Iron ore

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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	25 coins
High alch	15 coins
Low alch	10 coins
On death	Always kept outside Wild
Weight	2.267 kg
Examine
Used in Smithing (10,20).
Grand Exchange
Exchange	484 coins (info)
Buy limit	25,000
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Advanced data
Item ID	440
Links	MRID • recipe
FAQ • doc

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Iron ore is an ore that can be obtained through mining iron rocks, requiring level 10 Mining, in various places around RuneScape.

Iron is required to craft iron and steel bars, and is also a tertiary ingredient for creating granite crab pouches. As players increase their Mining level and use higher tier pickaxes, they are able to mine iron at quicker rates.

Iron, like other mining resources, can be stored in an ore box. 100 iron can be stored in a iron ore box or higher. This capacity can be increased by 20 at level 18 Mining and a further 20 with the completion of the Everything Is Oresome achievement.

Mining

Iron ore
Mining level		10		Critical hit chance
Source		Iron rock		10%	15%
Core				12	-
Stone spirit		Iron		Rockertunity multiplier
Geode		Sedimentary		x5	x6
Rock stats				14	-
Durability		120		Double ore chance
Hardness		5		5%	10%
Multiplier		0.68		13	-
Base ore		1		Geode chance
Varrock armour double chance				10%	15%
		4%		12	-

Mine locations

Mine	Members	Amount	Requirements
Desert Mining Camp		2	Tourist Trap
Dorgesh-Kaan mine		9	The Lost Tribe
Dwarven iron mine		6	none
Keldagrim entrance mine		5	None
Keldagrim south-west mine		4	None
Lumbridge south-west mine		3	None
Piscatoris south mine		6	None
Varrock south-west mine		4	None

Varrock south-west mine is the closest to a bank, May's Quest Caravan once the bank chest is unlocked from the Hub track for a cumulative cost of 125 quest points. Lumbridge south-west mine is similarly close to the bank at Shattered Worlds without the requirement. However, both are members only.

For free players, Dwarven iron mine is fairly close to the Falador east bank.

Transmutation

Required materials:

Flickering energy Copper ore 3 - - - - - - - - - - Production JSON:

{"exp":3.7,"product":"Iron ore","level2":"?","exp2":"?","level3":"?","skill3":"?","facility":"","quantity":1,"ticks":"3","skill":"Divination","link":"Iron ore","method":"transmutation from Copper ore","improved":0,"level":17,"skill2":"?","image":"[[File:Iron ore.png|link=Iron ore]]","mats":[{"quantity":"2","name":"Flickering energy","image":"Flickering energy 1.png"},{"quantity":"3","name":"Copper ore","image":"Copper ore.png"}],"exp3":"?"}

Iron ore
(transmutation from Copper ore)

	-
3.7 XP	-	3 (1.8s)		484
Requirements
Divination level				17
Members only
Materials
Item		Quantity	Price	Total
	Flickering energy	2	184	368
	Copper ore	3	200	600
Total price				968
Profit				-484

Required materials:

Flickering energy Tin ore 3 - - - - - - - - - - Production JSON:

{"exp":3.7,"product":"Iron ore","level2":"?","exp2":"?","level3":"?","skill3":"?","facility":"","quantity":1,"ticks":"3","skill":"Divination","link":"Iron ore","method":"transmutation from Tin ore","improved":0,"level":17,"skill2":"?","image":"[[File:Iron ore.png|link=Iron ore]]","mats":[{"quantity":"2","name":"Flickering energy","image":"Flickering energy 1.png"},{"quantity":"3","name":"Tin ore","image":"Tin ore.png"}],"exp3":"?"}

Iron ore
(transmutation from Tin ore)

	-
3.7 XP	-	3 (1.8s)		484
Requirements
Divination level				17
Members only
Materials
Item		Quantity	Price	Total
	Flickering energy	2	184	368
	Tin ore	3	351	1,053
Total price				1,421
Profit				-937

Products

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Item	Skills	Materials	GE price
Coal (transmutation)	29	2 × Bright energy 3 × Iron ore	205
Divine iron rock	10	20 × Flickering energy 20 × Iron ore	N/A
Granite crab pouch	16	1 × Pouch 7 × Spirit shards 1 × Gold charm 1 × Iron ore	393
Iron bar	10	2 × Iron ore	1,167
Silver ore (transmutation)	22	2 × Bright energy 3 × Iron ore	192
Steel bar	20	1 × Iron ore 1 × Coal	994

Drop sources

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Source	Level	Quantity	Rarity	Members
Christmas cracker	N/A	5 (noted)	15/128	N/A
Divine iron rock	10	1	Always	N/A
Iron rock	10	1	Always	N/A
New Varrock guard captain	104	1	Uncommon
New Varrock guard	56; 90	2	16/128
Zombie (New Varrock)	1	2	2/128
Zombie (New Varrock)	1	2	Unknown	N/A
Zombie (New Varrock)	1	2	Unknown	N/A

Store locations

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Seller	Location	Cost	Currency	Base stock	Members?
Drogo's Mining Emporium	Dwarven Mines	25	Coins	0
Ore Store	Jatizso	25	Coins	0
Sani's Orefully Affordable Store	New Varrock	25	Zemomark	10
TzHaar-Hur-Lek's Ore and Gem Store	TzHaar City	37	Tokkul	2

Disassembly

Disassembly category	Ores
Disassembly XP	0.1
Item quantity required	1
Material count	1
Base junk chance	?  94.5% 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 94.5% 1 34 93.6 2 49 91.7 3 64 89.8 4 69 87.9 5 78 86.0 6 83 83.2 7 91 81.3 8 95 78.5 9 105 75.7
Possible materials
Often
Simple parts	1/1

Update history

The update history project is a work-in-progress – not all updates to this topic may be covered below. See here for how to help out!

• patch 28 January 2019 (Update):
  • You can once again super heat iron ores.

• update 4 January 2001 (Update):
  • Added to game.