Mine with Stone tier
Copper
Vanilla overworld
Early armor, utility tools, and starter stations
3 craftables Block listed
Ores
Ore Progression
Follow the material ladder from frontier metals to breach-tier crystals.
24 materials 24 with block reference 24 with current outputs 12 frontier 7 deep frontier 5 breach
12 entries
Frontier
Mine with Stone tier
Iron
Vanilla overworld and caves
Core early combat and armor line
2 craftables Block listed
Mine with Iron tier
Gold
Vanilla overworld and caves
Utility, focus, and relic-support recipes
2 craftables Block listed
Mine with Iron tier
Emerald
Villages, hills, trade pockets, and special cave pockets
Agile gear, sharp tools, and precision upgrades
13 craftables Block listed
Mine with Stone tier
Quartz
Nether routes, shrine caches, and pale vein pockets
Ritual gear, route tools, light-support weapons, and precise utility
11 craftables Block listed
Mine with Iron tier
Ruby
Hot cave seams, desert or volcanic pockets, and ritual cache veins
Offensive gem gear, battle-mage tools, and burst weapon upgrades
11 craftables Block listed
Mine with Iron tier
Sapphire
Cold seams, frost caverns, and sky-cold crystal pockets
Arcane control gear, focus tools, and frost weapon upgrades
11 craftables Block listed
Mine with Diamond tier
Obsidian
Lavafront crafting and volcanic or ritual pockets
Heavy gear, barrier tools, and knockback-resistant lines
3 craftables Block listed
Mine with Stone tier
Rootshard
Greenwake cave content
Greenwake weapon, summon, and station recipes
7 craftables Block listed
Mine with Iron tier
Life Quartz
Mireglass and swamp-adjacent cave routes
Sustain, resilience, and relic utility
2 craftables Block listed
Mine with Stone tier
Runestone
Windplain cairns and structure-tied caves
Martial, ritual, and arena-linked upgrades
7 craftables Block listed
Mine with Iron tier
Void Shard
Black Archive and structure-depth mining
Magic-heavy archive branch and void upgrades
4 craftables Block listed
7 entries
Deep Frontier
Mine with Diamond tier
Tungsten
Underbriar and deep forest cave routes
Heavy combat, advanced tools, and deep alloy lines
8 craftables Block listed
Mine with Diamond tier
Glacial
Deep Rime caverns and frost seams
Cold-control weapons, brittle burst lines, and frost armor
5 craftables Block listed
Mine with Diamond tier
Mycelium
Rotwarren and decay warrens
Bio-gear, poison, summon, and sustain branches
3 craftables Block listed
Mine with Diamond tier
Ancient Fossil
Ember Vaults and deep desert bone strata
Spear, ranged, and ruin-linked ancient craft lines
4 craftables Block listed
Mine with Diamond tier
Ivy Stone
Hollowstep and overgrown deep structures
Mobility, climb utility, and dryad-support conversion
3 craftables Block listed
Mine with Diamond tier
Shadow Quartz
Underbriar shadow gates and deep void seams
Shadow upgrade branch and stealth or crit support
9 craftables Block listed
Mine with Diamond tier
Cryostone
Deep Rime roosts and frozen veins
Cryo conversion and control-focused crafting
3 craftables Block listed
5 entries
Breach and Endgame
Mine with Diamond tier
Pearlescent Diamond
High breach clusters and rare sky or prism pockets
Elite synthesis and prestige gear
2 craftables Block listed
Mine with Diamond tier
Omni-Crystal
Prism and horizon-tier spaces
Endgame conversion, relic fusion, and capstone tools
8 craftables Block listed
Mine with Diamond tier
Sunmetal
Auric and solar breach content
Radiant offensive gear and sun-tier conversions
8 craftables Block listed
Mine with Diamond tier
Moonglass
Velvet eclipse and moon breach content
Night-control gear and evasive high-tier lines
7 craftables Block listed
Mine with Diamond tier
Prismstone
Prismwyrm and crystal breach content
Beam, refraction, and prestige armor support
8 craftables Block listed