9Iron Ingot can be crafted in 2 ways — the grid above cycles through all of them. Variant 1 is a shaped crafting recipe that uses 1 item: 1 Block of Iron. Place the ingredients exactly in the pattern shown above. The pattern can sit anywhere on the grid as long as its shape stays the same. Because it fits into 2×2 slots, you can craft it directly in your inventory — no crafting table needed.
Activator Rail
Anvil
Blast FurnaceBlock of Iron
Bucket
Cauldron
Compass
Crafter
Crossbow
Detector Rail
Flint and Steel
Heavy Weighted Pressure Plate… and 26 more recipes that use Iron Ingot.
| Dropped by | Edition | Quantity | Chance |
|---|---|---|---|
 Zombie |
Java | 0–1 | 0.8% |
| Zombie |
Bedrock | 0–1 | 0.8% |
 Iron Golem |
Java | 3–5 | 100% |
| Iron Golem |
Bedrock | 3–5 | 100% |
 Zombie Villager |
Java | 0–1 | 0.8% |
| Zombie Villager |
Bedrock | 0–1 | 0.8% |
 Husk |
Java | 0–1 | 0.8% |
| Husk |
Bedrock | 0–1 | 0.8% |
You need 1 Block of Iron — 1 item in total, arranged as shown in the crafting grid. The recipe gives you 9× Iron Ingot.
No. The recipe fits into 2×2 slots, so you can craft it in your inventory's crafting grid. A crafting table works as well.
It is a shaped recipe: the arrangement matters. You can shift the pattern around the grid, but the shape must stay the same.
Yes. There are 2 variants of the recipe — the others use Iron Nugget. The grid on this page cycles through all of them.
Iron Ingot is an ingredient in 38 crafting recipes, for example Activator Rail, Anvil and Blast Furnace.
