Iridium Ore
| Iridium Ore | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Type | Resource |
| Location | Mining; Magma Geode; Omni Geode; Golden Coconut; Monster drop; Fishing Treasure Chests; Super Cucumber Fish Pond; Panning; Statue Of Perfection |
| Sell Price | 100g |
Iridium Ore is the rarest and most valuable of the mined metals. Five pieces smelt into an Iridium Bar, which builds the Iridium Sprinkler and the best tools in the game. Unlike copper, iron and gold, it has no ore nodes on the regular floors of The Mines. Skull Cavern in the Calico Desert is its true home, and the deeper a run goes there, the more iridium shows up. Monsters, geodes, meteorites and the Statue Of Perfection add to the supply. Raw ore also makes the hardest-hitting slingshot ammunition.
The in-game description reads: An exotic ore with many curious properties. Can be smelted into bars.
Location
Iridium Nodes are the main supply. They sit mostly in Skull Cavern, and the chance of finding them climbs steadily with depth. Rushing downwards pays off more than clearing every floor, so many runs rely on Staircases and Bombs to drop through the upper floors quickly. Iridium Nodes also appear in the Volcano Dungeon on Ginger Island. At Mining level 10, the quarries on the Hill-top and Four Corners farms can spawn them too.
Mystic Stones are rare stones that can hold iridium along with other treasures. They appear on the deepest floors of The Mines below floor 100, in Skull Cavern and in the Volcano Dungeon.
Several Skull Cavern monsters carry ore. Iridium Bats drop it almost every time and may drop several pieces. Iridium Crabs drop up to three pieces. Purple Slimes drop iridium now and then, and sometimes even a finished Iridium Bar. Iridium Golems also drop it. Breaking crates and barrels on the dangerous version of The Mines gives a few pieces too.
Geodes are a quieter supply. Magma Geodes, Omni Geodes and Golden Coconuts can all contain iridium. The Geologist and Excavator professions raise the number of geodes found while mining. Fishing treasure chests and panning in any water can turn up a piece as well.
A meteorite sometimes crashes onto the farm overnight. Breaking it with a Gold Pickaxe or better gives a good handful of Iridium Ore along with Geodes and Stone. A Super Cucumber Fish Pond with a full population can also produce iridium on some days.
The Statue Of Perfection is the most generous supply of all. It appears when Grandpa's Evaluation lights all four candles. From then on, it gives several pieces of Iridium Ore every day, with no mining at all.
Uses
Smelting is the main use. A Furnace takes five pieces of Iridium Ore and a lump of Coal, and the bar takes about eight in-game hours to finish. That is far longer than gold or iron, so iridium is best loaded into furnaces before bed.
Collecting every Rarecrow brings the Deluxe Scarecrow recipe by mail. It uses one piece of Iridium Ore with Wood and Fiber, and it protects a much wider area than the basic Scarecrow. The Desert Trader sells the Warp Totem: Desert recipe, which needs Iridium Ore, Hardwood and a Coconut.
Raw Iridium Ore is the strongest ammunition for the slingshot, hitting harder than any other ammo.
Crafting Iridium Ore with the other materials below makes these items.
| Item | Image | Ingredients |
|---|---|---|
| Deluxe Scarecrow | 
|
Wood (50), Iridium Ore (1), Fiber (40) |
| Warp Totem: Desert | 
|
Hardwood (2), Coconut (1), Iridium Ore (4) |
Notes
In the remixed Boiler Room, the Engineer's Bundle asks for one Iridium Ore. Several fish, such as Super Cucumbers and Void Salmon, ask for one piece before their pond can reach its largest size. At the Desert Festival, Marlon's "Treasure Hunt" challenge may ask for a stack of Iridium Ore.
At the Sewing Machine, Iridium Ore in the spool sews the Iridium Energy Shirt. It works as a purple dye at the dye pots in Emily and Haley's house.
Clint feels neutral about receiving Iridium Ore, Sam hates it and most other villagers dislike it.
All Resources
Every entry in this group, with its key details.
| Name | Image | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Bat Wing | 
|
15g |
| Battery Pack | 
|
500g |
| Bone Fragment | 
|
12g |
| Broken CD | 
|
0g |
| Broken Glasses | 
|
0g |
| Bug Meat | 
|
8g |
| Cave Jelly | 
|
180g |
| Cinder Shard | 
|
50g |
| Clay | 
|
20g |
| Coal | 
|
15g |
| Copper Bar | 
|
- |
| Copper Ore | 
|
5g |
| Driftwood | 
|
0g |
| Fiber | 
|
1g |
| Gold Bar | 
|
- |
| Gold Ore | 
|
25g |
| Green Algae | 
|
15g |
| Hardwood | 
|
15g |
| Iridium Bar | 
|
- |
| Iridium Ore | 
|
100g |
| Iron Bar | 
|
- |
| Iron Ore | 
|
10g |
| Joja Cola | 
|
25g |
| Monster Loot | - | - |
| Moss | 
|
5g |
| Radioactive Bar | 
|
- |
| Radioactive Ore | 
|
300g |
| Refined Quartz | 
|
50g |
| Rice | 
|
100g |
| River Jelly | 
|
125g |
| Rotten Plant | 
|
0g |
| Sea Jelly | 
|
200g |
| Soggy Newspaper | 
|
0g |
| Solar Essence | 
|
40g |
| Stone | 
|
2g |
| Sugar | 
|
50g |
| Trash | - | - |
| Trash (item) | 
|
0g |
| Treasure Chest | 
|
5000g |
| Vinegar | 
|
100g |
| Void Essence | 
|
50g |
| Wheat Flour | 
|
50g |
| White Algae | 
|
25g |
| Wood | 
|
2g |