Dark iron ore is a crafting component in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt that is needed to craft several items.
It can be found as random loot, guaranteed in a few chests accessible during secondary quests on Ard Skellig, or purchased from the following merchants:
- All armorers and blacksmiths
- Armors and weapons merchants in Nilfgaardian Army Group 'Center' Camp
- Merchant in the boatyard south of Refugees' Camp
- Merchant at Calveit Watchtower
- Merchant at Coast of Wrecks
- Merchant in Ursten
- Merchant by the road west of White Eagle Fort
- Merchant at the sawmill northeast of Rannvaig
- Merchant at the Isolated Hut on Hindarsfjall
- Merchant in Mohrin Village
- Merchant in Stacheier
Dark iron ore can also be obtained by dismantling many items, including all witcher gear that is crafted with it. The full list of items is way too long, but the following are all non-crafted items from the base game:
- Assault gauntlets
- Axeman's trousers
- Condottiere's boots
- Crossbow (magic version 5)
- Crossbow (relic)
- Dark iron ingot
- Kaedweni cuirass
- Knight's gauntlets
- Lyrian hardened leather trousers (basic)
- Mahakaman trousers
- Nilfgaardian guardsman's gauntlets
- Poker (Nathaniel's)
- Sapper's trousers
- Snake figurine
Needed to craft[]
Other items:
Witcher gear:
- Feline boots
- Enhanced Feline boots
- Legendary Feline boots
- Enhanced legendary Feline boots
- Feline crossbow
- Feline gauntlets
- Enhanced Feline gauntlets
- Legendary Feline gauntlets
- Enhanced legendary Feline gauntlets
- Ursine boots
- Enhanced Ursine boots
- Legendary Ursine boots
- Enhanced legendary Ursine boots
- Ursine crossbow
- Ursine gauntlets
- Enhanced Ursine gauntlets
- Legendary Ursine gauntlets
- Enhanced legendary Ursine gauntlets