Block of Iron

This article is about the solid Blocks of Iron. For the ore, see Iron Ore. For the ingot, see Iron Ingot.

Block of Iron

Type	Solid Block
Requirements	None
Physics	No
Transparency	No
Luminance	No
Blast resistance	30
Tool
Renewable	Yes
Stackable	Yes (64)
Flammable	No
Availability	?
First appearance	Classic 0.26 (October 24, 2009)
Data value	dec: 42 hex: 2A

Blocks of Iron (also known as Iron Blocks) are decorative mineral blocks made from iron ingots which do not appear in normally generated maps anywhere. Iron blocks have the same texture on all six sides.

Iron blocks can be made by placing 9 iron ingots in a 3x3 square on a crafting table. The 9 ingots can be recovered by placing the block in a crafting grid. Iron blocks used to be crafted with only 6 iron ingots in the Pocket Edition, but this was changed to the normal 9 ingots in version 0.4.0 alpha. This makes iron blocks more functional as storage units than as building units.

Iron blocks can be mined with a stone, iron, or diamond pickaxe, taking about 2 seconds to destroy. If an iron block is mined without the use of a pickaxe, it drops nothing, wasting all 9 ingots.

Iron blocks and pumpkins are used to make Iron Golems.

[edit] Crafting

Ingredients	Input » Output
Iron Ingots

[edit] As a crafting material

Ingredients	Input » Output
Block of Iron	9
Block of Iron + Iron Ingot

[edit] History

Classic
0.26 (October 24, 2009)		Added block of iron.
Indev
January 29, 2010		Added iron ingot and recipe for crafting blocks of iron.
Alpha
1.2.0		Texture changed from to
Beta
1.9pre5		Texture changed from to
Official release
1.2.1	12w08a	Blocks of iron can be used to make Iron Golems.
1.4.2	12w32a	Blocks of Iron can be used to activate a beacon.
	12w41a	Blocks of Iron are used to craft an Anvil.
	12w42a	A new crafting recipe for Anvils call for 3 Blocks of Iron instead of the original 6.

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