Finding iron ore (or anything else other than copper)

[fwutepawnch]

I'm relatively new to the game so bare with me - I need to craft some sprinklers because I'm planning on expanding my farm, so manually watering everything will be difficult. The problem is that I have no idea of how to obtain the iron ore that's needed. I've reached level 14 of the mine, and so far I haven't encountered any. What do I do?

[WildKhaine]

https://stardewvalleywiki.com/Iron_Ore

Can read that page for info about all the different places you can find iron ore.

[fwutepawnch]

Originally posted by Riedy:

Yeah, iron is available in the icey parts of the mines, so you have to go deeper. Or buy it from Clint.

Thank you!!! Do you know about how many levels down that is, if I don't want to buy it from Clint?

[fwutepawnch]

Originally posted by WildKhaine:

https://stardewvalleywiki.com/Iron_Ore

Can read that page for info about all the different places you can find iron ore.

Thank you, that sounds helpful!

[Keron]

Starts on level 40

[Lenneth]

It starts at 40th and I like 40th and 60th to farm. In a normal day, you should be able to harvest well over 100 ores.

[Hina]

Originally posted by MsFuzzWuzzOreoCat:

Originally posted by Riedy:

Yeah, iron is available in the icey parts of the mines, so you have to go deeper. Or buy it from Clint.

Thank you!!! Do you know about how many levels down that is, if I don't want to buy it from Clint?

i would go down to about level 40-45. Thats where i get the most iron but be sure your fortune is good as well (check your fortune on the tv)

[I Kinda Fail]

There's 3 parts of the mines, with "subsections" per part.

Level 1-40 is the copper, with 31-40 being the "dark" part of the mines with golems and no light, but increased chance of copper ore from normal rocks.
41-80 is the iron mines, with 71-80 being the less-icy part with the skeletons. 81-120 is the gold part of the mines, and 111-120 looks a bit different but there's not a huge difference that I've noticed.

[fwutepawnch]

Originally posted by Hina:

Originally posted by MsFuzzWuzzOreoCat:

Thank you!!! Do you know about how many levels down that is, if I don't want to buy it from Clint?

i would go down to about level 40-45. Thats where i get the most iron but be sure your fortune is good as well (check your fortune on the tv)

thank you! :3

[fwutepawnch]

Originally posted by red255:

Originally posted by kwan1031:

It starts at 40th and I like 40th and 60th to farm. In a normal day, you should be able to harvest well over 100 ores.

41 and 61 but yeah.

go to 60, take the stairs to 61, break the ore, jump out and repeat. with mining 5 miner perk I get 200-250 iron ore a day.

to descend down to 61 shoot for 10 floors a day would take you 6 days, you can if lucky manage 20 floors in a single day, or if you bring a load of stone, all the floors with staircases.

do you reconmend certain foods that can give me enough energy and health to do that much? i'm currently in summer, on the 25th

[fwutepawnch]

Originally posted by I Kinda Fail:

There's 3 parts of the mines, with "subsections" per part.

Level 1-40 is the copper, with 31-40 being the "dark" part of the mines with golems and no light, but increased chance of copper ore from normal rocks.
41-80 is the iron mines, with 71-80 being the less-icy part with the skeletons. 81-120 is the gold part of the mines, and 111-120 looks a bit different but there's not a huge difference that I've noticed.

how difficult is it to defeat those enemies? and what can i do to help defend myself, other than upgrading my sword

[Lenneth]

Originally posted by MsFuzzWuzzOreoCat:

Originally posted by red255:

41 and 61 but yeah.

go to 60, take the stairs to 61, break the ore, jump out and repeat. with mining 5 miner perk I get 200-250 iron ore a day.

to descend down to 61 shoot for 10 floors a day would take you 6 days, you can if lucky manage 20 floors in a single day, or if you bring a load of stone, all the floors with staircases.

do you reconmend certain foods that can give me enough energy and health to do that much? i'm currently in summer, on the 25th

Do you have a barn, cows and cheese? If not, did you choose mushroom cave? Or did you forage salmonberry? If not, I guess you can buy salad.