Ore boulders

An Iron Ore Boulder found in the Forgotten Ruins.

An ore boulder is a large shard of ore that contains 1,800 raw ore.

In order to harvest these boulders, a Crude Drill or Drill must be placed on any of the boulder's sides, which will then need to be connected to an electricity source. Multiple drills can be placed against the boulder's sides, increasing the rate the ore is harvested. A maximum of 8 drills can be placed against a boulder; two on each of the four sides.

It is possible, with a weapon with high enough damage, to harvest these boulders with repeated attacks, such as the Rune Song's secondary attack. However, this is slower than mining the surrounding biome walls for ore, and appears to be unintended.

The rate at which ore can be extracted from a boulder is 0.5–2.0 per minute over the course of 15–60 hours, depending on the amount and type of drills on it.

Once the drill is powered, the boulder will start shaking and making a *clink* noise with each hit. After the boulder is depleted, it will break and disappear.

Ore boulders are visible on the map as 2×2 squares of a single-color.

There are 9 types of ore boulders in the game, one for every metal ore.

Types

Image	Ore extracted	Location	Map color
	Copper Ore	Rare in the Undergrounds, Clay Caves and Forgotten Ruins Very rare in Azeos' Wilderness Extremely rare in the Desert of Beginnings
	Tin Ore	Rare in the Clay Caves Very rare in Azeos' Wilderness Extremely rare in the Desert of Beginnings
	Iron Ore	Rare in the Forgotten Ruins Very rare in Azeos' Wilderness Extremely rare in the Desert of Beginnings
	Gold Ore	Rare in the Clay Caves and Forgotten Ruins Very rare in Azeos' Wilderness Extremely rare in the Desert of Beginnings
	Scarlet Ore	Rare in Azeos' Wilderness
	Octarine Ore	Rare in the Sunken Sea
	Galaxite Ore	Very rare in the Desert of Beginnings
	Solarite Ore	Very rare in the Shimmering Frontier
	Pandorium Ore	Very rare in the Passage

Spawning

• Copper
• Tin
• Iron
• Gold
• Scarlet
• Octarine
• Galaxite
• Solarite
• Pandorium

Copper

Natural spawn

Initial generation
Spawnable tiles	Biome	Chance
Any ground tile	Undergrounds	0.3%
Any ground tile	Clay Caves	0.1%
Any ground tile	Forgotten Ruins	0.1%
Grass Block ground Stone Block ground	Azeos' Wilderness	0.05%
Desert Block wall	Desert of Beginnings	0.01%

Tin

Natural spawn

Initial generation
Spawnable tiles	Biome	Chance
Any ground tile	Clay Caves	0.3%
Grass Block ground Stone Block ground	Azeos' Wilderness	0.05%
Desert Block wall	Desert of Beginnings	0.01%

Structure contents

Structure	Amount
Abandoned Clay Mineshaft	2
Clay Hut	1
Railway Section (style 1)	1

Iron

Natural spawn

Initial generation
Spawnable tiles	Biome	Chance
Any ground tile	Forgotten Ruins	0.3%
Grass Block ground Stone Block ground	Azeos' Wilderness	0.05%
Desert Block wall	Desert of Beginnings	0.01%

Gold

Natural spawn

Initial generation
Spawnable tiles	Biome	Chance
Any ground tile	Clay Caves	0.1%
Any ground tile	Forgotten Ruins	0.1%
Grass Block ground Stone Block ground	Azeos' Wilderness	0.01%
Desert Block wall	Desert of Beginnings	0.01%

Structure contents

Structure	Amount
Gold Boulder Island	1
Railway Section (style 10)	1

Scarlet

Natural spawn

Initial generation
Spawnable tiles	Biome	Chance
Grass Block ground Stone Block ground	Azeos' Wilderness	0.2%

Structure contents

Structure	Amount
Scarlet Ore Boulders	3
Scarlet Camp	1

Octarine

Natural spawn

Initial generation
Spawnable tiles	Biome	Chance
Beach Block ground	Sunken Sea	0.2%

Structure contents

Structure	Amount
Octarine Island	3
Sea Camp Island (style 1)	1

Galaxite

Natural spawn

Initial generation
Spawnable tiles	Biome	Chance
Desert Block wall	Desert of Beginnings	0.04%

Structure contents

Structure	Amount
Galaxite Ore Boulders	3
Quarry Boulder Mine (style 1)	2
Quarry Boulder Mine (style 2)	1

Solarite

Natural spawn

Initial generation
Spawnable tiles	Chance
Crystal Block ground	0.1%

Structure contents

Structure	Amount
Dungeons
Crystal forest	Varies
Scenes
Solarite Ore Boulders	3
Crystal Maze	1
Crystal Meadow	1

Pandorium

Natural spawn

Initial generation
Spawnable tiles	Biome	Chance
Fossil Block ground	Passage	0.03%

Drilling setups

Setups info

• Furnace, Smelter Kiln, and Fury Forge are all referred to as smelter(s) from this point, since they all convert ores to bars, but for different types of ores. Players must choose the correct building, depending on the ore type:
  • Furnace: Copper Ore, Iron Ore, Tin Ore
  • Smelter Kiln: Gold Ore, Scarlet Ore, Octarine Ore
  • Fury Forge: Galaxite Ore, Solarite Ore, Pandorium Ore
• The Robot Arms must be oriented correctly to place ore into Smelters, which automatically work when provided an ore that it can process.
• If auto-smelting is not desired, the smelters can be replaced with chests.

Setups table

Image Requirements Notes Automatic smelting Drill (1) Electricity Generator (1) The absolute minimum setup, with ore dropping on the ground behind the Drill. ❌ No Drill (1) Electricity Generator (1) Robot Arm (1) Furnace or Smelter Kiln (1) Minimum setup with auto-smelt. ✔ Yes Drill (8) Electricity Generator (1) Conveyor Belt (16) Robot Arm (1) Electrical Wire (3) Furnace or Smelter Kiln (1) Area of the room inside: 8×6 blocks. ✔ Yes Drill (8) Electricity Generator (1) Conveyor Belt (12) Robot Arm (2) Electrical Wire (5) Furnace or Smelter Kiln (2) Area of the room inside: 10×6 blocks. Octarine Ore is the only resource for which two 1×1 smelters are necessary to keep up with ore production. ✔ Yes Drill (8) Electricity Generator (1) Conveyor Belt (12) Robot Arm (2) Electrical Wire (3) Fury Forge (2) Area of the room inside: 9×6 blocks. ✔ Yes

History

• 1.0.1.4: Ore boulders no longer use the wrong ground sprites in the Undergrounds.
• 1.0.0.1:
  • Added Pandorium Ore Boulders.
  • Sprites of most ore boulders updated.
  • Galaxite Ore Boulder map color changed from   #f7f0dc to   #d7dcfb.
  • Solarite Ore Boulder map color changed from   #f7f0dc to   #e2a12c.
• 0.7.0.0-2cab: Added Solarite Ore Boulders.
• 0.5.2.0-b84a: Ores from boulders now spawn in a random position inside the boulder, so having multiple Drills on the same boulder will not always yield ore from the same Drill.
• 0.5.0.0-9b96: Added Galaxite Ore Boulders.
• 0.4.0-3f9c:
  • Added Octarine Ore Boulders.
  • Ore boulders no longer give less total amount of ores before depleting when drilling with more than one drill.
  • Doubled the amount of ore inside ore boulders.
• 0.3.0-297a: Added Scarlet Ore Boulders.
• 0.1.91e2cab: Introduced.