superman when the latter was trying to shield Tag Harris from Lane's forces, making Superman very angry.^[48]

At some point, Sam Lane developed Project 7734, an arsenal of kryptonite weapons made to kill Superman if he lost control and turned against humanity. When John Irons was apprehended for interrogation by Superman, Reno Rosetti took Irons and, after killing Lieutenant Jason Trask with Kryptonian abilities, went with his prisoner to Project 7734. Upon learning of this, Lane warned Superman that he may not make it out alive and to let his men stop Rosetti instead. However, Superman ignored his request and confronted Rosetti, who was armed with Project 7734's many weapons. Irons was told to leave by Superman before the hero began battling Rosetti. Superman was nearly defeated by Rosetti until he was killed by Irons, who was going to kill Superman with a kryptonite staff but was stopped by Lois.^[49]

After Lois and Sam Lane began suspecting that something was up with Kyle Cushing, and Lois repeatedly failed to get in contact with Kyle's wife, Lana, Lois went to see them. When she arrived, she said she'd wanted to check in, but then got attacked by Kyle using his Kryptonian powers (bestowed by Morgan Edge's experiments) with the latter stating that he knew she'd come to check on him specifically. Kyle then grabbed both Lois and Lana by their throats, calling them weak. Lois responded by punching him, hitting him with a chunk of green kryptonite (presumably borrowed from her dad), stating that not all of them were weak. Her father, Sam Lane, then arrived with his troops and took Kyle into custody, negating Kyle's powers with power-dampening cuffs.

A short time later, after Kyle refused to cooperate and answer General Lane's questions in custody about a certain man's whereabouts, Sam had Kyle exposed to kryptonite lights, which he increased the intensity of when Kyle still wouldn't tell him what he wanted to know. Kyle later returned to his normal self when Superman released all the solar energy in his own body at once to create a solar flare in order to give the same machine that had empowered all of Morgan Edge's test subjects enough energy to turn everyone who'd been part of Edge's experiments back to normal (except for Leslie Larr, who was out of range at the time that they reversed the effects on all the other citizens of Smallville that Edge had recruited).^[10]

After being overpowered by the combined efforts of John Henry Irons and Superman, Morgan Edge was taken into the custody of the D.O.D., with kryptonite lights shining on him in his cell.^[50] A short time later, however, he broke out of the facility where he was being held and flew directly to Earth's sun.^[51] Upon reaching the sun, Tal absorbed the energy of the Eradicator (which he'd been using to grant people Kryptonian powers, and he'd seemingly destroyed with his heat vision prior to be apprehended by John and Superman previously). This allowed him to essentially become the Eradicator; enabling him to use the Eradicator's capabilities on humans to create more Kryptonian Subjekts. He subsequently broke Leslie Larr out of D.O.D. custody (where, like with him, the D.O.D. had had kryptonite lights shining on her, though becoming the Eradicator seemed to have made him immune to the effects of kryptonite). Leslie then accompanied Edge to Metropolis, where they started attacking the city, with Edge empowering several of the city's residents with Kryptonian abilities; thanks to his new powers granted by the Eradicator. A short time later, when Edge attacked the van Sam Lane was driving; hauling Sarah Cushing along with Jordan and Jonathan. After the vehicle rolled over due to a collision with Edge, Sam asked the boys to reach into the glove compartment for a pistol loaded with kryptonite. Jonathan grabbed it and, on Sam's instruction, fired at Edge. However, Edge flew out of the way, grabbed Jordan, and flew off. Edge then took him to another location and used his Eradicator power to place his father (Zeta-Rho)'s consciousness inside Jordan.^[52]

Mitch Anderson shot Superman with kryptonite to trap him and arrest him.^[53] Mitch, at Tal-Rho's fortress then tried to shoot Superman with kryptonite again, but Tal-Rho jumped in front of Superman, taking the bullets instead. Superman later used his heat vision to destroy the pieces of kryptonite in his half-brother's body.^[54]

Blue Kryptonite

"The compound is ready. The exact molecular opposite to green kryptonite."

