Hellstone

Hellstone

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Statistics

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Type	OreCrafting material
Placeable	✔️ (1 wide × 1 high)
Use time	15 (Very fast)
Rarity	02*
Sell	2 SC50 CC
Research	100 required

Inflicts Debuff

Debuff	Burning
Debuff tooltip	Losing life and slowed movement

• Internal Item ID: 174
• Internal Tile ID: 58
• Internal Buff ID: 67

For strategies on mining Hellstone, see Guide:Mining Techniques § Mining Hellstone.

See also: Hellstone Crate

“

The underworld is made of a material called hellstone. It's perfect for making weapons and armor.

— The Guide

Hellstone is an ore that can be found in The Underworld. Mining it requires at least a Nightmare/Deathbringer Pickaxe, and it cannot be mined with explosives in pre-Hardmode. Hellstone in the Underworld emits a faint glow and releases a half-tile of lava when mined. Hellstone tools are among the most powerful that can be acquired in pre-Hardmode, rivaled only by three tools that can be caught from fishing: the Sawtooth Shark, Rockfish, and (Old-gen console and 3DS versions) Reaver Shark.

Hellstone inflicts the Burning debuff on players who touch it. Items that protect the player from the debuff (including the Obsidian Skull and its derivatives) will allow players to touch it without incurring fire damage. NPCs and enemies do not receive damage from Hellstone.

Crafting

Used in

Result	Ingredients	Crafting station
only: Hellstone Brick5	Stone Block5 Hellstone	Furnace
only: Hellstone Brick	Hellstone Stone Block
Hellstone Bar	Hellstone3 Obsidian	Hellforge
only: Flask of Fire	Bottled Water Hellstone3	Imbuing Station
only: Flask of Fire	Bottled Water Hellstone5
Obsidian Toilet(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)	Obsidian4 Hellstone2	Sawmill
Obsidian Chest(Desktop, Console, Old-gen console and Mobile versions)	Obsidian6 Hellstone2 Any Iron Bar2	Work Bench
Obsidian Sink(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)	Obsidian4 Hellstone2 Water Bucket
Cinder Wall(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)4	Hellstone	Work Bench and Ecto Mist(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
Ember Wall(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)4	Hellstone
Magma Wall(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)4	Hellstone
Smouldering Stone Wall(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)4	Hellstone

Notes

• Hellstone will not create lava if mined outside of the Underworld.
• The Spelunker buff will not light up Hellstone, and the Metal Detector (and upgrades) will also not show Hellstone nearby. However, the Dangersense buff will. Nevertheless, it can be found easily due to the sparks it produces and its contrast to the Ash Blocks.
• In Hardmode, Hellstone can be destroyed with Dynamite and Bombs.

Achievements

Ooo! Shiny! • “Mine your first nugget of ore with a pickaxe.”

Mine your first ore. (Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)

Category: Explorer

Tips

• Lava can be farmed by repeatedly mining and placing Hellstone in The Underworld.
• Placing gravity-affected blocks such as Sand Blocks on top of Hellstone before mining will keep the Hellstone from inflicting damage.
• Use an Obsidian Skin Potion to become immune to the lava that generates when hellstone is mined.

Trivia

• Hellstone, Meteorite, Luminite, and Obsidian are the only ores that do not have "ore" in the name.
• Hellstone is the only ore in the game whose bar requires a material in addition to its ore to smelt.
• In the real world, silver nitrate is sometimes called "Hellstone".
• In 1.0, Hellstone was considered an endgame ore.
• Hellstone has a special immunity to lava in the code, despite its rarity of 02* stopping that anyway.
  • This is because before update 1.1, it had a rarity of 00*, so it needed that code to prevent it from burning.

History

 Desktop version

• Desktop 1.4.0.1: Now used to craft the Obsidian Toilet and various Underworld-themed walls.

• Desktop 1.3.1: Changed item texture from to .

• Desktop 1.3.0.1: Changed block texture from to .

• Desktop 1.2:
  • Stack limit increased from 250 to 999.
  • Now gives the Burning debuff when touched. Previously, the player takes 20 damage and receives invincibility frames when touching this block (similar to Spike).

• Desktop 1.1:
  • Hellstone can now be destroyed by Dynamite or Bombs while in Hardmode.
  • Rarity changed from White to Green.

• Desktop 1.0.6:
  • No longer emits light.
  • Now releases lava when mined (only in the Underworld).

• Desktop 1.0.5: Now has a sparkle effect.

• Desktop 1.0.2:
  • Hellstone and Obsidian now require at least a Nightmare Pickaxe to gather.
  • Hellstone now correctly takes as long to dig as Meteorite does.

• Desktop-Release: Introduced.

 Console version

• Console-Release: Introduced.

 Nintendo Switch version

• Switch 1.0.711.6: Introduced.

 Mobile version

• Mobile-Release: Introduced.

Nintendo 3DS version

• 3DS-Release: Introduced.