Overview
Iron Bars counts as a building block in Minecraft 1.21.4. A crafting table turns its ingredients into Iron Bars. A hardness of 5 makes it slow going without the right tool.
Anything below a wooden pickaxe breaks it without leaving a drop. It drops as the same block you mined. Light passes through it, so it will not darken the space behind it.
Sixty-four fit in one inventory slot. The recipe calls for Iron Ingot. It is not used in any crafting recipe.
How long it takes to break
Iron Bars has a hardness of 5. By hand that is 25 seconds per block; with the correct tool at netherite tier it is 0.85 seconds.
An iron tool takes 1.3 seconds and a diamond one 0.95, so the jump that actually matters for this block is the one to diamond.
It will break below wooden, and you will get nothing for it. That combination of time spent and drop lost is the classic mining mistake.
Efficiency contributes its level squared plus one to tool speed, which makes Efficiency V roughly 3.4 times faster than the plain tool.
| Tool | No enchantment | Efficiency III | Efficiency V |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hand * | 25 s | 25 s | 25 s |
| Wooden | 3.8 s | 0.65 s | 0.3 s |
| Stone | 1.9 s | 0.55 s | 0.25 s |
| Iron | 1.3 s | 0.5 s | 0.25 s |
| Diamond | 0.95 s | 0.45 s | 0.25 s |
| Netherite | 0.85 s | 0.4 s | 0.25 s |
| Golden | 0.65 s | 0.35 s | 0.2 s |
Properties
Blast resistance on Iron Bars is 6, so an explosion nearby will usually take it out. It lets light pass and gives off no light. Stack size is 64 — the standard full stack. The block is tagged for pickaxes, and only that class gets the speed bonus; everything else mines at bare-hand rate.
- Transparent
- Yes
- Required tool
- Wooden Pickaxe
Where it generates
- Found in
- Obsidian Pillars
Crafting recipe
Crafting Table
Iron Bars ×16
Drops
Mined with Wooden Pickaxe, Iron Bars drops itself.
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Frequently asked questions
How do you get Iron Bars in Minecraft?
Iron Bars is crafted from Iron Ingot.
What tool do you need to break Iron Bars?
Wooden Pickaxe or better is required; anything weaker destroys the block without dropping it.
Is Iron Bars blast resistant?
Iron Bars has a blast resistance of 6, so an explosion nearby will destroy it.
How many Iron Bars fit in one stack?
Iron Bars stacks to 64, which puts 3,456 of them in a double chest.
How long does Iron Bars take to break?
0.85 seconds with a netherite-tier tool of the right class, or 25 seconds bare-handed.