—J'onn J'onzz^[src]

The blue, molecular opposite of green kryptonite was created by Alex Danvers at the D.E.O. by reversing the ionic charge of green kryptonite. While blue kryptonite has no effect on Kryptonians, it severely weakened Bizarro and sedated her, allowing her to be apprehended. It also seemed to have a calming effect on Bizarro, removing her rage toward Supergirl and allowing her to think rationally.^[9]

Red Kryptonite

Maxwell Lord created a synthetic red form of kryptonite (though whether this kryptonite was made from scratch (like synthetic kryptonite created by Lena Luthor) or by modifying green kryptonite (similar to how Alex "made" blue kryptonite) is unknown) in hopes of subduing Non's next attack. However, it didn't work as intended; rather than weaken Kryptonians physically, red kryptonite alters their minds by weakening and gradually destroying their inhibitions, as well as bringing every negative thought to the surface. They can even feel its effects long after they have left its presence. As this happens, red, glowing veins momentarily protrude from the skin when they first come near red kryptonite and subsequently in times when the victim's actions and thoughts are most affected by the substance. Symptoms of red kryptonite infection first start as the Kryptonian becoming more abrasive and immature in personality and actions as their mental and emotional restraint is lessened. Eventually, the Kryptonian will be left without morality, patience, rationality or any cares, whatsoever. They can even develop narcissistic tendencies and arrogance that results in an inferiority complex. After having expressed their negative personality traits fully, the Kryptonian will become malevolent and prone to hostility and aggression, leaving them a danger to everyone around them.^[55] However, Maxwell also developed a cure for it in the form of a red energy blaster that neutralized the red kryptonite in a targeted victim. As seen with Kara Danvers, this briefly knocks the affected Kryptonian out, as the substance then left Kara's body in the form of a red gas. This ultimately returned Kara to her normal self.^[55]

Silver Kryptonite

A silver colored form of Kryptonite that was found and used by Queen Rhea from the vast quantities of Kryptonite that rained down on planet Daxam. This kryptonite will cause a Kryptonian to fall in a deep and frightful hallucination that nothing from the outside world will stir them out of until it leaves their system. When Superman confronted Rhea, she poisoned him with it and he was convinced that Supergirl was actually his greatest enemy, Zod, who had come back to destroy everything he loved. While under the effects of Silver Kryptonite, Superman was unable to hear Kara but only hear Zod talking. Unlike green kryptonite, silver kryptonite will not weaken or negate a Kryptonian's powers at all. When in large quantities, it will reveal itself as glowing silver veins on the Kryptonian's skin.^[13]

Synthetic Kryptonite

"Is that a Kryptonite arrow? Why do you have a Kryptonite arrow?"

"In case an evil you ever showed up!"

—Supergirl and Green Arrow^[src]

At some point after meeting Earth-38's Supergirl in late 2016, Oliver Queen of Earth-1 commissioned arrows with heads made of synthesized green kryptonite in case he ever met an evil version of his Kryptonian friend.^[5] He then used these arrows in battle against Kara's Nazi doppelgänger from Earth-X in November 2017.^[29]

After J'onn J'onzz gave all of the D.E.O.'s remaining green kryptonite to Superman to destroy it, preventing Project Cadmus from further using green kryptonite against him and Kara, Cadmus was forced to create their own artificial version of green kryptonite. While their synthetic kryptonite does have the same effects on Kryptonians as natural green kryptonite, as well as being able to successfully power Metallos, it was proven to be too unstable, as seen with one version of Metallo (John Corben), it eventually exploded, killing the cyborg in the process while also releasing a large cloud of kryptonite gas, although Kara was able to avoid contact with it.^[15]

In 2018, Oliver tried using an arrow made of his artificial green kryptonite (which seems to be more stable than Project Cadmus's synthetic kryptonite) against Ultraman. However, to the surprise of Oliver and the rest of his friends who'd united to face Ultraman, the latter wasn't weakened by the kryptonite at all; it only made him stronger.^[5]

About a year after meeting Kara's Nazi counterpart, Barry Allen (who, as a result of an alteration of Earth-1's reality, had gained Oliver's skills as an archer and martial artist) and Oliver used kryptonite arrows (presumably made from Oliver's supply of synthesized kryptonite) to battle A.M.A.Z.O. and John Deegan, respectively.^[56][57]

"That wasn't Lex's kryptonite. I figured out how to make it."

