Iron Ingot

This article is about the ingot. For the ore, see Iron Ore. For the mineral block, see Block of Iron. For the nugget, see Iron Nugget.

Iron Ingot

Rarity color	Common
Renewable	Yes
Stackable	Yes (64)

Iron ingots are versatile metal ingots used extensively in crafting.

Obtaining

Chest loot

Item	Structure	Container	Quantity	Chance
Java Edition
Iron Ingot	Dungeon	Chest	1–4	18.5%
	Mineshaft	Chest	1–5	27.3%
	Bastion remnant	Generic chest	1–6	19%
		Treasure chest	3–9	33.7%
		Bridge chest	4–9	11.2%
	Buried treasure	Chest	1–4	99.4%
	Desert temple	Chest	1–5	18%
	End city	Chest	4–8	38.4%
	Jungle temple	Chest	1–5	37.4%
	Nether fortress	Chest	1–5	19%
	Pillager Outpost	Chest	1–3	30.5%
	Shipwreck	Treasure chest	1–5	97.4%
	Stronghold	Storeroom chest	1–5	34.3%
		Altar chest	1–5	23.3%
	Village	Armorer's chest	1–3	54.2%
		Weaponsmith's chest	1–5	45.1%
		Toolsmith's chest	1–5	41.2%
	Woodland mansion	Chest	1–4	18.5%
Java Edition 1.18[upcoming]
Iron Ingot	Stronghold	Altar chest	1–5	23%
Bedrock Edition
Iron Ingot	Dungeon	Chest	1–4	18.5%
	Mineshaft	Chest	1–5	27.3%
	Bastion remnant	Generic chest	1–6	19%
		Treasure chest	3–9	33.7%
		Bridge chest	4–9	11.2%
	Buried treasure	Chest	3–5	57.2%
	Desert temple	Chest	1–5	18%
	End city	Chest	4–8	38.4%
	Jungle temple	Chest	1–5	37.3%
	Nether fortress	Chest	1–5	19%
	Pillager Outpost	Chest	1–3	30.5%
	Shipwreck	Treasure chest	1–5	97.4%
	Stronghold	Storeroom chest	1–5	28.5%
		Altar chest	1–5	22.6%
	Village	Toolsmith's chest	1–5	41.2%
		Weaponsmith's chest	1–5	45.1%
		Armorer's chest	1–3	54.2%
	Woodland mansion	Chest	1–4	18.5%

Crafting

Ingredients	Crafting recipe
Block of Iron	9
Iron Nugget

Smelting

See also: Iron Ore § Natural generation

Smelting raw iron in a furnace or blast furnace is the most common way to obtain iron ingots.

Name	Ingredients	Smelting recipe
Iron Ingot	Iron Ore + Any fuel	0.7
Iron Ingot	Deepslate Iron Ore + Any fuel	0.7
Iron Ingot	Raw Iron + Any fuel	0.7

Compound creation

Iron Ingot can be created from its base elements, using the compound creator.‌^{[Bedrock and Education editions only]}

Name	Elements	Example recipe
Iron Ingot	Iron

Mob Loot

See also: Tutorials/Iron golem farming

Iron golems drop 3-5 iron ingots upon death, regardless of the way they die. The looting enchantment does not increase the amount of iron ingots dropped.

Zombies, husks, and zombie villagers have a 2.5% chance of dropping either an iron ingot, carrot, or potato when killed by a player or tamed wolf. This is increased by 1% per level of looting. This gives iron ingots the following chances of dropping:

• ¹⁄₁₂₀ (about 0.83%)
• ¹¹⁄₆₀₀ (about 1.83%) with Looting I
• ¹⁷⁄₆₀₀ (about 2.83%) with Looting II
• ²³⁄₆₀₀ (about 3.83%) with Looting III

Usage

Trading

Apprentice-level Armorer, Toolsmith, and Weaponsmith villagers buy 4 iron ingots for an emerald as their third trade.‌^{[Bedrock Edition only]}

Apprentice-level Armorer villagers have a 50% chance to buy 4 iron ingots for one emerald, and apprentice-level Toolsmith and Weaponsmith villagers always offer to buy 4 iron ingots for one emerald.‌^{[Java Edition only]}

Repairing

Iron ingots are the repair items for the iron tier and chainmail and iron armor materials, and thus can be used to repair the following items in an anvil:

• Chainmail Helmet
• Chainmail Chestplate
• Chainmail Leggings
• Chainmail Boots
• Iron Helmet
• Iron Chestplate
• Iron Leggings
• Iron Boots
• Iron Sword
• Iron Axe
• Iron Pickaxe
• Iron Shovel
• Iron Hoe

Healing iron golems

In Java Edition, using an iron ingot on an iron golem restores its health by 25 × 12.5.

