Crafting is the process of constructing tools, items, and blocks in Minecraft. Players can craft by moving items from their inventory to a crafting grid, arranging them according to a recipe. A 2×2 crafting grid can be accessed from the player's inventory and a 3×3 grid can be accessed by using a crafting table. Items crafted in the 2×2 grid can also be crafted in the crafting table.
Crafting system[]
Players in Creative, Survival, Adventure, or Spectator will have access to the 2×2 crafting grid from their inventory screen. Small crafting recipes that are at most 2×2 can be made there. These include wooden planks, sticks, crafting tables, torches, and some shapeless recipes. To craft items using a 3×3 grid, create a crafting table with 4 wooden planks, place it in the world, and press use while facing it. This brings up an interface with a 3×3 crafting grid, which the player can use to craft any crafting recipe in the game. There is also a recipe book where you can access all the crafting recipes.
Some recipes do not require their ingredients to be arranged in a specific way on the crafting grid. These are commonly known as shapeless recipes. For example, players can craft a fermented spider eye by placing its ingredients anywhere within the grid.
On the other hand, many recipes must have their ingredients placed in the correct relative positions on the crafting grid. These are commonly known as shaped recipes. Ingredients in shaped recipes can be ‘moved’ up, down, left, or right. They can also be flipped side-ways. For example, a 3×1 recipe, such as bread, can be made using the top, middle, or bottom row of the 3×3 grid, and a bow may be made with the strings placed on the left instead of on the right.
There are recipes that may not be moved or mirrored in this way. These are commonly known as fixed recipes. For example, dyes in banner recipes must be specifically placed to achieve the desired pattern.[Bedrock Edition only] Fixed recipes can be added by data packs or mods.
Unlike other in-game actions such as smelting, brewing, and enchanting, crafting is completely silent.
Recipe book[]
The recipe book is a mechanic in Minecraft that serves as a catalog of recipes and as a crafting guide. It shows every crafting recipe that the player has had materials for.
Crafting recipes are organized in several different categories. The categories differ between Java and Bedrock. On Bedrock, categories consist of craftable items from each Creative inventory tab. On Java, the categories are as follows:
- The first tab contains every unlocked recipe.
- The second tab contains tools, weapons, and armor.
- The third tab contains building materials.
- The fourth tab contains food and miscellaneous items.
- The fifth tab contains redstone materials.
Recipe system[]
Recipes, including crafting recipes, can be configured by data packs in Java Edition or add-ons in Bedrock Edition. There are currently 379 crafting recipes as of 1.16.
Complete recipe list[]
To save space, some recipes are animated (requires JavaScript). On this wiki, shapeless recipes are marked with a pair of intertwined arrows on the crafting table graphic, while fixed crafting recipes are marked by an exclamation point. These symbols do not appear in the game.
Shaped Recipes | Shapeless Recipes | Fixed Recipes |
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Building blocks
Decoration blocks
Redstone
Transportation
Foodstuffs
Tools
Combat
Brewing
Materials
Miscellaneous
Removed recipes[]
Some items could be crafted previously, but cannot be crafted in the current version of Minecraft.
Name | Ingredients | Crafting recipe | Description |
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Chainmail Helmet or Chainmail Chestplate or Chainmail Leggings or Chainmail Boots |
Fire | Version added: JE: Indev 20100212-1 Version removed: JE: 14w25a | |
Netherite Axe or Netherite Hoe or Netherite Pickaxe or Netherite Shovel or Netherite Sword or Netherite Helmet or Netherite Chestplate or Netherite Leggings or Netherite Boots |
Diamond Axe or Diamond Hoe or Diamond Pickaxe or Diamond Shovel or Diamond Sword or Diamond Helmet or Diamond Chestplate or Diamond Leggings or Diamond Boots + Netherite Ingot |
Version added: JE: 20w06a BE: beta 1.16.0.51 Version removed: JE: 20w10a BE: beta 1.16.0.57 | |
Arrow | Apple | Version added: JE: 20100128 Version removed: JE: 20100129 | |
Enchanted Golden Apple | Block of Gold + Apple |
Version added: JE: 12w21a BE: 0.12.1 alpha build 4 Version removed: JE: 15w44a BE: 1.2.13 | |
Iron Horse Armor or Golden Horse Armor or Diamond Horse Armor |
Iron Ingot or Gold Ingot or Diamond + Any Wool |
Version added: JE: 13w16a Version removed: JE: 13w18a | |
Horse Saddle | Leather + Iron Ingot |
Version added: JE: 13w16a Version removed: JE: 13w18a Description: The horse saddle itself is removed from game. Its 'successor', the saddle, is not craftable. | |
Nether Reactor Core | Iron Ingot + Diamond |
Version added: BE: 0.5.0 alpha Version removed: BE: 0.12.1 alpha build 1 Description: The nether reactor is no longer crafted but can still exist in the latest version. | |
Copper Horn | Copper Ingot + Goat Horn |
Version added: BE: Bedrock Edition beta 1.18.30.26 Version removed: BE: Bedrock Edition beta 1.19.0.24 | |
Honeycomb Block | Honeycomb | Version added: BE: Bedrock Edition beta 1.14.0.1 Version removed: BE: Bedrock Edition beta 1.14.0.2 Description: Changed to match recipe on Java Edition which uses only 4 honeycomb. | |
Cocoa Beans | Ink Sac + Rose Red or Orange Dye + Dandelion Yellow |
Version added: BE: 0.8.0 alpha build 2 Version removed: BE: 0.16.0 alpha build 1 | |