—Lena Luthor^[src]

Lena Luthor was able to create an extremely stable synthetic version of green kryptonite (which wouldn't explode;^[58] a feat that even Cadmus could not achieve) which, after learning of Samantha Arias's Worldkiller persona,^[59] she began using to contain Sam at L-Corp and (consensually) ran tests on the latter in an effort to find a way to get rid of Reign (though, when questioned by the D.E.O. on the matter, she claimed it was a stash of kryptonite Lex had kept in a vault in the lab, but later confided in James Olsen that she'd figured out how to make the kryptonite; it hadn't been Lex's).^[60] After obtaining a sample of Harun-El, she was able to figure out how to make more of that type of kryptonite as well.^[61]

At some point in Earth-TUD25's timeline, Sam Lane developed Project 7734, an arsenal of weapons made to kill Superman (though Sam hoped the military would never need to use those weapons). Among its inventory is a smoke-bomb-like weapon that releases synthetic kryptonite gas, designed to weaken a Kryptonian enough to be harmed by more traditional means such as ordinary guns.^[49]

As Clark found out a short time after getting attacked by Reno Rosetti with the gas, it seems to affect Kryptonians in a strange way, as when Clark went to stop a robbery as Superman, the thieves' ordinary bullets left him with bruises. It also seemed to affect his Kryptonian-human hybrid son, Jordan, who became infected by being around his father afterwards; exhibiting symptoms similar to a cold, though much more severe. It quickly became bad enough that Jordan began having trouble breathing; as an A.I. of Jor-El at the Fortress of Solitude told Clark, the kryptonite was causing Jordan's lungs to fill with fluid, but due to his system cooling the air he breathed (his freezing breath), the kryptonite was essentially gradually freezing his lungs. As Jor-El's A.I. explained, the only way to get the kryptonite out of Jordan's system would be to do as had been done with Clark in the past (burning it). As Sam told his daughter Lois, the gas was untested, and they had no idea how it would affect Superman.^[62]

After Leslie Larr was captured by John Henry Irons and Superman and subsequently taken into D.O.D. custody, with the threat that she and Morgan Edge posed seemingly eliminated, Sam Lane informed Superman and John that the next thing he planned to do was to get rid of the majority of Project 7734's weapons. He stated that he was wrong to think that Superman could ever go rogue, and intended to only keep enough kryptonite to contain Morgan and Leslie; the rest of Project 7734's arsenal would be enclosed in concrete and sunk to the bottom of the ocean. However, a short time later, Superman told Sam that, if anything like what Edge had done were to happen again, the D.O.D. would need the kryptonite Sam was planning to dispose of.

When Lois spoke with Clark about it, he stated that the people of Earth had the right to defend themselves against him if he were to ever be manipulated or corrupted; similar to what Edge had done to him (using the Eradicator to place Zod's consciousness inside Superman's body; and even though John Irons had managed to turn him back, Clark was concerned what he may have done next if he'd ended up killing John). Lois insisted that if weapons that could harm Superman existed, the wrong people inevitably would get ahold of them. After Clark explained his reasons for wanting Project 7734 to stay in place, Lois agreed, but refused to trust the D.O.D. regarding the matter. Clark then spoke to John Irons, saying that if necessary, John alone should have the capability to kill him. John honestly stated that he trusted Superman now, but Clark said that John had come to Earth-TUD25 striving to protect the world from Superman, and that's what he was asking John to do by leaving the latter in charge of Project 7734.^[51]

Black Kryptonite/Harun-El

Main article: Harun-El

Harun-El, or the Rock of Yuda Kal (also called black kryptonite),^[63] is a very specific type of Kryptonite that is capable of making Worldkillers. It can also be used to destroy a Worldkiller.

On their home world or in Argo City, black kryptonite is harmless to Kryptonians. However, on Earth, touching the substance not only causes great pain to a Kryptonian, but also makes their powers unstable. It can also be used to split a Kryptonian into two separate entities (such as when Lena used it to separate Reign from Sam; one of them evil, the other good). When Kara used it to send herself, Reign and Sam into the Dark Valley to defeat Reign,preventing anyone else from getting hurt in the conflict, it split Kara in two beings—unbeknownst to Kara at the time—sending her duplicate to Kaznia.

Harun-El is also an incredible power source. It was able to power the dome of Argo City as well as sustain an ecosystem and the artificial gravity on the asteroid that houses Argo. Argonians were given a recipe to make the substance from elements on Argo, courtesy of Lena Luthor who figured out how to make it. When harnessed correctly, black kryptonite has mutagenic and healing properties on humans. Tumor masses that Lena was testing the serum on had unintentionally been made invulnerable. It was revealed that the powers bestowed upon human subjects proved fatal in the long run, with Lena's experiments focusing on removing the deadlier effects before proper use. After supposedly being perfected, the serum was used on James Olsen and Lex Luthor to heal them both.^[63] Said version used on James was thought to be separated from the mutagenic part, but this wasn't successful and he gained temporary Kryptonian abilities, including enhanced strength, senses, durability, accelerated healing, flight and heat vision, until the drug was extracted from his body. Lex Luthor and Ben Lockwood at least gained the power of super strength, while the former also gained levitation with the Harun-El in his system, though somehow Luthor's version of the injection seemed more stable than either Ben or James's for unknown reasons, as he didn't suffer any noticeable side-effects from the serum. All three later had the drug forcibly taken out of their bodies.^[28] As seen with Lockwood, while he did gain powers from the serum,^[64] due to the fact that he injected himself was an unfinished version of the drug, his body began to gradually deteriorate,^[65] though this stopped once the Harun-El was removed from his bloodstream.^[28]