Beacons

Iron ingots can be used to select powers from a beacon. The player must select one of the available powers, and then insert an iron ingot in the item slot.

An iron ingot can be substituted for an emerald, a gold ingot, a diamond, or a netherite ingot.

Achievements

Icon		Achievement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)	Gamerscore earned	Trophy type (PS4)
PS4	Other platforms
		Acquire Hardware	Smelt iron ore in the furnace.	Pick up an iron ingot from a furnace output.	15G	Bronze

Advancements

Icon	Advancement	In-game description	Parent	Actual requirements (if different)	Resource location
	Acquire Hardware	Smelt an iron ingot	Getting an Upgrade	Have an iron ingot in your inventory.	story/smelt_iron

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Resource location	Item tags (JE)	Form	Translation key
Iron Ingot	iron_ingot	beacon_payment_items	Item	item.minecraft.iron_ingot

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Resource location	Numeric ID	Form	Translation key
Iron Ingot	iron_ingot	265	Item	item.iron_ingot.name

History

Java Edition Indev
0.31		20100128			Added iron ingots.
		20100129			The texture of iron ingots has been changed.
					Iron ingots can be smelted from iron ore and drop 3–5 iron ingots.
					Iron ingots can be used to craft iron blocks, flint and steel and iron swords, shovels, pickaxes and axes.
		20100130			Iron ingots are now used to craft arrows.
20100206					Iron ingots can now be used to craft iron hoes.
?					Smelting now drops only 1 iron ingot (down from 3–5).
					Iron blocks now require 9 iron ingots (3x3) instead 4 (2x2) to be crafted, making them much more expensive.
20100218					Iron ingots are now used to craft iron helmets, chestplates, leggings and boots.
Java Edition Infdev
20100615					Iron ingots are now used to craft buckets.
20100618					Iron ingots are now used to craft rails and minecarts.
20100625-2					Iron ingots can be found in dungeon chests.
Java Edition Alpha
v1.0.1					Iron ingots are now used to craft iron doors.
v1.0.14					Iron ingots are no longer used to craft arrows.
v1.1.0					Iron ingots are now used to craft compasses.
Java Edition Beta
1.5					Iron ingots are now used to craft detector rails.
1.7					Iron ingots are now used to craft pistons and shears.
1.8		Pre-release			Iron ingots are found in the new stronghold storeroom and mineshaft chests.
					Iron ingots are now used to craft iron bars.
Java Edition
1.0.0		Beta 1.9 Prerelease 2			Iron ingots are now used to craft cauldrons.
		Beta 1.9 Prerelease 3			Iron ingots are now found in the new stronghold altar chests.
1.1		12w01a			Iron ingots are now found in village blacksmith chests.
1.2.1		12w06a			Zombies now rarely drop iron ingots, making it a renewable resource.
		12w08a			Iron golems now drop 3–5 iron ingots.
1.3.1		12w21a			Added desert temples, with a hidden chest room and loot containing iron ingots.
					Blacksmith villagers now buy 8–9 iron ingots for 1 emerald.
		12w22a			Added jungle temples, which contain loot chests with iron ingots.
					Iron ingots are now used to craft tripwire hooks.
1.4.2		12w32a			Iron ingots can be used to activate beacons.
		12w41a			Iron ingots are now used to craft anvils.
1.5		13w01a			Iron ingots are now used to craft heavy weighted pressure plates.
		13w02a			Iron ingots are now used to craft hoppers and activator rails.
1.6.1		13w18a			Iron ingots are now found in nether fortress chests.
1.8		14w02a			Trading for iron ingots has been changed: armorer, weapon smith and tool smith villagers now buy 7–9 iron ingots for 1 emerald.
		14w07a			Iron ingots are now used to craft iron trapdoors.
1.9		15w31a			Iron ingots are now found in end city ship chests.
		15w33c			Iron ingots are now used to craft shields.
		15w44a			The average yield from dungeon and desert temple chests has been substantially decreased.
					The average yield from mineshaft and nether fortress chests has been slightly decreased.
1.11		16w39a			Iron ingots are now found in the new woodland mansion chests.
1.11.1		16w50a			Iron ingots are now used to craft iron nuggets.
1.13		17w47a			Prior to The Flattening, this item's numeral ID was 265.
		18w10a			Iron ingots now generate in buried treasure chests.
		18w11a			Iron ingots can now be found in the chests of shipwrecks.
1.14		18w43a			Iron ingots can now be used to craft crossbows.
					The texture of iron ingots has been changed.
		18w47a			Iron ingots can now be found inside of loot chests on top of pillager outposts.
