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[Image] Know your Ore!
By A Building
A Quick Guide to the different types of Ore in Icarus!
   
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Category: Crafting, Gameplay Basics, Walkthroughs
Languages: English
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31 Aug, 2021 @ 10:08am
8 Sep, 2021 @ 2:42pm
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Guide Index
Overview
Spoiler: Where do I find ore!?! 
Rock 
Oxite Ore 
Silica Ore 
Sulfur Ore 
Iron Ore 
Copper Ore 
Titanium Ore 
Aluminum Ore 
Gold Ore 
Platinum Ore 
Exotic Material 
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Spoiler: Where do I find ore!?!
These are upcoming changes to Ore in Beta 2:
  • Caves will spawn metal ores vs them being out in the open
  • There were be over 20 caves in the Beta 2 playable area
  • Caves will be less safe
  • They will be a key area you will want to explore. Later on they might not always be safe!
  • Rock, Oxite and other non-metallic ores should spawn normally
Rock
  • Basic Tier 1 material used for crafting tools and buildings!
Oxite Ore
  • Basic Tier 1 material used for creating oxygen!
  • You can consume it raw or add to Oxite machines to generate O2.
Silica Ore
  • Basic material used to craft the Motar and Pestle
Sulfur Ore
  • This is an explosive material often used to craft torches, fire arrows or gunpowder.
Iron Ore
  • A Tier 2 ore used for crafting advanced tools and buildings!
Copper Ore
  • A Tier 2|3 ore used for crafting weapons and advanced electronics
Titanium Ore
  • A Tier 3 material used to craft weapons and buildings!
Aluminum Ore
  • A Tier 4 ore used for crafting!
Gold Ore
  • A Tier 3|4 material used for crafting electronics and more!
Platinum Ore
  • A Tier 4 material used for crafting!
Exotic Material












  • Tier 5 Matieral
  • Referred to as: Meta Ore or EM
10 Comments
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A Building  [author] 28 Sep, 2021 @ 7:17am 
@Virus_Of_Cyrus I only played the last day and was able to complete the prospect, the new content was only about 5 hours worth with a team, 10 solo.
A Building  [author] 12 Sep, 2021 @ 7:45pm 
Conniption, you need the "Steel Pickaxe" to gather T3/4 ores!
Conniption 12 Sep, 2021 @ 8:55am 
How do you mine tier 3 and up?
Idiot Fillet 12 Sep, 2021 @ 5:26am 
Don't suppose there is a map to follow with those
Maxwell 11 Sep, 2021 @ 2:43pm 
good job , thx
GD 11 Sep, 2021 @ 10:28am 
Yes very good work
-=$ku$y=- 11 Sep, 2021 @ 7:34am 
Top, THX!
Jixie 11 Sep, 2021 @ 3:03am 
Thank you!
Zackeryss 10 Sep, 2021 @ 9:45am 
I will call Exotic Material: "Unobtanium". im waiting for a really big tree to spawn with blue people running around it
Vocal 9 Sep, 2021 @ 11:11am 
Appreciate the work you have been putting in!