Cobalt Ore

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Cobalt Ore
  • Cobalt Ore item spriteold Cobalt Ore item sprite
  • Cobalt Ore placed
Auto-use
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Statistics
  • Pickaxe icon.png 100%
Type
Placeable✔️ (1 wide × 1 high)
Use time15 (Very fast)
RarityRarity level: 3
Sell7 SC
Research100 required
Obtained from Obtained from
Classic mode icon.png Classic
Expert mode icon.png Expert
Master mode icon.png Master
EntityQty.Rate
Azure CrateAzure CrateAzure Crate(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)20–351/84 (1.19%)
Boreal Crate(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)Boreal CrateBoreal Crate(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)20–351/84 (1.19%)
Bramble Crate(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)Bramble CrateBramble Crate(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)20–351/84 (1.19%)
Defiled Crate(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)Defiled CrateDefiled Crate(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)20–351/84 (1.19%)
Divine Crate(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)Divine CrateDivine Crate(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)20–351/84 (1.19%)
Hellstone Crate(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)Hellstone CrateHellstone Crate(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)20–351/84 (1.19%)
Hematic Crate(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)Hematic CrateHematic Crate(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)20–351/84 (1.19%)
Mirage Crate(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)Mirage CrateMirage Crate(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)20–351/84 (1.19%)
Mythril Crate(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)Mythril CrateMythril Crate(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)12–211/48 (2.08%)
Pearlwood Crate(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)Pearlwood CratePearlwood Crate(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)4–151/28 (3.57%)
Seaside Crate(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)Seaside CrateSeaside Crate(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)20–351/84 (1.19%)
Stockade Crate(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)Stockade CrateStockade Crate(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)20–351/84 (1.19%)

Cobalt Ore is the lowest tier of Hardmode Ore, and can spawn on the first breaking of an Altar. More will spawn on the 4th, 7th, 10th, etc destroyed Altars, albeit in decreasing amounts. Mining Cobalt Ore requires at least a Molten Pickaxe. It is immune to all types of explosions.

Palladium Ore may generate in place of Cobalt Ore. It is slightly more valuable, and the tools and weapons it crafts have slightly better stats.

Crafting

Recipes

ResultIngredientsCrafting station
Cobalt OreCobalt OreChlorophyte ExtractinatorChlorophyte Extractinator Conversion(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
ShimmerShimmer Transmutation(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)

Used in

ResultIngredientsCrafting station
Palladium OrePalladium OreChlorophyte ExtractinatorChlorophyte Extractinator Conversion(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
Cobalt BarCobalt BarFurnaceFurnace
Desktop versionConsole versionMobile version only:
Cobalt BrickCobalt Brick5
Old-gen console versionNintendo 3DS version only:
Cobalt BrickCobalt Brick
Platinum OrePlatinum OreShimmerShimmer Transmutation(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)

Notes

Achievements

Achievement Extra Shiny!.png
Extra Shiny! • Mine a powerful ore that has been newly blessed upon your world.
Mine your first Hardmode ore. (Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
Category: Explorer Explorer

Trivia

  • Actual Cobalt is a poisonous, magnetic metal (though it is actually a key part of vitamin B12, which is necessary for living beings and has extremely low toxicity). It is named after the Kobold, at that time thought of as a mischievous spirit; this is because smelting its ores were difficult and would often release toxic fumes. Pure cobalt is an element found on the periodic table just after iron, and is actually silver-like in color, however it is never found pure in nature. Its primary historic use was as a pigment used especially in glass or porcelain, as it turns a rich "cobalt blue" when in the compound form of smaltite, made of cobalt, iron, and nickel combined with arsenic. This made cobalt, along with lapis lazuli, one of the few mineral blue pigments, and therefore was an extremely valuable commodity.
  • Several Cobalt items in the game are Japanese-themed, namely the Cobalt Naginata, Cobalt Armor and the Cobalt Sword which resembles a katana.
  • Despite being named after (and resembling) the material, the Cobalt Shield cannot be made from ore/bars.
  • (Old-gen console and 3DS versions) Cobalt Ore's inventory sprite is the same as the one for Adamantite Ore, except rotated and colored blue.

See also

History

  • Desktop 1.3.0.1: Placed Cobalt has a new texture. The previous placed sprite was Cobalt Ore (placed) (old).png