AbominationGod
Terrarian
I figured i would do a tier list since i love ranking things. These are my opinions so don’t just take this as fact.
The ranks are as follows:
S tier: Essential bar with so much purpose, so much versitility, options and overall the essential bar in your playthrough.
A Tier: Not as good as the bars above but still great in their own right. Also great bars you should use in your playthrough.
B tier: Good bars, but there are some other ones that are better.
C tier: mid, mediocre. The middle ground of this tier list essentially. There are better bars you could use.
D tier: bad bars, serve some purpose and has niche uses but that’s all their worth.
E tier: Serves little purpose. Only time you would use this bar is for it’s super situational uses. Avoid these
F tier: absolute dog and should be avoided at all costs if you take the game seriously.
Anyways with out further ado lets go from best to worst.
====S Tier====
==Iron Bars/Lead Bars==
Absolutely goated bars, they are the building blocks(figuratively) of your playthrough. It can create the anvil, which can craft so many things and is useful all the way til hardmode. They can create chests, create other crafting stations and so much more. Lead is stronger than iron so it is slightly better than iron. Although iron/lead armor and pickaxes and can be outclassed by stronger bars, these issues do not concern me in the slightest.
==Chlorophyte Bars==
Another goated bar, it can also craft so many useful things, the armors it derives from are good to great, it has 2 bars it derives from. The only issue is that the pickaxe is useless since it has the same mining power as the drax/pickaxe axe but again, this issue does not concern me.
==Luminite Bars==
It is great since it can create some really powerful gear, but since your playthrough is over since you beat moon lord, this bar is entirely optional.
====A Tier====
==Gold/Platinum Bars==
Pickaxes can mine meteorite, armor is good for boss fights, it can make crowns so you can make slime crowns. Only reason it’s not in S tier is because it is much rarer to find than Silver/Tungsten and it can be outclassed by other bars post Eow/Boc.
==Orichalcum/Mythril Bars==
The anvils and pickaxes are useful pre mech boss. The anvils can craft so much more. Only reason it is A tier is because it has the same issues as iron/lead and it doesn’t craft as much. Orichalcum is slightly better than mythril due to the armor.
==Hollowed Bars==
Can create hallowed armor, other weapons, can mine chlorophyte. Overall another great bar.
====B Tier====
==Meteorite Bars==
Meteorite armor and space gun are a great combo, star cannon is goated, meteor staff is great. Only downside is that meteors spawn randomly post evil boss and the weapons can be outclassed by other weapons the more your progress.
==Silver/Tungsten Bars==
Decent bars and good armor if you don’t want to get gold tier armor. You can craft silver tier bullets which is a plus but that only applies to rangers.
==Hellstone Bars==
Essential for getting hardmode ores, armor is good, but the downside is that it requires one obsidian which can get a little bit annoying.
==Spectre Bars==
Armor with hood is goated, but sadly that is the only good use. Other than that if you’re not mage than this bar won’t be of much use for you.
====C Tier====
==Shroomite Bars==
Same as spectre but armor set bonus isn’t useful. Shroomite digging claw is fast as but other than that it is a C tier since it suffers the same problems as spectre.
==Evil Bars==
Essential for hellstone which in turn is essential for hardmode ores. Armor can be outclassed by others however. Crimtane is slightly better than demonite due to slightly higher stats.
==Adamantite/Titanium Bars==
Forge can create more bars but armor is easily outclassed by hallowed armor. Pickaxes and axes are useless. Titanium is slightly better than adamantite due to set bonus.
====D Tier====
==Palladium Bars==
Only purpose is to mine Orichalcum tier ores. D tier and not E tier since the set bonus.
====E Tier====
==Cobalt Bars==
Armor is easily outclassed, everything is outclassed. Only purpose is the pickaxe.
====F Tier====
==Copper/Tin Bars==
Absolute dog bars. Everything that derives from this is useless and easily outclassed. The only purpose for the copper shortsword is to get the zenith, if your not melee then it is pointless.
