Black Ore

Black Ore
Vital statistics
Size	1 x 1
Stack	Max:3 (Ore, Stone)
Stockpile	Ore (75), Stone (70)
Skill(s) RequiredSpecific needed skills.<br>The default skills every hearthling starts off with, Oral Tradition, Primitive Tools & Wilderness Survival), are ignored.	Mining
Produced By	Mining Tool
Specific Type of	Stone, Ore
Required By	(2) Bar of Cast Iron, Mine Hole, (Stone (65): Adder Brooch, Alchemist's Table, Barter Pole, Bell Fountain, Bonfire, Border Cairn, Charter Stone, Cistern, Coronation Stone, Dovecote, Dry Stone Fence, Fealty Stone, Feather Sunfeather, Feather Trinket, Field Cairn, Fireplace, Flagpole, Granary, Grave Cairn, Great Hall, Greenhouse, Grotesque Idol, Lantern Hanger, Menhir, Milestone, Milling Machine, Mine Hole, Mortar & Pestle, Notice Board, Ore Smelter, Oven, Personal Claim, Petraglyph, Potter's Wheel, Primitive Doll, Rattle-Tattle-Talisman, Reed Brooch, Rock Lobster, Runed Dolmen, Seamark, Seer's Stones, Ship Dock, Stack Furnace, Statue of the Chieftain, Steel Crucible, Stone Arrow, Stone Axe, Stone Bench, Stone Casket, Stone Column... further results), (Ore (1): Slag)
Go to Objects

Black Ore is an Ore, it must be smelted in an Ore Smelter to extract Bar of Cast Iron with 30% chance (% showed with all mining skills), otherwise it smelts into Slag. Ore is a type of Stone, so it can also be used as pavement and to build with.

Black Ore looks like this inside the game:

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  Black Ore vein inside caves/mines.

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  Black Ore as pavement.

How to Acquire

• Mine a wall in a Cave, requires the Mining skill.

Quality

• Black Ore received from mining walls in a Cave has node-based quality and is hardcapped by Masonry and then softcapped by Mining Tool.

Trivia

In real life, this ore is known as Magnetite. Magnetite is notable for both being ferrimagnetic (Will be attracted to magnets and can be permanently magnetized itself.) and being the most magnetic natural-occuring element in the world. Magnetite is also the world's leading source of iron ore.