Iron Ore
Iron Ore — block.
Obtaining
Without Silk Touch the ore drops raw iron. Silk Touch preserves the ore block for decoration or later processing, while Fortune improves the normal raw-iron yield. The deepslate variant uses the same raw-iron result and shares the iron-ore tag family.
Loot tableIron OreDetailed drops are not published yet.
Breaking
Iron ore is mineable with a pickaxe and requires a stone-tier tool or better. Silk Touch returns the ore block itself; otherwise the block uses the raw-iron ore drop table, where Fortune can increase the quantity and explosion decay can reduce it.
| Hardness | 3 |
|---|---|
| Blast resistance | 3 |
| Tool | PickaxeTool |
| Correct tool required | Yes |
| Silk Touch | 1 iron ore block |
| Normal drop | Raw iron; Fortune affects quantity |
| Explosion decay | Normal drops can be reduced by an explosion |
| Note-block instrument | Bass drum |
Natural generation
Iron ore generates in underground veins that replace stone and deepslate. The same family therefore has a regular stone-hosted block and a deepslate variant, with the surrounding rock determining which texture is seen in the world. Three placed features cover a high range, a middle range and small additional blobs. The regular feature makes size-9 veins, while the small feature makes size-4 veins; both avoid discarding exposed ore.
| Host rock | Stone or deepslate |
|---|---|
| Variant | Deepslate iron ore |
| Upper range | Y=80 through Y=384; 90 placement attempts |
| Middle range | Y=-24 through Y=56; 10 placement attempts |
| Small blobs | Y=0 through Y=72; 10 placement attempts |
| Regular vein size | 9 blocks |
| Small vein size | 4 blocks |
| Air exposure discard | 0.0 |
Usage
The block occupies a standard full volume and is shown with an isometric preview.
Raw iron smelts or blasts into one iron ingot and gives 0.7 experience. The ingot is the practical material for tools, armour, storage, rails, hoppers, and other mechanisms, so an ore vein feeds both survival equipment and automation.
| Shape | Full cube |
|---|---|
| Rendering | Isometric preview |
| Smelting result | 1 iron ingot; 0.7 experience |
| Blasting result | 1 iron ingot; 0.7 experience |
| Furnace route | One ore becomes one ingot |
| Blast furnace route | One ore becomes one ingot at the faster route |
Loot
The block loot table has two alternatives. Silk Touch returns the matching ore block; otherwise the table produces raw iron through the ore-drops bonus formula and then applies explosion decay.
| Silk Touch result | `minecraft:iron_ore` |
|---|---|
| Normal result | `minecraft:raw_iron` |
| Fortune formula | `minecraft:ore_drops` |
| Explosion handling | `minecraft:explosion_decay` |
Sounds
| Note block instrument | basedrum |
|---|
Behavior
| Stack size | 64 |
|---|---|
| Solid block | Yes |
| Map color | stone |
| Note block instrument | basedrum |
| State count | 1 |
Data values
The block uses the `minecraft:iron_ore` identifier and belongs to the `#minecraft:iron_ores` family. Its mineable tag is pickaxe-based and its normal loot points to raw iron rather than an ingot.
| Identifier | minecraft:iron_ore |
|---|---|
| Version | Minecraft 26.2 |
| Blockstate | assets/minecraft/blockstates/iron_ore.json |
| Loot table | Iron OreLoot table |
| Mineable with | Pickaxe |
| Ore family | #minecraft:iron_ores |
| Normal result | Raw iron |
| Stone variant | iron_ore |
| Deepslate variant | deepslate_iron_ore |
| Map color | Stone |
| Note-block instrument | Bass drum |
History
| 1.17 | Iron ore began dropping raw iron and gained a deepslate variant |
|---|---|
| 1.18 | The modern expanded vertical generation ranges became part of world generation |
| 26.2 | Iron ore is included in the new sulfur-cube absorption interactions |
- 26.2Block facts were published from the verified snapshot.Provenance: 918feb41c87c05a6f3e94e327fb01a82543180a2376b65610c6f0521456532a5
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References
| Source | Validated DeepMine snapshot |
|---|---|
| Snapshot ID | 918feb41c87c05a6f3e94e327fb01a82543180a2376b65610c6f0521456532a5 |
| Digest | d15dabacacd2db4768b06d9b360cdfebc0f86017ea9f1783155d3003c34f6c41 |
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Data and provenance
minecraft:iron_ore
Snapshot digest verified.
d15dabacacd2db4768b06d9b360cdfebc0f86017ea9f1783155d3003c34f6c41Provenance and publication
- Readiness
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- Snapshot
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- Source set
- 918feb41c87c05a6f3e94e327fb01a82543180a2376b65610c6f0521456532a5
- Entity identifier
- minecraft:iron_ore
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