It does not matter if tin is better than copper since they both do not craft much. Avoid these.
====THE END====
The ranks are as follows:
S tier: Essential bar with so much purpose, so much versitility, options and overall the essential bar in your playthrough.
A Tier: Not as good as the bars above but still great in their own right. Also great bars you should use in your playthrough.
B tier: Good bars, but there are some other ones that are better.
C tier: mid, mediocre. The middle ground of this tier list essentially. There are better bars you could use.
D tier: bad bars, serve some purpose and has niche uses but that’s all their worth.
E tier: Serves little purpose. Only time you would use this bar is for it’s super situational uses. Avoid these
F tier: absolute dog and should be avoided at all costs if you take the game seriously.
Anyways with out further ado lets go from best to worst.
====S Tier====
==Iron Bars/Lead Bars==
Absolutely goated bars, they are the building blocks(figuratively) of your playthrough. It can create the anvil, which can craft so many things and is useful all the way til hardmode. They can create chests, create other crafting stations and so much more. Lead is stronger than iron so it is slightly better than iron. Although iron/lead armor and pickaxes and can be outclassed by stronger bars, these issues do not concern me in the slightest.
==Chlorophyte Bars==
Another goated bar, it can also craft so many useful things, the armors it derives from are good to great, it has 2 bars it derives from. The only issue is that the pickaxe is useless since it has the same mining power as the drax/pickaxe axe but again, this issue does not concern me.
==Luminite Bars==
It is great since it can create some really powerful gear, but since your playthrough is over since you beat moon lord, this bar is entirely optional.
====A Tier====
==Gold/Platinum Bars==
Pickaxes can mine meteorite, armor is good for boss fights, it can make crowns so you can make slime crowns. Only reason it’s not in S tier is because it is much rarer to find than Silver/Tungsten and it can be outclassed by other bars post Eow/Boc.
==Orichalcum/Mythril Bars==
The anvils and pickaxes are useful pre mech boss. The anvils can craft so much more. Only reason it is A tier is because it has the same issues as iron/lead and it doesn’t craft as much. Orichalcum is slightly better than mythril due to the armor.
==Hollowed Bars==
Can create hallowed armor, other weapons, can mine chlorophyte. Overall another great bar.
====B Tier====
==Meteorite Bars==
Meteorite armor and space gun are a great combo, star cannon is goated, meteor staff is great. Only downside is that meteors spawn randomly post evil boss and the weapons can be outclassed by other weapons the more your progress.
==Silver/Tungsten Bars==
Decent bars and good armor if you don’t want to get gold tier armor. You can craft silver tier bullets which is a plus but that only applies to rangers.
==Hellstone Bars==
Essential for getting hardmode ores, armor is good, but the downside is that it requires one obsidian which can get a little bit annoying.
==Spectre Bars==
Armor with hood is goated, but sadly that is the only good use. Other than that if you’re not mage than this bar won’t be of much use for you.
====C Tier====
==Shroomite Bars==
Same as spectre but armor set bonus isn’t useful. Shroomite digging claw is fast as but other than that it is a C tier since it suffers the same problems as spectre.
==Evil Bars==
Essential for hellstone which in turn is essential for hardmode ores. Armor can be outclassed by others however. Crimtane is slightly better than demonite due to slightly higher stats.
==Adamantite/Titanium Bars==
Forge can create more bars but armor is easily outclassed by hallowed armor. Pickaxes and axes are useless. Titanium is slightly better than adamantite due to set bonus.
====D Tier====
==Palladium Bars==
Only purpose is to mine Orichalcum tier ores. D tier and not E tier since the set bonus.
====E Tier====
==Cobalt Bars==
Armor is easily outclassed, everything is outclassed. Only purpose is the pickaxe.
====F Tier====
==Copper/Tin Bars==
Absolute dog bars. Everything that derives from this is useless and easily outclassed. The only purpose for the copper shortsword is to get the zenith, if your not melee then it is pointless.
It does not matter if tin is better than copper since they both do not craft much. Avoid these.
====THE END====