Iron ore

In The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt[]

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	2
Price to buy	4 – 5
Price to sell	1
Weight	0

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
Crafting component
Description
Category	Common
Type	Crafting component
Source	can be purchased or looted
Price to buy	16 / 20
Price to sell	2
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[]

Kayran trap

Iron ore

In The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt[]

In The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings[]

Traps[]

Ranged weapons[]

Swords[]