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These recipes cover vanilla Minecraft Java Edition 1.21.4. They are not recipes for Minecraft Classic, browser recreations or a promise of compatibility with Bedrock, mods or other versions.
Using this reference
For Iron processing, choose the crafting method before entering a target quantity. A crafting-grid recipe and a stonecutter recipe can produce different amounts from the same kind of input. The calculator rounds up to complete operations, so compare the output and surplus as well as the ingredient total.
An ingredient group separated by slashes means alternatives for that slot, not a request to collect every listed item. Keep the layout of a shaped recipe intact. Furnace time is shown per operation; it is not a fuel budget or the completion time of several parallel furnaces.
Block of Iron
How many materials do I need?
- Operations needed
- 64
- Items produced
- 64
- Extra items
- 0
- 576 × Iron Ingot
Rounded up to complete operations. These are direct recipe inputs, not a recursive raw-material shopping list. Reusable containers may be returned by the game.
Crafting · Output: 1
Iron Ingot × 9
| Iron Ingot | Iron Ingot | Iron Ingot |
| Iron Ingot | Iron Ingot | Iron Ingot |
| Iron Ingot | Iron Ingot | Iron Ingot |
A worked example
Suppose you want 4 × Block of Iron. This recipe produces 1 per operation, so you need 4 operations. That produces 4 in total. The direct material list is Iron Ingot × 36.
Iron Ingot
How many materials do I need?
- Operations needed
- 64
- Items produced
- 64
- Extra items
- 0
- 64 × Deepslate Iron Ore
Rounded up to complete operations. These are direct recipe inputs, not a recursive raw-material shopping list. Reusable containers may be returned by the game.
Crafting · Output: 1
Iron Nugget × 9
| Iron Nugget | Iron Nugget | Iron Nugget |
| Iron Nugget | Iron Nugget | Iron Nugget |
| Iron Nugget | Iron Nugget | Iron Nugget |
A worked example
Suppose you want 4 × Iron Ingot. This recipe produces 1 per operation, so you need 4 operations. That produces 4 in total. The direct material list is Deepslate Iron Ore × 4.
Iron Nugget
How many materials do I need?
- Operations needed
- 8
- Items produced
- 72
- Extra items
- 8
- 8 × Iron Ingot
Rounded up to complete operations. These are direct recipe inputs, not a recursive raw-material shopping list. Reusable containers may be returned by the game.
Blast furnace · Output: 1
Chainmail Boots / Chainmail Chestplate / Chainmail Helmet / Chainmail Leggings / Iron Axe / Iron Boots / Iron Chestplate / Iron Helmet / Iron Hoe / Iron Horse Armor / Iron Leggings / Iron Pickaxe / Iron Shovel / Iron Sword × 1
Seconds: 5 · XP: 0.1
Furnace · Output: 1
Chainmail Boots / Chainmail Chestplate / Chainmail Helmet / Chainmail Leggings / Iron Axe / Iron Boots / Iron Chestplate / Iron Helmet / Iron Hoe / Iron Horse Armor / Iron Leggings / Iron Pickaxe / Iron Shovel / Iron Sword × 1
Seconds: 10 · XP: 0.1
A worked example
Suppose you want 28 × Iron Nugget. This recipe produces 9 per operation, so you need 4 operations. That produces 36 in total, leaving 8 extra. The direct material list is Iron Ingot × 4.
Raw Iron
How many materials do I need?
- Operations needed
- 8
- Items produced
- 72
- Extra items
- 8
- 8 × Block of Raw Iron
Rounded up to complete operations. These are direct recipe inputs, not a recursive raw-material shopping list. Reusable containers may be returned by the game.
A worked example
Suppose you want 28 × Raw Iron. This recipe produces 9 per operation, so you need 4 operations. That produces 36 in total, leaving 8 extra. The direct material list is Block of Raw Iron × 4.
Block of Raw Iron
How many materials do I need?
- Operations needed
- 64
- Items produced
- 64
- Extra items
- 0
- 576 × Raw Iron
Rounded up to complete operations. These are direct recipe inputs, not a recursive raw-material shopping list. Reusable containers may be returned by the game.
Crafting · Output: 1
Raw Iron × 9
| Raw Iron | Raw Iron | Raw Iron |
| Raw Iron | Raw Iron | Raw Iron |
| Raw Iron | Raw Iron | Raw Iron |
A worked example
Suppose you want 4 × Block of Raw Iron. This recipe produces 1 per operation, so you need 4 operations. That produces 4 in total. The direct material list is Raw Iron × 36.
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