Iron Ore

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This article is about the ore. For the item, see Iron Ingot. For the mineral block, see Block of Iron. For the nugget, see Iron Nugget.
This article is missing information about the deepslate iron ore. 
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Iron Ore
Renewable

No

Stackable

Yes (64)

Tool

Blast resistance

3

Hardness

Iron Ore: 3
Deepslate Iron Ore: 4.5

Luminant

No

Transparent

No

Flammable

No

Catches fire from lava

No

Iron ore is a mineral block found underground. It is smelted into iron ingots, which are used to make tools and armor.

Deepslate iron ore is a variant found in the deepslate layer of the world, below y=0.‌[upcoming: JE 1.18 & BE 1.18]

Obtaining

Breaking

Iron ore must be mined with a stone pickaxe or higher, or else it drops nothing. Unlike most ores, iron ore always drops itself, regardless of whether the player used Silk Touch.

‌In Java Edition 1.17[upcoming], iron ore will drop 1 Raw Iron. It is affected by Fortune enchantment, dropping 1-2, 1-3 or 1-4 raw iron respectively with Fortune I, II and III. When mined with Silk Touch, it will drop itself.

Block Iron Ore Deepslate Iron Ore
Hardness 3 4.5
Tool
Breaking time[FN 1]
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
  1. Times are for unenchanted tools as wielded by players with no status effects, measured in seconds. For more information, see Breaking § Speed.

Natural generation

Iron ore can generate in the Overworld in the form of blobs. Iron ore attempts to generate 20 times per chunk in blobs of size 0-13, from levels 0 to 63, in all biomes. On average they generate 112 ores per chunk.

‌In Java Edition 1.18[upcoming], 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 -32. Iron ore can replace stone, granite, diorite, andesite, tuff, and deepslate. If it replaces tuff or deepslate, it will become deepslate iron ore.

‌In Java Edition 1.18[upcoming], iron ore can generate as an ore vein.

‌In Bedrock Edition 1.18[upcoming], iron ore also attempts to generate 40 times per chunk in blobs of size 0-10, from levels 128 to 256 within any type of mountains biome. It becomes more common as the y-level increases.

‌In Bedrock Edition 1.17[upcoming], deepslate iron ore generates instead of regular iron ore in deepslate blobs.

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


0.7

Note blocks

Iron ore can be placed under note blocks to produce "bass drum" sound.

Sounds

Java Edition:

SoundSubtitleSourceDescriptionNamespaced IDTranslation keyVolumePitchAttenuation
distance
File:Stone dig1.oggFile:Stone dig2.oggFile:Stone dig3.oggFile:Stone dig4.oggBlock brokenBlocksOnce the block has brokenblock.stone.breaksubtitles.block.generic.break1.00.816
File:Stone hit1.oggFile:Stone hit2.oggFile:Stone hit3.oggFile:Stone hit4.oggFile:Stone hit5.oggFile:Stone hit6.oggNone[sound 1]BlocksFalling on the block with fall damageblock.stone.fallNone[sound 1]0.50.7516
File:Stone hit1.oggFile:Stone hit2.oggFile:Stone hit3.oggFile:Stone hit4.oggFile:Stone hit5.oggFile:Stone hit6.oggBlock breakingBlocksWhile the block is in the process of being brokenblock.stone.hitsubtitles.block.generic.hit0.250.516
File:Stone dig1.oggFile:Stone dig2.oggFile:Stone dig3.oggFile:Stone dig4.oggBlock placedBlocksWhen the block is placedblock.stone.placesubtitles.block.generic.place1.00.816
File:Stone hit1.oggFile:Stone hit2.oggFile:Stone hit3.oggFile:Stone hit4.oggFile:Stone hit5.oggFile:Stone hit6.oggFootstepsBlocksWalking on the blockblock.stone.stepsubtitles.block.generic.footsteps0.151.016

Bedrock Edition:

SoundSourceDescriptionNamespaced IDVolumePitch
File:Stone dig1.oggFile:Stone dig2.oggFile:Stone dig3.oggFile:Stone dig4.oggBlocksOnce the block has brokendig.stone1.00.8
File:Stone hit1.oggFile:Stone hit2.oggFile:Stone hit3.oggFile:Stone hit4.oggFile:Stone hit5.oggFile:Stone hit6.oggBlocksFalling on the block with fall damagefall.stone0.41.0
File:Stone hit1.oggFile:Stone hit2.oggFile:Stone hit3.oggFile:Stone hit4.oggFile:Stone hit5.oggFile:Stone hit6.oggBlocksWhile the block is in the process of being brokenhit.stone0.370.5
?BlocksJumping from the blockjump.stone0.121.0
?BlocksFalling on the block without fall damageland.stone0.221.0
File:Stone hit1.oggFile:Stone hit2.oggFile:Stone hit3.oggFile:Stone hit4.oggFile:Stone hit5.oggFile:Stone hit6.oggBlocksWalking on the blockstep.stone0.31.0
File:Stone dig1.oggFile:Stone dig2.oggFile:Stone dig3.oggFile:Stone dig4.oggBlocksWhen the block is placeduse.stone1.00.8

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

NameNamespaced IDFormTranslation key
Iron Oreiron_oreBlock & Itemblock.minecraft.iron_ore
Deepslate Iron Oredeepslate_iron_oreBlock & Itemblock.minecraft.deepslate_iron_ore

Bedrock Edition:

NameNamespaced IDNumeric ID FormTranslation key
Iron Oreiron_ore15Block & Itemtile.iron_ore.name
Deepslate Iron Oredeepslate_iron_ore656Block & Itemtile.deepslate_iron_ore.name

History

Java Edition Classic
May 21, 2009Notch shows interest in adding iron ore.
May 23, 2009Notch says he accomplished adding iron blobs in stone.
0.0.14a32px Added iron ore.
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 TESTBreaking 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.
20100129Before the furnace was added, players had to smelt ore by dropping ore blocks onto fire.
Iron ore now drops itself when mined.
20100201-2Iron ore now requires a stone, iron, or diamond pickaxe to be successfully obtained.
Java Edition Infdev
Minecraft Infdev20100227-1Iron ore no longer generates.
20100320Iron ore blobs now generate, but differently.
20100325Ore blobs now appear more like they do today.
20100327Iron ore now regenerates after the world is reloaded, assuming that the positions of the ore blocks were replaced by stone.
20100330Iron ore no longer regenerates.
Java Edition
1.3.112w22aSmelting 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.
1.1317w47aPrior to The Flattening, this block's numeral ID was 15.
1.14?32px A texture of iron ore has been proposed.
18w43a32px The texture of iron ore has been changed.
1.14.1Pre-Release 132px The texture of iron ore has been changed, once again.
Upcoming Java Edition
1.1721w07a32px The texture of iron ore has been changed.
February 17, 202132px Henrik Kniberg shows grimstone variant of iron ore.
February 18, 202132px 32px JAPPA Shows updated iron ore texture and grimstone variant of iron ore.
February 22, 202132px 32px JAPPA shows updated iron ore textures and grimstone variant of iron ore.
21w08a32px Added deepslate iron ore.
32px The texture of iron ore has been changed again.
Added iron_ores block tag.
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.
21w08bRegular iron ore now generates more frequently than in 21w08a [1].
March 2, 202132px JAPPA shows updated iron ore texture.
March 4, 202132px JAPPA shows updated deepslate variant of iron ore texture.
21w10a32px 32px The textures of iron ore and deepslate iron ore was updated.
21w14aIt now drops raw iron when broken without silk touch, instead of itself.
Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.1.032px Added iron ore.
v0.3.0Iron ore is now obtainable in Survival mode.
v0.3.2Iron 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
1.10.0beta 1.10.0.332px The texture of iron ore has been changed.
1.16.220beta 1.16.220.5032px The texture of iron ore has been changed.
Upcoming Bedrock Edition
1.16.230beta 1.16.230.5232px Added deepslate iron ore.
beta 1.16.230.5432px Iron ore texture was updated.
1.17.0beta 1.17.0.50It now drops raw iron when broken without silk touch, instead of itself.
Legacy Console Edition
TU1CU1 1.0 Patch 11.0.132px Added iron ore.
?Smelting iron ore now gives experience.
1.90 32px The texture of iron ore has been changed.
New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.032px Added iron ore.

Issues

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References

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