Where to Farm Iron Ore

The best place to farm Iron Ore is Thousand Needles, where Gravelsnout Surveyor (level 29-30) drops it at 3.2%. That is the vanilla 1.12 chance, not yet confirmed in Forever. 667 sources are ranked below by drop chance.

Gold per kill: Gravelsnout Surveyor is worth about 3s 15c a kill in item drops (at Auction House prices). Gold farming spots, level 20-30

Best zones:

The 15 zones with the best source; every source is listed below.

Zone	Sources	Best source	Level	Drop% ▼
The Barrens	4	Weapon Crate		100.0%
Stranglethorn Vale	74	Iron Deposit		100.0%
Scarlet Monastery	23	Weapon Crate		100.0%
Arathi Highlands	43	Molok the Crusher	39	13.2%
Razorfen Kraul	17	Death's Head Ward Keeper	15	7.4%
Uldaman	19	Large Darkwood Chest		7.1%
Gnomeregan	13	Large Iron Bound Chest		5.6%
Razorfen Downs	8	Large Iron Bound Chest		5.6%
Duskwood	25	Solid Chest		5.3%
Hillsbrad Foothills	23	Alliance Chest		5.3%
The Stockade	2	Large Iron Bound Chest		4.2%
Wetlands	15	Solid Chest		3.8%
Silverpine Forest	1	Alliance Chest		3.8%
Darkshore	1	Battered Chest		3.8%
Alterac Mountains	28	Solid Chest		3.3%

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All sources, by drop chance:

Classic data: from the patch 1.12 world data, not yet confirmed in Forever.

Source	Level	Zone	Spawns	Side	How	Drop% ▼	Map
Defias Digger	15-16	Westfall	40		Drop	0.9%	map
Khan Jehn	37	Desolace	1		Drop	0.9%	map
Defias Worker	16-17	Westfall	28		Drop	0.9%	map
Ridge Huntress	38-39	Badlands	42		Drop	0.9%	map
Skhowl(rare)	36	Alterac Mountains	2		Drop	0.8%	map
Mosh'Ogg Shaman(elite)	43-44+	Stranglethorn Vale	9		Drop	0.8%	map
Mosh'Ogg Mauler(elite)	43-44+	Stranglethorn Vale	7		Drop	0.7%	map
Dustbelcher Lord	44-45	Burning Steppes	7		Drop	0.7%	map
Achellios the Banished(rare)	31	Thousand Needles	1		Drop	0.7%	map
Mosh'Ogg Lord(elite)	45+	Stranglethorn Vale	4		Drop	0.7%	map
Splinter Fist Enslaver	30-31	Duskwood	3		Drop	0.6%	map
Boulderfist Magus	36-37	Arathi Highlands	9		Drop	0.6%	map
Whirlwind Stormwalker	35-37	Desolace	15		Drop	0.6%	map
Anathemus(rare)	45+	Badlands	1		Drop	0.6%	map
Mosh'Ogg Spellcrafter(elite)	43-44+	Stranglethorn Vale	7		Drop	0.5%	map
Stonevault Basher(elite)	39-40+	Badlands	3		Drop	0.5%	map
Dustbelcher Ogre Mage	43-44	Badlands	10		Drop	0.4%	map
Starving Buzzard	35-37	Badlands	6		Drop	0.4%	map
Undead Excavator(elite)	17-18+	Westfall	23		Drop	0.4%	map
Boulderfist Enforcer	33-34	Arathi Highlands	16		Drop	0.4%	map
Boulderfist Brute	35-36	Arathi Highlands	21		Drop	0.4%	map
Razorfen Stalker(elite)	28-29+	Razorfen Kraul	4		Drop	0.4%	map
Greater Kraul Bat(elite)	32+	Razorfen Kraul	7		Drop	0.4%	map
Ridge Stalker	36-37	Badlands	25		Drop	0.3%	map
Zaricotl(rare)	55+	Badlands	1		Drop	0.3%	map
Splinter Fist Firemonger	28-29	Duskwood	6		Drop	0.3%	map
Ward Guardian(elite)	31+	Razorfen Kraul	2		Drop	0.3%	map
Raging Agam'ar(elite)	25-26+	Razorfen Kraul	15		Drop	0.3%	map
Slitherblade Sea Witch	35-36	Desolace	16		Drop	0.3%	map
Rock Elemental	39-40	Badlands	30		Drop	0.3%	map
Stonevault Cave Lurker(elite)	38-39+	Uldaman	14		Drop	0.3%	map
Skeletal Miner(elite)	17-18+	Westfall	23		Drop	0.3%	map
Nightbane Tainted One	30-31	Duskwood	14		Drop	0.3%	map
Whirlwind Ripper	32-34	Desolace	13		Drop	0.3%	map
Drywhisker Digger	36-37	Arathi Highlands	14		Drop	0.3%	map
Stonevault Seer(elite)	39-40+	Badlands	4		Drop	0.3%	map
Defias Strip Miner	18-19	The Deadmines	27		Drop	0.3%	map
Raging Thunder Lizard	33-34	Desolace	77		Drop	0.3%	map
Defias Miner	17-18	The Deadmines	47		Drop	0.3%	map
Deathstrike Tarantula	40-41	Swamp of Sorrows	38		Drop	0.3%	map
Berserk Trogg	19-20	Loch Modan	31		Drop	0.3%	map
Crushridge Brute	35-36	Alterac Mountains	30		Drop	0.3%	map
Highperch Wyvern	28-29	Thousand Needles	18		Drop	0.3%	map
Kraul Bat(elite)	30-31+	Razorfen Kraul	13		Drop	0.3%	map
Dread Flyer	36-37	Desolace	49		Drop	0.3%	map
Scorpashi Lasher	34-35	Desolace	26		Drop	0.3%	map
Hulking Gritjaw Basilisk	35-36	Desolace	57		Drop	0.3%	map
Sorrow Spinner	36-37	Swamp of Sorrows	27		Drop	0.3%	map
Swirling Vortex	33-34	Thousand Needles	6		Drop	0.3%	map
Rok'Alim the Pounder(elite)	30+	Thousand Needles	1		Drop	0.2%	map
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Recipes:

Recipe ▲	Profession	Needs
Enchant Gloves - Mining	Enchanting	1x
Rock Garden	Mining	1x
Smelt Iron	Mining	1x

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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 (classic data: from the patch 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.