Cobalt Bar

Cobalt Bar

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Statistics

Type	BarCrafting material
Placeable	✔️ (1 wide × 1 high)
Use time	15 (Very fast)
Max stack	9999 / 999 / 99
Rarity	03*
Sell	21
Research	25 required

• Internal Item ID: 381
• Internal Tile ID: 239 (12)

Cobalt Bars are bars crafted from 3 Cobalt Ore. Cobalt is the first tier of the three Hardmode ores that the player is able to obtain. Cobalt is the equivalent of Palladium. When the first Demon Altar is broken, Cobalt or Palladium is chosen randomly and the other one will not spawn naturally in that world.

On the  Old-gen console version,  Windows Phone version, and Nintendo 3DS version, Cobalt Bars drop from Shadow Hammers.

Crafting all Cobalt equipment requires 143 / 145 bars, or 429 / 435 ores.

Crafting

Recipes

Result	Ingredients	Crafting station
Cobalt Bar	Palladium Bar	Chlorophyte Extractinator Conversion
	Cobalt Ore3	Furnace

Used in

Result	Ingredients	Crafting station
Cobalt Breastplate	Cobalt Bar20	Iron Anvil or Lead Anvil
Cobalt Chainsaw	Cobalt Bar10
Cobalt Drill	Cobalt Bar15
Cobalt Hat	Cobalt Bar10
Cobalt Helmet	Cobalt Bar10
Cobalt Leggings	Cobalt Bar15
Cobalt Mask	Cobalt Bar10
Cobalt Naginata	Cobalt Bar10
Cobalt Pickaxe	Cobalt Bar15
Cobalt Repeater	Cobalt Bar10
only: Cobalt Sword	Cobalt Bar10
only: Cobalt Sword	Cobalt Bar8
Cobalt Waraxe	Cobalt Bar10

Notes

• The Cobalt Shield and Ancient Cobalt armor are not related to Cobalt ore, and are not craftable. They can only be obtained as loot.
• Cobalt has the same value whether it is sold as Bars or raw Ore.
• Cobalt is slightly weaker than Palladium in terms of base stats, though Cobalt equipment is cheaper to craft.
• Like other hardmode materials, Cobalt Bar can be used to make three different helmets.

Trivia

• Several Cobalt items have a distinctive Japanese theme, the spear being a Naginata, the sword somewhat resembling either a Katana, or the similar Muramasa, and the headgear variations resembling Japanese headdresses.
• Real cobalt isn't blue in pure form, but rather a lustrous, silver-gray. Cobalt oxide is used to make a blue pigment, which probably inspired its appearance in Terraria. Historically, cobalt compounds were used for centuries to color glass, glazes, and ceramics in Egyptian sculpture, Persian jewelry, and Chinese porcelain (which may explain its Eastern theme in Terraria).
• A Cobalt Drill appears to be mining Mythril Ore in the achievement "Extra Shiny!".

See also

• Palladium Bar

History

 PC version

• Desktop 1.4.4: Stack limit increased from 999 to 9999.

• Desktop 1.4.0.1: Stack limit increased from 99 to 999.

• Desktop 1.3.0.1: Sprite updated. Old sprite was:

• Desktop 1.2: Now placeable and used to craft the Cobalt Waraxe and Cobalt Pickaxe.

• Desktop 1.1: Introduced.

 Console version

• Console 1.0.933.1: Made changes from PS4's 1.0.750.0 update. ()

• Console 1.0.750.0: ()
  • Sprite updated to match Desktop 1.3.0.1.
  • No longer dropped by the Shadow Hammer due to its removal.

• Console 1.02: Now placeable and used to craft the Cobalt Waraxe and Cobalt Pickaxe.

• Console-Release: Introduced.

 Nintendo Switch version

• Switch 1.0.711.6: Introduced with changes up to Desktop 1.3.0.1.

 Mobile version

• Mobile 1.3.0.7:
  • Sprite updated to match Desktop 1.3.0.1.
  • No longer dropped by the Shadow Hammer due to its removal.

• Mobile 1.2.6508: Now placeable and used to craft the Cobalt Waraxe and Cobalt Pickaxe.

• Mobile 1.1.5536: Introduced.

Nintendo 3DS version

• 3DS-Release: Introduced with mechanics from Desktop 1.2.