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 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 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.

As of the Halloween Update, the block was changed to use the same texture on all sides.