vMeteorite Ore116
Information
Type	Block
Sub-Type	Ore
Damage (?)	20
Placeable	Yes
Max Stack	250
Rarity	Tier 0 (White)
Sell Value	2
Continuous Attack	Yes
Crafting
Material In	Meteorite Bar

Meteorite Ore comes from Meteorites that have a chance of appearing each night at midnight after a Shadow Orb has been broken. The amount of Meteorite Ore that appears depends on where the Meteorite landed, because when Meteorite Ore is created, it replaces existing blocks, rather than create new blocks, so if you still need Meteorite Ore, it is recommended you do not build a Skybridge before breaking the Shadow Orbs; If a Meteorite hits a Skybridge only a very small amount of Meteorite will be left. This is due to meteors replacing the blocks of the first thing it "hits", since the Skybridge is generally very thin there are only a few blocks to replace, the rest is open space.

Terraria Meteorite Biome(01:50)
19,807 views

Meteorite blocks are fire-type, so an Obsidian Skull, Obsidian Shield, Obsidian Horseshoe or Obsidian Skin Potion is required to prevent damage from touching them, much like Hellstone. A Gold Pickaxe or better is required to mine the Meteorite Ore, although explosives work just as well. It is entirely safe to touch the loose ore after it's been mined. Four Meteorite Ore can be smelted into a Meteorite Bar at a Furnace.

The Meteor Heads have a 2% (1:50) drop rate of Meteorite Ore. If you continuously want to farm the ores then this is a slow, but possible process.

Contents 1 Tips and Tricks 2 Notes 3 Update History 4 Gallery

Tips and TricksEdit

• Keeping the Meteor Heads in front will allow the player to continuously knock them back while mining.
• Only a certain number of Meteor Heads, usually 3 to 6, will spawn at a time, unless the player is unfortunate enough to attempt to mine during a Blood Moon, in which case they will spawn in overwhelming quantities.
• Meteorites can spawn without breaking a Shadow Orb, but this is only a 2% (1:50) chance.
• Once there is less than 50 Meteorite Ore placed in the immediate area, the Eerie Theme that is normally playing around Meteorite deposits will revert to normal and Meteor Heads will cease to spawn.
• When a player is in a Meteorite biome, only Meteor Heads will spawn, unless you are in an Ocean biome.
• The player can place 50 Meteorite Ore to create an artificial Meteorite biome, which has the same properties as a natural Meteorite. This can be done to prevent more dangerous monsters from spawning.
• It is possible to gather all of the Meteorite Ore without an Obsidian Skull as long as the player does not directly touch the Meteorite blocks.
• Using Dynamite to destroy most of the Meteorite Ore at once will make it easier to collect it, as well as stopping the Meteor Heads from spawning much sooner.
• Using Bombs is also an alternative to using Dynamite as it is much cheaper, and also due to the fact that they can be made into Sticky Bombs. Using Sticky Bombs allows you to position where you want the explosion, as you do not have to worry about bouncing. The only downside to this method is that it takes longer to mine the Meteorite as Bombs lack the large explosion radius of Dynamite.
• Also standing on the Meteorite with strong armor helps to be able to ignore the heads that appear.(though this is basicly useless later in the game since by then you should'nt need this ore except for phasesabers)

NotesEdit

• Meteorite ore and Hellstone are the only two ores that can stack over 99, reaching up to 250.

Update HistoryEdit

v1.0.0

• Introduced.

GalleryEdit

Minerals
Copper Ore	Copper Bar	Hellstone	Hellstone Bar
Iron Ore	Iron Bar	Cobalt Ore	Cobalt Bar
Silver Ore	Silver Bar	Mythril Ore	Mythril Bar
Gold Ore	Gold Bar	Adamantite Ore	Adamantite Bar
Demonite Ore	Demonite Bar
Meteorite Ore	Meteorite Bar		Obsidian

Items Requiring Meteorite
Tools	Meteor Hamaxe
Weapons	Star Cannon · Space Gun · Phaseblades
Armor	Meteor Helmet · Meteor Suit · Meteor Leggings
Ammo	Meteor Shot
Other	Meteorite Bar

Start a Discussion Discussions about Meteorite Ore

You can discuss the subject of this page on the Terraria Wiki Forum.