Iron Bars

"Iron Bar" redirects here. For the item, see Iron Ingot.

Iron Bars

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Renewable	Yes
Stackable	Yes (64)
Tool
Blast resistance	6
Hardness	5
Luminous	No
Transparent	Yes
Waterloggable	Yes
Flammable	No
Catches fire from lava	No
Map color	0 NONE
Note block instrument	Default (Harp)

Iron bars are the iron variant of bars.

Obtaining

Breaking

Iron bars can be mined using any pickaxe. If mined without a pickaxe, it drops nothing.

Block	Iron Bars
Hardness	5
Tool
Breaking time (sec)[A]
Default	125 (JE) 25 (BE)
Wooden	13.75 (JE) 3.75 (BE)
Stone	11.9 (JE) 1.9 (BE)
Copper	11.5 (JE) 1.5 (BE)
Iron	11.25 (JE) 1.25 (BE)
Diamond	10.95 (JE) 0.95 (BE)
Netherite	10.85 (JE) 0.85 (BE)
Golden	10.65 (JE) 0.65 (BE)
Options
Efficiency	000
Haste	001 1JEBE

Legend

• incorrect tool, drops nothing
• correct tool, drops nothing or something other than the block itself
• correct tool, drops the block itself
• italicized can be instant mined

Natural generation

Iron bars can generate in strongholds, woodland mansions, savanna villages, desert villages, plains villages, snowy villages, igloo basements, Overworld ruined portals, and trail ruins.

In the End, there are two End spikes that have iron bars around their End crystals.

Crafting

Ingredients	Crafting recipe
Iron Ingot	16

Iron bars are not a source of iron. Once crafted, iron bars cannot be smelted into iron nuggets or ingots.

Post-generation

Iron bars regenerate on the end spikes whenever the ender dragon is respawned.

Usage

For information about the placement mechanics of all bars, see Bars § Usage.

Curing

Iron bars speed up the curing process of zombie villagers.

Sounds

Java Edition:

iron sound type
Sound	Closed captions	Source	Description	Identifier	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	​Block broken	Blocks	Once the block has broken	block.iron.break	subtitles.block.generic.break​	1.0	0.8	16
	​Block placed​[until: JE 26.4]	Blocks	When the block is placed	block.iron.place	subtitles.block.generic.place​	1.0	0.8	16
	​Block breaking	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	block.iron.hit	subtitles.block.generic.hit​	0.25	0.5	16
	​Something falls on a block	Entity-Dependent	Falling on the block with fall damage	block.iron.fall	subtitles.block.generic.fall​	0.5	0.75	16
	​Footsteps	Entity-Dependent	Walking on the block	block.iron.step	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps​	0.15	1.0	16

Bedrock Edition:

iron sound type
Sound	Closed captions	Source	Description	Identifier	Translation key	Volume	Pitch
	​Block broken	Blocks	Once the block has broken	break.iron	​ ?	1.0	0.8
	​Block placed	Blocks	When the block is placed	place.iron	​ ?	1.0	0.8
	​Block breaking	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	hit.iron	​ ?	0.3	0.5
	​Footsteps	Players	Falling on the block with fall damage	step.iron	​ ?	1.0	1.0
	​Footsteps	Players	Walking on the block	step.iron	​ ?	0.2	1.0
	​Footsteps	Players	Jumping from the block	step.iron	​ ?	0.12	1.1
	​Footsteps	Players	Falling on the block without fall damage	step.iron	​ ?	0.4	1.0

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Form	Block tags	Item tags	Translation key
Iron Bars	iron_bars	Block & Item	bars	bars	block.minecraft.iron_bars

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID	Form	Item ID[i 1]	Block tags	Translation key
Iron Bars	iron_bars	101	Block & Giveable Item[i 2]	Identical[i 3]	minecraft:is_pickaxe_item_destructible metal	tile.iron_bars.name

Block states

Java Edition:

Bedrock Edition:

Videos

History

Reveal

Java Edition

Java Edition Beta
1.8			Pre-release				Added iron bars.
							Iron bars currently do not render their side edge faces. Also, their top and bottom faces are correctly not rendered when connected to other blocks.
Java Edition
1.0.0			Beta 1.9 Prerelease 6				The breaking time for iron bars is now greatly reduced, and depends on the pickaxe's material.
1.4.2			12w32a				Zombie villagers can now be cured. Putting iron bars close to the zombie villager helps speed up the process.
1.7.2			13w41a				Iron bars now use the "prismatic" model shape glass panes now use. However, there are issues with mapping and plane rendering directions; this change was presumably unintended.
							Iron bars now connect to glass panes.
			13w41b				Iron bars' model has been reverted to its prior appearance (a thin central plane with thick rims).
1.8			14w03a				Iron bars now appear completely opaque.
			14w03b				Iron bars now render as normal again.[1]
			14w04a				If iron bars are set to render as the block inside of a minecart via commands or map editing, they now appears as this (previously they would be entirely invisible).
			14w10a				Textures are now mapped differently, and there are now connected edge texture planes.
							Iron bars on top of one another now display a texture at the top/bottom joint of the two blocks.[2]
							Culling no longer works horizontally, either. The top/bottom textures still change.
			14w25a				Now subject to directional shading.
1.9			15w31a				Iron bars without any connecting blocks are now 2×2 pixels in footprint (rather than .)
							The outside edges of iron bars now have textures.
							Connecting iron bars their top/bottom textures remain unchanged.
							The tallest obsidian pillars had iron bars around their end crystals, until 16w07a.
							The ender dragon can no longer destroy iron bars.
			15w43a				Iron bars now generate within igloo basements.
			15w46a				Iron bars center beams now have both edge side texture, which has changed the textures from to .
			16w07a				Iron bars have been removed from end spikes.
			pre1				Two of the shorter, thinner end spikes in the End now have a cage of iron bars around their end crystals.
1.11			16w39a				Iron bars now generate in woodland mansions.
1.12			17w15a				Iron bars now connect to the solid back sides of stairs.
1.13			18w10c				Water can now be placed on the same block as iron bars.
1.14			18w43a				The textures of iron bars have been changed.
1.14.3			pre3				Torches can now be placed on iron bars.
1.16			20w15a				Walls now connect to the bottom and sides of iron bars.
			20w16a				Iron bars can now generate as part of ruined portals.
1.20			23w12a				Iron bars can now generate in trail ruins.
1.21.5			25w02a				Added new break, place, step, fall and hit sounds.

