Iron Ore?!?!?

I can't seem to find iron ore, anywhere

Is iron ore that scarse, or is there specific places to find it? I'd appreciate any tips!

 

Iron ore is more of a dark grey and doesn't stand out the same way as copper from a distance, if you invest in your detection skill it will sparkle from further away. I'm having a brain glitch on the best areas to mine it because I haven't had a need to mine it since early in R16. Anywhere that calls itself a mine should have at least some small amount of it though (ie. Graff Gem Mines).

You'd find some small amounts in Solace Bridge as well. And the shardfalls though it would be more difficult to mine as it's a higher level.

 

It's a combination of some areas just having more copper than iron, and the fact that copper is the brightest orange possible and iron is almost the exact same color as the rock its on.

 

no, it's just harder to see. look here.

 

Thanks for your help!

 

if you want pure iron ore, just go to the moors of northshore. insane amounts of iron nodes throughout and secret areas. Just don't expect to find any nickel in there.

 

If you're a beginner, you can even find it in South Vale

 

There is another place, the same layout as the North Moors called The Hills, between Bremaer and the desert region, but the entrance is very small, so go south from Bremaer and as you get to the dungeon go west over the hills and you will find it... Lots of iron nodes, lots of spiders, lots of cotton, trees... Nickel comes when your level/skill gets high enough... I would say each area has 30 iron nodes, take out the Elf fighter camp and get silver/gold on occation from those nodes inside their camp...

I stand corrected, it's called Hidden Vale: Hills, and it's west of the dragon cave...

 

I think one reason that ore appears to be more scarce than other items has to do with the lack of a harvested ore node visual. When you enter an area that it littered with cut down trees you think, "Damn, someone got here before me." But when you enter an area that has had all of its ore harvested it looks empty. There is no sign that there was ever anything there.

I think adding a visual for an empty ore vein would go a long way towards making ore seem more abundant than it currently does.