Iron ore is a crafting component in The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings, and The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt.
The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings[]
Iron ore is a crafting component which is quite easily found. It is required for most swords, even silver swords as a pure silver sword would not be hard enough to be of use. The ore is also used in several items:
- Anathema
- Black Unicorn
- Blue meteorite sword
- Caerme
- Ceremonial sword of Deithwen
- Draug's Confession
- Jagged blade
- Kayran trap
- Mahakaman sihil
- Mourner
- Nilfgaardian harpy
- Red meteorite sword
- Robust blue meteorite sword
- Robust cutlass
- Robust Kaedweni sword
- Robust red meteorite sword
- Robust yellow meteorite sword
- Sword of Caingorn
- Temerian sword
- Ultimatum
- Virgin
- Weeper
- Well-balanced dagger
- Witchers' silver sword
- Robust witchers' silver sword
- Superb witchers' silver sword
- Yellow meteorite sword
- Zerrikanterment
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt[]
Iron ore is a crafting component that is needed to craft the following items:
- Iron ingot
- Ofieri scale armor (New Game + only)
- Ofieri sharovary (New Game + only)
- Steel ingot
It can be found as random loot or purchased from the following merchants:
- All armorers and blacksmiths, except the one at Ardaiso Quarry
- 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
- Scoia'tael merchant in the forest south of Novigrad
- Scoia'tael merchant in the forest east of Oxenfurt
- Merchant at the sawmill northeast of Rannvaig
- Merchant in Blandare
- Merchant at the Isolated Hut on Hindarsfjall
- Merchant in Mohrin Village
- Merchant in Stacheier
- Clerk in Villa Vedette
- Merchant outside the The Cockatrice Inn
- Merchant in Dupont & Sons
- Merchant in Flovive
- Merchant in Francollarts
- Merchant in The Clever Clogs Tavern
- Merchant in the Wine Market in San Sebastian
- Wandering merchants in Toussaint
- Wine Merchant at Rivecalme Storehouse
Iron ore can also be obtained by dismantling many items, including several junk items and the following crafting components, common tier items, secondary weapons, and (after they're used up) quest items from the base game:
- Bald Mountain key
- Battle axe
- Blunt axe
- Crossbow
- Elegant courtier's doublet (versions 1,3)
- Hatchet
- Hunting boots (starter)
- Hunting gauntlets (starter)
- Iron ingot
- Kaer Morhen armor
- Key to Yennefer's room
- Nails
- Pickaxe
- Poker (basic)
- Shirt
- Steel ingot
- Talisman
- Temerian lily key
- Wire
- Xenovox