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																				1,209 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
Burthorpe mine		9	N/A
Desert Mining Camp		2	The Tourist Trap
Dorgesh-Kaan mine		9	The Lost Tribe
Dwarven iron mine		6	N/A
Keldagrim entrance mine		5	N/A
Keldagrim south-west mine		4	N/A
Lumbridge south-west mine		3	N/A
Piscatoris south mine		6	N/A
Varrock south-west mine		4	N/A

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.

Burthorpe mine is closest to a furnace and forge, which can be used to deposit ores into the Metal Bank.

Transmutation

Iron ore
(transmutation from Copper ore)

	-
3.7 XP	-	3 (1.8s)		1,209
Requirements
Divination level				15
Members only
Materials
Item		Quantity	Price	Total
	Flickering energy	2	352	704
	Copper ore	5	247	1,235
Total price				1,939
Profit				−730

Iron ore
(transmutation from Tin ore)

	-
3.7 XP	-	3 (1.8s)		1,209
Requirements
Divination level				15
Members only
Materials
Item		Quantity	Price	Total
	Flickering energy	2	352	704
	Tin ore	5	279	1,395
Total price				2,099
Profit				−890

Products

This is an auto-generated list (update now), and shows the first 100 items alphabetically. For all items, click here.

Item	Skills	Materials	GE price
Coal (transmutation)	24	2 × Bright energy 3 × Iron ore	309
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	381
Iron bar	10	2 × Iron ore	2,111
Silver ore (transmutation)	22	2 × Bright energy 3 × Iron ore	482
Steel bar	20	1 × Iron ore 1 × Coal	2,180

Drop sources

For an exhaustive list of all known sources for this item, see here.

Source	Level	Quantity	Rarity
Divine iron rock		1	Always
Iron rock	10	1	Always
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)		2	Unknown
Zombie (New Varrock)		2	Unknown

Store locations

This is an auto-generated list (update now). For a full list, see here. For help, see the FAQ.

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

Iron ore
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
Common materials
Simple parts	1/1

Update history

This information has been compiled as part of the update history project. Some updates may not be included - 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.