Content

• To step
• Tips
• Warnings

Iron can be used to create a variety of items in Minecraft and is very useful. Fortunately, you come across it everywhere! Here are some quick tips on how to find iron ore in Minecraft.

To step

1. Use the iron to make all kinds of tools.

Tips

• Keep torches handy while digging a mine.
• Free digging for iron ore is less promising than looking for natural caves.
• Iron is used to make all kinds of things you need later in the game. It is important that you find iron as soon as possible.
• Try seed 8675309 at creative. Fly up and you will see that somewhere there is a piece of land with coal and iron for the taking and a piece in the water. You can walk around there in survival mode (it's only about 20 blocks to your right) and you'll find 7 blocks of iron on the surface and lots of blocks of coal. There is a block of iron in the lake right next to you, but not in the ocean. There are about 13 sheep in the grass so you don't have to travel. They grow from lambs to adult sheep in 1 min. Take advantage of this and you'll find tons of material under the rock.
• If you are digging a hole that also allows monsters to enter your mine, close it quickly or it may be difficult to get out quickly.
• Do not try to dig in sand or gravel as this will collapse on top of you, eventually suffocating you.
• Occasionally come back upstairs or to your storage room to store your Iron there again.

Warnings

• You may encounter aggressive mobs in a cave.
• Don't dig straight down or you might fall into a lava flow.