Iron Ore

General

Type

Material

How to obtain

Comes out of

Opened from	Amount	Chance
Treasure Casket	1–5	1.9%
A treasure chest hooked while fishing (about 1 in 40 catches)	1–5	1.9%

Sold at

Shop	Price	Stock
Forge Shop	60g	10

Mined from

Found in	Pickaxe needed	Rock HP	Swings	Amount
Mall Mines, Sealed Passage, The Old Woods Mines, Abandoned Hovel	Basic Pickaxe or better	20	Basic 10 · Sturdy 7 · Quality 5 · Superior 4	1
Catacombs Mines	Quality Pickaxe or better	32	Quality 8 · Superior 7	2–4

Found at a mystery

Mystery	Where	What you get
Tent “The door of the tent hangs open. An eerie silence permeates the atmosphere.”	Old Woods Clearing 7	33%: 2, plus Pretty Flower and 2× Scrap Metal; the first 2 times; after that the same roll gives nothing

Investigate it and the die decides. A mystery can be investigated again once it resets; see Mysteries for what resets them.

Put Iron Ore into one of these machines and come back later.

Machine	Input	Makes	Time	Fuel
Furnace	Iron Ore	Iron Bar	2 in-game hours	3

Its principal practical use is the processing route shown above; keep enough input on hand for the machine's full batch.
A copy sells for 30g; compare that return with the acquisition effort and listed uses before selling the last one.