Iron Ore
- Weight
- 10
- Stack size
- 30
- Author
- Dakota Chinnick
- Methodology
- Data Methodology
Unrefined iron. Needs to be refined in a smelter. Iron Ore is in the Materials category in Valheim. It weighs 10 and stacks to 30. Iron Ore is not crafted. It comes from Mine Rock Iron (Swamp), Pickable Bog Iron Ore (Swamp), Pickable Meteorite (Ashlands).
- Found in
- Mine Rock Iron+2
- Used in
- Iron
Cannot be teleported
Where to find Iron Ore
Also from breakable objects
Furniture, barrels, crates and other props that drop it when destroyed. These only exist inside built locations, so world generation gives them no biome of their own.
Where Iron Ore generates in the world
- Swamp: 2,000 m to 6,000 m from the centre of the world
- Ashlands: measured from a different centre, far beyond the playable radius
Every Valheim world is generated from its seed, so no page can say where anything is. What is fixed for every seed is the conditions above: the ring a biome is confined to, and the ground a node will accept.
How much Iron Ore you need
What that means at the source
| Source | Harvests needed |
|---|---|
| Pickable Bog Iron Ore | 1 |
| Pickable Meteorite | 1 |
What Iron Ore is used for
Refined into
| Item | Crafted at | Quantity |
|---|---|---|
 Iron | Smelter | 1 |
Plan Iron Ore down to the last ore
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Iron Ore is in the Materials category in Valheim, and every number on this page is read straight from the game files for the current build. That includes the ones the in-game tooltip shows you and the ones it never does: reach, swing arc, how many hits the combo runs to and what the final one multiplies by.
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Iron Ore FAQ
How do you get Iron Ore in Valheim?
Iron Ore is not crafted. It comes from Mine Rock Iron (Swamp), Pickable Bog Iron Ore (Swamp), Pickable Meteorite (Ashlands).
What are the stats of Iron Ore in Valheim?
They are listed above, at every quality level Iron Ore reaches. Some of those figures come from Valheim's own item tooltip; the rest — reach, swing arc, combo length, what the secondary attack multiplies — are read from the game files, because the tooltip never shows them.
What is Iron Ore used for in Valheim?
The things that consume it number 1, across Refined into. That list is the honest answer to whether a stack is worth keeping: something with a single use is worth exactly one project, while something that feeds recipes, a station and a build piece at once is worth a dedicated chest.
How much does Iron Ore weigh in Valheim?
10 each, and it stacks to 30 — so a full stack is 300 of your carry limit. It also cannot go through a portal, which turns the weight into a real logistics problem: every unit has to come home by cart or by boat.
Where do you find Iron Ore in Valheim?
Iron Ore is not crafted. It comes from Mine Rock Iron (Swamp), Pickable Bog Iron Ore (Swamp), Pickable Meteorite (Ashlands).