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Block of Raw Iron

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Obtaining[]
Natural generation[]
Crafting ingredient[]
Data values[]
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Renewable	No
Stackable	Yes (64)
Tool
Blast resistance	6
Hardness	5
Luminant	No
Transparent	No
Flammable	No
Catches fire from lava	No

A block of raw iron is a raw metal block equivalent to nine raw iron.

1 Obtaining
- 1.1 Breaking
- 1.2 Natural generation
- 1.3 Crafting
2 Usage
- 2.1 Crafting ingredient
3 Sounds
4 Data values
- 4.1 ID
5 History
6 Gallery
7 Issues

Obtaining[]

Breaking[]

Blocks of raw iron can be mined only with a stone pickaxe or better.

Block	Block of Raw Iron
Hardness	5
Tool
Breaking time[A]
Default	25
Wooden	12.5
Stone	1.9
Iron	1.25
Diamond	0.95
Netherite	0.85
Golden	2.1

↑ Times are for unenchanted tools as wielded by players with no status effects, measured in seconds. For more information, see Breaking § Speed.

Natural generation[]

Blocks of raw iron can be found rarely inside of huge ore veins below Y=0.

Crafting[]

Ingredients	Crafting recipe
Raw Iron

Usage[]

Blocks of raw iron are a compact way to store raw iron.

Crafting ingredient[]

Name

Ingredients

Crafting recipe

Raw Iron

Block of Raw Iron

Sounds[]

Subtitles	Source	Description	Resource location	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
Block broken	Blocks	Once the block has broken	block.stone.break	subtitles.block.generic.break	1.0	0.8	16
None[sound 1]	Blocks	Falling on the block with fall damage	block.stone.fall	None[sound 1]	0.5	0.75	16
Block breaking	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	block.stone.hit	subtitles.block.generic.hit	0.25	0.5	16
Block placed	Blocks	When the block is placed	block.stone.place	subtitles.block.generic.place	1.0	0.8	16
Footsteps	Blocks	Walking on the block	block.stone.step	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps	0.15	1.0	16

↑ a b MC-177082

Data values[]

ID[]

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Block tags	Translation key
Block of Raw Iron	raw_iron_block	mineable/pickaxe needs_stone_tool	block.minecraft.raw_iron_block

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID	Form	Item ID[i 1]	Translation key
Block of Raw Iron	raw_iron_block	706	Block & Giveable Item[i 2]	Identical[i 3]	tile.raw_iron_block.name

↑ ID of block's direct item form, which is used in savegame files and addons.
↑ Available with /give command.
↑ The block's direct item form has the same id with the block.

History[]

Java Edition
1.17	April 4, 2021	Showed block of raw iron.
21w15a	Added block of raw iron.
April 19, 2021	JAPPA shows a new block of raw iron texture.
21w16a	The texture of block of raw iron has been changed.
April 23, 2021	JAPPA shows new block of raw iron texture.
21w17a	The texture of block of raw iron has been changed once again.
There is now a chance for a block of raw iron to generate in an iron ore vein.
Bedrock Edition
1.17.0	beta 1.17.0.50	Added block of raw iron under the Caves and Cliffs Experimental Gameplay toggle.
beta 1.17.0.52	Blocks of raw iron are now available without enabling experimental gameplay.
beta 1.17.0.54	The texture of block of raw iron has been changed.

Gallery[]

The first screenshot of block of raw iron.
Preview of changed textures of block of raw gold and block of raw iron. Comparison with some other blocks.

Issues[]

Issues relating to "Block of Raw Iron" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.

Blocks

Natural
Soil	Clay Dirt Coarse Rooted Dirt Path Grass Block Gravel Mud Mycelium Nylium Podzol Sand Red Soul Sand Soul Soil
Stone	Andesite Basalt Smooth Bedrock Blackstone Calcite Cobblestone Mossy Deepslate Cobbled Diorite Dripstone Block End Stone Glowstone Granite Infested Block Magma Block Netherrack Obsidian Crying Pointed Dripstone Reinforced Deepslate Sandstone Red Stone Terracotta Tuff
Ore/Mineral	Amethyst Bud Cluster Ancient Debris Budding Amethyst Coal Ore Deepslate Copper Ore Deepslate Diamond Ore Deepslate Emerald Ore Deepslate Gilded Blackstone Gold Ore Deepslate Iron Ore Deepslate Lapis Lazuli Ore Deepslate Nether Gold Ore Nether Quartz Ore Redstone Ore Deepslate
Liquid/Related	Bubble Column Ice Blue Packed Lava Powder Snow Snow Block Water
Non-physical	Air Cave‌[JE only] Void‌[JE only] Fire Soul

Biota
Wood/Hypha	Logs Stripped Wood Stripped Stems Stripped Hyphae Stripped
Plant	Azalea Flowering Bamboo Shoot Beetroots Big Dripleaf Small Stem Cactus Carrots Cave Vines Chorus Plant Flower Cocoa Dead Bush Fern Large Flowers Tall Grass Tall Hanging Roots Leaves Lily Pad Mangrove Roots Melon Stem Moss Block Carpet Muddy Mangrove Roots Potatoes Pumpkin Carved Stem Saplings Sculk Sculk Vein Seagrass Tall Spore Blossom Sugar Cane Sweet Berry Bush Vines Wheat Crops Hay Bale
Fungus	Fungi Glow Lichen Mushrooms Blocks Stem Nether Sprouts Nether Wart Nether Wart Block Warped Roots Shroomlight Twisting Vines Weeping Vines
Fauna	Coral Dead Coral Blocks Dead Coral Fans Dead Sea Pickle
Faunal Product	Bee Nest Bone Block Cobweb Dragon Egg Frogspawn Turtle Egg
Algae	Kelp Dried Block

