The best strategy is to circle around and collect all the ore you find. So, collect also the barrow-iron! Why? Because, when a node is harvested it will respawn again after some time, and then there is chance of 25% that the node will produce silver in stead of barrow-iron. The trick to find silver is, not to travel miles and miles to locate a silver deposit, but to to collect all the ore from the nodes you encounter. Don't despair if you need silver! This distribution can be a result of chance, or an adventurer has collected all the silver. Sometimes, the only type of ore you will see is barrow-iron. You have a 25% chance to find silver and a 75% chance to find barrow-iron. In this region barrow-iron is the common tier 2 type and silver is the rarer one. There are always 2 types of ore at a certain tier (at least until tier 6), a common one and a rare one. Tip 3: mine everything to get the rarer ore types From that moment you can also mine barrow-iron ore and the rare silver-ore (tier 2 ores). After some time you will level up to tier 2. The more you process, the more experience you will get. You have to process the raw ore at a forge in a village into ingots. If you just start your profession, you can only mine the tier 1 type of ore, which is copper. Tip 2: you only can dig for ore which you are proficient in In the wrong area if you are searching for silver. So, in conclusion: if you encounter only copper (tier 1), you are Silver (both tier 2), you have to travel to another area in that region. Looking for ore types of a higher tier, for example barrow-iron and If you follow the river northwards, there is even a spot with Tier 3 ore: gold (or rich iron, which depends what the ore-node produce).Įach area in a region has ore of the same tier, copper and tin can therefore be found in the same area. But the rewards are better: you will find barrow iron or silver here, so the tier 2 types of ore. The Bridgefields and Greenfields, however, are more dangerous for the beginning adventurer. For example, Rushock bog, Michel Delving and Tuckborough. The tier 1 ore type copper can be found in the areas of the Shire with less dangerous mobs and animals. You will see the that you can find tier 1 (copper) and tier 2 (barrow-iron & silver) types of ore. Just take a look at the Bree-land map below. Tip 1: the location of different ore tiers More dangerous the area, the higher the Tier of ore you will find at that place. has its own kind of ore. For example, you canįind both copper and silver in the Shire, but they are located in different areas. Specific region and area which you are visiting.
Ore can be found nearly everywhere in Middle EarthĪnd the type of ore you encounter depends on a combination of a
There are also rich ore deposits, and these ore nodes will yield 4-6 chunks. Some important notes (nodes) for beginning prospectorsĭeposit (the location where the ore spawns is called a node) yield 1-3 They will see the ore deposits, but are unable to mine and process it. cooks, scholars, woodworkers and yeoman's cannot mine or track ores.
If you are a tinker, weaponsmith, armourer or explorer, you can track and mine ores.Īlas. To localize and mine ore deposits, you need the prospector crafting skill. In this section I will discuss all the types of ore, organized by Tiers, and - of course - where to find them in the huge LOTRO world. There are many types of ore to be found in Lotro's Middle Earth.