Iron Ore

For a list of iron-related objects in Minecraft, see Iron (Disambiguation).

Iron Ore is a common ore found almost everywhere in a Minecraft world.

Mechanics

Iron ore generates around and below sea-level in the Overworld. It is a crucial material to gather during the early stages of the game since it can be made into a Pickaxe, capable of mining all types of ores (including Diamond Ore). Every iron ore block contains enough iron to make one Iron Ingot when it is smelted. 

Appearance

Iron ore is a grey block with spots, similar to coal, but with bronze/beige spots.

Obtaining

Iron can only be mined with a stone, iron or diamond pickaxe; using a wooden or gold pickaxe will not yield any ore. Once it is mined, the user will gain an ore block that they can place, but they will not be able to make any items using the ore. They must smelt it down into iron ingots using a Furnace or Blast Furnace and then create what they want. This makes iron ore one of only two ores that require smelting, the other one being gold ore.

Uses

Iron is used to make Weapons and Armor with higher durability than those made with Stone, Leather, Wood Planks, or Gold. Iron can also be used to make Minecarts, Rails, Compasses, Anvils, Cauldrons and Buckets. Iron tools can be used up to 251 times before they break. Iron can also be used to craft iron blocks; 4 blocks of iron combined with a pumpkin head is the spawning recipe of the Iron Golem.

Trivia

• In Survival Test, iron ore gave a player Iron Blocks, which didn't require any smelting, as well as yielding nine times as many iron ingots.

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Blocks
Natural	Air • Stone • Granite • Andesite • Diorite • Bedrock • Clay( Terracotta) • Cobblestone ( Moss) • Cobweb • Dirt • Gravel • Coarse Dirt • Bone • Ice • Monster Spawner • Sand ( Red) • Sandstone ( Red) • Obsidian • Snow • Sponge • Wet Sponge • Stone Brick ( Cracked • Moss • Chiseled) • Prismarine ( Dark • Brick) • Sea Lantern • Bee Nest
Manufactured	Bookshelf • Brick • Wool ( Carpet) • Concrete( Powder) • Conduit • Dried Kelp Block • Fence • Glass ( Pane) • Stained Glass ( Pane) • Glazed Terracotta • Hay Bale • Iron Bars • Jack-O-Lantern • Ladder • Painting • Scaffolding • Slabs • Smooth Stone • Cut Sandstone • Smooth Quartz • Smooth Red Sandstone • Slime • Snow • Stairs • Walls • Wooden Planks • Bee Hive
Ore	Coal Ore • Diamond Ore • Emerald Ore • Gold Ore • Iron Ore • Lapis Lazuli Ore • Redstone Ore Nether Quartz Ore
Mineral Blocks	Block of Diamond • Block of Emerald • Block of Gold • Block of Iron • Lapis Lazuli Block • Block of Quartz • Block of Redstone • Block of Coal
Utility	Bed • Brewing Stand • Cake • Cauldron • Chest • Shulker Box • Crafting Table • Enchantment Table • Furnace • Jukebox • TNT • Anvil • Blast Furnace • Barrel • Bell • Campfire • Cartography Table • Compost • Fletching Table • Grindstone • Lantern • Lectern • Loom • Smithing Table • Smoker • Stonecutter • Dispenser • Redstone Lamp • Door • Fence Gate • Lever • Note • Piston ( Sticky) • Pressure Plate • Rail ( Powered • Detector • Activator) • Redstone ( Wire • Torch • Repeater • Comparator) • Trapdoor • Trapped Chest • Hopper • Dropper • Daylight Detector • Tripwire Hook • Observer
Plants	Cactus • Dead Bush • Chorus Plant • Flowers • Grass ( Grass • Fern) • Leaves • Lily Pad • Melon • Mushrooms ( Huge)  • Mycelium • Podzol • Pumpkin • Saplings • Sugar Cane • Vines • Wheat • Log • Corals • Kelp • Sweet Berry Bush
Liquids	Lava • Water
Non-Solid	Fire • Sign • Torch • Banner
The Nether	Glowstone • Netherrack • Nether Brick ( Fence)  • Nether Quartz • Nether Wart • Soul Sand • Magma Block
The End	Dragon Egg • End Stone • Purpur • Purpur Pillar • Endstone Brick • End Rod • Dragon Head • Ender Crystal
Creative only	Barrier • Structure Block • Jigsaw
Pocket Edition only	Stonecutter (old) • Nether Reactor
Technical	Piston Arm • Block 36 • Burning Furnace • Glowing Redstone Ore • Off-state Redstone Torch • Active Redstone Repeater • Flowing Water • Flowing Lava • Farmland • Pumpkin Stem • Melon Stem • Block 97 • Portal • End Portal Frame • End Portal
Unused	Locked Chest
Removed	Gear • Dirt Slab • Cyan Flower • Camera(PE)
Unimplemented	Crying Obsidian