X-Kryptonite

"When I landed here, there were meteor showers all over the world for an entire week."
"Right, remnants of Krypton. That's why there's kryptonite."
"Right, every form of kryptonite, and the kind that landed here is buried in the mines."
"Was X-kryptonite. So the only place in the world that has X-kryptonite is the only place that has people who've been exposed to it long enough to accept its effects."
"Like Tag Harris. It's not Smallville Edge needs to build his army. It's the people."

—Clark Kent and Lois Lane begin piecing together what Morgan Edge is planning.^[src]

X-kryptonite (sometimes referred to simply as X-K)^[10] is a variant of kryptonite only found in Smallville on Earth. It is yellow in color and can endow humans with some Kryptonian-like powers, although the effects from accidental exposure can be unstable and debilitating.^[66]

One night, Jonathan and Jordan Kent went to a bonfire with some of their classmates, and a fight broke out when Sean Smith pushed Jordan Kent after the latter kissed Sean's then-girlfriend, Sarah Cushing. In the commotion, Jordan wound up releasing a blast of heat vision, causing an explosion, which broke Tag Harris's arm.^[67] Jordan's heat vision caused the explosion, but another material, some "yellow phosphorescence" (X-Kryptonite), was also present and affected Tag Harris, giving him vibrating powers.^[68]

Large deposits of X-kryptonite were found in the Shuster Mine by "Morgan Edge" (who was actually a Kryptonian, Tal-Rho) who intended to use it for his own ends, planning to create some kind of army for the Eradicator device.^[68] X-kryptonite is used in machines that can bestow or increase powers. Morgan Edge used X-kryptonite on Derek Powell and empowered him, but Derek couldn't control the powers and ended up killing himself after a confrontation with Superman.^[66]

A few days later, John Henry Irons showed Lois Lane the X-Kryptonite in the mine and gave her a sample, telling her that she needed to write a story about it.^[48]

A short time after John Irons brought the X-kryptonite in the mines to Lois's attention (immediately after Lois and Jonathan were attacked by Morgan Edge's super-powered minions), Clark and Lois began realizing that Morgan Edge had conducted his experiments with X-Kryptonite on a wide variety of people, but the only ones who didn't suffer adverse effects were people who'd been living in Smallville for years, and thus, had continuously been exposed to the X-Kryptonite buried there. When Clark had crashed on Earth, kryptonite impacted all around the world for a week; all types of kryptonite made it to Earth in constant meteor showers that occurred during this time, but only Smallville had X-Kryptonite; thus the reason only people who'd lived in Smallville for years were gaining stable powers from it (by contrast to people like Derek Powell, who weren't from Smallville), and the reason Morgan Edge had specifically come to Smallville to find recruits for his army.^[62]

After bringing Edge's associate Dabney Donovan in for questioning, Superman and the D.O.D. realized that Morgan Edge wasn't just giving people powers; he was actually placing consciousnesses of deceased Kryptonians inside their bodies using a device called an Eradicator (intending to resurrect Krypton of Earth). However, Dabney truthfully stated that he had no idea how the technology even works, and that in order to put a stop to Edge's scheme, they needed to place the consciousness of the one who invented it (Superman's biological mother; Lara Lor-Van) inside a host to speak to her (and, due to the nature of the procedure, that individual had to be from Smallville in order for it to work). Lana Lang immediately volunteered, and even though Lois was hesitant to allow her to do it, she eventually agreed to let Lana go through with it. Lara, through Lana, then stated that she'd never intended for her technology to be used for what Edge was utilizing it to do, and helped them to use the Eradicator to reverse the process. Due to Superman's weakened state following him releasing all the solar energy in his body at once (creating a solar flare) in order to give the Eradicator enough power to de-power everyone Edge had placed Kryptonian consciousnesses inside of all at the same time, this left Clark powerless until his cells had replenished their supply of solar energy, and he crash-landed at the Fortress of Solitude.^[10]

