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
Kurzen Shadow Hunter	38	Stranglethorn Vale	5		Drop	0.2%	map
Cursed Justicar(elite)	59-60+	Hillsbrad Foothills	4		Drop	0.1%	map
Highland Razormaw	27-28	Wetlands	37		Drop	0.1%	map
Dragonmaw Centurion	28-29	Wetlands	7		Drop	0.1%	map
Crushridge Ogre	34-35	Alterac Mountains	47		Drop	0.1%	map
Plains Creeper	32-33	Arathi Highlands	113		Drop	0.1%	map
Mesa Buzzard	34-35	Arathi Highlands	14		Drop	0.1%	map
Daggerspine Sorceress	39-40	Arathi Highlands	10		Drop	0.1%	map
Screeching Harpy	28-29	Thousand Needles	16		Drop	0.1%	map
Gravelsnout Kobold	26-27	Thousand Needles	8		Drop	0.1%	map
Needles Cougar	27-28	Thousand Needles	41		Drop	0.1%	map
Crag Stalker	25-26	Thousand Needles	21		Drop	0.1%	map
Sparkleshell Borer	32-33	Thousand Needles	6		Drop	0.1%	map
Pesterhide Hyena	26-27	Thousand Needles	46		Drop	0.1%	map
Razorfen Totemic(elite)	29+	Razorfen Kraul	4		Drop	0.1%	map
Scorpashi Venomlash	38-39	Desolace	15		Drop	0.1%	map
Holdout Medic(elite)	29-30+	Gnomeregan	4	Horde only	Drop	0.1%	map
Suffering Victim	25	Eastern Plaguelands	5	Alliance only	Drop	0.1%	map
Galak Flame Guard	30	The Barrens	2		Drop	0.1%	map
Highlord Mastrogonde(rare)	51+	Searing Gorge	1		Drop	0.1%	map
Kurzen Elite	36-37	Stranglethorn Vale	14		Drop	0.1%	map
Kurzen Subchief	38	Stranglethorn Vale	14		Drop	0.1%	map
Hahk'Zor(rare)	54	Burning Steppes	1		Drop	0.1%	map
Cave Yeti	30-31	Alterac Mountains	34		Drop	0.1%	map
Elder Moss Creeper	26-27	Hillsbrad Foothills	26		Drop	0.1%	map
Daggerspine Screamer	29-30	Hillsbrad Foothills	12		Drop	0.1%	map
Giant Buzzard	39-41	Badlands	17		Drop	0.1%	map
Galak Mauler	27-28	Thousand Needles	51		Drop	0.1%	map
Frostmaw	37		0		Drop	0.1%	map
Razorfen Beast Trainer(elite)	28-29+	Razorfen Kraul	2		Drop	0.1%	map
Dread Swoop	32-33	Desolace	98		Drop	0.1%	map
Stonevault Rockchewer(elite)	36-37+	Loch Modan	32		Drop	0.1%	map
Stonevault Oracle(elite)	37-38+	Uldaman	23		Drop	0.1%	map
Stonevault Brawler(elite)	43-44+	Uldaman	17		Drop	0.1%	map
Stonevault Cave Hunter(elite)	36-37+	Loch Modan	24		Drop	0.1%	map
Feral Scar Yeti	43-44	Feralas	16		Drop	0.1%	map
Hulking Feral Scar	45-46	Feralas	12		Drop	0.1%	map
Khan Dez'hepah	35	Desolace	1		Drop	0.1%	map
Shadowforge Geologist(elite)	40-41+	Uldaman	3		Drop	0.1%	map
Cursed Paladin(elite)	57-58+	Hillsbrad Foothills	8		Drop	0.1%	map
Lost One Seer	37-38	Swamp of Sorrows	6		Drop	0.1%	map
Firebrand Pyromancer(elite)	57-58+	Blackrock Spire	4		Drop	0.1%	map
Highperch Consort	28-29	Thousand Needles	8		Drop	0.1%	map
Crushridge Mauler(elite)	36-37+	Alterac Mountains	16		Drop	0.1%	map
Boiling Elemental	27-28	Thousand Needles	10		Drop	0.1%	map
Undead Ravager	37-38	Shen'dralas	26		Drop	0.1%	map
Daggerspine Shorestalker	28-29	Hillsbrad Foothills	18		Drop	0.1%	map
Muckrake(elite)	40+	Alterac Mountains	1		Drop	0.1%	map
Lord Aliden Perenolde	41	Alterac Mountains	1		Drop	0.1%	map
Zanzil the Outcast	46	Stranglethorn Vale	1		Drop	0.1%	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.