Verified - US Auction House - Crafting material
Dark Iron Ore
Metal & Stone
Verified US market
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Dark Iron Ore details
| Type | Metal & Stone |
|---|---|
| Item level | 10 |
| Max stack | 1,000 |
| Vendor sell price | 5 silver |
| Expansion | Classic |
| First seen in our data | build 1.15.9.68940 |
Read from the 12.1.0.69875 game build. Prices are US Auction House data.
What Dark Iron Ore is used in
Mining
| Recipe | Skill tier and category | Needs | Other reagents | Makes | Lists at (US) | Reagents per craft |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Classic Mining, Smelting, grey at 310 | 8 | 210 gold | 167 gold |
"Needs" is how many one craft consumes. Reagent cost adds up the required materials at the cheapest current listing of each; it is left blank when any reagent has no live price. Recipes, quantities, products and skill tiers are read from the game data.
Crafting value of Dark Iron Ore
Dark Iron Ore goes into one recipe, Smelt Dark Iron, taught in Classic Mining.
Its product, Dark Iron Bar (recipe: Smelt Dark Iron), from Classic Mining, lists at 210 gold on the US Auction House.
One craft of Smelt Dark Iron takes 8 Dark Iron Ore; at current prices those reagents cost 167 gold4 silver per craft.
Further down the chain, Dark Iron Bar is itself a reagent in 31 recipes, such as Dark Iron Pulverizer, Dark Iron Mail and Dark Iron Sunderer.
Leveling and recipes for Dark Iron Ore
Smelt Dark Iron (Smelting) turns yellow at Mining skill 300 and grey at 310.
What Dark Iron Ore is crafted into
Dark Iron Bar (Metal & Stone). Made with Smelt Dark Iron, 8 Dark Iron Ore per craft.
Dark Iron Ore: lowest listed price, last 30 days
The current lowest listing is 13% below its 30-day median.
| Now | 20 gold88 silver |
|---|---|
| 30-day low | 12 gold68 silver Sep 4 |
| 30-day high | 49 gold33 silver Sep 7 |
| 30-day median | 23 gold98 silver |
| 7-day median | 23 gold |
| Hourly snapshots | 681 |
US region, the cheapest listing at each hourly Auction House snapshot. These are asking prices, not sales.
Dark Iron Ore by region
Americas and Oceania (US) has the lowest listing of the regions we track. Each region is a separate Auction House, so gold and items do not move between them.
| Region | Lowest listed price | Listings | Units |
|---|---|---|---|
| Americas and Oceania (US) | 21 gold | 81 | 14,948 |
| Europe (EU) | 22 gold97 silver | 66 | 20,942 |
Other reagents in the same recipe tiers as Dark Iron Ore
Classic Mining has 13 recipes. Besides Dark Iron Ore, the reagents they call for most are Arcanite Bar (1 recipe), Coal (1 recipe), Copper Bar (1 recipe), Copper Ore (1 recipe), Elemental Flux (1 recipe), Elementium Ingot (1 recipe), Fiery Core (1 recipe), Gold Ore (1 recipe), Iron Bar (1 recipe), Iron Ore (1 recipe).
Ore & Stone priced near Dark Iron Ore
K'areshi Resonating Stone21 gold
Black Trillium Ore20 gold
White Trillium Ore20 gold
Khaz'gorite Ore20 gold
Cobalt Ore21 gold
Solid Grinding Stone20 gold
Pyrite Ore Nugget20 gold
Elementium Ingot22 gold
Titanium Ore Nugget22 gold
Pyrium Bar19 gold
Demonsteel Bar19 gold
Cobalt Bar22 gold
About Dark Iron Ore
Dark Iron Ore is a crafting material in World of Warcraft. This page tracks its verified Auction House price and the recipes that consume it, so you can judge whether it is worth farming, buying, or selling right now.
Demand comes from Mining. When a recipe that uses Dark Iron Ore spikes in value, the material tends to follow, so watch the recipes above alongside the price history.
To read the chart: compare the current lowest listing against the typical range. A price sitting below its recent band is a buy or craft signal; a price above it favors selling or farming. The method matters more than any single number, since commodity prices move between hourly snapshots.