Ores and crafting resources
Early Ores
Early ore bars help you craft stronger tools, armor and stations. Your world chooses one ore from each paired tier, so mine…
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Early Ores
Underground and Cavern caves, where exposed ore veins can be reached.
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Before you go
- A pickaxe capable of mining the ore you target.
- Torches and a safe route back to base.
- A Furnace for smelting ore into bars.
Farming steps
- Inspect ore you have already found to identify the variants present in your world.
- Descend through a natural cave, lighting junctions and checking side passages.
- Mine accessible Copper or Tin and Iron or Lead veins.
- Continue deeper for Silver or Tungsten and Gold or Platinum deposits.
- Use a Spelunker Potion if available to help spot ore against surrounding stone.
- Return when hazards or inventory space make continuing impractical.
- Smelt the haul and craft the next useful pickaxe, armor piece or station.
- Check the area around a vein before digging into a liquid pocket.
- Reserve bars for tools and stations before spending the remainder on armor.
Repeat, collect and use
Repeat trips into unexplored caves as needed. Mined veins are finite; crates and the Extractinator are alternative, variable sources.
Common mistakes
- Planning to mine both members of an ore pair; identify the variants your world generated.
- Digging into a liquid-filled pocket without an exit; open a safe route and control the liquid first.
- Spending every bar on armor; reserve enough for the tools or stations needed to progress.
When to stop or switch
Stop when you have the bars for your next intended upgrade. Explore deeper when your current pickaxe cannot mine the target.
Sources & fact checks
What you can get here
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