Materials Uncommon
Iron Ore鉄の鉱石
Commonly found in stone walls.
In-game description
What is Iron Ore? Features and uses
Iron Ore is an uncommon item in Core Keeper (Materials). It can be obtained from Ghorm the Devourer, The Hive Mother, Large Wooden Nature (breakable object) and 12 other sources. It is an ingredient in 1 recipe.
Iron Ore key points (from the game data)
- Best source: Ghorm the Devourer — 66.9% chance per kill.
- Sells to merchants for 6 Ancient Coins.
Calculated and summarized by this site from the game data (1.3.0.6).
Iron Ore notes
- The Furnace smelts it into Iron Bars.
These notes cover behavior that the game files do not show directly. They are based on facts from the Core Keeper Wiki (Fandom) page "Iron Ore" (CC BY-SA 3.0), rewritten in this site's own words.
What is Iron Ore used to make? Craftable items and their uses
Items you can make with Iron Ore, with how to craft them, the other materials needed and what the result is for.
How to get Iron Ore (Fishing, Boss drop, Enemy drop, Breakable objects)
Fishing (1) Boss drop (2) Enemy drop (4) Breakable objects (8)
| Source | Type | Biome | Amount | Chance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fishing in The Forgotten Ruins (non-fish catches) | Fishing | The Forgotten Ruins | 1 | 20.6% |
| Ghorm the Devourer | Boss drop | The Clay Caves | 2–5 | 66.9% |
| The Hive Mother | Boss drop | The Clay Caves | 2–5 | 58.1% |
| Caveling Brute | Enemy drop | The Forgotten Ruins | 1 | 9.5% |
| Caveling | Enemy drop | The Forgotten Ruins | 1 | 5.3% |
| Caveling Shaman | Enemy drop | The Forgotten Ruins | 1 | 4.9% |
| Wingling | Enemy drop | The Undergrounds | 1 | 1.1% |
| Large Overgrown Wooden Crate | Breakable objects | Azeos' Wilderness | 1 | 39.5% |
| Large Stoneware Pot | Breakable objects | — | 1 | 29.3% |
| Stoneware Pot | Breakable objects | — | 1 | 20.3% |
| Large Ancient Crate | Breakable objects | The Forgotten Ruins | 1 | 17.3% |
| Overgrown Wooden Crate | Breakable objects | Azeos' Wilderness | 1 | 16.7% |
| Ancient Crate | Breakable objects | The Forgotten Ruins | 1 | 10.2% |
| Falling rock | Breakable objects | — | 1 | 3.6% |
| Caveling crate | Breakable objects | — | 1–2 | 3.5% |
* "Falling rock", "Caveling crate": provisional names. The in-game name has not been confirmed, so this site named the source after its internal name in the drop tables.
"Chance" is the chance to get at least one of this item per try (opening one chest, defeating one enemy, one catch). A "guaranteed group" is the group of a chest or boss from which exactly one item always drops; it does not mean this item always drops (the chance of it being picked from that group is shown in small text). Only items that always drop are marked "Guaranteed". Fishing means catches with a fishing rod, separate from enemy and boss drops. Calculated from the game's drop tables (Conf/Loot, 1.3.0.6) the same way the game rolls them.
Other ways to get Iron Ore
- Placed inside dungeons or scenes (buildings, ruins and so on); break it or pick it up to get itPlaced in: Flower Lake [The Undergrounds], Large Larva Territory [The Clay Caves]
- Can be dug out of the ground or walls (The Forgotten Ruins)
Scene containers, dungeon placements, guaranteed drops and natural spawns are based on the Obtaining data of the Core Keeper Wiki (Fandom) (CC BY-SA 3.0), because these are not in the game files this site reads. Scene names are the wiki's English names.
Can you get Iron Ore by salvaging?
No item gives Iron Ore itself when salvaged. Salvaging gives Iron Bar instead, from 144 kinds of gear, tools and other items (list).
What Iron Ore is used for (1 recipe)
| Recipe (materials) | ||
|---|---|---|
Iron Bar
|
7 |