Lead Ore

Lead Ore is an early game ore, which spawns on the surface as well as in the Underground and Cavern layers. Its primary use is in crafting Lead Bars, which can be used to craft the lead tier of tools, weapons, or armor, as well as Buckets, Chains, and many other items. The equivalent of Lead Ore is Iron Ore, which will sometimes replace lead in a world.

As Lead Bars are required to craft a Lead Anvil, Lead Ore must usually be obtained before any tools, weapons, or armor can be crafted from bars. This can be avoided by purchasing an Iron Anvil from the Merchant, but it is usually easy to find the required 15 Lead Ores fairly early.

Trivia

 * In real life, lead is a neurotoxin, yet it is still used to create Ironskin Potions which give a positive buff.
 * Pure lead is also very malleable, which would make it impractical to use as armor.
 * Lead, Iron, Meteor, and Chlorophyte are the only ores that don't have bricks.

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