How to Craft Iron Ingot in Minecraft

Iron Ingot in Minecraft, drawn from the game's own item texture. Crafting iron tools, armor, anvils, buckets and many other items.

1 Iron Ore goes into the top of a Furnace with fuel underneath, and an Iron Ingot comes out. You collect 1 Iron Ingot when it finishes.

Iron Ingot Item ID and Give Command

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

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

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

Overview

Iron Ingots are smelted from iron ore and used in countless recipes. Iron is the most versatile metal in Minecraft. Iron Ingot is produced by smelting in a Furnace rather than by arranging items in a grid.

The iron ingot was already in the game in Minecraft Beta 1.0, the oldest release with an English language file to read, so this recipe is at least that old.

The materials come together from a few sources: you will be working with iron ore (mine iron ore (Y 72 to -24)).

Counting The Stack

One stack is 64 goes at 1 iron ore each, which totals 64 iron ingots. Nothing is wasted: craft 64 takes the rest.

Materials Needed

Item	Amount	Where to Find
Iron Ore	1x	Mine iron ore (Y 72 to -24)

Iron Ingot needs Iron Ore (mine iron ore (Y 72 to -24)), worked together at a Furnace.

Step-by-Step Instructions

Open your Furnace interface.
Place Iron Ore in the top input slot.
Add fuel (coal, charcoal, wood, etc.) to the bottom fuel slot.
Wait for the smelting progress bar to complete. Collect your Iron Ingot from the output slot.

Minecraft crafting recipe for Iron Ingot: 1 x Iron Ore in a furnace, making 1 Iron Ingot.

Tips & Notes

Shopping list: 1x Iron Ore. Plan the Iron Ore first: mine iron ore (Y 72 to -24).
Dried kelp blocks are the cheapest way to make Iron Ingot in bulk, at twenty smelts per block against coal's eight.
There is more than one way to get Iron Ingot: the alternative methods further down this page can be quicker depending on what you already have.

Alternative Methods

Blast Furnace

Method 2

Uses for Iron Ingot

Crafting iron tools, armor, anvils, buckets and many other items

What Iron Ingot Goes Into

35 other recipes list Iron Ingot as an ingredient. These 8 need the most of it.

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

Frequently Asked Questions

What do I need to craft an Iron Ingot in Minecraft?

an Iron Ingot asks for 1 Iron Ore, and the work happens at a Furnace. Top slot takes the input, bottom slot the fuel, and one craft produces one Iron Ingot.

What can you make with Iron Ingot?

Iron Ingot is an ingredient in 35 other recipes on this site, including Block of Iron, Iron Chestplate, Cauldron and Iron Leggings. The section above links to each of them.

Where do you find the materials for an Iron Ingot?

Here is where each part of an Iron Ingot comes from. Iron Ore: mine iron ore (Y 72 to -24).

How many Iron Ingots do you get from one craft?

The Iron Ingot recipe makes one Iron Ingot per craft.

What is the item ID for Iron Ingot in Minecraft?

The Iron Ingot item ID is minecraft:iron_ingot, and in a command you can drop the namespace and write iron_ingot on its own. Checked against Java 26.2.

What is the give command for Iron Ingot?

The command for Iron Ingot is /give @p iron_ingot. Add a number for more than one, so /give @p iron_ingot 64 hands you a full stack, and it only runs with cheats enabled.

Is the Iron Ingot recipe the same in Java and Bedrock Edition?

Yes, the Iron Ingot recipe is the same in both editions. Java and Bedrock both build an Iron Ingot from 1 Iron Ore at a Furnace, in the same layout, one at a time.

Which recipe uses the most Iron Ingot?

Of everything on this site, a Block of Iron swallows the most Iron Ingot: 9 Iron Ingots in one craft. That is worth knowing before you decide how many to make.

What version of Minecraft added the Iron Ingot?

The files run out before the iron ingot does. Minecraft Beta 1.0 is the oldest language file Mojang publishes and iron ingot was listed in it. The Iron Ingot recipe above matches the current release.

Sources

Grid, ingredients and yield: 1 Iron Ore in, 1 Iron Ingot out, Furnace. Java 26.2, 17 August 2026.
That Bedrock agrees: Bedrock 1.26.40.05, same ingredient.
How far back it goes: Present in Minecraft Java Beta 1.0, the oldest release that exists to check. From all 163 released Java clients, rd-132211 to 26.2.
Stack size: The Astroworld Items Database, built from the same jar.
The stack sum: Counted, not played: 1 Iron Ingot per craft against the stack size.

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