A Common Trade Goods, item level 10. Crafted with Create Iron Ore.
Iron Ore is listed at 3 gold98 silver in the latest EU region commodity Auction House snapshot, about 15% below its typical price of 4 gold66 silver. Across its tracked history (Sep 2022 to Jul 2026) it has ranged from 2 gold7 silver to 11 gold42 silver. About 6,256 were available in the latest snapshot.
The current lowest price is 15% below typical, against a All-Time typical of 4 gold66 silver.
| Crafted | Create Iron Ore | Recipe |
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First seen in build 1.15.9.68940 (Classic).
In WoW Forever it is item level 30. In Classic Era it is item level 30. In The Burning Crusade it is item level 30. In Wrath of the Lich King it is item level 30. In MoP Classic it is item level 30.
| Version | Item level | Quality | Sells for |
|---|---|---|---|
| Retail (Midnight) | 10 | Common | 1s 50c |
| WoW Forever | 30 | Common | 1s 50c |
| Classic Era | 30 | Common | 1s 50c |
| The Burning Crusade | 30 | Common | 1s 50c |
| Wrath of the Lich King | 30 | Common | 1s 50c |
| MoP Classic | 30 | Common | 1s 50c |
The 3 recipes below use Iron Ore, across Classic Blacksmithing (1), Classic Enchanting (1) and Classic Mining (1). The largest single use is 5 for Relic of the Past III.
| Creates | Recipe | Profession | Needs |
|---|---|---|---|
 Relic of the Past IIIAlso takes 3 Luminous Flux. | Relic of the Past III | Classic Blacksmithing | 5 |
| MiningAlso takes 2 Light Illusion Dust. | Mining | Classic Enchanting | 3 |
 Iron Bar | Smelt Iron | Classic Mining | 1 |
Read from the World of Warcraft client build files.
The 10 items nearest to Iron Ore among Trade Goods > Metal & Stone, all from Classic like Iron Ore.
| Item | Item Level | Details | Lowest Listed Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iron Ore (this item) | 10 | Used in 3 recipes, including Iron Bar and Relic of the Past III | 4 gold |
 Copper Ore | 10 | Used in Copper Bar and Relic of the Past I | 3 gold |
 Tin Ore | 10 | Used in Tin Bar and Relic of the Past II | 2 gold |
 Rough Stone | 10 | Used in 5 recipes, including Rough Sharpening Stone and Rough Weightstone | 3 silver |
 Coarse Stone | 10 | Used in 5 recipes, including Coarse Weightstone and Coarse Grinding Stone | 8 silver |
 Heavy Stone | 10 | Used in 5 recipes, including Heavy Sharpening Stone and Heavy Weightstone | 18 silver |
 Copper Bar | 10 | Crafted with Classic Mining; Used in 39 recipes, including Bronze Bar and Copper Chain Pants | 3 gold |
 Bronze Bar | 10 | Crafted with Classic Mining; Used in 42 recipes, including Rough Bronze Leggings and Rough Bronze Bracers | 2 gold |
 Rough Grinding Stone | 10 | Crafted with Classic Blacksmithing; Used in 15 recipes (Classic Blacksmithing), including Runed Copper Breastplate and Copper Battle Axe | 8 silver |
 Coarse Grinding Stone | 10 | Crafted with Classic Blacksmithing; Used in 17 recipes (Classic Blacksmithing), including Silvered Bronze Breastplate and Deadly Bronze Poniard | 1 gold |
 Heavy Grinding Stone | 10 | Crafted with Classic Blacksmithing; Used in 24 recipes (Classic Blacksmithing), including Hardened Iron Shortsword and Jade Serpentblade | 1 gold |
The lowest listed price among them is Rough Stone at 3 silver in the EU Auction House.
Iron Ore has a current Auction House listing in 2 regions. The lowest listed price is in Europe.
| Region | Lowest Listed Price | Listed On | Cheapest Realms |
|---|---|---|---|
| Europe | 4 gold | Region-wide | |
| United States | 6 gold | Region-wide |
Built from the World of Warcraft client build files and recorded Auction House snapshots.
2 other items in the current build are also called Iron Ore. Same-name entries are usually a different rank, faction, quest stage or reward track of the same object.
Iron Ore uses icon file 134572, which 14 other items also use. The 7 closest by item ID:
Rethban Ore ID 2798 · QuestAtal'ai Tablet Fragment ID 6287 · QuestElemental Earth ID 7067 · Trade Goods · item level 10Gargoyle Fragment ID 22567 · Quest "Shattered into a hundred tiny pieces, they don't seem quite as menacing."Shaleskin Shale ID 29464 · Quest "It's sweating an oily secretion... kind of like tar. And it's getting all over your pack."Whisper Gulch Ore Fragment ID 33188 · Quest "Very odd-looking ore."Darkspine Iron Ore ID 34479 · QuestBlizzard numbers items as they are created, so the named items next to ID 2772 (2764 to 2777) were usually added in the same batch as Iron Ore: the same quest line, zone, vendor or reward set.
Small Dagger ID 2764 · Weapon - Dagger · item level 11
Hunting Knife ID 2765 · Weapon - Dagger · item level 14
Deft Stiletto ID 2766 · Weapon - Dagger · item level 18Copper Ore ID 2770 · Trade Goods · item level 10Tin Ore ID 2771 · Trade Goods · item level 10
Cracked Shortbow ID 2773 · Weapon - Bow · item level 4
Rust-Covered Blunderbuss ID 2774 · Weapon - Gun · item level 3
Silver Ore ID 2775 · Trade Goods · item level 10
Gold Ore ID 2776 · Trade Goods · item level 10Feeble Shortbow ID 2777 · Weapon - Bow · item level 6The raw ItemSparse values for item 2772 in the current client build.
Read from the World of Warcraft client build files: Item, ItemSparse, Lock, Holidays, AreaTable and CollectableSourceVendor.
Iron Ore is in the Classic Era game data, the era World of Warcraft: Forever is built on. Blizzard describes Forever as vanilla World of Warcraft plussed up: its story sits in year one, characters level to 60 and stay there, and it launches November 4, 2026. Blizzard has not said which vanilla items appear in Forever, so nothing here is a Forever claim; it is the Classic Era record for Iron Ore next to the live retail market on this page.
Read next: World of Warcraft: Forever is Classic+, launching November 4 · Forever's Professions, Legacy, Camping and Honor changes · Classic Era page for Iron Ore
A sighting in the beta client is a fact from our own database; the launch roster is Blizzard’s to finalize. World of Warcraft: Forever launches November 4, 2026. World of Warcraft: Forever is Classic+, launching November 4
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