Does anyone else despise getting Hellstone?

[Tydalwave]

I've done it once maybe 4 years ago. Then stopped it because I hated the process. I'll just kill WOF with shadowscale armor. And go for the pick you fish out. (Reavershark? Right?)

[Shinden]

no

[boolean]

IMO it's really not that bad. Find some obsidian skin pots if you don't want to deal with managing the lava

[DeeVeeTree]

in vanilla, totally, but in modded i usually go for it

[Jocas]

its ez
u can normally go in a tower and mine it without getting with the lava or u can do the obsidia skull so u can be on them without takin dmg
i do that to get imp staff :D

[Tydalwave]

Originally posted by Leave Me:

its ez
u can normally go in a tower and mine it without getting with the lava or u can do the obsidia skull so u can be on them without takin dmg
i do that to get imp staff :D
:greenslime:

I used to do that. To me it was the imps that made me hate the process. I hate trying to avoid their fireballs and try to hit them while mining to avoid the lava. F that

[Winter Wolf]

Hellstone is not particularly hard to obtain if you spend a little time setting it up properly. Some proper digging and refilling areas allows you to divert most lava away from the areas you want to be in.

In regards to imps, make a summon staff and set your summons up as guards while you dig and fill. And pay minor attention so you don't miss the chance to dodge as needed. The spawns are not that bad. Also you can block their fireballs with proper timing and after 3 shots they teleport so you can count on that.

[copaq]

Use obsidian skin and mining potion, jump deep in lava and start mining it. You will have more than you can use after a potion or two. Fire imps won't bother you since they won't have a place to spawn among all the lava too.

[willy willington]

if I'm playing vanilla then yes, otherwise I use alchemist NPC so I can buy obsidian from the builder, which is the part of getting hellstone i hate

[Alucard †]

I liked that part it was kinda exciting to explore Underworld for Hellstone to dig and Chests to loot.

[The_Technomancer]

Obsidian skin potions make it about as simple as gathering any other ore.

[Abyssian]

No, only find painful to grind tons of chlorophyte for endgame stuff like drilling containment unit.

[Shinden]

Originally posted by Gylaran:

No, only find painful to grind tons of chlorophyte for endgame stuff like drilling containment unit.

that thing is so bad tho
why would you want it? its not worth the effort

[Alucard †]

Originally posted by ShindenEX:

Originally posted by Gylaran:

No, only find painful to grind tons of chlorophyte for endgame stuff like drilling containment unit.

that thing is so bad tho
why would you want it? its not worth the effort

How is it bad?
It can mine a lot of blocks fast for building purposes and is more precise than explosives.
Aswell as its good for flattening and smoothing large portions of the terrain / prepping build areas (again with more precision than explosives)

I also find it useful for decomissioning larger structures you no longer want to have in areas where you rather not use explosives to not accidently damage anything else.

It may not be too practical for normal ore gathering or digging to hell but for builders / terraformers its a great tool.

[Abyssian]

Originally posted by ShindenEX:

Originally posted by Gylaran:

No, only find painful to grind tons of chlorophyte for endgame stuff like drilling containment unit.

that thing is so bad tho
why would you want it? its not worth the effort

And this is perfect example of our different gameplay. You are man of challenge. The more challenge you find out, the more sated you are after you beat it. My gameplay is calm and relax. I want to explore it all, i want to experience it all(with the exception of challenges) and i am a collector. I need a purpose to play. If i'll get every item and achievement obtainable in this game, then... i will either remain in the game for helping others, or just vanish from Terraria.