Iron ore

osrsw:Iron ore

Iron ore
Release	4 January 2001 (Update)
Members	No
Quest item	No
Properties
Tradeable	Yes
Equipable	No
Stackable	No
Disassembly	Yes
Noteable	Yes
Destroy	Drop
Values
Value	17 coins
High alch	10 coins
Low alch	6 coins
On death	Always kept outside Wild
Exchange	186 coins (info)
Buy limit	25,000
Weight	2.267 kg
Examine
Can be smelted into an iron bar. Used in Smithing (15).
Exchange history
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FAQ • doc

Iron ore is unrefined iron. A player with a Mining level of at least 15 can mine iron ore from iron ore rocks, granting 35 Mining experience each. Iron ore's respawn times fluctuate, decreasing as the number of players increase on each server; on average, each iron rock takes ten seconds to replenish.

Iron ore can be used with level 16 Summoning, 7 spirit shards, and 1 gold charm to summon a granite crab. Noted iron ores are possible rewards from Temple Trekking, and can occasionally be found inside barrels found around RuneScape.

Mining

Iron ore
Mining level	15
Source	Iron ore rock
Experience (per ore)
Mining	35 XP
Equipment	4.13 XP

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Respawn rate

Main article: Iron ore rocks § Respawn rate

Mine locations

Main article: Iron ore rocks § Locations

Uses

Players with 15 Smithing can smelt iron ore into an iron bar by using it on a furnace, granting 12.5 Smithing experience. At level 15, there is a 50% chance of successfully smelting a bar from a piece of iron, increased by 1% each additional Smithing level, maxing out at 80% with level 45 Smithing. At level 15 Smithing, smelting iron ores into bars provides an average profit of 108 coins each ore smelted; this increases to an average profit of 247.5 coins by level 45.

Casting the Superheat Item spell to smelt iron guarantees a 100% success for producing a bar, regardless of the players smithing level; this produces an average profit of -421 coins.

Wearing a ring of forging will also allow the player to never fail smelting an iron bar from ores as well, but only lasts for 140 smelts before being destroyed; this produces an average profit of 285.97 coins.

At level 30 Smithing, players can smelt 1 iron ore and 2 coal into a Steel bar; this produces a profit of 106 coins, and granting 17.5 Smithing experience. Smelting steel at the Blast Furnace in Keldagrim only requires 1 iron ore and 1 coal; producing a profit of 237 coins.

Transmutation

Level	Initial resource	Energy	Result	XP	Profit/loss
17	3  Copper ore	2  Flickering energy	1  Iron ore	3.7	-212
17	3  Tin ore	2  Flickering energy	1  Iron ore	3.7	-92
22	3  Iron ore	2  Bright energy	1  Silver ore	5.2	-697
29	3  Iron ore	2  Bright energy	1  Coal	6	-613

Drop sources

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Source	Combat level	Quantity	Rarity	Members-only
Alexis	28	5	Uncommon
Banshee	37	1	8/128
Barbarian	28; 30	1	Common
Barrel (Viyeldi caves)	N/A	1	Rare	N/A
Black Guard Berserker	53; 56	1	Uncommon
Bloodveld	61; 68; 92	2	8/128
Boris	28	5	Uncommon
Borrokar	39	5	Uncommon
Cave goblin	1	2–8	Common
Cave goblin miner	7	2–7	Uncommon
Christmas cracker	N/A	5	11.74%
Crystal chest	N/A	200	Common	N/A
Dark warrior	16	1	Common
Desert Lizard	35; 49; 63	1–2	Common
Dung kalphite	N/A	1	Common	N/A
Dwarf	9; 14; 39; 44	1	Common
Eduard	28	5	Uncommon
Falador resource bundle	N/A	1	unknown
Fire spirit	N/A	1–2	Common	N/A
Flesh Crawler	39; 40	1	Common
Flesh Crawler	39; 40	1–10	Common
Fortress guard (historical)	52	1	Uncommon
Fortunate bakami	N/A	1	unknown	N/A
Fortunate bakami jar	N/A	1	Common
Freidir	39	1–5	Uncommon
Galina	28	5	Uncommon
Georgy	28	1	Rare
Ghast	28; 35; 63; 91	1	Uncommon
Giant Mole (historical)	76	100	Uncommon
Giant ant soldier	70	1	Uncommon
Giant lobster	40; 70	1	Uncommon
Giant mole	230	40	Uncommon
Giant mole	230	55–60	Uncommon
Goblin Raider	56	1	Common
Goblin statue	70	3	Uncommon
Greater demon	82	2	Common
Greater demon (elite)	92	2	Common
Guard	18; 25; 35	1	Rare
Guard (H.A.M.)	19	1–5	Uncommon
H.A.M. Guard	30	1	Uncommon
H.A.M. Member	N/A	1–5	Uncommon	N/A
Ice warrior	54	2	Uncommon
Icefiend	35; 84	1	Uncommon
Imre	28	5	Uncommon
Irina	28	5	Uncommon
Jeroen	28	5	Uncommon
Joseph	28	5	Uncommon
Ksenia	28	5	Uncommon
Lanzig	39	5	Common
Lensa (Rellekka)	39	5	Uncommon
Lev	28	5	Uncommon
Liliya	28	5	Uncommon

Store locations

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Seller	Location	Cost	Currency	Base stock	Members?
Drogo's Mining Emporium	Dwarven Mines	17	Coins	0
Ore Seller	Keldagrim	17	Coins	100
Ore Store	Jatizso	17	Coins	0
Sani's Orefully Affordable Store	New Varrock	17	Zemomark	10
TzHaar-Hur-Lek's Ore and Gem Store	TzHaar City	25	Tokkul	2

Disassembly

Disassembly XP	0.2
Item quantity required	1
Material count	1
Base junk chance	?  92.3% Your actual junk chance depends on your junk chance reduction researched. See the table below for all values, and Junk for more information. Reduction Junk chance None 1 92.3% 1 34 91.4% 2 49 89.6% 3 64 87.7% 4 69 85.9% 5 78 84.0% 6 83 81.3% 7 91 79.4% 8 95 76.7% 9 105 73.9%
Possible materials
Often
Simple parts	100%