As part of the Unified Community Platform project, your wiki will be migrated to the new platform in the next few weeks. Read more here.
Iron Nugget
This article is about the nugget. For the ore, see Iron Ore. For the item, see Iron Ingot. For the mineral block, see Block of Iron.
Iron nuggets are pieces of iron that can be obtained by smelting iron tools/weapons or iron/chainmail armor. One iron nugget is effectively worth one-ninth of an iron ingot.
Contents
Obtaining[edit]
Crafting[edit]
| Ingredients | Crafting recipe |
|---|---|
| Iron Ingot |
Smelting[edit]
| Ingredients | Smelting recipe |
|---|---|
| Iron Sword or Any iron tools or Any iron armor or Any chainmail armor or Iron Horse Armor + Any fuel |
Durability and enchantments do not affect the ability to smelt iron tools, weapons, or armor into iron nuggets.
Bartering[edit]
Piglins may barter 9–36 iron nuggets when given a gold ingot.
Natural generation[edit]
| Item | Structure | Container | Quantity | Chance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Java Edition | ||||
| Iron Nugget | Bastion remnant | Generic chest | 2–8 | 24.4% |
| Bridge chest | 2–6 | 47.9% | ||
| Ruined portal | Chest | 9–18 | 46.4% | |
| Shipwreck | Treasure chest | 1–10 | 94.5% | |
| Village | Taiga house chest | 1–5 | 9.7% | |
| Bedrock Edition | ||||
| Iron Nugget | Bastion remnant | Generic chest | 2–8 | 31.5% |
| Treasure chest | 8–16 | 29.4% | ||
| Bridge chest | 2–6 | 47.9% | ||
| Ruined portal | Chest | 9–18 | 46.4% | |
| Village | Taiga house chest | 1–5 | 10.7% | |
Usage[edit]
Iron nuggets are used to craft iron ingots, lanterns, soul fire lanterns, and chains.
Crafting ingredient[edit]
| Name | Ingredients | Crafting recipe |
|---|---|---|
| Chain | Iron Nugget + Iron Ingot |
|
| Iron Ingot | Iron Nugget | |
| Lantern | Iron Nugget + Torch |
|
| Soul Lantern | Iron Nugget + Soul Torch |
Data values[edit]
ID[edit]
| Name | Namespaced ID | Translation key |
|---|---|---|
| Iron Nugget | iron_nugget | item.minecraft.iron_nugget |
| Name | Namespaced ID | Numeric ID | Translation key |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iron Nugget | iron_nugget | 452 | item.iron_nugget.name |
History[edit]
| Java Edition | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.11.1 | 16w50a |  Added iron nuggets.
| |||
| Iron nuggets can be used to craft iron ingots. | |||||
| Iron nuggets are obtained from smelting iron tools and armor. | |||||
| 1.13 | 17w47a | Prior to The Flattening, this item's numeral ID was 452. | |||
| 18w11a | Iron nuggets now generate in shipwreck chests. | ||||
| 1.14 | 18w46a | Iron nuggets are now used to craft lanterns. | |||
| 1.16 | 20w06a | Iron nuggets are now used to craft soul fire lanterns. | |||
| 20w10a | Iron nuggets now have a 10⁄411 (~2.43%) chance of being given by piglins when bartering, in a stack size of 9–36. | ||||
| 20w16a | Iron nuggets are now used to craft chains. | ||||
| Iron nuggets now generate in ruined portal and bastion remnant chests. | |||||
| Pocket Edition | |||||
| 1.1.0 | alpha 1.1.0.0 | Added iron nuggets.
| |||
| Iron nuggets can be used to craft iron ingots. | |||||
| Iron nuggets are obtained from smelting iron tools and armor. | |||||
| Bedrock Edition | |||||
| 1.4.0 | beta 1.2.20.1 | Iron nuggets can now be found in some shipwreck chests. | |||
| 1.10.0 | beta 1.10.0.3 | Iron nuggets can now be used to craft lanterns. | |||
| 1.11.0 | beta 1.11.0.1 | Iron nugget can now be found in taiga village house chests. | |||
| 1.16.0 | beta 1.16.0.51 | Iron nuggets are now used to craft soul fire lanterns. | |||
| beta 1.16.0.57 | Iron nuggets now have a 10⁄411 (~2.43%) chance of being given by piglins when bartering, in a stack size of 9–36. | ||||
| Iron nuggets now generate in ruined portal and bastion remnant chests. | |||||
| beta 1.16.0.59 | Iron nuggets are now used to craft chains. | ||||
| Legacy Console Edition | |||||
| TU53 | CU43 | 1.49 | Patch 23 | 1.0.3 | Added iron nuggets.
|
| Iron nuggets can be used to craft iron ingots. | |||||
| Iron nuggets are obtained from smelting iron tools and armor. | |||||
| New Nintendo 3DS Edition | |||||
| 1.9.19 | Added iron nuggets.
| ||||
| Iron nuggets can be used to craft iron ingots. | |||||
| Iron nuggets are obtained from smelting iron tools and armor. | |||||
Trivia[edit]
- From the iron nuggets introduction in 1.11.1 to the Village and Pillage update in 1.14, it was the first and only completely useless item in Minecraft (so far), only being used for iron ingots, which can also make iron nuggets, so it was only useful in itself. It wasn't used in any crafting recipes (except iron ingots), and it took 9 iron nuggets to make one ingot, which made it not really worth smelting iron tools and armor for just one iron nugget. It changed when they added lanterns in 1.14, which required 8 iron nuggets in its crafting recipe, and 1.16, when they added chains and soul lanterns, which required 2 and 8, respectively.
Issues[edit]
Issues relating to "Iron Nugget" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.
See also[edit]