Bedrock Edition

Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.8.0			build 1				Added iron bars.
v0.9.0			build 1				Iron bars now spawn naturally in strongholds and villages.
							Iron bars now render their back sides.
			build 2				Iron bars now render as normal again.
Pocket Edition
1.0.0			alpha 0.17.0.1				Iron bars now generate on top of end spikes.
							Iron bars now generate within igloo basements.
1.1.0			alpha 1.1.0.0				Iron bars now generate in woodland mansions.
Bedrock Edition
1.2.0			beta 1.2.0.2				Iron bars without any connecting blocks are now 2×2 pixels in footprint (rather than .)
1.10.0			beta 1.10.0.3				The textures of iron bars have been changed.
1.16.0			beta 1.15.0.51				The inventory icon of iron bars has now been changed to match Java Edition's.
			beta 1.16.0.57				Iron bars can now generate as part of ruined portals.
1.21.60			Preview 1.21.60.25				Added new break, place, step, fall and hit sounds.

Legacy Console Edition

Legacy Console Edition
Xbox 360	Xbox One	PS3	PS4	PS Vita	Wii U	Switch
TU5	CU1	1.00	1.00	1.00	Patch 1	1.0.1	Added iron bars.
							Unlike in Java Edition, the perpendicular upper rims and lower rims intersect each other rather than being offset from each other, causing Z-fighting. The offset also appears to be greater than in other editions at this point.
							Iron bars can be found in the Miscellaneous tab in the Creative inventory.
							Iron bars now generate in strongholds.
TU9							Iron bars now generate on the two tallest end spikes in the End.
TU19	CU7	1.12	1.12	1.12			Moved iron bars to the "Building Blocks" tab in the Creative inventory.
TU25	CU14	1.17	1.17	1.17			Iron bars now connect to glass, stained glass, and glass panes.
TU43	CU33	1.36	1.36	1.36	Patch 13		Iron bars now generate within igloo basements.
TU46	CU36	1.38	1.38	1.38	Patch 15		Iron bars on top of one another now display a texture at the top/bottom joint of the two blocks.
							Iron bars without any connecting blocks are now 2×2 pixels in footprint (rather than .)
TU54	CU44	1.52	1.52	1.52	Patch 24	1.0.4	Iron bars now generate in woodland mansions.
							Iron bars now connect to the solid back side of stairs.
			1.90				The textures of iron bars have been changed.

New Nintendo 3DS Edition

New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0							Added iron bars.

Data history

Issues

Issues relating to "Iron Bars" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.

Trivia

• In Java Edition, a 2×2 area made of iron bars can make a square-shaped hole big enough for the player and most mobs to fit through, but not rain, water, etc. that can be used as an easy entrance for an underwater house, and even an exit if pistons are used. Glass panes work in the same way.
• If a sign or a painting is placed on iron bars, it appears to float in the air.
• Despite apparently being thin enough to do so, iron bars do not let a ghast's explosion touch the block beneath them as long as the block is protected from other angles of the explosion affecting it.
• If an iron bar is connected to a block and a rail is placed on the block, the top texture of the iron bar disappears.
• While curing a zombie villager, iron bars placed nearby speed up the healing process. The same happens with beds, and both these things occur in the stereotypical prison cell.
• Arrows cannot be shot through iron bars in Bedrock Edition.
• Because iron bars are 1 block high, the player can normally jump over iron bars, unlike fences.

Gallery

Renders

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  Unconnected
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  North
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  East
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  South
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  West
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  North and south
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  East and west
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  North and east
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  East and south
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  South and west
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  North and west
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  East, south, west
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  North, south, west
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  North, east, west
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  North, east, south
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  Connected from all sides
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  Unconnected (Bedrock Edition)

Screenshots

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  Iron bars used to create arrow slits
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  The first image of the bars that Jens Bergensten posted, where the iron bars can be seen to the right of the center
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  An image posted by Notch; here we can see iron bars to the left and right of the center
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  Naturally occurring iron bars at a blacksmith's shop in a village
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  A jail cell made out of iron bars and cobblestone
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  Water does not flow through the holes in the bars, but the player can fit inside them.
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  Naturally-generated iron bars found in the End surrounding an End crystal
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  A social media rendering of a zombie trying to pry through iron bars outside Kai’s house^[3]

References

See also

• Copper Bars