Mining Ores is one of the most important things to do in RuneScape: Dragonwilds. You progress through the levels by crafting better armor and weapons, which help you explore harder areas and regions. In the beginning, you only have access to Stones, but later you'll start finding other minerals, like Clay, Copper, and Tin.

You can only craft better armors and weapons by mining the Ore they need. For example, you can only craft the Iron weapons, which are level four weapons, by mining Iron Ore and smelting it into Iron Bars. For that, here's how to find Iron in RuneScape: Dragonwilds.

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Clearing the Vault north of Temple Woods will give players a recipe to craft a more powerful weapon in RuneScape: Dragonwilds.

How To Get Iron In RuneScape: Dragonwilds

You can find Iron by entering the Stormtouched Highlands in RuneScape: Dragonwilds. There, you’ll find many Iron Ore Nodes scattered on every road and corner. You might come across a couple of Bronze Ore Nodes from time to time, but the majority of Nodes consist of Iron Ore exclusively.

In order to be able to mine Iron Ore in RuneScape: Dragonwilds, you need to bring a Bronze Pickaxe, which is a level three tool. You can mine using the pickaxe itself, or just destroy the entire Node using the Rocksplosion spell. Like the other Ores, Iron Nodes have a chance to drop Gemstones in RuneScape: Dragonwilds. They drop Jade, which can be used as a crafting material for multiple items.

Stormtouched Highlands is filled with random thunderstrikes, so sheltered areas such as caves and Vaults are safe spots to collect the materials. For example, players can find a cave at the border with Fractured Plains.

How To Use Iron In RuneScape: Dragonwilds

Iron Bars in RuneScape Dragonwilds

You can get Iron Ore and put three Iron Ores inside a Furnace to smelt them into an Iron Bar. Iron Bars open up a variety of armors, tools, and weapons to craft from different facilities, especially the Smithing Anvil in RuneScape: Dragonwilds. Since you find Iron Ore Nodes inside a level four area, you will be able to use the Iron Bars to also craft level four items.

Iron Armor in RuneScape Dragonwilds

Here are some of the items and facilities you can craft using Iron:

Item

Recipe

Blightwood Longbow

  • 4 Iron Bar
  • 12 Blightwood
  • 6 Swamp Thread
  • 4 Jade
  • 4 Vault Shard

Blightwood Shortbow

  • 1 Iron Bar
  • 8 Blightwood
  • 3 Swamp Thread
  • 1 Jade
  • 4 Vault Shard

Iron Arrow

  • 1 Iron Bar
  • 3 Oak Log
  • 3 Feather

Draconic Staff

  • 10 Iron Bar
  • 6 Granite
  • 4 Jade
  • 4 Vault Shard

Iron Dagger

  • 6 Iron Bar
  • 3 Ram Horn
  • 1 Wool Thread
  • 4 Vault Shard

Iron Greataxe

  • 12 Iron Bar
  • 6 Oak Log
  • 4 Hard Leather
  • 4 Vault Shard

Iron Greatsword

  • 10 Iron Bar
  • 4 Hard Leather
  • 2 Wool Thread
  • 4 Vault Shard

Iron Mace

  • 8 Iron Bar
  • 8 Oak Log
  • 4 Hard Leather
  • 4 Vault Shard

Iron Sword

  • 8 Iron Bar
  • 4 Hard Leather
  • 1 Wool Thread
  • 4 Vault Shard

Iron Warhammer

  • 12 Iron Bar
  • 2 Hard Leather
  • 4 Vault Shard

Paladin's Helm

  • 6 Iron Bar
  • 2 Hard Leather
  • 1 Padded Cloth
  • 1 Vault Shard

Paladin's Platebody

  • 12 Iron Bar
  • 8 Hard Leather
  • 2 Padded Cloth
  • 3 Vault Shard

Paladin Platelegs

  • 6 Iron Bar
  • 6 Hard Leather
  • 2 Padded Cloth
  • 2 Vault Shard

Grindstone

  • 1 Iron Bar
  • 3 Oak Log
  • 3 Feather

Large Chest

  • 2 Iron Bar
  • 14 Ash Plank
  • 4 Blightwood

Loom Harness

  • 4 Iron Bar
  • 18 Ash Plank
  • 12 Oak Logs
  • 12 Wool Thread
  • 4 Ram Horn
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