Renewable |
No |
---|---|
Stackable |
Yes (64) |
Tool | |
Blast resistance |
3 |
Hardness |
Iron Ore: 3 |
Luminant |
No |
Transparent |
No |
Flammable |
No |
Catches fire from lava |
No |
Iron ore is a mineral block found underground. It is a source of raw iron, which can be smelted into iron ingots.
Deepslate iron ore is a variant of iron ore that can generate in deepslate and tuff blobs.
Contents
Obtaining[]
Breaking[]
Iron ore itself can be obtained by mining it with a stone pickaxe or higher enchanted with Silk Touch. When mined without Silk Touch, iron ore drops raw iron. It is affected by the Fortune enchantment, dropping 1–2, 1–3, or 1–4 raw iron respectively with Fortune I, II, and III.
Block | Iron Ore | Deepslate Iron Ore | |
---|---|---|---|
Hardness | 3 | 4.5 | |
Tool | |||
Breaking time[A] | |||
Default | 15 | 22.5 | |
Wooden | 7.5 | 11.25 | |
Stone | 1.15 | 1.7 | |
Iron | 0.75 | 1.15 | |
Diamond | 0.6 | 0.85 | |
Netherite | 0.5 | 0.75 | |
Golden | 1.25 | 1.9 |
- ↑ Times are for unenchanted tools as wielded by players with no status effects, measured in seconds. For more information, see Breaking § Speed.
Natural generation[]
In Java Edition, iron ore generates in three batches. The first batch attempts to generate 40 times per chunk in blobs of 0-13, from levels 128 to 320, being most common around level 255 and becoming less common towards either end of the range. The second batch attempts to generate 6 times per chunk in blobs of 0-13, from levels -24 to 54, being most common around level 15 and becoming less common towards either end of the range. The third batch attempts to generate 3 times per chunk in blobs of 0-5, evenly from levels -63 to 64.
Iron ore can generate as a large ore vein found at deepslate layer. These veins consist of iron ore, blocks of raw iron, and tuff.
In Bedrock Edition, iron ore generates in three batches. The first batch attempts to generate 90 times per chunk in blobs of 0-13, from levels 80 to 319, being most common around level 232 and becoming less common towards either end of the range. The second batch attempts to generate 10 times per chunk in blobs of 0-13, from levels -24 to 56, being most common around level 16 and becoming less common towards either end of the range. The third batch attempts to generate 10 times per chunk in blobs of 0-5, evenly from levels -63 to 72.
Usage[]
The primary usage of iron ore is to obtain iron ingots.
Smelting ingredient[]
Ingredients | Smelting recipe |
---|---|
Iron Ore or Deepslate Iron Ore + Any fuel |
Note blocks[]
Iron ore can be placed under note blocks to produce "bass drum" sounds.
Sounds[]
Sound | Subtitles | Source | Description | Resource location | Translation key | Volume | Pitch | Attenuation distance |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Block broken | Blocks | Once the block has broken | block.stone.break | subtitles.block.generic.break | 1.0 | 0.8 | 16 | |
None[sound 1] | Blocks | Falling on the block with fall damage | block.stone.fall | None[sound 1] | 0.5 | 0.75 | 16 | |
Block breaking | Blocks | While the block is in the process of being broken | block.stone.hit | subtitles.block.generic.hit | 0.25 | 0.5 | 16 | |
Block placed | Blocks | When the block is placed | block.stone.place | subtitles.block.generic.place | 1.0 | 0.8 | 16 | |
Footsteps | Blocks | Walking on the block | block.stone.step | subtitles.block.generic.footsteps | 0.15 | 1.0 | 16 |
Sound | Source | Description | Resource location | Volume | Pitch |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Blocks | Once the block has broken | dig.stone | 1.0 | 0.8 | |
Blocks | Falling on the block with fall damage | fall.stone | 0.4 | 1.0 | |
Blocks | While the block is in the process of being broken | hit.stone | 0.37 | 0.5 | |
? | Blocks | Jumping from the block | jump.stone | 0.12 | 1.0 |
? | Blocks | Falling on the block without fall damage | land.stone | 0.22 | 1.0 |
Blocks | Walking on the block | step.stone | 0.3 | 1.0 | |
Blocks | When the block is placed | use.stone | 1.0 | 0.8 |
Data values[]
ID[]
Name | Identifier | Form | Block tags | Item tags | Translation key |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Iron Ore | iron_ore | Block & Item | iron_ores mineable/pickaxe needs_stone_tool | iron_ores | block.minecraft.iron_ore |
