Placeable blocks
Block of Iron
Block of Iron is a placeable blocks item with 2 current Java and Bedrock recipe variants. It is also an ingredient in 2 recipe outputs, including Anvil Recipe, Iron Ingot Recipe.
Block of Iron- Item ID
- minecraft:iron_block
- Numeric ID
- 117
- Stack size
- 64
- Edition
- Java
- Recipe relationships
- 3
How to obtain Block of Iron
- Craft or process Block of Iron at Crafting Table using one of the 2 current recipe variants.
- Open the Block of Iron Recipe guide for the exact ingredients, grid positions, output quantity and edition-specific alternatives.
Crafting and processing relationships
- Anvil Recipe — 2 current variants
- Block of Iron Recipe — 2 current variants
- Iron Ingot Recipe — 10 current variants
Uses, durability and repair
- Use Block of Iron to make Anvil Recipe, Iron Ingot Recipe.
- Block of Iron stacks to 64, so one full shulker box can hold 1,728 of it.
A full inventory slot holds 64 items; 27 slots hold 1728, and a double chest holds 3456.
Command
/give @p minecraft:iron_block 64/give- Gives an item to the selected target.
@p- The nearest player to where the command runs.
minecraft:iron_block- The namespaced identifier for Block of Iron.
64- The number of items to give.
Component syntax can change between releases. This identifier is pinned to the current Java 26.2 registry used by this page.