There, Superman was met by Morgan Edge, who blackmailed Clark into joining his mission.^[69] As the Eradicator, Edge then returned to the Shuster Mines and began the process of using X-kryptonite to eradicate the population of Smallville, but he was later defeated by Superman and John Irons.^[70]

The government later contracted AmerTek to remove the remaining X-kryptonite from the Shuter Mines,^[71] but before they began work, Phillip Karnowsky stole a significant quantity of X-kryptonite from the mines and converted it into an inhalable gas that granted the user temporary superpowers.^[72] Candice Pergande sold the drug to Smallville teenagers, including Timmy Ryan, a member of the Smallville Crows.^[73] The additional strength from the drug allowed him to become the Crow's starting quarterback and in response Jonathan Kent also began using the drug, gaining enhanced vision and reactions.^[8] The sheriff's department became aware of the drug when Timmy's mother caught him taking it^[53] and they swept through Smallville High School looking for it. At that point, Jonathan took Candice's stash to protect her, intending to dispose of the drug. He was caught and expelled.

In order to fight and capture Superman's Inverse World counterpart, Mitch Anderson took various weapons from Project 7734, including several vials of X-kryptonite. After killing Superman's counterpart, Anderson went AWOL and stole the weapons and vials of X-kryptonite instead of returning them.^[54]

John Henry Irons' exosuit is powered by X-kryptonite.^[11] His daughter Natalie later built a suit of her own designed to run on the same substance.^[74] However, while she'd constructed her suit from the same material that was used in her father's armor, Natalie also coated her suit in a special lacquer made from X-kryptonite which rendered the suit indestructible, and thereby superior to John's suit.^[75] Natalie later applied the X-kryptonite lacquer to her dad's suit as well.^[76]

Known users

• Bat Team: After Kate Kane disappeared, her stashed piece of green kryptonite was stolen by Tommy Elliot, then later retrieved by the Bat Team.^[40]
• Candice Pergande: Candice started dealing out X-kryptonite from the mines after Edge was imprisoned. This was done in order to feed her family. Though eventually, she also took her own product and experienced its effects for a time.^[73]
• Lex Luthor (Earth-TUD25): Discovering and collecting his own supply of Green Kryptonite, Lex had spread this supply to other criminal operations just for them to help him achieve his goal of killing Superman. However, this was discovered by Lois Lane who had gotten him arrested for seventeen years. Once freed based on the technicality of the crime that had gotten him put away, Lex quickly retrieved back his supplies. Including the newly discovered X-kryptonite from the mines of Smallville. He ended up using this new kryptonite to create Doomsday and to use him to kill Superman. In addition, he recovered his green kryptonite supply as well. Using it to lay a trap for Jordan Kent.

