Iron Ore | Minecraft Wiki | Fandom
Iron can also be used to make minecarts, rails, compasses, anvils, cauldrons and buckets. Iron tools can be used up to 250 times before they break. Iron can also be used to craft iron blocks; 4 blocks of iron combined with a pumpkin head is the spawning recipe of the iron golem. Mining. Iron Ore requires a stone pickaxe or better to harvest.