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
Deadly Cleft Scorpid	42-43	Uldaman	10		Drop	0.2%	map
Elder Razormaw	29	Wetlands	22		Drop	0.2%	map
Glommus(elite)	39+	Alterac Mountains	1		Drop	0.2%	map
Drywhisker Surveyor	37-38	Arathi Highlands	8		Drop	0.2%	map
Screeching Roguefeather	29-30	Thousand Needles	16		Drop	0.2%	map
Agam'ar(elite)	24-25+	Razorfen Kraul	15		Drop	0.2%	map
Margol the Rager(elite)	48+	Searing Gorge	1		Drop	0.2%	map
Enraged Panther(elite)	30+	Thousand Needles	1		Drop	0.2%	map
Ironjaw Basilisk	43-44	Stranglethorn Vale	21		Drop	0.2%	map
Silverback Patriarch	42-43	Stranglethorn Vale	9		Drop	0.2%	map
Witherbark Witch Doctor	33-34	Arathi Highlands	31		Drop	0.2%	map
Young Mesa Buzzard	31-32	Arathi Highlands	18		Drop	0.2%	map
Boss Tho'grun	41-42	Badlands	1		Drop	0.2%	map
Zzarc' Vul	30	Duskwood	1		Drop	0.2%	map
Galak Stormer	26-27	Thousand Needles	51		Drop	0.2%	map
Rotting Agam'ar(elite)	28+	Razorfen Kraul	3		Drop	0.2%	map
Holdout Technician(elite)	29-30+	Gnomeregan	3	Horde only	Drop	0.2%	map
Mosh'Ogg Warmonger(elite)	41-42+	Stranglethorn Vale	15		Drop	0.2%	map
Sergeant Malthus	38	Stranglethorn Vale	1		Drop	0.2%	map
Galak Messenger	26	Thousand Needles	1		Drop	0.2%	map
Stonesplinter Digger	18-19	Loch Modan	31		Drop	0.2%	map
Mannoroc Lasher	29-30	Ashenvale	63		Drop	0.2%	map
Kolkar Waylayer	33-34		0		Drop	0.2%	map
Splinter Fist Warrior	29-30	Duskwood	11		Drop	0.2%	map
Ferocious Yeti	31-32	Alterac Mountains	27		Drop	0.2%	map
Witherbark Headhunter	34-35	Arathi Highlands	37		Drop	0.2%	map
Witherbark Shadow Hunter	35-36	Arathi Highlands	16		Drop	0.2%	map
Withered Ancient	26-27	Ashenvale	8		Drop	0.2%	map
Pesterhide Snarler	28-29	Thousand Needles	36		Drop	0.2%	map
Blood of Agamaggan(elite)	27+	Razorfen Kraul	4		Drop	0.2%	map
Quilguard Champion(elite)	30-31+	Razorfen Kraul	15		Drop	0.2%	map
Stonevault Geomancer(elite)	43-44+	Uldaman	9		Drop	0.2%	map
Hazzali Stinger	49-50	Tanaris	100		Drop	0.2%	map
Glassweb Spider	43-45	Searing Gorge	20		Drop	0.2%	map
Stranglethorn Raptor	33-34	Stranglethorn Vale	14		Drop	0.2%	map
Kurzen Witch Doctor	36-37	Stranglethorn Vale	13		Drop	0.2%	map
Shadowforge Darkcaster(elite)	43-44+	Uldaman	2		Drop	0.2%	map
Shadowforge Ambusher	43-44		0		Drop	0.2%	map
Giant Yeti	33-34	Alterac Mountains	34		Drop	0.2%	map
Witherbark Axe Thrower	32-33	Arathi Highlands	32		Drop	0.2%	map
Daggerspine Raider	38-39	Arathi Highlands	42		Drop	0.2%	map
Dustbelcher Brute	39-40	Badlands	2		Drop	0.2%	map
Magregan Deepshadow(elite)	38+	Loch Modan	1		Drop	0.2%	map
Shadethicket Bark Ripper	26-27	Ashenvale	50		Drop	0.2%	map
Galak Marauder	26-27	Thousand Needles	51		Drop	0.2%	map
Screeching Windcaller	30	Thousand Needles	8		Drop	0.2%	map
Elder Thunder Lizard	37-38	Desolace	40		Drop	0.2%	map
Marsh Flesheater	43-44	Swamp of Sorrows	31		Drop	0.2%	map
Swampwalker Elder	39-40	Swamp of Sorrows	8		Drop	0.2%	map
Archmage Allistarj(elite)	58+	Blasted Lands	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.