Former users

• D.E.O. (Earth-38): Green kryptonite was used by the members of the D.E.O., who utilized it against those that hail from the planet Krypton. They utilize it in the form of restraints and certain weapons, such as blades, darts, and bullets. Prison cells designed for Kryptonians, as well as training rooms, have kryptonite lights that can be lowered to simply de-power a Kryptonian, while higher levels can incapacitate, cripple, and nearly kill them. However, after it was discovered that the D.E.O. had a spy from Project Cadmus who'd stolen the green kryptonite Cadmus used to power Metallo from the D.E.O., J'onn J'onzz gave all of the D.E.O.'s remaining kryptonite to Superman to destroy it.^[14]
  • D.E.O. (Earth-Prime): This version of the D.E.O. had large quantities of kryptonite; however, it was only stored, not used. It was later stolen by Leviathan.^[37]
• Lex Luthor: At some point after Lex started targeting Superman, he learned that kryptonite could be utilized as a weapon against Kryptonians and used it for many schemes, including going so far as to inject himself with Kryptonite in order to keep Superman away from him^[63] and ordering Eve Teschmacher to perform the "Metallo Procedure" on Otis Graves thereby reviving him as a Kryptonite-powered cyborg.^[77] Kryptonite powered his Lexosuit, which was used in his meeting with Red Daughter and battles with Supergirl.^[28] During the Anti-Monitor Crisis, Lex attempted to use a piece of kryptonite against Clark Kent of Earth-167, but because Clark had given up his powers, it had no effect and Clark snatched it out of Lex's hand and threw it into a field.^[30]
• Maxwell Lord: Max created Red Kryptonite in hopes of stopping Non's army; unfortunately, Kara inadvertently came in contact with it. The Red Kryptonite lowered and gradually destroyed her inhibitions and turned her into a corrupt version of herself.^[55]
• Lena Luthor: Lena revealed that she was able to create green Kryptonite, which she used to contain Samantha Arias and run tests on the latter, to try and get rid of Reign.
• Project Cadmus: Cadmus created a synthetic version of the Green Kryptonite that had the same effects as natural green kryptonite. It was used to power their green kryptonite-powered cyborg Metallo. However, the synthetic version proved too unstable and eventually exploded. They also used natural green kryptonite, that was used to power their second green Kryptonite-powered cyborg Metallo, however, once the D.E.O. discovered that they had a spy from Cadmus in the organization; J'onn J'onzz gave all of the D.E.O.'s remaining green kryptonite to Clark Kent (under the guise of Superman) to destroy it; preventing Cadmus from further using green Kryptonite against Clark and Kara.
• Rhea: Rhea had kryptonite weapons forged from the massive amounts of kryptonite that rained down on Daxam after Krypton was destroyed and ravaged her home world. She later used another form of kryptonite-silver-on Superman to make him hallucinate and fight Supergirl, with Superman believing he was battling Zod. Being dead now, most of her kryptonite has been destroyed. Rhea also had kryptonite infused in her blood in case she was ever in a fight with Supergirl or Superman, she could easily weaken them and gain an advantage.
• Oliver Queen: Oliver possessed arrows with tips made out of synthetic Green Kryptonite on the chance that an evil Supergirl would show up. Oliver had the material commissioned based on radio spectrum observations from the remains of Krypton.^[5]
• Barry Allen: When the reality of Earth-1 was altered by John Deegan using the Book of Destiny, Barry became the Green Arrow and thus had kryptonite arrows just like Oliver. He then used them against A.M.A.Z.O..^[56]
• Bruce Wayne (Earth-99): When Superman arrived on Earth in Earth-99, that world's Bruce Wayne discovered Kryptonite and used it to kill the Kryptonian. He attempted to use a piece of kryptonite in his exosuit on Kara Danvers, but was killed before he could kill her. Kate Kane then collected the kryptonite in his possession.^[30]
• Bruce Wayne (Earth-Prime): On Earth-Prime, Bruce Wayne had some Kryptonite stored in the Batcave.^[36] According to Lucius Fox's journal, the substance is one the few things capable of penetrating the Batsuit.^[35] For Batwoman's safety, Luke Fox subsequently destroyed the sample of kryptonite Bruce had kept.^[36]
• Kate Kane: Kate had stolen a small amount of kryptonite from the Bruce Wayne of Earth-99 after he tried to kill Kara Danvers. However, Kara allowed Kate to keep it, hoping Kate wouldn't have to use it.^[31]
• Tommy Elliot: Following Kate Kane's disappearance, Tommy Elliot stole her kryptonite stash and used it to try and kill Batwoman.^[40]
• Leviathan: Rama Khan stole the stash of Kryptonite once held by the D.E.O.^[37] and gave special rings to Sela and Tezumak so they could load the rings with the Kryptonite's radiation to kill Supergirl. However, the majority of Leviathan's supply of the substance is stored in their headquarters.^[38]
• John Henry Irons: In his first battle with the Superman of Earth-TUD25, Irons used a retractable blade made of Kryptonite to stab Superman, but lost it once it broke off in the latter's wound. Superman then managed to pull it out and threw it away.^[46] Despite this, he decided he had to look for more Kryptonite necessary for his mission to kill Superman. After trying to find more in Moldova and Mongolia, Irons abandoned his search.^[47]
• Sam Lane: Realizing that John Henry Irons from another universe was looking for kryptonite, Superman learned that Sam Lane had stockpiled a stash of kryptonite; enough for the world to be in short supply, citing his reason as him wanting to avoid anyone getting their hands on it to use against Superman.^[47] At some point, Sam created a smoke-bomb of sorts which released a cloud of experimental synthetic kryptonite gas, designed to weaken Superman from the inside; thus making him more vulnerable. He cited his reason for developing these weapons as that he hopes for the best, but his job requires him to be prepared for the worst; even when it comes to Superman.^[49]
• Morgan Edge & Leslie Larr: Morgan and Leslie found large quantities of X-Kryptonite in a mine the former had recently purchased and subsequently began using it to give humans powers similar to those that a Kryptonian would have under a yellow sun.^[78]
• Lois Lane: Lois used green kryptonite to fight back against Kyle Cushing after he attacked her and Lana.^[10]
• Phillip Karnowsky: By inhaling some type of gas composed of X-Kryptonite, Philip gained physical capabilities that enabled him to physically rival Superman's abilities.^[72]
• Timmy Ryan: Candace also gave X-Kryptonite to several Smallville teenagers, such as Timmy Ryan, who used his temporary powers to play football as part of the Smallville Crows.^[73]
• Jonathan Kent: Candice admitted to Jonathan she was selling drugs as her family needed the money, and Jon asked her to sell him the same X-Kryptonite she was giving Timmy. Jonathan used the X-K inhaler, which gave him the microscopic vision ability during his latest football practice and temporarily activated his latent Kryptonian powers.^[8]
• Mitch Anderson: Mitch Anderson took several vials of confiscated X-Kryptonite from Project 7734 to try to stop Superman and Tal-Rho. Later, he escaped, stealing the vials of X-kryptonite.^[54]

