Radioactive Ore

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Radioactive Ore
It's glowing with dangerous energy... Can be smelted into bars.
Information
Source	The Mines • Skull Cavern
Sell Price	data-sort-value="300">300g

Radioactive Ore is a resource found in Radioactive Nodes.

Locations

• Radioactive Nodes in The Mines during Danger In The Deep quest or after activating the Shrine of Challenge on floor 120 to increase the difficulty.
• Radioactive Nodes in Skull Cavern during Skull Cavern Invasion quest.

The chance of finding Radioactive Nodes in either location increases as one goes deeper into the mine, and also with Daily Luck and Luck Buffs. It is most strongly affected by Daily Luck, and only slightly affected by depth in the mine and Luck Buffs.

Smelting

Radioactive Ore can be smelted in a Furnace to create a Radioactive Bar. The smelting requires 5 Radioactive Ore and 1 Coal and takes 10 in-game hours.

Crafting

Image	Name	Description	Ingredients	Recipe Source
	Hyper Speed-Gro	Greatly stimulates leaf production. Guaranteed to increase growth rate by at least 33%. Mix into tilled soil.	Radioactive Ore (1) Bone Fragment (3) Solar Essence (1)	Qi's Walnut Room for data-sort-value="30"> 30
	Magic Bait	Allows you to catch fish from any season, time, or weather, from whichever type of water you cast into.	Radioactive Ore (1) Bug Meat (3)	Qi's Walnut Room for data-sort-value="20"> 20

Tailoring

Radioactive Ore is used in the spool of the Sewing Machine to create the Turtleneck Sweater. It can be used in dyeing, serving as a green dye at the dye pots, located in Emily's and Haley's house, 2 Willow Lane.

Quests

Radioactive Ore is not used in any quests.

Trivia

Radioactive Ore is currently the only ore in the game that cannot be used as ammunition in a Slingshot.

History

• 1.5: Introduced.