Iron ore

Iron ore is unrefined iron. A player with a Mining level of 15 or higher can mine iron ore from iron rocks found in various mines, granting 35 Mining experience for each ore mined. Respawns in 8 seconds. A player with 15 or higher Smithing can smelt iron ore into an iron bar by using it on a furnace, granting 12.5 Smithing experience, although there is a 50% chance that it will be too impure to smelt unless a player is wearing a ring of forging, or is using the Superheat item spell from a normal spell book, in which case the chance will be 100%. Note: A ring of forging only lasts for 140 smelts. The chance that a player will successfully smelt a piece of iron ore will increase with each Smithing level, up until the player reaches 45 Smithing, giving the player an 80% chance to smelt the ore.

A player with 30 or higher Smithing can smelt iron ore into a steel bar by using it on a furnace along with 2 coal or just one using the Blast Furnace, granting 17.5 Smithing experience. It can also be used with level 16 Summoning, 7 spirit shards, and 1 gold charm to summon a Granite Crab.

Another way to get iron ore is as a drop. The Flesh crawler is known to drop iron ore regularly.

Smithing/Smelting
A player can smelt an Iron ore into an Iron bar through the Smithing skill by using it on a furnace, granting 12.5 Smithing experience and requiring level 15 smithing.

Unlike most ores the chance of smelting iron ore into iron bars correctly is not 100% but is between 50% and 80% depending on your smithing level. At level 15 smithing you have a 50% chance of each ore becoming a bar and the chance increases to a maximum of 80% at level 45+. Iron bars can then be used on Anvils to create Iron items.

A player can also smelt a iron ore into a steel bar by using it on a furnace along with 2 coal or just one using the Blast Furnace, granting 17.5 Smithing experience. This requires level 30 Smithing and has a 100% success rate.

Money-making
If a player were to mine his or her own iron ore and smelt it into iron bars with a Ring of forging at a furnace near a bank, a player would be able to make decent money in a fairly short period of time.

A free player, though unable to use any enchanted rings, can still mine the iron ore for direct selling. The current price of iron ore should be noted however, in order to gain maximum profit. The selling of these ores is relatively quick, and usually completes after 1 second to 5 hours of exchange placement.

Due to a recent Jagex update, the success rate of smelting iron can now be increased based on level, meaning it will become more popular for free-to-play players to train smithing. Thus, the price is likely to rise considerably in coming weeks.

Recently, Iron ore has spiked up so much that it has overtaken Coal in price. Therefore, it is expected to go up and down again when people start mining it more than coal.

Collecting
A member can efficiently collect iron ore by one of the following methods:

1. Use a Spirit kyatt to teleport to the Piscatoris Fishing Colony and mine iron ore, then use a ring of duelling to teleport to Castle Wars. Bank, and repeat.

2. Teleport to Ardougne by means of a player owned house portal (it is cheaper than the regular teleport), and then run to the mine south of the Legends' Guild. Mine Iron Ore at the three rock formation. Use a ring of duelling to teleport to castle wars, bank, and repeat.

3. If you have activated Fairy Rings you can teleport to Legends Guild with Fairy Code BLR, run south and mine iron from the mine and go back Zanaris to bank, repeat.

4. An extremely efficient method is to use an Ardougne cape 1, 2, or 3 to teleport to the monastery just south of Ardougne which has four coal and six iron rocks in front of it, then use a duelling ring or Amulet of Glory to bank.

5. An extremeley effective and *free* method is to teleport to the monastery in Kandarin via an Ardougne cape and then using the Ring of Kinship to teleport a few feet away from the bank in Damonheim, then repeat.

There are also many ways for a non-member player to obtain iron. These include:

1. There are iron rocks of indeterminate number in the Al Kharid mine, with the Al Kharid bank below that.

2. The mine in Rimmington contains six iron rocks, along with clay, gold, tin, and copper. There is no bank nearby, but players may use the deposit box in nearby Port Sarim.

3. There are three iron rocks in the mine south-west of Varrock, with one of the many Varrock banks nearby. There are also three silver rocks, seven tin rocks, and a few clay rocks.