Iron Ore
| Transparent |
No |
|---|---|
| Luminance |
0 |
| Blast resistance |
15 |
| Tool | |
| Renewable |
No |
| Stackable |
Yes (64) |
| Flammable |
No |
| Experience |
Smelted: 0.7 |
| Drops |
Itself |
| Data value |
dec: 15 hex: F bin: 1111 |
| Namespaced ID |
iron_ore |
This article is about the ore. For the item, see Iron Ingot.
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| — Duncan Geere[1] |
Iron ore is a mineral block found underground. It is the most common mineral that can be used to make tools and armor.
Contents
Obtaining[edit]
Iron ore will drop as an item if mined by a stone pickaxe or better. If mined by any other tool, it will drop nothing.
| Block | Iron Ore | |
|---|---|---|
| Hardness | 3 | |
| Tool | ||
| Breaking time[note 1] | ||
| Hand | 15 | |
| Wooden | 7.5 | |
| Stone | 1.15 | |
| Iron | 0.75 | |
| Diamond | 0.6 | |
| Golden | 1.25 | |
- ↑ Times are for unenchanted tools in seconds. For more information, see Haste § Instant mining.
Natural generation[edit]
Iron occurs only around from bedrock to slightly above sea level (layers 1-63). However, almost all of the iron ore will be at the lower levels. On average, there are about 77 iron ores per chunk.
Veins can vary in size, but the most common is 2×2×2. Iron always comes in veins of 4 to 10[JE only] or 9[BE only] unless dirt, gravel, a cave, or another ore overlapped into it. Each block in the vein, which otherwise would be stone, has a random chance of being iron ore instead.
Usage[edit]
Smelting ingredient[edit]
| Name | Ingredients | Smelting recipe |
|---|---|---|
| Iron Ingot | Iron Ore + Any fuel |
Video[edit]
History[edit]
| Java Edition Classic | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 21, 2009 | Notch shows interest in adding iron ore. | ||||
| May 23, 2009 | Notch says he accomplished adding iron veins in stone. | ||||
| 0.0.14a |  Iron ore added. It spawns in huge veins, sometimes big enough to protrude into 3 caverns, and could be as big as 167 ores. | ||||
| 0.27 SURVIVAL TEST | Breaking iron ore gave the player 1–3 blocks of iron when mined. | ||||
| Java Edition Indev | |||||
| 0.31 | ? | Now no longer drops blocks of iron when mined. | |||
| 20100129 | Before the furnace was added, players had to smelt ore by dropping ore blocks onto fire. | ||||
| Iron ore now drops itself when mined. | |||||
| 20100201-2 | Iron ore requires a stone, iron, or diamond pickaxe to be successfully obtained. | ||||
| Java Edition Infdev | |||||
| 20100227 | Iron ore no longer generates. | ||||
| ? | Iron ore veins now generate, but differently. | ||||
| 20100327 | Ore veins now appear more like they do today. | ||||
| Iron ore will regenerate after the world is reloaded, assuming that the positions of the ore blocks were replaced by stone. | |||||
| 20100330 | Iron ore no longer regenerates. | ||||
| Java Edition | |||||
| 1.3.1 | 12w22a | Smelting iron ore, along with other ores, blocks and items, gives the player experience orbs when taking the item out of the furnace. One stack of iron ore will give the player approximately 2 levels of experience. | |||
| Inventory sprites for blocks were flipped from left to right, changing to . | |||||
| 1.13 | 17w47a | Prior to The Flattening, this block's numeral ID was 15. | |||
| 1.14 | 18w43a |  Changed the texture of iron ore. | |||
| 1.14.1 | Pre-Release 1 | Changed the texture of iron ore again. | |||
| Pocket Edition Alpha | |||||
| 0.3.0 | Added iron ore. | ||||
| 0.12.1 | ? | Now gives experience when smelted. | |||
| Bedrock Edition | |||||
| 1.10 | beta 1.10.0.3 | Changed the texture of iron ore. | |||
| Legacy Console Edition | |||||
| TU1 | CU1 | 1.0 | Patch 1 | 1.0.1 | Added iron ore. |
| ? | Smelting iron ore now gives experience | ||||
Issues[edit]
Issues relating to "Iron Ore" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.
Trivia[edit]
- There's no particular beige iron ore in real life. Colors of common real life iron minerals range from black or red to gold-yellow but none of them are truly beige.
Gallery[edit]
A vein of iron ore.
A total of 20 iron ore blocks were obtained from this vein, which is most likely composed of two smaller veins.
Iron ores exposed in a ravine.
An exposed single iron ore block that generated in a hole in the ground leading to a cave.
A vein of iron ore.
References[edit]
- ↑ "Block of the Week: Iron Ore" – Minecraft.net, June 30, 2017
