How do you get Iron Nugget in Minecraft?

Iron Nugget is crafted from Iron Ingot at a Crafting Table, and each craft returns 9. It also comes from smelting, not just the recipe above.

Where do you find Iron Nugget in chests?

Iron Nugget is chest loot in shipwreck treasure chests (about 95%, 1 to 10 at a time), bastion bridge chests (about 48%, 2 to 6 at a time), ruined portal chests (about 46%, 9 to 18 at a time), and bastion chests (about 24%, 2 to 8 at a time). It shows up in 5 kinds of chest in total. Those odds are per chest, and Luck does not move them.

When was Iron Nugget added to Minecraft?

Iron Nugget was added in version 1.11.1.

How many Iron Nugget can you stack?

64 Iron Nugget fill one slot, and filling it costs 8 Iron Ingot, since each one returns 9: 8 crafts. A double chest of Iron Nugget comes to 3,456, spread over 54 slots.

What is Iron Nugget used for?

Iron Nugget is a crafting ingredient, and it goes into Bell, Chain, Lantern, and Soul Lantern.

MiscellaneousCraftable

Iron Nugget

A small piece of iron. Nine nuggets combine into one iron ingot.

Stack Size

Durability

N/A

Iron Nugget at a glance

Iron Nugget comes from crafting and smelting, and Miscellaneous is where it sits as an item. A slot of Iron Nugget holds 64, nine slots hold 576, and 1728 fill a chest.

Iron Nugget is also a hub ingredient, feeding 4 different recipes in this catalogue, so a stock in a chest unlocks that many crafts at once. Of the 5 kinds of generated chest that can hold Iron Nugget, shipwreck treasure chests are the best bet at about 95% per chest. It sits between Iron Ingot and Item Frame in Miscellaneous, number 70 of 147 there.

Crafting recipe

Crafting
Iron Ingot
Iron Nugget9
Recipe data from Astroworld Crafting, where Iron Nugget has the grid for Iron Nugget

Used to craft

From Bell to Soul Lantern, 4 recipes use Iron Nugget, and 3 of those sit in Utility Blocks. The links below go straight to the recipes that take Iron Nugget.

How to obtain

Crafting
Smelting

Cooking

Put any of 16 types, Iron Pickaxe and Iron Shovel through Chainmail Boots in a blast furnace or a furnace and out comes Iron Nugget. A blast furnace does one in 5 seconds, a furnace needs 10. Iron Nugget pays 0.1 experience each time, 6.4 for the whole 64.

Notes

Obtained by smelting iron tools, weapons or chainmail armor. Used to craft Chains and Lanterns.

Frequently asked questions about Iron Nugget

How do you get Iron Nugget in Minecraft?
Iron Nugget is crafted from Iron Ingot at a Crafting Table, and each craft returns 9. It also comes from smelting, not just the recipe above.
Where do you find Iron Nugget in chests?
Iron Nugget is chest loot in shipwreck treasure chests (about 95%, 1 to 10 at a time), bastion bridge chests (about 48%, 2 to 6 at a time), ruined portal chests (about 46%, 9 to 18 at a time), and bastion chests (about 24%, 2 to 8 at a time). It shows up in 5 kinds of chest in total. Those odds are per chest, and Luck does not move them.
When was Iron Nugget added to Minecraft?
Iron Nugget was added in version 1.11.1.
How do you cook Iron Nugget?
Put any of 16 types, Iron Pickaxe and Iron Shovel through Chainmail Boots in a blast furnace or a furnace and out comes Iron Nugget. A blast furnace does one in 5 seconds, a furnace needs 10. Iron Nugget pays 0.1 experience each time, 6.4 for the whole 64.
How many Iron Nugget can you stack?
64 Iron Nugget fill one slot, and filling it costs 8 Iron Ingot, since each one returns 9: 8 crafts. A double chest of Iron Nugget comes to 3,456, spread over 54 slots.
What is Iron Nugget used for?
Iron Nugget is a crafting ingredient, and it goes into Bell, Chain, Lantern, and Soul Lantern.

Building with it

One ingot gives nine nuggets, and nuggets are what lanterns, chains and the odd repair recipe want. Smelting iron tools and armour also gives nuggets back, which is the game's way of letting a chest full of zombie gear turn into something useful.

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