Crafting materials
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) | |
Petal | Always available | 1-3 | ||
Aquaite Bar | Always available | 5 @ after Queen Jellyfish is defeated, before entering Hardmode |
1 1-3 | |
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 @ / |
1-3 8 3 | |
Darksteel Ingot | Skeletron is defeated | + @ | 1 |
Hardmode
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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Cloth | Always available | 4 @ | 1 | |
Blank Painting | Always available | 10 + 4 @ | 1 | |
Talon | Always available | 1-2 | ||
Blood | Always available | 1 3 5 | ||
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 | 1-2 |
Hardmode
Material | Availability | Obtained from | Amount | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Bundle of Benign Balloons | Wall of Flesh is defeated | Sold by | 1 | |
Void Heart | Fallen Beholder is defeated | Sold by | 1 | |
Broken Hero Fragment | Plantera is defeated | 2-5 | ||
Concentrated Thorium | Plantera is defeated | 1 + 1 @ / | 5 | |
Dormant Hammer | The Primordials is defeated | 1 |