Bee Wax

Type	Crafting material – Drop
Rarity
Sell	20

Desktop/Console/Old-gen console/Mobile-Only Content: This information applies only to the Desktop, Console, Old-gen console, and Mobile versions of Terraria.

Not to be confused with Beeswax , which summons a pet Tiphia.

The Bee Wax is a crafting material dropped by the Queen Bee. It cannot be placed. It takes 44 to craft a set of Bee armor and the Hornet Staff, which amounts to killing Queen Bee 2-3 times.

Crafting[edit | edit source]

Used in[edit | edit source]

All versions[edit | edit source]

Result	Ingredients	Crafting station
Hornet Staff	Bee Wax (14)	Iron Anvil or Lead Anvil
Bee Headgear	Bee Wax (8)
Bee Breastplate	Bee Wax (12)
Bee Greaves	Bee Wax (10)

Desktop version and Console version only[edit | edit source]

Result	Ingredients	Crafting station
Beenade	Bee Wax Grenade	Iron Anvil or Lead Anvil

Tips[edit | edit source]

The most effective way of profiting from Bee Wax is to craft it into Bee Headgear first, and then selling it.

History[edit | edit source]

Desktop version

Desktop 1.3.1: Sprite updated.

Desktop 1.3.0.1: Now used in Beenades.

Desktop 1.2.4: Introduced.

Console version

Console 1.0.933.1: Sprite updated, now used in Beenades. ()

Console 1.0.750.0: Sprite updated, now used in Beenades. ()

Console 1.08: Introduced.

Mobile version

Mobile 1.2.11212: Introduced.

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Consumables:

Potions (

Buff Potions) •

Thrown Weapons

Ammunition •

Seeds •

Materials (

Drops •

Ores •

Bars) •

Other

Potions
Health Potions	Lesser Healing • Healing • Greater Healing • Super Healing • Mushroom • Bottled Water • Bottled Honey • Eggnog • Honeyfin • Horn o' plenty
Mana Potions	Lesser Mana • Mana • Greater Mana • Super Mana
Restoration Potions	Lesser Restoration • Restoration • Strange Brew
Other Potions	Gender Change • Hair Dye • Recall • Teleportation • Wormhole
Permanent Power-Ups	Life Crystal • Life Fruit • Mana Crystal • Demon Heart
Power-Ups	Heart (Candy Apple • Candy Cane) • Star (Soul Cake • Sugar Plum) • Damage Booster • Life Booster • Mana Booster

Buff Potions
Attack	Ammo Reservation • Archery • Battle • Magic Power • Rage • Summoning • Titan • Wrath
Defense	Calming • Endurance • Heartreach • Inferno • Invisibility • Ironskin • Lifeforce • Mana Regeneration • Regeneration • Thorns • Warmth • Wiesnbräu
Movement	Featherfall • Flipper • Gills • Gravitation • Obsidian Skin • Swiftness • Water Walking
Detection and Vision	Dangersense • Hunter • Night Owl • Shine • Spelunker
Fishing	Fishing • Sonar • Crate
Other	Builder • Love • Mining • Stink • Red
Foods and Drinks	Ale • Sake • Bacon • Bowl of Soup • Christmas Pudding • Cooked Marshmallow • Fishing Food • Gingerbread Cookie • Grub Soup • Pad Thai • Pho • Pumpkin Pie • Sugar Cookie
Flasks	Poison • Fire • Venom • Gold • Ichor • Cursed Flames • Nanites • Party

Thrown Weapons and Explosives
Thrown	Snowball • Rotten Egg • Shuriken • Throwing Knife (Bone • Poisoned) • Star Anise • Spiky Ball • Frost Daggerfish • Javelin (Bone ) • Holy Water • Unholy Water • Blood Water • Bone (Glove ) • Molotov Cocktail
Explosives	Beenade • Grenade (Sticky • Bouncy ) • Bomb (Sticky • Bouncy • Fish ) • Dynamite (Sticky • Bouncy ) • Explosives • Land Mine • Holy Hand Grenade

Ammunition
Arrows	Normal	Wooden (Endless Quiver ) • Bone • Flaming • Frostburn • Unholy • Jester's • Hellfire • Holy • Cursed • Ichor • Luminite • Chlorophyte • Venom • Spectral • Vulcan Bolt • Heart
Arrows	Other	Stake
Bullets	Normal	Musket Ball (Endless Musket Pouch ) • Crystal • Silver • Meteor Shot • Party • Golden • High Velocity • Nano • Exploding • Chlorophyte • Cursed • Ichor • Venom • Luminite
Bullets	Other	Candy Corn • Coins
Rockets	Normal	Rocket I • Rocket II • Rocket III • Rocket IV
Rockets	Other	Stynger Bolt • Explosive Jack 'O Lantern • Nail
Miscellaneous	Flare • Seed • Darts (Crystal • Cursed • Ichor • Poison) • Sand (Ebonsand • Crimsand • Pearlsand) • Solutions • Bone • Gel • Fallen Star • Snowball • Cannonball • Explosive Bunny

