Tin Ore

  

This is the main page whose information applies to the Desktop, Console, and Mobile versions of Terraria.
For the differences of this information on Old-gen console and 3DS, see Legacy:Tin Ore.

Tin Ore

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Statistics

Type	OreCrafting material
Placeable	✔️ (1 wide × 1 high)
Use time	15 (Very fast)
Rarity	00*
Sell	75 CC
Research	100 required

• Internal Item ID: 699
• Internal Tile ID: 166

 Obtained from

 Classic

 Expert

 Master

Entity	Qty.	Rate
Azure Crate(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)Azure Crate(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)	20–35	1/112 (0.89%)
Baby Slime Baby Slime (Bonus drop(Desktop, Console, Mobile and 3DS versions))	3–13	0.16%
Black Slime Black Slime (Bonus drop(Desktop, Console, Mobile and 3DS versions))	3–13	0.16%
Blue Slime Blue Slime (Bonus drop(Desktop, Console, Mobile and 3DS versions))	3–13	0.16%
Boreal Crate(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)Boreal Crate(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)	20–35	1/112 (0.89%)
Bramble Crate(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)Bramble Crate(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)	20–35	1/112 (0.89%)
Corrupt Crate(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)Corrupt Crate(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)	20–35	1/56 (1.79%)
Crimson Crate(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)Crimson Crate(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)	20–35	1/56 (1.79%)
Defiled Crate(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)Defiled Crate(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)	20–35	1/112 (0.89%)
Divine Crate(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)Divine Crate(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)	20–35	1/112 (0.89%)
Dungeon Crate(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)Dungeon Crate(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)	20–35	1/56 (1.79%)
Frozen Crate(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)Frozen Crate(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)	20–35	1/56 (1.79%)
Green Slime Green Slime (Bonus drop(Desktop, Console, Mobile and 3DS versions))	3–13	0.16%
Hallowed Crate(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)Hallowed Crate(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)	20–35	1/56 (1.79%)
Hellstone Crate(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)Hellstone Crate(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)	20–35	1/112 (0.89%)
Hematic Crate(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)Hematic Crate(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)	20–35	1/112 (0.89%)
Iron CrateIron Crate	12–21	1/36 (2.78%)
Jungle Crate(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)Jungle Crate(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)	20–35	1/56 (1.79%)
Jungle Slime Jungle Slime (Bonus drop(Desktop, Console, Mobile and 3DS versions))	3–13	0.16%
Mirage Crate(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)Mirage Crate(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)	20–35	1/112 (0.89%)
Mythril Crate(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)Mythril Crate(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)	12–21	1/72 (1.39%)
Oasis Crate(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)Oasis Crate(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)	20–35	1/56 (1.79%)
Obsidian Crate(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)Obsidian Crate(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)	20–35	1/56 (1.79%)
Ocean Crate(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)Ocean Crate(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)	20–35	1/56 (1.79%)
Pearlwood Crate(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)Pearlwood Crate(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)	4–15	1/56 (1.79%)
Pinky Pinky (Bonus drop(Desktop, Console, Mobile and 3DS versions))	3–13	0.16%
Purple Slime Purple Slime (Bonus drop(Desktop, Console, Mobile and 3DS versions))	3–13	0.16%
Red Slime Red Slime (Bonus drop(Desktop, Console, Mobile and 3DS versions))	3–13	0.16%
Seaside Crate(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)Seaside Crate(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)	20–35	1/112 (0.89%)
Sky Crate(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)Sky Crate(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)	20–35	1/56 (1.79%)
Stockade Crate(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)Stockade Crate(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)	20–35	1/112 (0.89%)
Wooden CrateWooden Crate	4–15	1/28 (3.57%)
Yellow Slime Yellow Slime (Bonus drop(Desktop, Console, Mobile and 3DS versions))	3–13	0.16%

Tin Ore is an early game ore, which spawns on the surface as well as in the Underground and Cavern biomes. It is the second weakest and most easily obtained tier of ore in the game. Its primary use is to make Tin Bars, which can be used to create the tin tier of equipment. Tin Ore has a small chance to appear as a bonus drop from Slimes.

Its alternate ore counterpart is Copper Ore.

Crafting

Recipes

Result	Ingredients	Crafting station
Tin Ore	Copper Ore	Chlorophyte Extractinator Conversion(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
	Iron Ore	Shimmer Transmutation(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)

Used in

Result	Ingredients	Crafting station
Copper Ore	Tin Ore	Chlorophyte Extractinator Conversion(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
Tin Bar	Tin Ore3	Furnace
only: Tin Brick5	Stone Block5 Tin Ore
only: Tin Plating5	Stone Block5 Tin Ore	Heavy Work Bench(Desktop, Console, Old-gen console and Mobile versions)
Copper Ore	Tin Ore	Shimmer Transmutation(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)

Notes

• Even if the world spawns Tin instead of Copper, the player will always start out with copper tools.

Achievements

Ooo! Shiny! • “Mine your first nugget of ore with a pickaxe.”

Mine your first ore. (Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)

Category: Explorer

Tips

• Similar to copper, new players may want to avoid wasting effort trying to mine tin ore (unless they wish to use it for decorative purposes) as wood/cactus armor and copper tools easily outweigh the usefulness of this ore.

See also

• Copper Ore

History

 Desktop version

• Desktop 1.4.4: Stack limit increased from 999 to 9999.

• Desktop 1.3.0.1:
  • Changed item texture from to .
  • Changed block texture from to .

• Desktop 1.2.3: Increased stack limit from 99 to 999.

• Desktop 1.2: Introduced.

 Console version

• Console 1.02: Introduced.

 Nintendo Switch version

• Switch 1.0.711.6: Introduced.

 Mobile version

• Mobile 1.2.6508: Introduced.

Nintendo 3DS version

• 3DS-Release: Introduced.