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The Refiner is an item that refines mud and sludge blocks into more valuable items, such as ore, coins, and gems. To refine blocks, the Refiner must be placed like regular furniture. The Refiner uses two blocks at a time, but single-unit blocks can also be refined. It can rarely be found in gold chests, and has a 5% chance in ice chests.

Since the Refiner produces ore randomly, it is possible to obtain ore that is not present in the current world. For example, if the world is generated with gold ore, the Refiner will occasionally produce platinum ore.

The Refiner also refines blocks one at a time if they are placed in the inventory one at a time. This method is more economical, as it requires half as many materials, but it is time-consuming because you must place a single block in your inventory each time. (Fixed in version 1.2.1.1)

- Using the Enricher, you can get from 1 Copper Coin to several Platinum Coins.

- There is also a small chance to get a Mosquito Inclusion.


The Extractor can be used to obtain

Item Quantity (average) Chance

  • Mosquito inclusion 1.18 0.02%
  • Diamond 1.18 0.67%
  • Ruby 1.18 0.67%
  • Emerald 1.18 0.67%
  • Sapphire 1.18 0.67%
  • Topaz 1.18 0.67%
  • Amethyst 1.18 0.67%
  • Amber 1.18 1.9%
  • Copper ore 1.18 8.1%
  • Tin ore 1.18 8.1%
  • Iron ore 1.18 8.1%
  • Lead ore 1.18 8.1%
  • Silver ore 1.18 8.1%
  • Tungsten ore 1.18 8.1%
  • gold ore 1.18 8.1%
  • Platinum ore 1.18 8.1%
  • Copper coin 691 31.4%

Source: terraria-ru.gamepedia.com 


See also:

Describing an underground terraria

Corruption biome with evil monsters

Floating islands and terraria harpies