Meteorite Ore

Meteorite Ore comes from the chance of a Meteorite spawning after a Shadow Orb has been destroyed. If there is a small bridge in the air (from floating island to another) and the Meteorite hits it, it will only leave a few ores, enough for about two bars. This is because there are so few blocks to be replaced by the Meteorite. Meteorite blocks are fire-type, and an Obsidian Skull is required to prevent damage from the heat. A Gold Pickaxe (As of the last update) or better is required to mine the Meteorite Ore, although explosives work just as well. It is entirely safe to touch the loose ore. Six Meteorite Ore can be smelted into a Meteorite Bar at a Furnace.

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Tips and Tricks

 * Keeping the Meteor Heads on one side will allow the player to continuously knock them back while mining.
 * Only a certain number of Meteor Heads, usually 3 or 6, will spawn at a time, unless the player is unfortunate enough to attempt to mine during a Blood Moon, in which case they will spawn in overwhelming quantities.
 * Once there is less than 50 Meteorite ore placed in the immediate area, the alternate music that is normally playing around Meteorite deposits will revert to normal and meteor heads will cease to spawn.
 * It is possible to gather all of the Meteorite Ore without an Obsidian Skull as long as the player does not directly touch the Meteorite blocks.
 * Using Dynamite to destroy all of the Meteorite ore at once will make it easier to collect it, as well as making the Meteor Heads stop spawning.
 * Using Bombs is also an alternative to using Dynamite as it is much cheaper and also due to the fact that they can be made into sticky Bombs. This allows you to position where you want the explosion much easier as you dont have to judge the bounce of the Bomb/Dynamite. The only downside to this method is that it takes longer to mine the Meteorite as Bombs are not as strong as Dynamite.