Ore

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See Ore Deposits for information on where underground ore deposits can be found and how they are generated

Ores are resource blocks that can be mined by the player for use in casting , blooming , smithing , and steel making , grinding and pulverizing for the purpose of creating a large variety of useful crafting ingredients and items including tools , weapons and armor . Once mined, most ores drop ore chunks instead of the ore block themselves. Different ores may require different processing methods in order to be used.

Obtaining

See Mining for information on how to obtain ores and prospecting

Ores come in two types, metal ores and mineral ores, and can be found on the surface as surface bits or deep below as ore blocks. Mining these blocks will drop either metal ore chunks, which must be smashed with a hammer to yield nuggets, or mineral chunks. Most mineral chunks and some metal chunks need to be crushed into a powder in order to be useful. Finding surface bits always means there is an ore deposit below.

Usage

See Metal for a list of pure metals and alloys that can be made from ores

Ores must first be processed into metal or crushed into a powder before they can be useful. There are a variety of ways different ores are processed:

• Casting : Most metal ore nuggets must be smelted into the molten version of that ore with a firepit and crucible . Molten ore can then poured into a mold .
• Blooming : High temperature ores such as Iron or Meteoric iron cannot be cast and must be smelted into blooms via a bloomery, which must then be smithed into ingots. Meteoric iron is bloomed directly into ingots.
• Steel making : Steel must be carburized in a refractory furnace from iron ingots.
• Grinding or Pulverizing : Most mineral ores and some metal ores must be ground in a quern or pulverized into a powder form, for use in various crafting recipes.
• Smithing : Ingots or plates made from casting, blooming, or steel making must then be heated on a forge and smithed on an anvil to form useful items such as tool and weapon heads. Some items can be directly formed via casting, without the need to smith them.

Types of Ores

There are two different types of ores, metal ores and mineral ores. Some metals can be obtained from multiple types of ores, for example, copper can be obtained from both Native Copper and Malachite.

Metal Ores

Ore name	Metal name
Native copper	Copper
Malachite	Copper
Cassiterite	Tin
Galena	Lead
Native Gold	Gold
Native Silver	Silver
Sphalerite	Zinc
Bismuthinite	Bismuth
Hematite	Iron
Limonite	Iron
Magnetite	Iron
Suevite*	Meteoric Iron
Ilmenite	Titanium
Pentlandite	Nickel
Chromite	Chromium
Rhodochrosite†	Manganese

* Suevite is a rock type, not an ore, but meteoric iron can be found within it. Not to be confused with Sylvite, which is an ore that generates in Halite.

†Currently has no in-game use

Mineral Ores

Ore name
Lignite 1
Bituminous coal 1
Anthracite 1
Alum
Borax
Cinnabar
Halite
Sylvite
Lapis lazuli
Olivine
Quartz
Saltpeter 2
Sulfur
Fluorite †
Graphite †
Kernite †
Phosphorite †

¹Coals, while not technically minerals, are found as ores and listed here for convenience

²Saltpeter is found lining the walls of caves as opposed to being found as a block, and cannot be prospected for.

†Currently has no in-game use