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Iron Ore

Iron Ore

Unrefined ore with traces of iron.

Weight10000 gMax stack20Carried on backResource pile

Notes

Iron Ore is a raw mineral block mined from the ground, found in Grassland (55-60m) and Desert (0-60m) biomes. It must be crushed into processed forms like Crushed Iron Ore before smelting, and is also used to craft basic Metallurgy Research Papers. A tier 2 pickaxe is required to mine this block, so upgrading your mining tool is the first step to accessing iron.

Notes are AI-generated and may be imprecise.

As a block

Mining hardness2On miningdrops rubbleSolidWall
Mining

Hardness 2 is the minimum pickaxe tier that can mine this block.

Yields1× Iron OreCalories/block20Durability/block1Cal / stack1000

Cost shown for a Iron Pickaxe at Mining level 0. Set your level / talents in the ⚙ Character panel to recompute. ≈ estimate.

Where it's found

From this server's world-generation settings.

Categories

Used in

Arrastra
Carpentry Table
Jaw Crusher
Stamp Mill

See also