How to pick what Evil and what Ores spawn?

[GrayGames]

Is there a way before creating a world to pick what evil spawns (corruption, crimson) and what ore spawns (copper/tin, iron/lead, etc)?

[The_Technomancer]

After you beat the wall of flesh you can pick what evil you want in future worlds but you can't pick what ores you want.

[TheFlyingCheseball]

no the ores are random but you can pick evil when you are in hardmode in one of your worlds

[GrayGames]

Originally posted by daniel.sed:

no the ores are random but you can pick evil when you are in hardmode in one of your worlds

Can I change the game files to pick what ores spawn? or thats not possible?

[Saver Sigonith]

Originally posted by GrayGames:

Originally posted by daniel.sed:

no the ores are random but you can pick evil when you are in hardmode in one of your worlds

Can I change the game files to pick what ores spawn? or thats not possible?

There's a program called TerraCustom that lets you select all number of things, including which ores if I recall. But no, there's no way in the base game.

[Darth Cannabis]

Originally posted by Saver Sigonith:

Originally posted by GrayGames:

Can I change the game files to pick what ores spawn? or thats not possible?

There's a program called TerraCustom that lets you select all number of things, including which ores if I recall. But no, there's no way in the base game.

But that is not to say, that you can't get those other ores.

Silt, slush, and fossils, that are run through the extractinator can randomly produce any pre hard mode ore, including the ones not native to the world. Likewise, fishing crates in hard mode, can give you the alternative hard mode ores once opened.

So do not fret, if it doesn't have the exact ore you want. With patience and a little luck, you can still get the ore you want, without resorting to modding for it.

[GrayGames]

Originally posted by Darth Cannabis:

Originally posted by Saver Sigonith:

There's a program called TerraCustom that lets you select all number of things, including which ores if I recall. But no, there's no way in the base game.

But that is not to say, that you can't get those other ores.

Silt, slush, and fossils, that are run through the extractinator can randomly produce any pre hard mode ore, including the ones not native to the world. Likewise, fishing crates in hard mode, can give you the alternative hard mode ores once opened.

So do not fret, if it doesn't have the exact ore you want. With patience and a little luck, you can still get the ore you want, without resorting to modding for it.

Thanks for all the info guys! One last question if I have a curruption world can I somehow get the seeds for crimson in it? So I can make both biomes?

[Electro Spaghetti]

Yes, but only by taking said seeds from a crimson world.
Also, fun fact, the EoW and BoC will be happy to fight you in their counterpart's biomes, due to how the game checks for "evil biome", but not which evil biome specifically