Where to Farm Dark Iron Ore

The best place to farm Dark Iron Ore is Burning Steppes, where Firegut Ogre Mage (level 51-52) drops it at 0.1%. That is the vanilla 1.12 chance, not yet confirmed in Forever. 18 sources are ranked below by drop chance.

Best zones:

Zone	Sources	Best source	Level	Drop%
Burning Steppes	4	Dark Iron Deposit		100.0%
Blackrock Depths	9	Warbringer Construct	53-54+	13.4%
Molten Core	1	Lava Elemental	61-62+	0.1%
Searing Gorge	3	Anvilrage Warden	49-50+	0.0%
The Barrens	1	Azzere the Skyblade	25	0.0%

All sources, by drop chance:

Vanilla reference — from the 1.12 world data, not yet confirmed in Forever.

Source	Level	Zone	Spawns	Side	How	Drop%	Map
Dark Iron Deposit		Burning Steppes	212		Mining	100.0%	map
Warbringer Construct(elite)	53-54+	Blackrock Depths	12		Drop	13.4%	map
Wrath Hammer Construct(elite)	55-56+	Blackrock Depths	3		Drop	13.0%	map
Ragereaver Golem(elite)	54-55+	Blackrock Depths	4		Drop	13.0%	map
Molten War Golem(elite)	55-56+	Blackrock Depths	6		Drop	12.0%	map
Panzor the Invincible(rare)	57+	Blackrock Depths	1		Drop	6.0%	map
Phalanx(elite)	55+	Blackrock Depths	1		Drop	6.0%	map
Firegut Ogre Mage	51-52	Burning Steppes	73		Drop	0.1%	map
Lava Elemental(elite)	61-62+	Molten Core	14		Drop	0.1%	map
Firegut Brute	52-53	Burning Steppes	24		Drop	0.1%	map
Anvilrage Guardsman(elite)	50-51+	Blackrock Depths	58		Drop	0.0%	map
Anvilrage Warden(elite)	49-50+	Searing Gorge	42		Drop	0.0%	map
Anvilrage Overseer(elite)	48-49+	Searing Gorge	12		Drop	0.0%	map
Dark Iron Geologist	43-44	Searing Gorge	13		Drop	0.0%	map
Azzere the Skyblade(rare)	25	The Barrens	1		Drop	0.0%	map
Bloodhound	49-50	Blackrock Depths	96		Drop	0.0%	map
Fireguard Destroyer(elite)	54-56+	Blackrock Depths	45		Drop	0.0%	map
Black Broodling	51-52	Burning Steppes	14		Drop	0.0%	map

Needed for:

Quests:

Level	Quest	Needs
60	Favor Amongst the Brotherhood, Dark Iron Ore	10x
60	Wheel of the Black March	25x

Recipes:

Recipe	Profession	Needs
Smelt Dark Iron	Mining	8x

Drop% is the rate recorded in Forever once a source has been looted ten times; a greyed figure is the vanilla 1.12 chance from the world data (vanilla reference — from the 1.12 world data, not yet confirmed in forever). Spawns counts the source's spawn points in the world data. "Side" names which side can kill the NPC when the other finds it friendly. The lead picks the best chance among sources that are not a rare spawn and have at least three spawn points.