- For more details on item drop rates, see drops
See also the associated category for a full list
Thorium adds many new tiers of crafting materials that are spread throughout the game. These new Tiers aim to aid progression, add variety and fill in niches that were not as explored in the Base game.
Several other miscellaneous crafting materials also exist to further increase variety, such as customization materials which allow the changing of armor set appearance.
Main Materials[ | ]
These materials can be obtained through crafting, enemy drops or mined blocks. These crafting materials can generally be used to craft a "set" of tools, weapons and/or armor, each with a special theme and properties common among the items crafted from the same material.
Pre-Hardmode[ | ]
Material | Availability | Obtained from | Amount | |
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Living Leaf | Always available | Mining Leaf Blocks | 1 | |
Icy Shard | Always available | Most Snow biome enemies | 1 | |
Thorium Bar | Always available | 4 @ after Eye of Cthulhu is defeated, before any Mechanical Boss is defeated |
1 1-2 (Strange Crate before Hardmode) 1-3 (Strange Crate after Hardmode) | |
Danger Shard | Always available | 3-5 | ||
Petal | Always available | 1-3 | ||
Aquaite Bar | Always available | 5 @ after The Queen Jellyfish is defeated, before entering Hardmode |
1 1-3 | |
Magma Bar | Always available | 4 @ | 1 | |
Sandstone Ingot | The Grand Thunder Bird is defeated | The Grand Thunder Bird |
16-20 22-26 | |
Yew Wood | During Goblin Invasion | All Goblins except Goblin Summoners | 4-8 | |
Granite Energy Core | Skeletron is defeated | Granite biome enemies | 1-2 | |
Bronze Alloy Fragments | Skeletron is defeated | Marble biome enemies | 1-2 | |
Spirit Droplet | Skeletron is defeated | 1 @ / |
1-2 5 | |
Darksteel Ingot | Skeletron is defeated | + @ | 1 |
Hardmode[ | ]
Material | Availability | Obtained from | Amount | |
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Molten Residue | Wall of Flesh is defeated | Underworld enemies in Hardmode | 1 | |
Cerulean Morel | Wall of Flesh is defeated | Glowing Mushroom biome enemies in Hardmode | 1 | |
Pharaoh's Breath | Wall of Flesh is defeated | Desert and Underground Desert enemies in Hardmode | 1-2 | |
Bio-Matter | Wall of Flesh is defeated | Most Hardmode Underground Jungle enemies in Hardmode | 1 | |
Abyssal Chitin | Wall of Flesh is defeated | 1-2 1 (Lesser Feeding Frenzy) | ||
Hallowed Charm | Wall of Flesh is defeated | 3 + 1 @ / after entering Hardmode, before Plantera is defeated |
3 2-3 | |
Geode | Mythril or Orichalcum Anvil | 1 + 5 ( or ) @ / or 1 + 4 ( or ) @ / or 1 + 3 ( or ) @ / or 1 + 2 ( or ) @ / after entering Hardmode, before Plantera is defeated |
3 3 3 3 2-3 | |
Green Dragon Scale | Mythril or Orichalcum Anvil | 3 + 1 + 1 @ / after entering Hardmode, before Plantera is defeated |
3 2-3 | |
Unfathomable Flesh | Mythril or Orichalcum Anvil | 3 + 1 + 1 @ / after entering Hardmode, before Plantera is defeated |
3 2-3 | |
Lodestone Ingot | Coznix, The Fallen Beholder is defeated | 4 @ | 1 | |
Valadium Ingot | Coznix, The Fallen Beholder is defeated | 4 @ | 1 | |
Strange Plating | At least one Mechanical Boss is defeated | All Mechanical Bosses | 12 | |
Life-Powered Energy Cell | At least one Mechanical Boss is defeated | All Mechanical Bosses | 2-3 | |
Cursed Cloth | The Lich is defeated | The Lich |
20-25 45 | |
Titanic Bar | All 3 Mechanical Bosses are defeated | 2 + 1 + 1 @ after Plantera is defeated |
2 2-3 | |
Bloom Weave | Plantera is defeated | Plantera |
30 | |
Solar Pebble | Plantera is defeated | |
1-3 5 | |
Harbinger Catalyst | Plantera is defeated | 1 + 1 + 1 + 3 @ after Plantera is defeated |
2 2-3 | |
Berserker Shard | Plantera is defeated | 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 @ after Plantera is defeated |
2 2-3 | |
Dread Soul | Plantera is defeated | 1 + 1 + 1 @ after Plantera is defeated |
1 2-3 | |
Demon Blood Shard | Plantera is defeated | 1 + 1 + 1 @ after Plantera is defeated |
1 2-3 | |
Illumite Ingot | Plantera is defeated | 4 @ | 1 | |
Dark Matter | Plantera is defeated | Most Hardmode Dungeon enemies | 1-3 2-3 (Bone Lee) | |
Holy Knight's Alloy | Plantera is defeated | 3-5 | ||
Permafrost | Plantera is defeated | 5-15 | ||
Terrarium Core | Lunatic Cultist is defeated | 1 of each vanilla Bar (except , , or ) + @ | 1 | |
White Dwarf Fragment | Lunatic Cultist is defeated | All Celestial Towers | 3-15 5-22 | |
Celestial Fragment | Lunatic Cultist is defeated | All Celestial Towers | 3-15 5-22 | |
Shooting Star Fragment | Lunatic Cultist is defeated | All Celestial Towers | 3-15 5-22 | |
Inferno Essence | The Primordials is defeated | The Primordials |
16 20 | |
Ocean Essence | The Primordials is defeated | The Primordials |
16 20 | |
Death Essence | The Primordials is defeated | The Primordials |
16 20 |
Other Materials[ | ]
These materials do not have a specific set of equipment, and are used to craft a variety of assorted items.
Pre-Hardmode[ | ]
Material | Availability | Obtained from | Amount | |
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Arcane Dust | Always available | 1 @ after Eye of Cthulhu is defeated, before entering Hardmode |
5 5-8 | |
Cloth | Always available | 4 @ | 1 | |
Blank Painting | Always available | 10 + 4 @ | 1 | |
Band | Always available | 1 / @ / | 1 | |
Talon | Always available | 1-2 | ||
Blood | Always available | 1 | ||
Depth Scales | Always available | 1-2 | ||
Marine Kelp | Always available | Grows naturally in Aquatic Depths Grown using Extractinating |
1 1-3 (Depth Chest) | |
Unholy Shards | During Blood Moon | All enemies during a Blood Moon | 2-4 | |
Purified Shards | Blood Moon has occurred | 2 @ | 1 | |
Blank Technique Scroll | The Grand Thunder Bird is defeated | Sold by | 1 | |
Malignant Thread | Eye of Cthulhu is defeated | Sold by after finishing Casting a Shadow | 1 | |
Strange Alien Tech | Shadow Orb / Crimson Heart is smashed | 1 |
Hardmode[ | ]
Material | Availability | Obtained from | Amount | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Bundle of Benign Balloons | Wall of Flesh is defeated | Sold by | 1 | |
Void Heart | Coznix, The Fallen Beholder is defeated | Sold by | 1 | |
Broken Hero Fragment | All 3 Mechanical Bosses are defeated | 2-5 | ||
Concentrated Thorium | Plantera is defeated | 1 + 1 @ / | 5 | |
Dormant Hammer | The Primordials is defeated | 1 |