Appearances

Supergirl

Arrow

Season 6

• "Crisis on Earth-X, Part 2"

Season 7

• "Elseworlds, Part 2" (mentioned)

The Flash

Batwoman

Superman & Lois

Comics

Crisis on Infinite Earths Giant

• "Infinite Luthor, Part 1"

EARTH-PRIME

• "The Anniversary"
• "Savior Complex"

Novels

• The Flash: Johnny Quick
• The Flash: Green Arrow's Perfect Shot

Behind the scenes

• In the DC comics, there are several different types of Kryptonite. In live-action media, the most common form of Kryptonite seen is Green Kryptonite. The effects are generally the same in all live-action versions. It weakens a Kryptonian's physical attributes, including blocking the ability of the body's cells to absorb and use yellow solar radiation with continued exposure. Being exposed to green kryptonite for too long is deadly.
  • Green Kryptonite: Green Kryptonite can weaken a Kryptonian's physical attributes, however, the radiation effects of Green Kryptonite are harmful to humans given sufficient long-term exposure, resulting in cancer. In Superman Returns: Lex Luthor combined green kryptonite with Kryptonian crystalline technology to create a new continent off the coast of Metropolis that threatened to destroy North America. On Smallville: Green Kryptonite, aside from weakening and harming Kryptonians (and suppressing their powers, especially their healing factor and invulnerability), can, under certain circumstances, cause mutations in humans, animals, and plants. Humans developed a variety of superhuman abilities that typically proved dangerous to themselves and others. In some cases, the radioactivity of green kryptonite could be neutralized and the resulting "clear" kryptonite would be harmless to Kryptonians and humans.
  • Red Kryptonite: Like Green Kryptonite, Red Kryptonite can weaken a Kryptonian's physical attributes, but to a greater degree. Its exact effects are often unpredictable; yielding different results every time a Kryptonian is exposed to it. On The Adventures of Superboy, Red Kryptonite is a man-made form of Kryptonite created while trying to neutralize the effects of green kryptonite so it could be used as an alternative power source. Superboy turned evil with a single exposure; a second exposure reversed the effects. On Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman, Clark was shown to suffer differing effects when exposed to Red Kryptonite at different times, including apathy, uncontrollable increase of his powers, and a transfer of his powers to Lois Lane. On Smallville, continuous contact with Red Kryptonite compromised a Kryptonian's inhibitions and morality; often causing them to break the law and act selfish and rebellious. Its effects on humans are mostly unknown, though it seems have no effect unless it's combined with some chemicals. Removing the contact quickly ended the effects.
  • Anti-Kryptonite: Anti-Kryptonite is harmless to Kryptonians, but has the same effect on normal humans as green kryptonite does on Kryptonians.
  • Synthetic Kryptonite: In Superman III, Synthetic Kryptonite is a artificially created Kryptonite that substitutes cigarette "tar" in place of an unknown component of true Kryptonite. Intended to harm and kill Superman, the flawed Kryponite initially corrupts Superman, then splits him into two personas: a belligerent, selfish, and careless Superman; and good, kindhearted, mild-mannered Clark Kent. The two fight and when Clark wins, the personas merge and Superman returns to normal.
  • X-Kryptonite: X-Kryptonite is harmless to Kryptonians, but it temporarily gives normal life-forms superhuman powers.
  • Blue Kryptonite: Blue Kryptonite can affect Bizarro in the same way the green variety of Kryptonite affects Kryptonians; Blue Kryptonite is the antidote to the random and bizarre effects of Red Kryptonite. Generally it is harmless to real Kryptonians. However, in some continuities, it can strengthen the physiology of regular Kryptonians or even heal their wounds. On Smallville, Blue Kryptonite suppressed superhuman abilities in Kryptonians with continuous contact, specifically resistance to illness and injury. Aging in Kryptonians was also increased to the speed of humans by prolonged contact. Kryptonians were resistant to effects of green kryptonite when in contact with blue K. In humans, blue K dramatically improved health. With Bizarro, blue K exponentially increased the clone's powers to the point the body became unstable and exploded, killing the Phantom Zone wraith. It also removes a Kryptonian's powers, but only as long as the Kryptonian remains in contact with it.
