<p>The sticking behavior of pellets affects the continuity of production in hydrogen-based shaft furnace. The coupling influences of V₂O₅ and reduction temperature on reduction sticking behavior and mechanism evolution of pellets under hydrogen atmosphere are investigated. The increase in V₂O₅ addition aggravated the reduction sticking behavior, which is attributed to the combined functions of the development of unique interwoven structure in the metallic iron interconnections at the reduction sticking interface and the deterioration of reduction swelling behavior of pellets. In addition, the strength of metallic iron interconnections enhanced and reduction sticking behavior aggravated with the increase in reduction temperature. Importantly, compared to other reduction temperatures, the reduction sticking behavior of pellets was most significantly aggravated with the increase in V₂O₅ addition at 1000&#xa0;°C. And the values of sticking index increased from 10.22% to 15.36% as the V₂O₅ addition increased from 0 to 1.00 wt.% at 1000&#xa0;°C.</p>