Ore Guild Wars 2 Wiki (GW2W)
Ore is a raw unrefined material that can be obtained through mining nodes, however it can also be obtained via salvaging items. Ores can be refined into ingots. Ore will appear on the minimap as the icon. Hovering your cursor over the icon will show the type of ore and kind of node. Ore vein edit Ore veins are scattered throughout all Tyria.