  • White Kryptonite: White Kryptonite can kill all plant life, from any world. On Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman, unlike its comic counterpart, White Kryptonite was created by using the same duplicating ray that made Bizarro in an attempt to form a kryptonite to kill Bizarro. Instead, the white kryptonite stabilized and cured the molecularly unstable Bizarro.
  • Hybrid Kryptonite: On Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman, Hybrid Kryptonite is a man-made form of kryptonite created by a renegade S.T.A.R. Labs scientist. Harmless to Kryptonians, it has the same effect on humans as green kryptonite does on Kryptonians.
  • Red-Green Kryptonite: Red-Green Kryptonite can cause Superman to mutate, temporarily growing a third eye in the back of his head.
  • Gold Kryptonite: Gold Kryptonite can remove a Kryptonians' ability to process yellow sunlight; this version of Kryptonite only removes a Kryptonian's powers temporarily, but enough exposure can render them powerless forever. On Smallville, Gold Kryptonite, while heated up, can be used to permanently scar Kryptonians. Prolonged contact could permanently remove all Kryptonian superhuman abilities. Contact with a large amount of gold kryptonite could kill a Kryptonian.
  • Red-Green-Blue-Gold Kryptonite: Red-Green-Blue-Gold Kryptonite can enhance the intelligence of a Kryptonian.
  • Silver Kryptonite: Silver Kryptonite can causes Kryptonians to suffer from altered perceptions, loss of inhibition and extreme hunger cravings. On Smallville, Silver Kryptonite is an artificial Kryptonite infused with silver shards created by the liquid metallic form of Brainiac. The silver induced hallucinations and paranoia in Kryptonians. It also suppressed their general invulnerability, allowing them to be cut so the silver could enter the bloodstream.
  • Jewel Kryptonite: Jewel Kryptonite allows the wielder to project illusions or perform mind control.
  • Bizarro-Red Kryptonite: Bizarro-Red Kryptonite affects normal humans the same manner that Red Kryptonite affects Kryptonians.
  • Red-Gold Kryptonite: Red-Gold Kryptonite temporarily deprives Kryptonians of their memories.
  • Magno-Kryptonite: Magno-Kryptonite is magnetically attracted to all substances originally from Krypton.
  • Red-Green-Gold Kryptonite: Red-Green-Gold Kryptonite can permanently remove the individual's powers and memories of ever having been Superman.
  • Slow Kryptonite: Slow Kryptonite affects normal humans in a manner similar to the way Green Kryptonite affects Kryptonians.
  • Kryptonite-X: Kryptonite-X can supercharge a Kryptonian and restore their ability to process solar radiation.
  • Pink Kryptonite: Pink Kryptonite turns Kryptonians lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender.
  • Black Kryptonite: Black Kryptonite can split a Kryptonian into two separate entities; one good and the other evil. On Smallville, Black Kryptonite could separate aspects of the psyche of Kryptonians or humans and manifest them in a duplicate body, typically as "good" and "bad" versions of someone. Black kryptonite was created by superheating green kryptonite to extremely high temperatures. This also introduced the concept of black kryptonite.
  • Orange Kryptonite: Orange Kryptonite gives superpowers to any animal that comes into contact with it for 24 hours.
  • Periwinkle Kryptonite: Periwinkle Kryptonite causes Kryptonians to lose all inhibitions.
  • Platinum Kryptonite: Platinum Kryptonite permanently grants all of the powers of a Kryptonian to ordinary humans. However, it was never specified whether it also grants them the Kryptonian weaknesses.
  • Gemstone Kryptonite: On Smallville, Gemstome Kryptonite is a mineral infused with Kryptonite that would give Kryptonians the power of hypnotic persuasion over others. It was primarily seen in pulverized dust form. The persuasion could also affect the Kryptonian persuader if their command was directed back at them through a reflective surface. The effects were counteracted with green K.

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