PC Update: You can actually get one of (if not) the best pre-hardmode pick in the game by fishing in the ocean. You will need roughly 50% fishing power from bait and fishing pole combined (Enchanted Nightcrawlers and the Reinforced Fishing Pole will suffice), but the Reaver Shark will also suffice in mining up everything including the initial hard mode ore.
Original Post: You are skipping a step. You need to make a Nightmare or Deathbringer pickaxe. You get the ore and other components from defeating either the Eater of Worlds or Brain of Cthulhu respectively. These axes can then mine the Hellstone and you can keep moving forward.
There are two ways to summon these bosses, but they parallel each other. You can craft the appropriate summoning item at an Altar but more likely you will want to destroy the Crimson Hearts or Corruption Orbs. They are located at the bottom of the pits that naturally form in both of these zones. You will likely not be able to break the rocks but you can use TNT and such to destroy the rocks to get access to them. Every three of these items you break will summon a boss. You can usually summon 3-4 in this manner. After that you will need the items.
Both bosses 'hover' around. The brain literally does it appearing and disappearing to then swoop at you. The Eater of Worlds is a giant worm that will circle around you and try to hit you. The general strategies for both of them are to build an arena where you can jump up and down between 2-3 levels to help with placement. You may want to include some Camp Fires or healing lamps or the like to help your passive regeneration of health. Ranged weapons will be handy for the eye ball but honestly for both of these bosses you want multi-penetration items like spears that will hit continuously when they make contact.
For a list of Pickaxes and what they are made from and what they can mind, check out the Terraria Wiki. For recipes for the items you can check out the Worm Food and the Bloody Spine to summon the bosses.
Answer from James on Stack ExchangePC Update: You can actually get one of (if not) the best pre-hardmode pick in the game by fishing in the ocean. You will need roughly 50% fishing power from bait and fishing pole combined (Enchanted Nightcrawlers and the Reinforced Fishing Pole will suffice), but the Reaver Shark will also suffice in mining up everything including the initial hard mode ore.
Original Post: You are skipping a step. You need to make a Nightmare or Deathbringer pickaxe. You get the ore and other components from defeating either the Eater of Worlds or Brain of Cthulhu respectively. These axes can then mine the Hellstone and you can keep moving forward.
There are two ways to summon these bosses, but they parallel each other. You can craft the appropriate summoning item at an Altar but more likely you will want to destroy the Crimson Hearts or Corruption Orbs. They are located at the bottom of the pits that naturally form in both of these zones. You will likely not be able to break the rocks but you can use TNT and such to destroy the rocks to get access to them. Every three of these items you break will summon a boss. You can usually summon 3-4 in this manner. After that you will need the items.
Both bosses 'hover' around. The brain literally does it appearing and disappearing to then swoop at you. The Eater of Worlds is a giant worm that will circle around you and try to hit you. The general strategies for both of them are to build an arena where you can jump up and down between 2-3 levels to help with placement. You may want to include some Camp Fires or healing lamps or the like to help your passive regeneration of health. Ranged weapons will be handy for the eye ball but honestly for both of these bosses you want multi-penetration items like spears that will hit continuously when they make contact.
For a list of Pickaxes and what they are made from and what they can mind, check out the Terraria Wiki. For recipes for the items you can check out the Worm Food and the Bloody Spine to summon the bosses.
Break 3 crystals in the corruption. This will summon The Destroyer.
Kill The Destroyer, and it will drop shadow scales.
What pickaxe is needed to break the molten ore thingy HELP
You need at least nightmare to mine hellstone. Explosives will NOT work on it.
Nightmare. Also create yourself a bunch of obsidian skin potions, and if you can find some Gills potions to breath under the lava. Hope your pickaxe swings fast enough to avoid the fire imps that shoot at you.
Seriously, the Molten Pickaxe, crimson pickaxe, and the Reaver Shark are all slow as crap compared to the nightmare pick. Why is this?
Mining speed is decided by the "tool speed" stat, not the "use time" stat. Some tools swings quickly but doesn't actually mine that fast. Deathbringer Pickaxe is actually better for mining since its tool speed is 14, whereas Nightmare Pickaxe has tool speed 15. The best pickaxe combination pre-hardmode is actually Bone Pickaxe (tool speed 11) for blocks which it can break in one hit, along with Reaver Shark/Molten Pickaxe (tool speed 18 but much higher pickaxe power) for blocks that are harder to break.
I don't really know, but i guess it's the downside to having more pickaxe power or something
Hi Everyone,
A friend and I are playing multiplayer and are now in hard mode. We did not spend enough time in hell to make a molten pick-axe.
What is the best way to get a pick-axe to mine hard mode ores in this perdiciment?
Currently we are planning on fishing because we can get hard mode ore from that or we can get the Reaver Shark.
Thanks
cause i have the reaver shark i got it after a few cast with a fish potion on a reinforced rod
Is it possible to get the 'Legendary' reforge on the molten pickaxe? all i've gotten were things like 'point' or 'tiny' or 'heavy' etc. none of the things i expect from a pickaxe.