Each item in Minecraft has a unique ID assigned to it, known as an item ID, this can be used in commands to spawn the item into the game. The item ID for iron ore in Minecraft is shown below:
The Iron Ore item can be spawned in Minecraft with the below command. Cheats must be enabled before this will work.
Below is a table of the tools that can be used to break Iron Ore blocks, and the speed it will take to break at (in seconds). This is calculated with the formula (1.5 * Block Hardness) / Tool Multiplier.
| Tool | Speed | |
|---|---|---|
 | Diamond Pickaxe | 0.56s |
 | Iron Pickaxe | 0.75s |
 | Stone Pickaxe | 1.12s |
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Iron ore, similar to gold ore, can be smelted in a furnace to make iron ingots. Before it has been smelted, it does not much use.
| Item ID | minecraft:iron_ore |
|---|---|
| Numerical ID | 15 |
| Stackable | Yes |
| Max Stack Size | 64 |
| Hardness | 3.0 |
| Material | Rock |
| Diggable | Yes |
| Min / Max State IDs | 70 - 70 |