Minecraft: How to Get Iron & How to Use It in 1.18


Minecraft is a huge game that has only gotten bigger over the last year. With both parts of Caves and Cliffs, the team have restructured so many essential parts of the game that you may lose track. Here are the best tips to get Iron in Minecraft 1.18.

What's new in Minecraft Caves and Cliffs Part Two?

Minecraft Caves and Cliffs part two, otherwise known as Minecraft 1.18, changes a great deal about the moment to moment gameplay in Minecraft. It entirely restructures the way that caves are generated and provides some equilibrium to the allocation of ores underground. This means you may need to swap up how you look for them.

You can read about how noise caves work right here or how they affect diamond farming below.

What equipment do you need?

You need Pickaxes made out of stone or better to harvest iron. You won't need to go too far into caves so it shouldn't be too hard to get your hands on them. Try and get some rudimentary armour, torches, food and a few stone pickaxes for your best chance of getting it.

You can use Iron to build some sturdy armour and decent tools to go into the future of the game with.

Where to Get Iron in Minecraft

Iron is incredibly common when it comes to chests and villagers. For this reason, you can find it easily if you go into towns or look for big caves.

If you're looking to mind it for yourself, Iron can be found throughout most layers in Minecraft. That being said, it seems to be most commonly found between y=95 and y=136. Just search around in between these layers for your best chance of finding some. Luckily, they're never too hard to get your hands on so you shouldn't have too much of a problem here.

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