Demonite Ore

Demonite Ore

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Statistics

• 55%

Type	OreCrafting material
Placeable	√ (1 wide × 1 high)
Use time	15 (Very fast)
Tooltip	'Pulsing with dark energy'
Rarity	01*
Sell	10
Research	100 required

• Internal Item ID: 56
• Internal Tile ID: 22

 Dropped by

 Classic

 Expert

 Master

Entity	Qty.	Rate
Eater of WorldsEater of Worlds	20–395 / 20–310	100%
Eater of Worlds (Eater of Worlds Body) Eater of Worlds	2-5	50%
Eater of Worlds (Eater of Worlds Head) Eater of Worlds	2-5	50%
Eater of Worlds (Eater of Worlds Tail) Eater of Worlds	2-5	50%
Eye of CthulhuEye of Cthulhu	30-90	100%
Treasure Bag (Eater of Worlds)Treasure Bag (Eater of Worlds)	30–59	100%
Treasure Bag (Eye of Cthulhu)Treasure Bag (Eye of Cthulhu)	30-90	100%

Demonite Ore is a pre-Hardmode ore. It is the Corruption counterpart to the Crimson's Crimtane Ore, and will not appear naturally in Crimson worlds. It can be found very rarely in small veins underground in worlds that contain Corruption, however the only usable quantities come from bosses, namely Eater of Worlds, and from the Eye of Cthulhu in worlds naturally containing Corruption. Demonite Ore emits a faint blue glow when placed, similar to Crimtane Ore.

The pickaxe power required to mine Demonite Ore changes with location. When below 0ft in elevation, a Gold Pickaxe or better is needed, otherwise any pickaxe can be used.

Crafting

Used in

Result	Ingredients	Crafting station
Demonite Bar (  )	Demonite Ore (3)	Furnace
Demonite Bar ( )	Demonite Ore (4)
Demonite Brick (5)	Demonite Ore Ebonstone Block (5)

total: 3 row(s)

Notes

• Demonite Ore does not spread the Corruption whatsoever.
• Unlike its Crimson counterpart, Demonite Ore can be found in increased amounts within Corruption cave systems.
• Demonite Ore and its counterpart Crimtane Ore can be mined extremely early-game with Bombs, though because they are both very rare this is not a very viable method to gather any appreciable amount.
• Very rarely, Demonite Ore can spawn extremely close to the surface.

Achievements

Ooo! Shiny! • “Mine your first nugget of ore with a pickaxe.”

Mine your first ore.

Tips

• Selling the bar rather than the ore yields an extra 8 per bar, as an ore sells for 8 and the bar sells for 32. The bar is the most profitable way to sell Demonite.
• As of 1.4, Demonite Ores have increased value and Demonite Bars have decreased value, such that one makes the same amount of money selling via the ores or the bars. Hence, it is more efficient to sell the ores.

Trivia

• The placed block texture of Demonite Ore seems to represent scales.

History

 Desktop version

• Desktop 1.4.0.1:
  • Now has higher Metal Detector priority than Gold and Platinum.
  • Now spawns in larger quantities underground.

• Desktop 1.3.0.1:
  • Changed item texture from to .
  • Changed block texture from to .
  • Now requires 3 Demonite instead of 4 Demonite to craft a bar.

• Desktop 1.2.3: Increased stack limit from 99 to 999.

• Desktop 1.2: Now only dropped by the Eye of Cthulhu if the world has Corruption; otherwise Crimtane Ore is dropped.

• Desktop 1.1: Now gives off purple light on top of the sparkle effect.

• Desktop 1.0.5:
  • Now has a sparkle effect.
  • Can now be found underground, in small veins.

• Desktop-Release: Introduced.

 Console version

• Console-Release: Introduced.

 Switch version

• Switch 1.0.711.6: Introduced.

 Mobile version

• Mobile-Release: Introduced.

3DS version

• 3DS-Release: Introduced.