Chlorophyte Ore

Chlorophyte is a rare Hardmode ore found in the Underground Jungle. A pickaxe or drill with at least 200% pickaxe power is required to mine it (Drax or Pickaxe Axe and above). When Hardmode starts and at least one mech boss has been defeated, Mud and Jungle Grass located in the Underground Jungle will begin to convert into Chlorophyte Ore. Once seeded, it will spread to adjacent Mud and Jungle Grass blocks, but will not spread if there are more than 26 Chlorophyte blocks within 30 tiles, or if there is more than 150 within 80 tiles.



Tips

 * Try to leave one block of ore left from every deposit you mine and you can come back later to find it has replenished itself with the surrounding mud.
 * For Chlorophyte farming, spread 5x5 blocks of mud with a kernel of ore in each center, 30 blocks apart, in a row. This will ensure that every mud block has the potential to be a chlorophyte ore given enough time. 5x5 blocks of mud (again with a seed ore in the middle of each) spaced 15 blocks apart still give a 92.5% conversion rate.
 * Another way of searching for chlorophyte ore is to buy the Clentaminator from the Steampunker and buying the dark blue solution from the truffle. After doing this go to the jungle and spray around with the Clentaminator. This will create a mushroom biome in the jungle, making it much easier to see due to the glowing grass.
 * The full screen map shows Chlorophyte Ore and thus can help finding it quickly.

Trivia

 * The name Chlorophyte is most likely a reference to chloroplast, Chlorophyta or chlorophyll, which explains why the tooltip says "Reacts to the light." In real life, chloroplasts are the sugar-producing organelles of photosynthetic plants, Chlorophyta are a taxonomic division of algae, and chlorophyll is a green pigment used in photosynthesis.