Ore

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Ores are a type of stone that can be used to create metal bars and alloy bars at the smelter.

Metal ores with two possible metals listed below always create the first metal when smelting, but have a chance of creating the second metal as well. Different rules apply to creating alloys.

Note that in some cases ore value (given below) and metal value are not the same (Adamantine, Bismuth, Iron ores). Alloys, too, often have a higher value than the ores/metals they are made of. This has the net effect that (in most cases) furniture made from the ore can be just as valuable as furniture made from a pure (non-alloy) metal, while requiring one-third the raw materials and significantly less processing.

All ores are fire-safe material.

Ore	Found in	Found how	Metal created	Value	Metal value
Raw Adamantine	The depths	Veins	Adamantine	250	300
Aluminum, native	All Igneous Extrusive	Small clusters	Aluminum	40	40
Bismuthinite	Granite	Small clusters	Bismuth	1	2
Cassiterite	All Alluvial, Granite	Veins	Tin	2	2
Copper nuggets	All Igneous Extrusive, Sandstone	Veins	Copper	2	2
Galena	All Igneous extrusive, All Metamorphic, Granite, Limestone	Veins	Lead, Silver (50%)	5	2 (10)
Garnierite	Gabbro	Veins	Nickel	2	2
Gold nuggets	All Igneous All Alluvial	Veins	Gold	30	30
Hematite	All Sedimentary, All Igneous extrusive	Veins	Iron	8	10
Horn silver	Native silver	Small clusters	Silver	10	10
Limonite	All Sedimentary	Veins	Iron	8	10
Magnetite	All Sedimentary	Large clusters	Iron	8	10
Malachite	Limestone, Marble	Veins	Copper	2	2
Platinum nuggets	All Alluvial, Olivine, Magnetite, Chromite	Small clusters	Platinum	40	40
Silver nuggets	Granite, Gneiss	Veins	Silver	10	10
Sphalerite	All Metamorphic	Veins	Zinc	2	2
Tetrahedrite	All Stone	Veins	Copper, Silver (20%)	3	2 (10)

See Also:

• Smelting
• Metals
• Clusters & Veins
• Exploratory mining