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Blocks of Iron (also known as Iron Blocks) are blocks for storing iron ingots that do not appear in normally generated maps anywhere. Iron blocks have the same texture for each of its sides.
Iron blocks can 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" than as building units.
Iron blocks can be mined with a stone, iron, or diamond pickaxe, taking about 2 seconds to destroy. If an iron block is broken without such a tool, it drops nothing, wasting all 9 ingots.
As a Crafting Material
| Ingredients | Input » Output |
|---|---|
| Iron Block | Template:Grid/Crafting Table |
Crafting
| Ingredients | Input » Output |
|---|---|
| Iron Ingots | Template:Grid/Crafting Table |
History
In Survival Test, breaking iron ore would cause 1 - 3 iron blocks to drop.
Iron blocks had a different skin when first made, using three different textures. The skin was changed from File:Iron (Block)-Pre Alpha 1.2.0.png to File:Iron Block-Pre Beta 1.9pre5.png in the Halloween Update.
In Classic it is still seen as File:Iron (Block)-Pre Alpha 1.2.0.png. This block used three textures instead of one.
In Beta 1.9 Pre-release 5, the texture was changed again, now having subtle lines (corrugations) through it.
Gallery
- Ironblock new.png
A screenshot comparing the diamond and gold blocks to the updated iron block.