Building
Ornamental	Bookshelf Carpets Chain Fences Iron Bars Glass Pane Stained Glass Pane Tinted Glass Glazed Terracotta Honeycomb Block Slabs Stairs Walls Wool
Mineral Block	Block of Amethyst Block of Coal Block of Copper Cut Raw Block of Diamond Block of Emerald Block of Gold Raw Block of Iron Raw Block of Lapis Lazuli Block of Netherite Block of Quartz Bricks Chiseled Pillar Smooth Block of Redstone
Structural	Bricks Concrete Powder Cut Sandstone Chiseled Smooth Cut Red Sandstone Chiseled Smooth Deepslate Bricks Cracked Deepslate Tiles Cracked End Stone Bricks Mud Bricks Nether Bricks Chiseled Cracked Red Packed Mud Planks Polished Andesite Polished Basalt Polished Blackstone Bricks Cracked Chiseled Polished Diorite Polished Granite Polished Deepslate Chiseled Prismarine Bricks Dark Purpur Block Pillar Smooth Stone Stone Bricks Chiseled Cracked Mossy
Lighting	Candle End Rod Froglight Jack o'Lantern Lantern Soul Sea Lantern Torch Soul
BE & EE only	Elements Hardened Glass Pane

Utility
Interactable	Anvil Barrel Beacon Blast Furnace Brewing Stand Cartography Table Chest Ender Crafting Table Enchanting Table Fletching Table Furnace Grindstone Lectern Loom Shulker Box Sign Smithing Table Smoker Stonecutter
Utilizable	Banners Beehive Beds Bell Cake with Candle Campfire Soul Cauldron Lava Powder Snow Water Composter Conduit End Gateway End Portal End Portal Frame Farmland Flower Pot Frosted Ice Heads Jukebox Ladder Lodestone Nether Portal Respawn Anchor Scaffolding Sculk Catalyst Spawner Sponge Wet TNT
Mechanical	Button Daylight Detector Dispenser Doors Dropper Fence Gates Honey Block Hopper Lever Lightning Rod Note Block Observer Piston Sticky Head Moving Pressure Plates Rail Activator Detector Powered Redstone Wire Comparator Repeater Lamp Torch Sculk Sensor Sculk Shrieker Slime Block Target Trapdoors Trapped Chest Tripwire Hook Tripwire
Bedrock Edition only	Item Frame Glow
Education Edition only	Chalkboard
BE & EE only	Allow Border Compound Creator Colored Torches Deny Element Constructor Heat Block Lab Table Material Reducer Underwater TNT Underwater Torch

Creative only
All editions	Player Head
Java Edition only	Petrified Oak Slab
Bedrock Edition only	Empty Monster Spawner
BE & EE only	Allow Border Deny

Commands only
All editions	Barrier Command Block Chain Repeating Unstable TNT
Java Edition only	Custom Player Head
JE & BE only	Jigsaw Block Light Block Structure Block Structure Void
Bedrock Edition only	Chiseled Purpur Wooden Slab Smooth Stone Bricks tile.purpur_block.smooth.name
Education Edition only	Camera

Unimplemented
All editions	Branches Copper Button Colored Wood Planks Coral Slab Dirt Slab Empty Barrel Fish Barrel Furniture Paeonia Sculk Jaw Spike Block Wax Block

Unused
Bedrock Edition only	Bell Stand Glowing Obsidian Invisible Bedrock Nether Reactor Core Smokeless Campfire info_update info_update2 reserved6 Unknown Stonecutter (old)

Joke features
Java Edition only	An Ant Block of Coal Box of Infinite Books Burnt-out Torch Cursor Etho Slab Funky Portal How did we get here? Leftover Swaggiest stairs ever Tinted Glass USB Charger Block

Removed

Java Edition only

Cloth
Gear
Dead Coral Block
Lava Spawner
Water Spawner
Locked chest
Shrub

Bedrock Edition only

grass_carried
leaves_carried

MinecraftEdu only

Big Sign
Border block
Build allow block
Build disallow block
Foundation block
Home Block
Information block
Information Sign
Number Block
Spawn Block
Teleport Block

Extreme metadata variants
All editions	Seamless Stone Slab Six-sided Hay Bale Weird Piston
Java Edition only	Faceless Jack o'Lantern Overripe Melon Stem Overripe Pumpkin Stem Potted non-flower block Green Shrub
Bedrock Edition only	Diorite Bell Granite Bell Polished Six-sided Bone Block Six-sided Purpur Pillar Six-sided Quartz Pillar

What is the best thing to do with iron in Minecraft?

Once mined, the Iron needs to be put into a Furnace to be refined into Iron Ingots. You can make armor and tools with Iron Ingots. An Iron Pickaxe or better is necessary to mine Gold and Diamonds.