Iron Door

Iron Door
Renewable	Yes
Stackable	Yes (64)
Tool
Blast resistance	5
Hardness	5
Luminous	No
Transparent	Partial
Waterloggable	No (Java Edition); Yes (Bedrock Edition)
Flammable	No
Catches fire; from lava	No
Map color	; 6 METAL
Note block instrument	Default (Harp)

The iron door is a variant of the door made of iron that can only be opened using redstone. Iron doors are more secure than wooden and copper doors because they cannot be opened by hand and cannot be broken by zombies. They are also more resistant to explosions, and immune to fire and lava.

Obtaining

Breaking

The suitable tool to break iron door is pickaxe.

Block	Iron Door
Hardness	5
Tool
Breaking time (sec)^[A]
Default	17.5 (JE) 7.5 (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

↑ These durations ignore any other influential factors (e.g., Mining Fatigue) and are measured in seconds. For more information, see Breaking § Mining efficiency.

Iron door drops itself when it's destroyed.

Iron door also drops itself when its supporting block is moved or removed.

Natural generation

Iron doors generate as part of:

Prison rooms in woodland mansions
Strongholds with two stone buttons to open

Crafting

Ingredients	Crafting recipe
Iron Ingot	3

Usage

Iron doors can only be opened with redstone power; players or wind charge blasts cannot toggle iron doors.

Barrier

Iron doors can only be opened and closed by a redstone signal. When an iron door opens or closes, it immediately changes its orientation without affecting anything in the space between.

Redstone component

An iron door is a redstone mechanism and can be activated by weakly powering any cardinally adjacent block.

When activated, the iron door immediately opens. When deactivated, it immediately closes.

Air pockets

Iron doors can be used as air pockets underwater in Java Edition because they can't be waterlogged. They can also be used as air pockets in lava in both Java and Bedrock Editions since they don't burn in lava.

Piston interactivity

Iron door is destroyed when the piston tries to push it. It can't be pulled by the sticky piston.

Sounds

Generic

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

Unique

Java Edition:

Sounds
Sound	Closed captions	Source	Description	Identifier	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	Door creaks	Blocks	When an iron door opens	`block.iron_door.open`	`subtitles.block.door.toggle`	0.9	0.9–1.0	16
	Door creaks	Blocks	When an iron door closes	`block.iron_door.close`	`subtitles.block.door.toggle`	0.9	0.9–1.0	16
	Block broken ^{[sound 1]}	Hostile Mobs	Unused^{[sound 2]}	`entity.zombie.attack_iron_door`	`subtitles.block.generic.break`^{[sound 1]}	None	None	None

↑ ^a ^b MC-226770
↑ MC-218122

Bedrock Edition:

Sounds
Sound	Closed captions	Source	Description	Identifier	Translation key	Volume	Pitch
	?	Blocks	When an iron door opens	`open.iron_door`	?	0.9	0.9–1.0
	?	Blocks	When an iron door closes	`close.iron_door`	?	0.9	0.9–1.0

[breakingtimenote-1] These durations ignore any other influential factors (e.g., Mining Fatigue) and are measured in seconds. For more information, see Breaking § Mining efficiency.

[ironsubtitle-2] MC-226770

[3] MC-218122

[A]

[sound 1]

[sound 2]

Iron Door	Identifier	Numeric ID	Form	Item ID^{[i 1]}	Translation key
Block	`iron_door`	`71`	Block & Ungiveable Item^{[i 2]}	`item.iron_door`	`tile.iron_door.name`
Item	`iron_door`	`372`	Item	—	`item.iron_door.name`

Name	Default value	Allowed values	Description
facing	`north`	`east` `north` `south` `west`	The direction the door's "inside" is facing. The direction the player faces while placing the door. For example, a door facing east occupies the west part of its block when closed.
half	`lower`	`lower` `upper`	Identifies which part of the door the block is.
hinge	`left`	`left` `right`	Identifies the side the hinge is on (when facing the same direction as the door's inside).
open	`false`	`false` `true`	True if the door is currently open.
powered	`false`	`false` `true`	True if the door is currently powered by redstone.

Name	Metadata Bits	Default value	Allowed values	Values for Metadata Bits	Description
minecraft:cardinal_direction	Not Supported	`south`	`east` `north` `south` `west`	`Not Supported`	The direction the door's "inside" is facing. The direction the player faces while placing the door. For example, a door facing east occupies the west part of its block when closed.
door_hinge_bit	`—^[sic]`	`false`	`false` `true`	`0` `0^[sic]`	Identifies the side the hinge is on (when facing the same direction as the door's inside). false if hinge is on the left (the default), true if on the right. Lower door block has the same aux value when it is opened and closed.
open_bit	`0x4`	`false`	`false` `true`	`0` `1`	True if the door is currently open.
upper_block_bit	`0x8`	`false`	`false` `true`	`0` `1`	Always false for the lower part of a door.

Name	Metadata Bits	Default value	Allowed values	Values for Metadata Bits	Description
minecraft:cardinal_direction	Not Supported	`south`	`east` `north` `south` `west`	`Not Supported`	The direction the door's "inside" is facing. The direction the player faces while placing the door. For example, a door facing east occupies the west part of its block when closed.
door_hinge_bit	`—^[sic]`	`false`	`false` `true`	`0` `Unsupported`	Identifies the side the hinge is on (when facing the same direction as the door's inside). false if hinge is on the left (the default), true if on the right. Upper door block doesn't support aux value when its hinge is on the right.
open_bit	`—^[sic]`	`false`	`false` `true`	`0` `0^[sic]`	True if the door is currently open. Lower door block has the same aux value when it is opened and closed.
upper_block_bit	`0x8`	`false`	`false` `true`	`0` `1`	Always true for the upper part of a door.

