Iron Bars Wiki Guide

This Minecraft tutorial explains how to craft iron bars with screenshots and step-by-step instructions.

In Minecraft, iron bars are an important decoration item in your inventory. Iron bars can be used as a barrier, similar to fences. The crafting process will create 16 iron bars at a time.

Let’s explore how to make iron bars.

Where to find Iron Bars in Creative Mode

Minecraft Java Edition (PC/Mac)

Here is where you can find iron bars in the Creative Inventory menu:

Platform	Version(s)	Creative Menu Location
Java Edition (PC/Mac)	1.8 – 1.19	Decoration Blocks
Java Edition (PC/Mac)	1.19.3 – 1.20	Building Blocks

• Platform is the platform that applies.
• Version(s) is the Minecraft version numbers where the item can be found in the menu location listed (we have tested and confirmed this version number).
• Creative Menu Location is the location of the item in the Creative Inventory menu.

Required Materials to make Iron Bars

In Minecraft, these are the materials you can use to craft iron bars:

6 Iron Ingots

How to craft Iron Bars in Survival Mode

1. Open the Crafting Menu

First, open your crafting table so that you have the 3×3 crafting grid that looks like this:

2. Add Items to make Iron Bars

In the crafting menu, you should see a crafting area that is made up of a 3×3 crafting grid. To make iron bars, place 6 iron ingots in the 3×3 crafting grid.

When making iron bars, it is important that the iron ingots are placed in the exact pattern as the image below. In the first row, there should be 3 iron ingots. In the second row, there should be 3 iron ingots. This is the Minecraft crafting recipe for iron bars.

Now that you have filled the crafting area with the correct pattern, the iron bars will appear in the box to the right.

3. Move the Iron Bars to Inventory

Once you have crafted iron bars, you need to move the new items to your inventory.

Congratulations, you have made iron bars in Minecraft!

Item ID and Name

Minecraft Java Edition (PC/Mac)

In Minecraft, iron bars have the following Name, ID and DataValue:

Item	Description (Minecraft ID Name)	Data Value	Stack Size	Platform	Version(s)
	Iron Bars (minecraft:iron_bars)	0	64	Java	1.8 – 1.12
	Iron Bars (minecraft:iron_bars)		64	Java	1.13 – 1.20

• Description is what the item is called and (Minecraft ID Name) is the string value that is used in game commands.
• Data Value (or damage value) identifies the variation of the block if more than one type exists for the Minecraft ID.
• Stack Size is the maximum stack size for this item. While some items in Minecraft are stackable up to 64, other items can only be stacked up to 16 or 1. (NOTE: These stack sizes are for vanilla Minecraft only. If you are running a mod, some mods may change the stack size for an item.)
• Platform is the platform that applies.
• Version(s) is the Minecraft version numbers that the Minecraft ID and Name are valid for.

Block States for Iron Bars

Minecraft Java Edition (PC/Mac)

In Minecraft Java Edition (PC/Mac), the block states for Iron Bars are:

• Block State is the internal name for the block state.
• Value is the value for the block state.
• Default indicates that it is the default, if omitted.
• Required indicates that it must be included in command to properly identify this item/block.
• Example shows how to format the block state to be used in the /fill, /setblock, /clone, or /testforblock command.

Give Command for Iron Bars

Give Command in Minecraft Java Edition (PC/Mac)

In Minecraft Java Edition (PC/Mac) 1.13, 1.14, 1.15, 1.16, 1.17, 1.18, 1.19 and 1.20, the /give command for Iron Bars is:

/give @p iron_bars 1

In Minecraft Java Edition (PC/Mac) 1.8, 1.9, 1.10, 1.11 and 1.12, the /give command for Iron Bars is:

/give @p iron_bars 1 0