Orichalcum Ore

Orichalcum Ore

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Statistics

Type	OreCrafting material
Placeable	✔️
Use time	14 (Very fast)
Rarity	3
Sell	13

• Internal Item ID: 1105
• Internal Tile ID: 222

Orichalcum Ore is a magenta-colored Hardmode Ore which can replace Mythril in a given world. It requires a pickaxe power of 110 to mine (Cobalt/Palladium Pickaxe or better, or any drill). Like all Hardmode Ores, Orichalcum is generated upon destruction of a Demon/Crimson Altar with a Pwnhammer or any better hammer.

Crafting

Used in

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Notes

• On a small map Orichalcum spawns below a depth of 1,000 feet (500 tiles).
• On a medium map Orichalcum spawns below a depth of 1,400 feet (700 tiles).
• On a large map Orichalcum spawns below a depth of 2,000 feet (1,000 tiles).

Trivia

• In real life, orichalcum is a legendary metal described by Plato in his work Critias to have been mined in the lost city of Atlantis. It is suspected to have been a sort of alloy involving copper.
• While the in-game colour is magenta, orichalcum is speculated to be a more reddish hue.
  • It likely was made this color to avoid confusion with Palladium Ore.

Tips

• Selling the ore rather than the bar yields 8 more per 4 orichalcum ore.

See Also

• Mythril Ore

History

• 1.3.0.1: Placed Orichalcum has a new texture.

• 1.2.3: Increased stack limit from 99 to 999.

• 1.2: Introduced.

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