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Lead Ore
  • Lead Ore item spriteold Lead Ore item sprite
  • Lead Ore placed
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Statistics
Type
Placeable✔️ (1 wide × 1 high)
Use time15 (Very fast)
RarityRarity level: 0
Sell150
Research100 required

Lead Ore is an early-game ore that generates upon world creation on the surface, as well as in the Underground and Cavern layers. Its primary use is in crafting Lead Bars, which can then be used to craft the Lead tier of tools, weapons, and armor, as well as Buckets, Chains, and several other items. The equivalent of Lead Ore is Iron Ore, which will sometimes replace Lead in a world. Lead Ore has a small chance to appear as a bonus drop from Slimes.

As Lead Bars are required to craft a Lead Anvil, Lead Ore must usually be obtained before any tools, weapons, or armor can be crafted from bars. While this can be circumvented by purchasing an Iron Anvil from the Merchant, that is generally inefficient, as it is not difficult to find 15 Lead Ore early on in the game.

Crafting[]

Recipes[]

ResultIngredientsCrafting station
Lead OreLead Ore
ShimmerShimmer Transmutation

Used in[]

ResultIngredientsCrafting station
Iron OreIron Ore
  • Lead OreLead Ore
Chlorophyte ExtractinatorChlorophyte Extractinator Conversion
Lead BarLead Bar
  • Lead OreLead Ore3
FurnaceFurnace
Lead BrickLead Brick
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Ironskin PotionIronskin Potion
Placed BottlePlaced Bottle
or
Alchemy TableAlchemy Table
Iron OreIron Ore
  • Lead OreLead Ore
ShimmerShimmer Transmutation

Achievements[]

Achievement Ooo! Shiny!
Ooo! Shiny! • Mine your first nugget of ore with a pickaxe.
Mine your first ore.
Category: Explorer Explorer

Notes[]

  • It won't generate if you play in a world with The Constant seed.

Trivia[]

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History[]

  • Desktop 1.3.0.1:
    • Changed item texture from Lead Ore (pre-1.3.0.1) to Lead Ore.
    • Changed block texture from Lead Ore (placed) (pre-1.3.0.1) to Lead Ore (placed).
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