A renewable resource (as opposed to a non-renewable, or finite, resource) is a resource that can be recreated indefinitely in survival without exploiting glitches or using commands. While running out of resources isn't likely to be a factor due to theoretically infinite (and still quite vast in practice) map generation, this is a list of resources that can be produced over and over without having to explore for more. However, running out of resources can be a bigger issue on superflat worlds, where resources are less plentiful, in PvP maps, where one would like to obtain resources without having to conquer more land, or simply if the map size is limited.
The listed fully renewable craftable items are items which can be crafted, smelted, or brewed using only renewable resources. For example, cookies are renewable as they only require wheat and cocoa beans that can be regrown infinitely, while TNT isn't because it requires sand, which is not renewable.
Anything that is dropped by a monster or animal, is renewable because more mobs of the same kind can spawn and be killed again for more loot. This is not the case for the wither, which requires non renewable soul sand to spawn, nor the elder guardian, which spawns only three times per ocean monument, nor the evoker or the vindicator who spawn only as part of the woodland mansion, nor the shulker, which spawns only as part of end cities.
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Brief introduction to methods[]
There are some main methods to get renewable resources and some item-specific methods. Item-specific methods vary from building a cobblestone generator to harvesting obsidian from portals, so it's very important sometimes to choose non-renewable, but easier and/or safer ways to get them. The methods are listed in increasing difficulty order:
- Farming - grow it on the dirt or farmland block, breed using renewable resources, etc.
- Craft it using only renewable resource(s)
- Buy it from villagers
- Get it as a guaranteed or very probable drop after mob's death
- Get it as a rare drop after mob's death
- Find it while fishing
The first three methods are the easiest. They are especially worth using when the player wants to avoid risk such as while playing in hardcore mode. The fourth method is normally used to get something that is only possible to get by killing monsters such as blaze rods, arrows, or bones. The last two methods are worth using only when there are no other practical choices, as the player will spend a lot of time executing the method before getting what they need.
Renewable[]
| Resource | Renewable products | Renewable method |
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| Arrow |
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| Beetroot Seeds |
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| Blaze Rod |
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Dropped by blazes when killed by a player |
| Bone |
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| Cactus |
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| Carrot |
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| Chorus Flower |
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| Coal και Charcoal |
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| Cobblestone και Stone |
Stone Bricks Slab |
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| Cocoa Beans |
Grown on jungle wood | |
| Dragon's Breath |
Obtained by using a glass bottle on the Ender dragon's breath | |
| Egg |
Dropped by chickens every 5 to 20 minutes | |
| Ender Pearl |
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| End Stone |
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Experience Orb
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See Enchanting and Anvil#Repairing and renaming items | |
| Feather |
Dropped by chickens | |
| Fern |
— |
Obtained by using shears to break large ferns, which may be created by using bone meal on ferns |
| Flower |
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| Ghast Tear |
Dropped by ghasts | |
| Glass Bottle |
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| Glowstone Dust |
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| Gold Nugget |
Weighted Pressure Plate (Light) |
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| Gunpowder |
Dropped by creepers, ghasts, and witches | |
| Ice |
Forms from water source blocks in cold biomes or at high altitudes that have air above them, obtained using a tool enchanted with Silk Touch | |
| Ink Sac |
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| Iron Ingot |
Weighted Pressure Plate (Heavy) |
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| Iron Bars |
— |
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| Leather |
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| Magma Cream |
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| Melon Seeds |
Melon (block) |
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| Milk |
Obtained by using an empty bucket on cows or mooshrooms | |
| Brown Mushroom (block) Brown Mushroom (block) |
Created by using bone meal on a brown mushroom, then obtained using a tool enchanted with Silk Touch | |
| Brown Mushroom |
Brown Mushroom (block) |
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| Red Mushroom (block) Red Mushroom (block) |
Created by using bone meal on a red mushroom, then obtained using a tool enchanted with Silk Touch | |
| Red Mushroom |
Red Mushroom (block) |
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| Nether Wart |
Grown on soul sand | |
| Obsidian |
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| Potato |
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| Prismarine Shard |
 
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Dropped by guardians |
| Prismarine Crystals |
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Dropped by guardians |
| Pumpkin Seeds |
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| Rabbit Hide |
Dropped by rabbits | |
| Raw Beef |
Dropped by cows and mooshrooms | |
| Raw Chicken |
Dropped by chickens | |
| Raw Fish |
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| Raw Mutton |
Dropped by sheep. | |
| Raw Porkchop |
Dropped by pigs | |
| Raw Rabbit |
Dropped by rabbits | |
| Redstone |
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| Rotten Flesh |
— |
Dropped by zombies and zombie pigmen |
| Saplings and trees |
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Saplings are occasionally dropped when leaves decay or are broken. |
| Seeds |
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| Slimeball |
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Dropped by slimes |
| Snowball |
Snow (layer) |
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| Spider Eye |
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| Stick |
Fence Gate
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| String |
bleh |
Dropped by spiders or cave spiders |
| Sugar Cane |
Grown on sand or dirt adjacent to water. | |
| Sugar |
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| Tall Grass |
Obtained by shearing it after using bone meal on grass blocks or tall grass | |
| Vines |
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| Water Bucket |
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| Wool |
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Fishing[]
| Resource | Renewable products |
|---|---|
| Bone |
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| Bowl |
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| Bow |
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| Clownfish |
— |
| Enchanted Book |
See enchanting |
| Fishing Rod |
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| Ink Sac |
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| Leather |
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| Leather Boots |
— |
| Lily Pad |
— |
| Name Tag |
— |
| Pufferfish |
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| Raw Fish |
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| Raw Salmon |
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| Rotten Flesh |
— |
| Saddle |
— |
| Stick |
Fence Gate
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| String |
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| Tripwire Hook |
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| Water Bottle |
Rare drops[]
These items are considered rare drops or are obtained by a mob dying in a unique way. For some of these items, this is the only way to even obtain them whatsoever. For most of these items, this is the only renewable way to obtain them. But, a few of these items have other renewable methods, such as crafting or trading. This does not include any item the mob picks up after spawning. Mob farms are a good option for obtaining these easily or in large quantities.
| Resource | Renewable products | Renewable method |
|---|---|---|
Armor |