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

 Obtained from

 Classic

 Expert

 Master

Entity	Qty.	Rate
Azure CrateAzure Crate	20–35	0.89*1/112 (0.89%)
Boreal CrateBoreal Crate	20–35	0.89*1/112 (0.89%)
Bramble CrateBramble Crate	20–35	0.89*1/112 (0.89%)
Corrupt CrateCorrupt Crate	20–35	1.79*1/56 (1.79%)
Crimson CrateCrimson Crate	20–35	1.79*1/56 (1.79%)
Defiled CrateDefiled Crate	20–35	0.89*1/112 (0.89%)
Divine CrateDivine Crate	20–35	0.89*1/112 (0.89%)
Dungeon CrateDungeon Crate	20–35	1.79*1/56 (1.79%)
Frozen CrateFrozen Crate	20–35	1.79*1/56 (1.79%)
Hallowed CrateHallowed Crate	20–35	1.79*1/56 (1.79%)
Hellstone CrateHellstone Crate	20–35	0.89*1/112 (0.89%)
Hematic CrateHematic Crate	20–35	0.89*1/112 (0.89%)
Iron CrateIron Crate	12–21	2.78*1/36 (2.78%)
Jungle CrateJungle Crate	20–35	1.79*1/56 (1.79%)
Mirage CrateMirage Crate	20–35	0.89*1/112 (0.89%)
Mythril CrateMythril Crate	12–21	1.39*1/72 (1.39%)
Oasis CrateOasis Crate	20–35	1.79*1/56 (1.79%)
Obsidian CrateObsidian Crate	20–35	1.79*1/56 (1.79%)
Ocean CrateOcean Crate	20–35	1.79*1/56 (1.79%)
Pearlwood CratePearlwood Crate	4–15	1.79*1/56 (1.79%)
Seaside CrateSeaside Crate	20–35	0.89*1/112 (0.89%)
Sky CrateSky Crate	20–35	1.79*1/56 (1.79%)
Stockade CrateStockade Crate	20–35	0.89*1/112 (0.89%)
Wooden CrateWooden Crate	4–15	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

Recipes

Result	Ingredients	Crafting station
Iron Ore	Lead Ore	Chlorophyte Extractinator Conversion
	Lead Ore	Shimmer Transmutation

Used in

Result	Ingredients	Crafting station
Lead Ore	Iron Ore	Chlorophyte Extractinator Conversion
Iron Bar	Iron Ore3	Furnace
Iron Brick5	Stone Block5 Iron Ore
Ironskin Potion	Bottled Water Daybloom Iron Ore	Placed Bottle or Alchemy Table
Tin Ore	Iron Ore	Shimmer Transmutation

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. On the  Old-gen console version and Nintendo 3DS version, they are also the only ores that do not have corresponding bricks.
• 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.

 Nintendo Switch version

• Switch 1.0.711.6: Introduced.

 Mobile version

• Mobile-Release: Introduced.

Nintendo 3DS version

• 3DS-Release: Introduced.