Iron Ingot

Frequently asked questions about Iron Ingot

1. 

   How do you get Iron Ingot in Minecraft?

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

2. 

   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.

3. 

   Which mobs drop Iron Ingot?

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

4. 

   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 nowhere at all.

5. 

   When was Iron Ingot added to Minecraft?

   Iron Ingot was added in the early Alpha development period.

6. 

   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.

7. 

   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.