How Do You Make Iron Bars in Stardew Valley? Where to Find Iron Ore

Stardew Valley iron ore is essential for preparing and upgrading your tools to the steel tier. You can easily get iron from a variety of places! The mines are the typical place to find iron, but you can also buy iron, farm it, and find ore while fishing and foraging. In this article we will show you the fastest and easiest ways to get iron in Stardew Valley. We have also covered how to make copper bars in Stardew Valley.

How Do You Make Iron Bars in Stardew Valley? 2023

Go to the Mines to Find Iron Ore

You can enter the mines by heading to the foot of the mountains in the north of the map. Floors 41 through 79 have the most iron nodes.

• Make sure to bring a pickaxe to get the iron out! (And a weapon to protect yourself).

Look for Iron Nodes

These are gray or blue rocks that yield light-gray pieces of iron. Hit them with your pickaxe to get iron ore.

Destroy Crates and Barrels

These breakable items in the mines can contain iron ore. Hit them with your weapon to smash them!

Till the Soil

Use your hoe on the soil in the mines. Patches of dirt have a 1.33% chance of yielding iron ore.

• You need to be on floors 41 to 79 to find iron by tilling.

Fight Enemies

A few enemies in the mines can drop iron ore: Metal Heads, Stone Golems, Dust Sprites and Iron Slimes.

Find Iron Ore on Your Farm

Choose the Hill-top Farm

When starting a new game in Stardew Valley, choose this option so that iron ore appears on your farm. The iron nodes are located on top of the hill in the southwest corner of the farm.

• The hill will have 7 to 13 stone, ore nodes and geode nodes. They respawn every four days.

Choose the Four Corners Farm

This is the second farm, with a small quarry area. It is located in the bottom right corner of the farm. There will be stones, ores and geodes.

Where Do You Find Iron Ore in Stardew Valley? 2023

Buying Iron Ore

Visit Clint to Buy Iron Ore

Clint is Stardew Valley's blacksmith. He sells iron ore for 150 gold in the first year and 250 gold in the second year. You can find the blacksmith shop on the right side of town, to the right of the river.

• 150 gold is already a lot of money early in the game, but if you want to increase the difficulty, try lowering your profit margins.

Visit the Traveling Cart

This shop is on the left side of Stardew Valley, to the right of the wizard's tower and to the left of the lake. The cart is only available on Fridays and Sundays, and its stock changes every day it appears.

• The traveling merchant will sell ten random items, which may include iron ore and iron bars. Prices also vary from 100 gold to 1,000 gold for iron ore and from 360 gold to 1,000 gold for iron bars.

Fishing and Foraging

Go Fishing!

There is a 5 to 10 percent chance that iron ore will appear in a treasure chest while fishing. The stack will contain 1 to 24 ore. Treasure chests appear while fishing with a 15 percent chance.

• To get the treasure chest, move the green bobber toward the chest and fill the progress bar. Make sure you don't lose the fish, or you will lose the chest too.

Find Some Geodes

All four types of geodes can contain iron ore. You can find geodes in these locations:

• Mines - found by breaking rocks
• Farm - found by tilling the soil
• Fishing treasure chests
• Feast of the Winter Star - can be given as a gift

Check the Blacksmith's Trash Can

There is a chance to get coal, copper ore or iron ore from the can!

• Make sure no villagers are nearby. If they see you checking the trash can, you lose 25 friendship points (more specifically, if they are within a 15 by 15 square around your character).
• If Linus sees you, you gain 5 friendship points.