		18w50a			Iron ingots can now be found in chests in village toolsmith houses.
					Iron ingots can now be used to craft a blast furnace.
		19w04a			Iron ingots can now be used to craft stonecutters.
1.15		19w41a			Iron ingots can now be used to heal iron golems.
1.16		20w16a			Iron ingots now generate in bastion remnants chests.
					Iron ingots are now used to craft chains.
1.16.2		20w30a			The average yield of iron ingots from bastion remnant chests has been slightly increased.
1.17		21w08a			Iron ingots can now be smelted from deepslate iron ore.
Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.2.0					Added iron ingots. They are currently unobtainable and serve no purpose.
v0.3.2					Iron ingots are now obtainable by smelting iron ore in a furnace.
					Iron ingots can be used to craft shears, blocks of iron and iron pickaxes, axes, swords and shovels.
v0.4.0					Iron ingots are now used to craft flint and steel and iron hoes.
v0.5.0					Iron ingots are now used to craft nether reactor cores.
v0.6.0					Iron ingots are now used to craft iron armor.
v0.7.0					Iron ingots are now used to craft buckets.
v0.8.0		build 2			Iron ingots are now used to craft compasses, minecarts, iron bars and rails.
v0.9.0		build 1			Iron ingots can now be found in village blacksmith chests, stronghold altar chests and dungeon chests.
					Zombies now rarely drop iron ingots.
v0.12.1		build 1			Iron ingots are no longer used to craft nether reactor cores and are instead dropped by it.
					Iron ingots are now used to craft anvils.
					Iron ingots are now found in nether fortress chests.
					Added iron golems, which drop iron ingots.
					Iron ingots can now be used to repair iron tools, armor and weapons in anvils.
					Added zombie villagers, which rarely drop iron ingots.
v0.13.0		build 1			Iron ingots are now used to craft tripwire hooks, detector rails, iron trapdoors and heavy weighted pressure plates.
					Added desert temples, which have hidden chest rooms and loot containing iron ingots.
v0.14.0		build 1			Iron ingots are now used to craft hoppers and cauldrons.
					Iron ingots can now be found in minecart chests generated in mineshafts.
v0.15.0		build 1			Iron ingots are now used to craft pistons.
					Added jungle temples, which have hidden chest rooms and main treasure rooms that have loot containing iron ingots.
					Added husks, which rarely drop iron ingots.
v0.16.0		build 4			Iron ingots can now be used to activate beacons.
Pocket Edition
1.0.0		alpha 0.17.0.1			Iron ingots can now be found in end city ship chests.
					Iron ingots can now be found in stronghold storeroom chests.
1.0.4		alpha 1.0.4.0			Added trading—armorer, weaponsmith and toolsmith villagers now buy 7–9 iron ingots for 1 emerald.
1.1.0		alpha 1.1.0.0			Iron ingots can now be crafted using iron nuggets.
					Iron ingots can now be used to craft iron nuggets.
					Iron ingots can now be found in woodland mansion chests.
Bedrock Edition
1.4.0		beta 1.2.14.2			Iron ingots now generate in buried treasure chests.
					Iron ingots can now be found in shipwreck treasure chests.
1.8.0		beta 1.8.0.10			Iron ingots can now be used to craft crossbows.
1.10.0		beta 1.10.0.3			Iron ingots can now be found inside pillager outposts and plains villages' weaponsmith chests.
					Iron ingots can now be used to craft blast furnaces, stonecutters and shields.
					The texture of iron ingots has been changed.
1.11.0		beta 1.11.0.1			Iron ingots can now be found in village armorer and toolsmith chests.
					Iron ingots can now be found in savanna, taiga, desert and snowy taiga village weaponsmiths.
		beta 1.11.0.4			Armorer, toolsmith, and weaponsmith villagers now buy 4 iron ingots for an emerald.
1.16.0		beta 1.16.0.57			Iron ingots now generate in bastion remnants chests.
Legacy Console Edition
TU1	CU1	1.0	Patch 1	1.0.1	Added iron ingots.
		1.90			The texture of iron ingots has been changed.
New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0					Added iron ingots.

Issues

Issues relating to "Iron Ingot" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.

Trivia

• The iron ingot is used in 34 crafting recipes, more than any other item in the game. Planks take the second place with 33 recipes.
• To craft each recipe once, a player would need 153 iron ingots, including 27 for the iron blocks in an anvil, and one for the tripwire hook in a crossbow.

See also

• Block of Iron
• Iron armor
• Iron Nugget
• Iron Ore
• Ores

External links

• "Taking Inventory: Iron Ingot" – Minecraft.net

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