There are many ways this can be done. One way could be to find a NPC village and hope there is a blacksmith shop. Then, if there is a blacksmith shop, try to find iron ingots in the chest. Also, you could go through caves and on extreme luck, not have to mine at all and happen to find the stronghold and get a chests with iron ingots. In the end, just make a stone pick and mine iron. It's way easier.
using an in-game item mod.
For Vanilla Minecraft, you will need a stone pickaxe (or better) to mine iron ore.
Stone pickaxe.
No, you need at least a Stone pickaxe, to mine the Iron Ore.
Minecraft* You need a stone pickaxe to mine iron in Minecraft.
You need an iron pickaxe. Also, you need a stone pickaxe to mine iron and a wooden pickaxe to mine stone.
No you don't need the Axe to get iron in minecraft.However you do need a stone pickaxe to be able to mine iron ore.Otherwise you wont get the ore and the iron ore block will just disappear when you eventually break it without a stone pickaxe or better.
Stone pickaxe
Iron pickaxe,gold or diamond
You can find it in caves and you must dig it with pickaxe (not wooden or stone pickaxe)
To break iron in Minecraft, you need a stone pickaxe or better. Anything lower and it will break and drop nothing.
About half a second.
You will need an Iron Pickaxe (or better).If you mine it with a wood/stone pickaxe it will break and give you nothing.