Radioactive Ore
| Radioactive Ore | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Type | Resource |
| Location | The Mines; Skull Cavern |
| Sell Price | 300g |
Radioactive Ore is the rarest ore in the valley and one of the last materials a farm starts collecting. It only appears once The Mines or Skull Cavern have been switched into their dangerous state, so it belongs firmly to the end game. Smelting it in a Furnace makes the Radioactive Bar, and a few pieces go straight into Hyper Speed-Gro and Magic Bait. Both of those recipes are bought with Qi Gems, which ties the ore to Mr. Qi's late challenges. Because every piece is hard won, most farms save their ore for crafting rather than selling it, even though it fetches a fair price.
Location
Every piece comes from Radioactive Nodes, glowing green rocks that a strong pickaxe can break. These nodes never spawn under normal conditions. The Mines gain them while the "Danger in the Deep" quest from Mr. Qi is active. After that quest is done, pulling the lever at the Shrine of Challenge on floor 120 turns the dangerous mode back on at any time.
Skull Cavern follows the same pattern. The "Skull Cavern Invasion" quest makes the nodes appear there for its duration. Later, the statue at the cavern entrance switches the harder version on again. Both quests come from the board in Qi's Walnut Room on Ginger Island, which opens once a hundred Golden Walnuts have been handed over.
Luck matters far more than depth. A good fortune on the TV raises the odds of finding nodes much more than diving deeper does. Food or drinks with a Luck buff help a little on top of that. Going deeper still adds a small boost, so a lucky day spent low in the cavern gives the best haul.
The dangerous monsters on these floors are much stronger than their normal cousins. A node-hunting trip therefore calls for the best weapon, armour and healing food the farm can offer.
Uses
Smelting is the main use. A Furnace takes five pieces of ore and a lump of Coal and produces one Radioactive Bar. The process runs much longer than for any other ore, so it is best started before bed or a long mining trip.
Two crafting recipes take the ore directly. Mixing one piece of ore with three Bone Fragments and a Solar Essence makes Hyper Speed-Gro. This fertiliser speeds crop growth by at least a third. Combining one piece of ore with three Bug Meat makes a stack of five Magic Bait. Magic Bait lets any fish bite regardless of season, weather or time of day, so out-of-season fish can be caught whenever they are needed. Both recipes come from the vending machine in Qi's Walnut Room in exchange for Qi Gems.
At the Sewing Machine, a piece of ore in the spool makes a Turtleneck Sweater. The dye pots at Emily and Haley's house accept it as a green dye.
Crafting Radioactive Ore with the other materials below makes these items.
| Item | Image | Ingredients |
|---|---|---|
| Hyper Speed-Gro | 
|
Radioactive Ore (1), Bone Fragment (3), Solar Essence (1) |
Notes
Maru likes Radioactive Ore as a gift, which fits her love of science. Almost everyone else in the valley hates receiving it.
Unlike copper, iron, gold and iridium, Radioactive Ore cannot be fired from a Slingshot.
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 |