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Iron Bullet
April 17, 2026 at 11:59 PM
Renamed to singular, corrected damage modifier (10% not 25%), corrected crafting station to Workbench Lvl 2, added verified drop table, removed unverified attribution
A well-made iron bullet with good ballistics. Where you fire, it flies.
Iron Bullets are the mid-to-late-game firearm projectile in Windrose and the first bullet that applies a meaningful damage bonus. Every craft converts one Foothills Iron Ingot into five bullets and grants a ten percent boost to Ranged Damage, with Good ballistics that mark a clear accuracy upgrade over Copper Bullets. Once the Foothills biome opens and iron smelting becomes routine, Iron Bullets are the default firearm ammunition across Pistols, Muskets, and Blunderbusses.
Property | Value |
|---|---|
Category | Ammo |
Tier | 2 |
Weight | 0.1 |
Stack | 40 |
Effect | Increases Ranged Damage by 10% |
Ballistics | Good |
Iron Bullets are crafted at the Workbench upgraded to level 2. A single Foothills Iron Ingot produces five bullets per craft, so a full stack of 40 costs 8 ingots.
Station | Ingredients | Output |
|---|---|---|
Workbench (Lvl 2) | 5x Iron Bullet |
Foothills Iron Ingots are smelted from Foothills Iron Ore at a Smelting Furnace. The Foothills biome unlocks after defeating the first Coastal Jungle boss and provides consistent iron access. Routine mining on Foothills islands keeps the iron stockpile ahead of bullet consumption for the mid-game.
Besides crafting, Iron Bullets drop from several mid-tier chests at a 1% roll per chest. These drops are most useful as an emergency supply while out on dungeon runs, rather than as a primary farm.
Source | Qty | Chance | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
Blackbeard Crew Chest | 10 | 1.0% | Ancient Fire Sanctuary |
Blackbeard Crew Chest | 10 | 1.0% | Ancient Temple |
Buccaneers’ Chest | 5 | 1.0% | Destroyed Buccaneer Fort |
Decrepit Chest | 15 | 1.0% | Shipwrecked Brig |
Old Skeleton (Chest) | 5 | 1.0% | Ancient Farm |
Old Skeleton (Chest) | 3 | 1.0% | Trial Circle Ruins |
The ten percent Ranged Damage bonus applies to every firearm in the player's hands, so Iron Bullets pair well with whichever weapon you already favor. Common pairings:
Reliable Pistol / Drake’s Double-Barreled Pistol, where the accuracy upgrade over Copper turns mid-range shots into reliable finishers.
Reliable Musket / Infantry Musket, because long-range musket shots are where Good ballistics matter most.
Reliable Blunderbuss for close-range burst, where the flat ten percent damage boost stacks across the entire pellet spread.
Iron Bullets remain competitive across the entire mid-game. Most players only switch up to Bullet Arborum once they reach the Ingot Arborum crafting tier, and even then the switch is typically partial: keep Iron Bullets as the default patrol load and reserve Bullet Arborum for boss openers and elite pirate officer fights where the critical damage bonus pays off.
