Chlorophyte Ore



Chlorophyte Ore is a Hardmode ore found in the Underground Jungle that is used to craft Chlorophyte Bars. When Hardmode starts, Mud Blocks located near Jungle grass blocks (i.e., most often only in the Underground Jungle) will begin to convert themselves into Chlorophyte Ore. A pickaxe or drill with at least 200% pickaxe power is required to mine it, meaning it requires the Pickaxe Axe or Drax at the very least, whose materials require defeating all three mechanical bosses (although on, the Drax can sometimes be found in Shadow Chests).

Chlorophyte Ore will slowly spread itself by converting adjacent Mud and Jungle grass blocks into more Chlorophyte Ore, growing to large deposits over time. Furthermore, this allows it to be "replanted" and artificially seeded for a nearly renewable source of Chlorophyte. On the, Chlorophyte will also attempt to spread by converting nearby Dirt Blocks to Mud, as well as Corrupt, Crimson, Hallowed and regular grass blocks to Jungle grass.

Chlorophyte Ore can only spread and convert blocks if it is in or below the bottom half of the Underground layer. It can only spread itself to directly adjacent tiles (and only if there is not too much Chlorophyte nearby already) and can only convert tiles up to five tiles away.



Tips

 * When mining for Chlorophyte, it is advisable to avoid smaller clusters of the ore. Leaving them to grow will result in a steady, renewable supply of Chlorophyte in the long term.
 * Selling the bar rather than the ore yields more than the components per bar.  In 1.4, the value of Chlorophyte Ores was increased such that six ores sell for the same as one bar.

Trivia

 * The name Chlorophyte is derived from, the color pigment responsible for photosynthesis, plus the common rock suffix -ite.
 * The suffix -phyte also signifies a relation to organic or plant matter.
 * Chlorophyte Ore is completely renewable on due to the fact that Dirt Bombs allow the duplication of Dirt Blocks (and, therefore, Mud Blocks).
 * is a division of green algae, informally called chlorophytes.
 * Its appearance when placed seems to resemble some plants' leaf cells.