Block of Iron

''This article is about the solid iron block. For the ore, see Iron (ore).'' Iron is a Block type which was made available in Creative version 0.30. It has the same, but recolored, texture as a Gold block as they are both made from ore found in the game. Iron has 3 textures: one on top, one on the bottom and one on all the sides. In Survival mode, busting iron ore would cause 1 - 3 iron blocks to drop. The blocks are very durable and will not be destroyed in a explosion. An iron block takes about 4 seconds to destroy. In Indev and Infdev, iron blocks could only be made by placing 9 iron ingots in a crafting bench. The 9 ingots can be recovered by placing the block in a crafting grid. This makes iron blocks more functional as "storage units" rather than building units.