Iron Ore

Iron Ore

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Statistics

Type	OreCrafting material
Placeable	√ (1 wide × 1 high)
Use time	15 (Very fast)
Rarity	00*
Sell	1
Research	100 required

• Internal Item ID: 11
• Internal Tile ID: 6

 Dropped by

 Classic

 Expert

 Master

Entity	Qty.	Rate
Azure CrateAzure Crate	30–49	0.89*1/112 (0.89%)
Boreal CrateBoreal Crate	30–49	0.89*1/112 (0.89%)
Bramble CrateBramble Crate	30–49	0.89*1/112 (0.89%)
Corrupt CrateCorrupt Crate	30–49	1.79*1/56 (1.79%)
Crimson CrateCrimson Crate	30–49	1.79*1/56 (1.79%)
Defiled CrateDefiled Crate	30–49	0.89*1/112 (0.89%)
Divine CrateDivine Crate	30–49	0.89*1/112 (0.89%)
Dungeon CrateDungeon Crate	30–49	1.79*1/56 (1.79%)
Frozen CrateFrozen Crate	30–49	1.79*1/56 (1.79%)
Hallowed CrateHallowed Crate	30–49	1.79*1/56 (1.79%)
Hellstone CrateHellstone Crate	30–49	0.89*1/112 (0.89%)
Hematic CrateHematic Crate	30–49	0.89*1/112 (0.89%)
Iron CrateIron Crate	18–29	2.78*1/36 (2.78%)
Jungle CrateJungle Crate	30–49	1.79*1/56 (1.79%)
Mirage CrateMirage Crate	30–49	0.89*1/112 (0.89%)
Mythril CrateMythril Crate	18–29	1.39*1/72 (1.39%)
Oasis CrateOasis Crate	30–49	1.79*1/56 (1.79%)
Obsidian CrateObsidian Crate	30–49	1.79*1/56 (1.79%)
Ocean CrateOcean Crate	30–49	1.79*1/56 (1.79%)
Pearlwood CratePearlwood Crate	6–23	1.79*1/56 (1.79%)
Seaside CrateSeaside Crate	30–49	0.89*1/112 (0.89%)
Sky CrateSky Crate	30–49	1.79*1/56 (1.79%)
Stockade CrateStockade Crate	30–49	0.89*1/112 (0.89%)
Wooden CrateWooden Crate	6–23	3.57*1/28 (3.57%)

Iron Ore is an early-game ore that generates upon world creation on the surface, as well as in the Underground and Cavern layers. Its primary use is in crafting Iron Bars, which can then be used to craft the Iron tier of tools, weapons, and armor, as well as Buckets, Chains, and several other items. The equivalent of Iron Ore is Lead Ore, which will sometimes replace Iron in a world.     Iron Ore has a small chance to appear as a bonus drop from slimes. Furthermore, it can be obtained from all types of crates.

As Iron Bars are needed to create an Iron Anvil, Iron Ore must usually be obtained before any weapons or armor can be created out of metal bars. While this can be circumvented by purchasing an Iron Anvil from the Merchant, that is generally inefficient, as it is not difficult to find 15 Iron Ore early on in the game.

Crafting

Used in

Result	Ingredients	Crafting station
Iron Bar	Iron Ore (3)	Furnace
Iron Brick	Stone Block Iron Ore
Ironskin Potion	Bottled Water Daybloom Iron Ore	Placed Bottle or Alchemy Table

total: 3 row(s)

Achievements

Ooo! Shiny! • “Mine your first nugget of ore with a pickaxe.”

Mine your first ore.

Trivia

•    Iron Ore and Lead Ore are the only ores that do not have corresponding chandeliers.
• Real iron is very malleable and susceptible to corrosion, generally making it infeasible for crafting tools. The use of iron in Terraria more closely resembles real-life steel.
• Its placed sprites look similar to the placed sprites for the Mythril Ore.

History

 Desktop version

• Desktop 1.4.0.1: Now used to craft Iron Bricks.

• Desktop 1.3.0.1:
  • Changed item texture from to .
  • Changed block texture from to .

• Desktop 1.2.3: Increased stack limit from 99 to 999.

• Desktop 1.2: Iron will now sometimes not generate with a world, being replaced with Lead Ore.

• Desktop 1.0.5: Now has a sparkle effect.

• Desktop-Release: Introduced.

 Console version

• Console-Release: Introduced.

 Switch version

• Switch 1.0.711.6: Introduced.

 Mobile version

• Mobile-Release: Introduced.

3DS version

• 3DS-Release: Introduced.