Iridium Ore

Iridium Ore is a resource that can be obtained in a variety of locations (see "Locations" below).

Locations

• Mining Iridium Nodes and Mystic Stones.
  • Iridium Nodes can be found in the Quarry, Skull Cavern, and Volcano Dungeon. They can also spawn on Hill-top and Four Corners farm maps at Mining Skill level 10.
    Tips: The chance to find Iridium Ore increases steadily the further one descends into the Skull Cavern. Large amounts of staircases or bombs can get one deep into the Skull Cavern quickly.
  • Mystic Stones can be found in the Mines (Floor 100+), Quarry, Skull Cavern and Volcano Dungeon.
• Opening Magma Geodes, Omni Geodes, and Golden Coconuts.
  • To further enhance geode frequency, choose the Geologist Profession at Mining Level 5 and the Excavator Profession at Mining Level 10.
  • Krobus sells 1 Omni Geode every Tuesday for data-sort-value="300">300g each, and the Oasis sells 3 Omni Geodes every Wednesday for data-sort-value="500">500g each.
  • The Oasis sells 10 Coconuts every Monday for data-sort-value="400">400g each, which can then be traded with the Island Trader for 1 Golden Coconut after having cracked at least one Golden Coconut.
• Rare drop from high level Monsters.
  • Purple Slimes in the Skull Cavern have a chance to drop both Iridium Ore and Iridium Bars. They can be raised in Slime Hutches.
  • Iridium Bats in the Skull Cavern may drop an Iridium Bar (0.8% chance) and up to 4 Iridium Ore when slain.
  • Iridium Crabs in the Skull Cavern may drop up to 3 Iridium Ore when slain.
  • Iridium Golems have a 20% chance to drop Iridium Ore. After reaching Combat level 10, both Iridium Golems and Wilderness Golems have a 1% chance to drop Iridium Ore, and a 1% chance of dropping a second one.
• Breaking crates and barrels in the dangerous Mines and Volcano Dungeon.
• Catching regular and golden Fishing Treasure Chests.
• A Super Cucumber Fish Pond may produce 1-3 Iridium Ore when the population of the pond reaches 9.
• Panning in any area.
• A fallen meteorite on the Farm will drop 10 Iridium Ore when mined.
• The Traveling Cart will occasionally sell it for data-sort-value="100"300–1,000g.
• The Statue Of Perfection, which can be obtained after getting four candles during Grandpa's Evaluation, gives the player 2-8 Iridium Ore per day.

Smelting

Iridium Ore can be smelted in a Furnace to create an Iridium Bar. The smelting requires 5 Iridium Ore and 1 Coal and takes 8 in-game hours.

Crafting

Image	Name	Description	Ingredients	Recipe Source
	Deluxe Scarecrow	Prevents crows from attacking your crops. Has a large radius (about 16 "tiles").	Wood (50) Iridium Ore (1) Fiber (40)	Mail, after collecting all 8 Rarecrows
	Warp Totem: Desert	Warp directly to Calico Desert. Consumed on use.	Hardwood (2) Coconut (1) Iridium Ore (4)	Desert Trader for Iridium Bar (10)

Bundles

One Iridium Ore is used in the Engineer's Bundle in the Boiler Room (Remixed).

Tailoring

Iridium Ore can be used in the spool of the Sewing Machine to create the Iridium Energy Shirt. It can be used in dyeing, serving as a purple dye at the dye pots located in Emily's and Haley's house, 2 Willow Lane. It can also be used as an iridium dye when used in the spool of the Sewing Machine with a dyeable clothing item in the feed.

Quests

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• One Iridium Ore may be requested by Rainbow Trout, Spook Fish, Super Cucumber, or Void Salmon in a Fish Pond quest to increase the capacity of the pond from 7 to 10.
• Marlon may request the player to obtain 15 Iridium Ore in the "Treasure Hunt" quest during the Desert Festival.

Trading

Five Iridium Ore can be traded to the Desert Trader for 1 Mega Bomb.

Notes

When used with Slingshots, Iridium Ore deals more damage to monsters than any other ammunition.

History

• 1.4: Added use in Crafting, Tailoring, and Fish Pond quests. Adjusted Iridium Node spawn chance after floor 100 in the Skull Cavern. Can be produced by Fish Ponds. Can be traded to the Desert Trader.
• 1.5: Is now used in a remixed bundle.
• 1.6: Can now be obtained from Iridium Golems. Added Desert Festival quest. Amount of ore obtained from mining meteorites increased from 6 to 10.
• 1.6.4: Drop chance from Iridium Golems increased from 10% to 20%.