Acquire Hardware

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Tree path: Minecraft › Stone Age › Getting an Upgrade › Acquire Hardware (advancements are independent: they can be completed in any order; the tree only guides progression)

Tree parent: Getting an Upgrade

Advancements are exclusive to Java Edition. The Bedrock Edition equivalent is achievements, which have different objectives.

How to get Acquire Hardware

1. Mine iron ore with a stone pickaxe or better: look for it in mountains around Y=232 or deep underground around Y=16.
2. Smelt the raw iron in a furnace or blast furnace: 1 raw iron plus fuel gives 1 iron ingot.
3. Pick the ingot up. Having one in your inventory completes the advancement.

Tips

A blast furnace smelts twice as fast, and a Fortune pickaxe increases the raw iron each ore drops. Iron ingots also come from village and shipwreck chests, and iron golems drop 3-5 when killed.

Advancements this unlocks

• Suit Up
• Hot Stuff
• Isn't It Iron Pick?

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