Block of Iron


 * This article is about the solid iron block. For the ore, see Iron (Ore). For the Ingot, see Iron (Ingot).

Iron (also known as Block of Iron) is a block type which was made available in Creative version 0.30. It has the same, but re-colored, texture as a Gold block as they are both made from ore found in the game. Iron has the same texture for each of 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 an 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.

Iron blocks had a different skin when first made. The skin was changed from to the current texture in the Halloween Update. This block has the same texture on all six sides, which was different in the old block, where three textures were used. It is possible that Notch has plans with the free space now available in the terrain.png file.

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