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In The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt[ | ]

Iron ore
Tw3 iron ore
Used to craft gear and items.
Description
Inventory/slot
Alchemy and crafting
Category
Common item
Type
Crafting component
Source
Loot / Purchase / Dismantling
Base price
crown(s)
Price to buy
4 – 5 crown(s)
Price to sell
crown(s)
Weight
0 weight

Iron ore can be obtained by dismantling most keys. It is also used to craft the following items:

In The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings[ | ]

Iron ore
Tw2 ingredient ironore
Crafting component
Description
Category
Common
Type
Crafting component
Source
can be purchased or looted
Price to buy
1620 oren(s)
Price to sell
2 oren(s)
Weight
weight 1

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 a few other items, such as:

Traps[ | ]

Ranged weapons[ | ]

Swords[ | ]