How do you get Iron Ingot in Minecraft?

Iron Ingot is crafted from Iron Ore, at a Furnace. Iron Ingot also comes from smelting, Iron Ingot from chest loot, and Iron Ingot from mob drops, not just the Iron Ingot recipe above.

What is Iron Ingot used for?

Iron Ingot is a crafting ingredient, and Iron Ingot goes into Activator Rail, Anvil, Blast Furnace, Bucket, Cauldron, Chain, Compass, Crafter, Crossbow, Detector Rail, plus 24 other items taking Iron Ingot.

How many Iron Ingot can you stack?

64 Iron Ore is what 64 Iron Ingot costs, so filling one Iron Ingot slot is 64 smelts of Iron Ingot. A double chest of Iron Ingot is 3,456 Iron Ingot, over 54 slots of Iron Ingot.

Where do you find Iron Ingot in chests?

Iron Ingot is chest loot in buried treasure (about 99%, 1 to 4 at a time), shipwreck treasure chests (about 97%, 1 to 5 at a time), village armorer chests (about 54%, 1 to 3 at a time), and village toolsmith chests (about 41%, 1 to 5 at a time). It shows up in 19 kinds of chest in total. Those odds on Iron Ingot are per chest, and Luck moves Iron Ingot no higher.

When was Iron Ingot added to Minecraft?

Iron Ingot was added in the early Alpha development period.

MiscellaneousCraftable

Iron Ingot

The most versatile metal ingot, smelted from raw iron or iron ore. It is used to craft tools, armor, buckets, anvils and countless other items.

Stack Size

Durability

N/A

Overview

Iron Ingot is an item in the Miscellaneous category of Minecraft, obtained through smelting, crafting it, chest loot, and mob drops. A single inventory slot holds a full stack of 64 Iron Ingot.

Iron Ingot is also a hub ingredient, feeding into 34 different recipes in this catalogue, so keeping a stock on hand unlocks a wide range of crafts. Of the 19 kinds of generated chest that can hold it, buried treasure is the best bet at about 99% per chest.

Crafting Recipe

Furnace
Iron Ingot
Recipe data from Astroworld Crafting: full step-by-step guide for Iron Ingot

Used to Craft

Iron Ingot is a crafting ingredient for 34 other items in Minecraft. Each one links to its own recipe and details page.

How to Obtain

Smelting
Crafting
Chest loot
Mob drops

Cooking Iron Ingot

Iron Ingot comes out of Deepslate Iron Ore, Iron Ore, and Raw Iron, and a blast furnace or a furnace will each do it. Timing runs from 5 seconds in the blast furnace to 10 in the furnace. Iron Ingot pays 0.7 experience each time, 44.8 for the whole 64.

Mobs That Drop Iron Ingot

Iron Golem leads the 4 mobs dropping Iron Ingot, at 3 to 5 a kill.

Notes

Also obtained by smelting raw iron in a blast furnace, crafting nine iron nuggets, or uncrafting an iron block. Dropped by iron golems and zombies.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you get Iron Ingot in Minecraft?
Iron Ingot is crafted from Iron Ore, at a Furnace. Iron Ingot also comes from smelting, Iron Ingot from chest loot, and Iron Ingot from mob drops, not just the Iron Ingot recipe above.
What is Iron Ingot used for?
Iron Ingot is a crafting ingredient, and Iron Ingot goes into Activator Rail, Anvil, Blast Furnace, Bucket, Cauldron, Chain, Compass, Crafter, Crossbow, Detector Rail, plus 24 other items taking Iron Ingot.
How many Iron Ingot can you stack?
64 Iron Ore is what 64 Iron Ingot costs, so filling one Iron Ingot slot is 64 smelts of Iron Ingot. A double chest of Iron Ingot is 3,456 Iron Ingot, over 54 slots of Iron Ingot.
Where do you find Iron Ingot in chests?
Iron Ingot is chest loot in buried treasure (about 99%, 1 to 4 at a time), shipwreck treasure chests (about 97%, 1 to 5 at a time), village armorer chests (about 54%, 1 to 3 at a time), and village toolsmith chests (about 41%, 1 to 5 at a time). It shows up in 19 kinds of chest in total. Those odds on Iron Ingot are per chest, and Luck moves Iron Ingot no higher.
When was Iron Ingot added to Minecraft?
Iron Ingot was added in the early Alpha development period.
How do you cook Iron Ingot?
Iron Ingot comes out of Deepslate Iron Ore, Iron Ore, and Raw Iron, and a blast furnace or a furnace will each do it. Timing runs from 5 seconds in the blast furnace to 10 in the furnace. Iron Ingot pays 0.7 experience each time, 44.8 for the whole 64.
Which mobs drop Iron Ingot?
Iron Golem leads the 4 mobs dropping Iron Ingot, at 3 to 5 a kill.