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
Burning Blade Seer	33	Desolace	1		Drop	0.1%	map
Zanzil Naga	44	Stranglethorn Vale	29		Drop	0.1%	map
Elder Shadowmaw Panther	42-43	Stranglethorn Vale	9		Drop	0.1%	map
Mountain Yeti	32-33	Alterac Mountains	18		Drop	0.1%	map
Crushridge Warmonger(elite)	39-40+	Alterac Mountains	26		Drop	0.1%	map
Crushridge Plunderer(elite)	36-37+	Alterac Mountains	2		Drop	0.1%	map
Granistad	40	Hillsbrad Foothills	1	Horde only	Drop	0.1%	map
Highland Strider	30-31	Arathi Highlands	118		Drop	0.1%	map
Highland Thrasher	33-34	Arathi Highlands	67		Drop	0.1%	map
Shadowforge Darkweaver	36-37	Badlands	6		Drop	0.1%	map
Buzzard	37-39	Badlands	7		Drop	0.1%	map
Vicious Owlbeast	42-43	The Hinterlands	27		Drop	0.1%	map
Elder Ashenvale Bear	25-26	Ashenvale	42		Drop	0.1%	map
Wildthorn Lurker	28-29	Ashenvale	26		Drop	0.1%	map
Fledgling Chimaera	25-27	Stonetalon Mountains	3		Drop	0.1%	map
Singed Basilisk	25-26	Stonetalon Mountains	5		Drop	0.1%	map
Galak Wrangler	25-26	Thousand Needles	69		Drop	0.1%	map
Cloud Serpent	25-26	Thousand Needles	5		Drop	0.1%	map
Elder Cloud Serpent	27-29	Thousand Needles	20		Drop	0.1%	map
Kolkar Battle Lord	32-33	Desolace	34		Drop	0.1%	map
Kolkar Destroyer	32-33	Desolace	38		Drop	0.1%	map
Maraudine Scout	37-38	Desolace	26		Drop	0.1%	map
Hatefury Shadowstalker	32-33	Desolace	49		Drop	0.1%	map
Slitherblade Razortail	35-36	Desolace	9		Drop	0.1%	map
Gritjaw Basilisk	31-32	Desolace	78		Drop	0.1%	map
Enraged Feral Scar	44-45	Feralas	12		Drop	0.1%	map
Gutspill	32	Duskwood	1		Drop	0.1%	map
Stranglethorn Tiger	32-33	Stranglethorn Vale	26		Drop	0.1%	map
Shadowmaw Panther	37-38	Stranglethorn Vale	77		Drop	0.1%	map
Crystal Spine Basilisk	34-35	Stranglethorn Vale	16		Drop	0.1%	map
Lost One Mudlurker	34-35	Swamp of Sorrows	8		Drop	0.1%	map
Lost One Riftseeker	37-38	Swamp of Sorrows	6		Drop	0.1%	map
Gusting Vortex	43-45	Tanaris	7		Drop	0.1%	map
Kurzen Commando	34-35	Stranglethorn Vale	15		Drop	0.1%	map
Rotted One	25-26	Duskwood	16		Drop	0.1%	map
Zanzil Hunter	43-44	Stranglethorn Vale	29		Drop	0.1%	map
Venomous Cloud Serpent	26-28	Thousand Needles	12		Drop	0.1%	map
Centipaar Worker	48-49	Tanaris	28		Drop	0.1%	map
Hulking Mountain Lion	33-34	Alterac Mountains	29		Drop	0.0%	map
Death's Head Seer(elite)	28-29+	Razorfen Kraul	5		Drop	0.0%	map
Dragonmaw Bonewarder	27-28	Wetlands	22		Drop	0.0%	map
Jungle Thunderer	37-38	Stranglethorn Vale	42		Drop	0.0%	map
Petrified Treant(elite)	57-59+	Dire Maul	15		Drop	0.0%	map
Overseer Maltorius(elite)	50+	Searing Gorge	1		Drop	0.0%	map
Thrashtail Basilisk	41-42	Stranglethorn Vale	13		Drop	0.0%	map
King Mukla(elite)	51+	Stranglethorn Vale	1		Drop	0.0%	map
Nightbane Vile Fang	29-30	Duskwood	21		Drop	0.0%	map
Chieftain Nek'rosh(elite)	32+	Wetlands	1		Drop	0.0%	map
Syndicate Sentry	36-37	Alterac Mountains	31		Drop	0.0%	map
Syndicate Saboteur	37-38	Alterac Mountains	8		Drop	0.0%	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.