Demonite Ore
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Obtained from
Classic
Expert
Master
Demonite Ore





Entity | Qty. | Rate |
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![]() | 20–395 | 100% |
(Eater of Worlds Body) ![]() (Eater of Worlds Body) | 2–51–31–2 | 50%50%33.33% |
(Eater of Worlds Head) ![]() (Eater of Worlds Head) | 2–51–31–2 | 50%50%33.33% |
(Eater of Worlds Tail) ![]() (Eater of Worlds Tail) | 2–51–31–2 | 50%50%33.33% |
![]() | 30-90 | 100% |
(Eater of Worlds) ![]() (Eater of Worlds)(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) | 80–110110–135 | 100% |
(Eye of Cthulhu) ![]() (Eye of Cthulhu)(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) | 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's faint red glow.
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
Recipes
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Notes
- Demonite Ore does not spread the Corruption in any way.
- 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, with this being highly effective with the vein increases of 1.4, easily netting one a powerful sword, bow, axe, yoyo, and fishing rod early game.
- 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. (Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
Category:
Explorer

Tips
- (Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) 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 faster and just as efficient to sell the ores.
Trivia
- The placed block texture of Demonite Ore seems to represent scales.
History
- Desktop 1.4.3: Now used to craft the Deer Thing.
- 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
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- Changed block texture from
to
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- Now requires 3 Demonite instead of 4 Demonite to craft a bar.
- Changed item texture from
- 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.
- Tooltip is now contained in single quotation marks.
- Desktop-Release: Introduced.
- Console-Release: Introduced.
- Switch 1.0.711.6: Introduced.
- Mobile-Release: Introduced.
- 3DS-Release: Introduced.
Categories:
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- Treasure Bag loot items
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