The Underworld and the surface are full of crafting materials.

Some require specialized tools to extract the raw resource, while others can simply be picked by hand.

Iron is one of the many items you better acquire and is very useful for mid-to-late game incantations.

Melinoe extracting iron from cannonballs in Hades 2.

This guide explains how to get and use iron in the game.

Hades 2 is in Early Access.

As a result, the details below may change.

Meeting Toula with Frinos, with their portraits overlaid in Hades 2.

How To Get Iron

Iron is found while exploring the Rift of Thessalyon the surface.

Theitem’s spawn is not guaranteedand it is always a random event.

Unlike Moly, Lotus, and Shaderot,Melinoe can not pick iron with her bare hands.

A player getting iron in Hades 2

For this, you willrequire aCrescent Pick toolto extract iron, as shown in the video above.

You get three iron itemsevery time you mine the cannonballs.

Thesurfaceward can be brokenafter unlocking the Permeation ofWitching-Wards incantation.

A player unlocking an incantation using iron in Hades 2

You willfind two biomes on the surface, the ruinedCity Ephyraandthe Rift of Thessaly.

Greater Favor of Gaia is another incantationthatunlocks gathering tools upgrade optionsin the game.

You cancollect more items per run after you have upgraded the tools.

A player harvesting Mandrake root in Hades 2

Crescent Pick Rank II is one such upgrade option that requires iron materials.

Here is how to get the Mandrake seeds and grow a Mandrake root in Hades 2.

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