Java Edition Alpha
v1.0.1		Added iron doors.
v1.0.1		Iron doors can be controlled by redstone power.
Java Edition Beta
1.8	Pre-release	Iron doors can now be found naturally in strongholds.
Java Edition
1.0.0	Beta 1.9 Prerelease 6	Iron doors are broken much faster using a pickaxe, and the mining speed is now tier dependent.
1.2.1	12w06a	Changed top model of iron door.
1.2.1	12w07a	Zombies can no longer break iron doors.
1.8	14w04a	If an iron door is set to render as the block inside of a minecart via commands or map editing, it now appears as this (previously it would be entirely invisible).
	14w10a	The models of iron doors have been changed.
	14w33b	All item textures for iron doors have been changed. Iron doors now have hinges on the left and handles on the right, existing iron doors have a slight item textures change as well.
1.9	15w43a	Iron doors now have different sounds than wooden doors.
1.11	16w33a	Iron doors no longer have a Right Mouse Button action - previously they would result in the hand swinging, and would override other valid actions such as snowball throwing.^[1]
1.11	16w39a	Iron doors now generate in woodland mansions.
1.14	18w43a	The textures of iron doors have been changed.
1.15	19w39a	Iron doors must now be mined with a pickaxe for it to be dropped as an item.
1.18	21w41a	Item textures for iron doors have been changed.
1.18	pre5	Changed top and bottom models of iron doors. Changed iron door textures.
1.20.3	pre3	An iron door can no longer drop as an item if the top half of the door is broken with anything in hands.^[2]
1.21.4	24w44a	Now drop when broken with any tool.
1.21.5	25w02a	Added new break, place, step, fall and hit sounds.

Iron Door

Obtaining

Breaking

Natural generation

Crafting

Usage

Barrier

Redstone component

Air pockets

Piston interactivity

Sounds

Generic

Unique

Data values

ID

Block states

Videos

History

Java Edition

Bedrock Edition

Legacy Console Edition

New Nintendo 3DS Edition

Data history

Java Edition

Bedrock Edition

Issues

Gallery

Screenshots

References

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Related mods

Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.1.0		Added iron doors. The iron door items exist, but due to a bug in the code that renders items in the hotbar, they cannot be used.
v0.1.3		The models of iron doors have been changed to not display transparency on upper half.
v0.2.0		Added iron door inventory icons.
v0.2.0		The models of iron doors have been changed to display transparency on upper half.
v0.2.1 alpha2		The textures of iron doors have been changed.
v0.5.0		The models of iron doors have been changed.
v0.8.0	build 2	The textures of iron doors have been reverted to before v0.2.1 alpha2.
v0.13.0	build 1	Iron doors are now available in the Creative inventory.
		A crafting recipe for iron doors has been added.
		Redstone mechanics added, making iron doors able to function normally.
	build 4	The item textures of iron doors has been changed.
Pocket Edition
1.1.0	alpha 1.1.0.0	Iron doors now generate in woodland mansions.
Bedrock Edition
1.10.0	beta 1.10.0.3	The textures of iron doors have been changed.
1.16.0	beta 1.15.0.51	Zombies can no longer break iron doors.^[3]
1.18.10	beta 1.18.10.20	The item texture for iron doors has been changed.
1.18.10	beta 1.18.10.22	The upper texture for iron doors has been changed.
1.21.20	Preview 1.21.10.23	An iron door can no longer drop as an item if the top half of the door is broken with anything in hands.^[4]
1.21.50	Preview 1.21.50.24	Iron doors no longer require a pickaxe to drop themselves, and are mined faster when using an improper tool.
1.21.60	Preview 1.21.60.25	Added new break, place, step, fall and hit sounds.
1.21.60	Preview 1.21.60.25	Iron doors no longer have a right-click action - previously they would result in the hand swinging, and would override other valid right click actions such as snowball throwing.^[5]
26.30	Preview 26.30.25	Iron doors now generate in strongholds.

Legacy Console Edition
Xbox 360	Xbox One	PS3	PS4	PS Vita	Wii U	Switch
TU1	CU1	1.00	1.00	1.00	Patch 1	1.0.1	Added iron doors.
TU5		1.00					Iron doors can now be found naturally in strongholds.
TU14		1.04					Moved iron doors to the "Building Blocks" tab in the Creative inventory.
TU27	CU15	1.18	1.18	1.18			The crafting recipes of doors now yield 3 doors instead of 1.
TU32	?	?	?	?	?		Iron doors no longer have a right-click action - previously they would result in the hand swinging, and would override other valid right click actions such as snowball throwing.
TU33	CU21	1.24	1.24	1.24	Patch 3		Changed the texture of the iron door item.
TU43	CU33	1.36	1.36	1.36	Patch 13		The texture of the iron door item has been changed to how it looked like before TU33.
TU44	CU34	1.37	1.37	1.37	Patch 14		The texture of the iron door item has been changed back to how it looked like in TU33.
TU54	CU44	1.52	1.52	1.52	Patch 24	1.0.4	Iron doors now generate in woodland mansions.
?							Iron doors must now be mined with a pickaxe for it to be dropped as an item.
			1.90				The textures of iron doors have been changed.

New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0							Added iron doors.
1.9.19							Iron doors now generate in woodland mansions.