Question on starting metals

[Illimitus]

I played a couple of "normal" large maps from scratch and there were maps that had tin and lead and there were maps that had iron and copper?

What is the explanation for that?

[Smetrix]

Variety

[Smetrix]

nothing special

[Ember]

There is different versions of each ore. A world will generate with Copper or Tin, Iron or Lead, Silver or Tungsten, and Gold or Platinum.
They are about the same when it comes to tools and armor, though the latter of each is usually ever so slightly better.

This goes for Hardmode metals too, Cobalt or Palladium, Mythril or Orichalcum, and Adamantite or Titanium.
Contrary from Pre-Hardmode metals, the armor made from Hardmode metals are actually very different. The former of each group have set bonuses that simply give very good stats which is good for high dps. The latter of each gives a special ability, Palladium being regen, Orichalcum being a flower petal that hits enemies when you do, and Titanium being a garenteed dodge when you do damage.

[Illimitus]

So they wont be overpowered if I get a random start of iron and copper?

[Pixel Peeper]

Originally posted by Illimitus:

So they wont be overpowered if I get a random start of iron and copper?

Not really. Some ores are better than others, but in general they've been designed to be equivalent so the difference isn't huge.

[Batabii • Suikoden I&II HD]

Originally posted by Dord The Ghost:

tin = copper
lead = iron
silver = tungston
platinum = gold
deomite = crimtane ore
Colbolt = palladium
mythril = orchialcum
adamanite = titanium

if you need any additional information on ores, this is the link all got all my info from: http://terraria.gamepedia.com/Ores

you spelled tungsten, demonite, cobalt, and orichalcum wrong

[Illimitus]

thx

[Torchfire]

You can still obtain the metals that your world doesn't have by two methods:

1. Use silt, slush or fossil blocks on an extractionator (found in underground chests). For every block that you extractionate you have a chance of obtaining any of the gems or easymode ores in the game. You can also obtain money, amber or some other things that way.

2. Open crates that you find by fishing. Before hardmode, they will have a chance of containing any of the easymode ores (wooden crates only) or metal bars (every crate type). But if opened in hardmode, they will also have the chance of containing any of the hardmode ores in addition to the easymode ones.

[DanielNrtx]

they do they same thing

[Batabii • Suikoden I&II HD]

Originally posted by Torchfire:

You can still obtain the metals that your world doesn't have by two methods:

1. Use silt, slush or fossil blocks on an extractionator (found in underground chests). For every block that you extractionate you have a chance of obtaining any of the gems or easymode ores in the game. You can also obtain money, amber or some other things that way.

2. Open crates that you find by fishing. Before hardmode, they will have a chance of containing any of the easymode ores (wooden crates only) or metal bars (every crate type). But if opened in hardmode, they will also have the chance of containing any of the hardmode ores in addition to the easymode ones.

Just to clarify, you will get BARS from crates, not ores, therefore if you want to make every wall/brick type in the game, you NEED multiple worlds.

[HughManatee]

Originally posted by Batabii - You are me, who am I?:

Originally posted by Torchfire:

You can still obtain the metals that your world doesn't have by two methods:

1. Use silt, slush or fossil blocks on an extractionator (found in underground chests). For every block that you extractionate you have a chance of obtaining any of the gems or easymode ores in the game. You can also obtain money, amber or some other things that way.

2. Open crates that you find by fishing. Before hardmode, they will have a chance of containing any of the easymode ores (wooden crates only) or metal bars (every crate type). But if opened in hardmode, they will also have the chance of containing any of the hardmode ores in addition to the easymode ones.

Just to clarify, you will get BARS from crates, not ores, therefore if you want to make every wall/brick type in the game, you NEED multiple worlds.

No, you don't. The extractinator spits out ores.

[Pixel Peeper]

Originally posted by Tycho Brohe:

Originally posted by Batabii - You are me, who am I?:

Just to clarify, you will get BARS from crates, not ores, therefore if you want to make every wall/brick type in the game, you NEED multiple worlds.

No, you don't. The extractinator spits out ores.

The Extractinator produces Hardmode ore now?

[CrystalArmature]

They are variable counterparts. Tin/Copper, Iron/Lead, Silver/Tungsten, and Gold/Platnium.

[HughManatee]

Originally posted by Tripoteur Ventripotent:

Originally posted by Tycho Brohe:

No, you don't. The extractinator spits out ores.

The Extractinator produces Hardmode ore now?

Oh, I wasn't thinking of hardmode ores.

EDIT: Crates do produce ores though, so you still don't need multiple worlds. I checked in my hardmode world. I have some orichalcum ore in spite of having mythril in my world. And I only have one hardmode world, so it didn't come from anywhere else.

[Batabii • Suikoden I&II HD]

Originally posted by Tycho Brohe:

Originally posted by Tripoteur Ventripotent:

The Extractinator produces Hardmode ore now?

Oh, I wasn't thinking of hardmode ores.

EDIT: Crates do produce ores though, so you still don't need multiple worlds. I checked in my hardmode world. I have some orichalcum ore in spite of having mythril in my world. And I only have one hardmode world, so it didn't come from anywhere else.

They must have changed it since 1.3.0 then, I just looked up the contents of crates now.