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How to Make Iridium Storage Box in Minecraft

Iridium Storage Box — Minecraft block

Iridium Storage Box

Iridium Storage Box is a container block from Industrial Craft 2, crafted from 4 Iridium and 4 Steel for storing items in a base.

Block ID ic2:iridium_storage_box
Mod Industrial Craft 2
Game versions
1.19.2 1.12.2 1.11.2 1.11 1.10.2 1.10 1.9.4 1.8.9 1.7.10 1.7.2 1.6.4

Description

Iridium Storage Box is a storage container block from Industrial Craft 2, crafted on a 3×3 grid: 4 Iridium in the corners, 4 Steel on the sides, and an empty center slot, one box per craft. Both ingredients are processed metals rather than mined blocks. Iridium never generates as ore in Industrial Craft 2 and is gathered by exploration instead — most often as Iridium Shards in the Overworld, with 9 shards compressing into a single Iridium Ore, while End Cities occasionally hold iridium as well. Steel has no ore generation either: every Steel ingot is smelted from Iron in a Blast Furnace together with 6000 mB of air, so one Iridium Storage Box takes four rounds of iron smelting for its 4 Steel. Iridium Ore and Iridium Shards also feed components like Iridium Plates and Jetpack Attachment Plates, so every Iridium Storage Box competes with advanced crafting for the rare metal. The Iridium Storage Box itself appears in no further crafting recipes, so a placed box serves as storage rather than as a crafting ingredient. The Industrial Craft 2 wiki recommends scanning iridium for later replication — worth doing before spending 4 Iridium on a single storage box.

Guide

How to craft the Iridium Storage Box in Minecraft

  1. 1

    Gather 4 Iridium

    Search the Overworld for Iridium Shards and loot End Cities for iridium; Iridium never generates as ore, so exploration is the only source. Nine shards can be compressed into one Iridium Ore.

  2. 2

    Smelt 4 Steel

    Feed Iron into a Blast Furnace together with 6000 mB of air; each smelt yields one Steel ingot, and four ingots cover one Iridium Storage Box.

  3. 3

    Fill the crafting grid

    Place Iridium in the four corner slots of a 3×3 crafting grid and Steel on the four side slots, leaving the center slot empty.

  4. 4

    Place the box

    Move the finished Iridium Storage Box into inventory and set the block down wherever the base needs storage.

Scan iridium before spending it

The Industrial Craft 2 wiki recommends scanning iridium for later replication, because gathering enough of the metal by exploration can take literal days.

How to craft this block

Ingredients: Iridium Iridium x4 Steel Steel x4
Crafting
Iridium Steel Iridium Steel
Steel Iridium Steel Iridium
Iridium Storage Box
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Iridium Storage Box

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Frequently asked questions

How do you craft the Iridium Storage Box in Industrial Craft 2?

Place 4 Iridium in the corners and 4 Steel on the sides of a 3×3 crafting grid and leave the center slot empty; one craft yields one Iridium Storage Box.

Where does Iridium for the box come from?

Iridium never generates as ore in Industrial Craft 2. Players collect Iridium Shards while exploring the Overworld, find iridium in End Cities, and compress 9 shards into one Iridium Ore.

Is the Iridium Storage Box used in any crafting recipes?

No. The Iridium Storage Box appears in no further crafting recipes in the Industrial Craft 2 catalogue and serves as a placed storage block.

How is Steel for the recipe produced?

Steel is smelted from Iron in a Blast Furnace with 6000 mB of air; Steel has no ore form of its own.

What else consumes Iridium besides the storage box?

Iridium Ore and Iridium Shards are components of Iridium Plates and Jetpack Attachment Plates, so advanced crafting competes with the Iridium Storage Box for the metal.