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How to Craft Iron Bars in Minecraft

Iron Bars in Minecraft, drawn from the game's own item texture. Window bars and jail cells. Minecraft has used the name Iron Bars since Beta 1.8.

Feed a Crafting Table 6 Iron Ingots and Iron Bars come back. Copy this shape: six Iron Ingots in a solid 2x3 block. One go makes 16 Iron Bars.

Iron Bars Item ID and Give Command

The item ID for Iron Bars is minecraft:iron_bars. In commands the namespace may be left off, so iron_bars works too. Checked against Minecraft Java 26.2.

Give yourself one
/give @p iron_bars
Give a full stack of 64
/give @p iron_bars 64
Give it to a named player
/give Steve iron_bars 1

Cheats have to be on for Iron Bars to appear this way, and the same command works on Bedrock Edition, where the name is written the same.

Overview

Iron Bars are thin metal barriers similar to glass panes. They connect to adjacent bars and solid blocks. Iron Bars uses a shaped recipe: the ingredients only work in the pattern shown.

Minecraft have used the name Iron Bars since Beta 1.8, the oldest release whose language file lists it.

The materials come together from a few sources: you will be working with iron ingot (smelt iron ore).

The Stack Arithmetic

6 iron ingots for 16 iron bars scales to 160 out of a 64 stack. Left over: just 4 iron ingots.

Materials Needed

ItemAmountWhere to Find
Iron IngotIron IngotIron Ingot6xSmelt iron ore

Collect 6x Iron Ingot (smelt iron ore) first; the Crafting Table does the rest.

The Full Chain

6 Iron Ore makes 6 Iron Ingot, the one part of this you craft rather than gather. All in: 6 Iron Ore.

  1. 1
    6Iron IngotIron Ingot6Iron IngotFurnace, repeat 6x
  2. 2
    Iron BarsIron BarsIron Barsthis page

Gather this first

6Iron Ore

Step-by-Step Instructions

  1. 1

    Iron IngotIron Ingot6x Iron Ingot

  2. 2

    16x Iron Bars

Minecraft crafting recipe for Iron Bars: 6 x Iron Ingot in a crafting table, making 16 Iron Bars.

Tips & Notes

  • One craft costs 6x Iron Ingot. Start with the Iron Ingot: smelt iron ore.
  • You get 16 Iron Bars per craft, so divide whatever you need by 16 to know how many times to repeat it.

Uses for Iron Bars

  • Window bars and jail cells
  • Decorative barriers

View detailed item stats, durability and properties for Iron Bars on the Astroworld Items Database.

Frequently Asked Questions

What do I need to craft Iron Bars in Minecraft?
Bring 6 Iron Ingots to a Crafting Table and you can make Iron Bars. The pattern above is exact, so match it square by square, and one craft produces 16 Iron Bars.
Where do you find the materials for Iron Bars?
The materials for Iron Bars each come from somewhere different. Iron Ingot: smelt iron ore.
How many Iron Bars do you get from one craft?
The Iron Bars recipe makes 16 Iron Bars in a single craft.
What is the item ID for Iron Bars in Minecraft?
In Java 26.2 the Iron Bars goes by minecraft:iron_bars; iron_bars without the namespace does the same job in a command.
What is the give command for Iron Bars?
Use /give @p iron_bars to put Iron Bars in your own inventory, or /give @p iron_bars 64 for a full stack of 64. Cheats have to be on.
Is the Iron Bars recipe the same in Java and Bedrock Edition?
It is the same recipe on both: 6 Iron Ingots at a Crafting Table gives you Iron Bars, in the layout shown above, 16 at a time.
What version of Minecraft added Iron Bars?
Minecraft Beta 1.8 is the oldest release that calls iron bars by that name. The recipe file cannot narrow that down, because recipes only became separate files in 1.12. Nothing about it has changed since: the pattern above is today's.

Sources

Grid, ingredients and yield
6 Iron Ingots in, 16 Iron Bars out, Crafting Table. Java 26.2, .
That Bedrock agrees
Bedrock 1.26.40.05, same ingredient.
How far back it goes
Minecraft Java Beta 1.8 uses this name and the release before it does not. From all 163 released Java clients, rd-132211 to 26.2.
Stack size
The Astroworld Items Database, built from the same jar.
The recipe book unlock
What unlocks it in the recipe book. Java 26.2.
The stack sum
Counted, not played: 16 Iron Bars per craft against the stack size.

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