Guide:Hellstone Mining

As of the 1.0.6 update, Hellstone now drops lava when it is mined and this can be a big pain if you don't take the right precautions.

Things you will need: -Sand (one stack is plenty) -Obsidian Skull (optional but will speed up mining a ton) -Nightmare Pickaxe (or better)

The basic strategy is to place one block of sand above the Hellstone you are going to mine, and as you mine, the sand will fall into the lava/crevasse and make it disappear.

By using the smothering sand technique you can easily slide across the screen collecting all the Hellstone you desire.

This technique requires the obsidian skull because your toes touch the Hellstone and it will injure you if you don't have it. (or use two layers of sand to not step on any hellstone, thus not needing obsidian skull.)

You can sweep back and forth across the screen now by aiming at the left side of the block when you're mining toward the left and on the right side of the block if mining to the right. If you go to close to the middle, your pickaxe will destroy the sand block as it is falling down, and you would need to fill it back in with sand. Once you have your cursor in the right spot, all you need to to is hold down the key to move and the button to mine and you'll zip across the screen collecting the Hellstone and ash blocks.