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 is primarily dropped from the Eater of Worlds, as well as the Eye of Cthulhu in Corruption worlds.
Demonite Ore can also be found rarely in small veins underground. When below 0 ft in elevation, a Gold Pickaxe or better is needed to mine it, otherwise any pickaxe can be used.
Crafting
Recipes
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Notes
- Demonite Ore emits a faint blue glow when placed, similar to Crimtane Ore's faint red glow.
- Demonite Ore does not spread the Corruption at any time.
- Unlike its Crimson counterpart, Demonite Ore can be found in increased amounts within Corruption cave systems.
- 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
- Demonite Ore can be mined early on using explosives, granting players powerful Demonite gear in the early game.
Trivia
- The placed block texture of Demonite Ore resembles scales, likely alluding to Shadow Scales, a material dropped by the Eater of Worlds.
History
- Desktop 1.4.4: Stack limit increased from 999 to 9999.
- Desktop 1.4.3: Now used to craft the Deer Thing.
- Desktop 1.4.0.1:
- Sell value increased from 8 SC to 10 SC.
- 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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- Crafting a Demonite Bar now requires 3 Demonite Ore instead of 4 Demonite Ore.
- Changed item texture from
- Desktop 1.2.3: Stack limit increased 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.