Seeds
Grass Seeds	Grass • Jungle • Mushroom • Corrupt • Crimson • Hallowed
Plant Seeds	Blinkroot • Daybloom • Moonglow • Shiverthorn • Waterleaf • Fireblossom • Deathweed
Other Seeds	Acorns • Pumpkin

Materials
Found	Book • Cactus • Cobweb • Coral • Crystal Shard • Fallen Star • Fish • Jungle Spores • Mushroom (Glowing • Vicious • Vile) • Pumpkin • Wood (Boreal • Palm • Rich Mahogany • Ebonwood • Shadewood • Pearlwood)
Bought	Empty Bullet • Empty Dropper • Cog • Confetti • Explosive Powder • Gold Dust • Nanites • Vial of Venom • Bell • Harp • Dynasty Wood • Illegal Gun Parts • Marshmallow • Spell Tome
Crafted	Chain • Black Thread (Green • Pink • Purple • White ) • Leather • Sturdy Fossil • Terrarium • Silk
Gems	Amber • Amethyst • Topaz • Sapphire • Emerald • Ruby • Diamond
Herbs	Blinkroot • Daybloom • Moonglow • Shiverthorn • Waterleaf • Fireblossom • Deathweed
Dye	Red • Orange • Yellow • Lime • Green • Teal • Cyan • Sky Blue • Blue • Purple • Violet • Pink • Black

Drops
Pre-Hardmode	Antlion Mandible • Bee Wax • Bone • Gel • Hook (crafting material) • Lens (Black) • Rotten Chunk (Vertebrae) • Shadow Scale (Tissue Sample) • Shark Fin • Stinger • Tattered Cloth • Vine • Worm Tooth • Pink Gel
Hardmode	Ancient Cloth • Beetle Husk • Broken Hero Sword • Cursed Flame (Ichor) • Ectoplasm • Forbidden Fragment • Frost Core • Light Shard (Dark) • Mechanical Pieces (Battery • Wagon • Wheel ) • Pixie Dust • Spider Fang • Solar Tablet Fragment • Spooky Wood • Turtle Shell • Unicorn Horn
Wings	Black Fairy Dust • Broken Bat Wing • Butterfly Dust • Feather (Bone • Fire • Giant Harpy • Ice) • Tattered Bee Wing • Spooky Twig
Souls	Light • Night • Flight • Sight • Might • Fright • Blight
Lunar Fragments	Solar • Vortex • Nebula • Stardust

Ores and Bars
Ores	Copper • Tin • Iron • Lead • Silver • Tungsten • Gold • Platinum • Demonite • Crimtane • Meteorite • Obsidian • Hellstone
Hardmode Ores	Cobalt • Palladium • Mythril • Orichalcum • Adamantite • Titanium • Chlorophyte • Luminite
Bars	Copper • Tin • Iron • Lead • Silver • Tungsten • Gold • Platinum • Demonite • Crimtane • Meteorite • Hellstone
Hardmode Bars	Cobalt • Palladium • Mythril • Orichalcum • Adamantite • Titanium • Hallowed • Chlorophyte • Shroomite • Spectre • Luminite

Other
Summoning	Boss	Slime Crown • Suspicious Looking Eye • Worm Food • Bloody Spine • Abeemination • Mechanical (Eye • Worm • Skull) • Lihzahrd Power Cell • Celestial Sigil • Suspicious Looking Skull • Suspicious Looking Egg • Cursed stuffing
Summoning	Event	Goblin Battle Standard • Snow Globe • Pirate Map • Pumpkin Moon Medallion • Naughty Present • Solar Tablet • Eternia Crystal
Keys	Golden • Shadow • Temple • Biome (Frozen • Jungle • Corruption • Crimson • Hallowed) • Night • Light
Grab Bags	Crates (Wooden • Iron • Golden • Jungle • Sky • Corrupt • Crimson • Hallowed • Dungeon ) • Golden Lock Box • Goodie Bag • Herb Bag • Present • Treasure Bag
Miscellaneous	Coins • Defender Medal • Bait • Etherian Mana • Paint • Wire • Ropes (Chain • Streamers ) • Rope Coils (Silk • Vine • Web ) • Marshmallow on a Stick • Glowstick (Sticky • Bouncy • Spelunker ) • Vile Powder • Vicious Powder • Purification Powder • Smoke Bomb • Happy Grenade • Confetti Gun

Dropped by
Entity	Quantity	Rate
Queen Bee	16-26	100%

Bee Wax

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