Deepslate Iron Ore | deepslate_iron_ore | Block & Item | iron_ores mineable/pickaxe needs_stone_tool | iron_ores | block.minecraft.deepslate_iron_ore |
Name | Identifier | Numeric ID | Form | Item ID[i 1] | Translation key |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Iron Ore | iron_ore | 15 | Block & Giveable Item[i 2] | Identical[i 3] | tile.iron_ore.name |
Deepslate Iron Ore | deepslate_iron_ore | 656 | Block & Giveable Item[i 2] | Identical[i 3] | tile.deepslate_iron_ore.name |
History[]
Java Edition Classic | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
May 21, 2009 | Notch shows interest in adding iron ore. | ||||
May 23, 2009 | Notch says he accomplished adding iron blobs in stone. | ||||
0.0.14a | ![]() | ||||
Iron ore spawns in huge blobs, sometimes big enough to protrude into 3 caverns, and could be as big as 167 blocks. | |||||
0.26 SURVIVAL TEST | Breaking iron ore now gives the player 1–3 blocks of iron when mined. | ||||
Java Edition Indev | |||||
0.31 | ? | Iron ore no longer drops blocks of iron when mined. | |||
20100129 | Before the furnace was added, players had to smelt ore by dropping ore blocks onto fire. | ||||
Iron ore now drops itself when mined. | |||||
20100201-2 | Iron ore now requires a stone, iron, or diamond pickaxe to be successfully obtained. | ||||
Java Edition Infdev | |||||
20100227-1 | Iron ore no longer generates. | ||||
20100320 | Iron ore blobs now generate, but differently. | ||||
20100325 | Ore blobs now appear more like they do today. | ||||
20100327 | Iron ore now regenerates after the world is reloaded, assuming that the positions of the ore blocks were replaced by stone. | ||||
20100330 | Iron ore no longer regenerates. | ||||
Java Edition | |||||
1.3.1 | 12w22a | Smelting iron ore, along with other ores, blocks and items, gives the player experience orbs when taking the item out of the furnace. One stack of iron ore gives the player approximately 2 levels of experience. | |||
Texture Update | ? | ![]() | |||
1.14 | 18w43a | ![]() | |||
1.14.1 | Pre-Release 1 | ![]() | |||
1.17 | 21w07a | ![]() | |||
February 17, 2021 | ![]() | ||||
February 18, 2021 | ![]() ![]() | ||||
February 22, 2021 | ![]() ![]() | ||||
21w08a | ![]() | ||||
![]() | |||||
Iron ore now generates less frequently. However, a bug exists in this version where regular iron ore are generated way more infrequent. | |||||
Iron ore can now generate in negative y-levels in smaller blobs. | |||||
21w08b | Regular iron ore now generates more frequently than in 21w08a.[1] | ||||
March 2, 2021 | ![]() | ||||
March 4, 2021 | ![]() | ||||
21w10a | ![]() ![]() | ||||
21w14a | It now drops raw iron when broken without Silk Touch, instead of itself. | ||||
21w15a | All changes to iron ore generation in the previous 1.17 snapshots have been reverted, but they can be re-enabled with the Caves & Cliffs Prototype Data Pack. | ||||
1.18 | Experimental Snapshot 1 | Iron ore once again generates the way it did in the 1.17 snapshots without the use of a data pack. | |||
experimental snapshot 4 | Iron ore now generates more frequently. | ||||
21w40a | Iron ore now generates above Y=80 instead of Y=128. | ||||
Pocket Edition Alpha | |||||
v0.1.0 | ![]() | ||||
v0.3.0 | Iron ore is now obtainable in Survival mode. | ||||
v0.3.2 | Iron ore is now available in the creative inventory. | ||||
With the addition of furnaces, iron ore is able to be smelted into iron ingots. | |||||
v0.12.1 | ? | Iron ore now gives experience when smelted. | |||
Bedrock Edition | |||||
1.10.0 | beta 1.10.0.3 | ![]() | |||
1.16.220 | beta 1.16.220.50 | ![]() | |||
1.17.0 | beta 1.16.230.52 | ![]() | |||
beta 1.16.230.54 | ![]() | ||||
beta 1.17.0.50 | It now drops raw iron when broken without silk touch, instead of itself. | ||||
Legacy Console Edition | |||||
TU1 | CU1 | 1.0 | Patch 1 | 1.0.1 | ![]() |
? | Smelting iron ore now gives experience. | ||||
1.90 | ![]() | ||||
New Nintendo 3DS Edition | |||||
0.1.0 | ![]() |
Data history[]
Java Edition | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1.13 | 17w47a | Prior to The Flattening, this block's numeral ID was 15. | |||
1.17 | 21w08a | Added iron_ores block tag. |
Issues[]
Issues relating to "Iron Ore" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.
Gallery[]
References[]
- ↑ "[MC-216744] Iron ore doesn't generate (only iron ore in deepslate is generated) - Jira" – Mojira, February 24, 2021.