Stonecutter | Cobblestone | Version added: BE: 0.6.0 alpha Version removed: BE: 0.13.0 alpha build 1 | |
Smooth Stone Slab | Any Stone | Version added: BE: ? Version removed: BE: ? | |
Stone Bricks | Any Stone | Version added: BE: ? Version removed: BE: ? Description: In older versions, stone bricks could be crafted using cobblestone, andesite, granite, diorite, and their polished variants. However, in 1.9, stone bricks were changed to be crafted with stone only. | |
Redstone Repeater | Redstone Torch + Redstone Dust + Any Stone |
Version added: BE: ? Version removed: BE: ? Description: In older versions, redstone repeaters could be crafted using cobblestone, andesite, granite, diorite, and their polished variants. However, the recipes then changed to use only stone. | |
Redstone Comparator | Redstone Torch + Nether Quartz + Any Stone |
Version added: BE: ? Version removed: BE: ? Description: In older versions, redstone comparators could be crafted using stone, andesite, granite, diorite, and their polished variants. However, the recipes then changed to use only stone. | |
Boat | Matching Overworld Planks + Wooden Shovel |
Version added: BE: v0.11.0 build 1 Version Removed: BE: beta 1.20.10.20 | |
String | Cobweb | Version added: BE: alpha 1.1.0.0 Version Removed: BE: beta 1.20.10.20 |
Changed recipes[]
Java Edition
Original recipe:
Ingredients | Crafting recipe |
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Iron Ingot or Gold Ingot or Diamond |
Changed recipe:
Ingredients | Crafting recipe |
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Iron Ingot or Gold Ingot or Diamond |
Version changed: 0.31 20100130
Original recipe:
Ingredients | Crafting recipe |
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Iron Ingot + Stick + Feather |
Changed recipe:
Ingredients | Crafting recipe |
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Flint + Stick + Feather |
Version changed: Alpha v1.0.14
Original recipe:
Ingredients | Crafting recipe |
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Cobblestone |
Changed recipe:
Ingredients | Crafting recipe |
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Cobblestone |
Version changed: Beta 1.3
Original recipe:
Ingredients | Crafting recipe |
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String |
Changed recipe:
Ingredients | Crafting recipe |
---|---|
String |
Version changed: Beta 1.6.6
Original recipe:
Ingredients | Crafting recipe |
---|---|
Glowstone Dust |
Changed recipe:
Ingredients | Crafting recipe | Description |
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Glowstone Dust | Was trimmed down to 4 Glowstone Dust in Beta 1.6.6. |
Original recipe:
Ingredients | Crafting recipe | Description |
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Brown Mushroom or Red Mushroom + Bowl |
Shaped recipe |
Changed recipe:
Ingredients | Crafting recipe | Description |
---|---|---|
Brown Mushroom + Red Mushroom + Bowl |
Shapeless recipe |
Version changed: Beta 1.9 Prerelease 3
Original recipe:
Ingredients | Crafting recipe | Description |
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Iron Ingot + Flint |
Shaped recipe. |
Changed recipe:
Ingredients | Crafting recipe | Description |
---|---|---|
Iron Ingot + Flint |
Recipe became shapeless in 13w36a. |
Original recipe:
Ingredients | Crafting recipe |
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Wheat |
Changed recipe:
Ingredients | Crafting recipe | Description |
---|---|---|
Wheat | Was trimmed down to 3 wheat in Indev 20100223. |
Original recipe:
Ingredients | Crafting recipe |
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Light Gray Wool |
Changed recipe:
Ingredients | Crafting recipe |
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Leather |
Version changed: Alpha v1.0.8
Original recipe:
Ingredients | Crafting recipe |
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Oak Planks + Light Gray Wool |
Changed recipe:
Ingredients | Crafting recipe |
---|---|
Stick + Light Gray Wool |
Version changed: Infdev 20100227-1
Original recipe:
Ingredients | Crafting recipe |
---|---|
Block of Gold + Apple |
Changed recipe 1:
Ingredients | Crafting recipe |
---|---|
Gold Nugget + Apple |
Changed recipe 2:
Ingredients | Crafting recipe |
---|---|
Gold Ingot + Apple |
Version changed 1: 1.1
Version changed 2: 13w23a
Original recipe:
Ingredients | Crafting recipe |
---|---|
Snowball |
Changed recipe:
Ingredients | Crafting recipe |
---|---|
Snowball |
Version changed: Alpha v1.0.6
Original recipe:
Ingredients | Crafting recipe | Description |
---|---|---|
Paper | Shaped recipe |
Changed recipe:
Ingredients | Crafting recipe | Description |
---|---|---|
Paper + Leather |
Shapeless recipe |
Version changed: 12w17a
Original recipe:
Ingredients | Crafting recipe |
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Stick |
Changed recipe:
Ingredients | Crafting recipe |
---|---|
Oak Planks + Stick |
Version changed: 14w32b
Original recipe:
Ingredients | Crafting recipe |
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Oak Planks or Stone |
Changed recipe:
Ingredients | Crafting recipe |
---|---|
Oak Planks or Stone |
Version changed: Beta 1.3
Original recipe:
Ingredients | Crafting recipe |
---|---|
Stone |
Changed recipe:
Ingredients | Crafting recipe |
---|---|
Stone |
Version changed: 12w34b
Original recipe:
Ingredients | Crafting recipe |
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Oak Fence or Spruce Fence or Acacia Fence or Dark Oak Fence or Birch Fence or Jungle Fence + Birch Planks or Jungle Planks or Oak Planks or Spruce Planks or Acacia Planks + Dark Oak Planks |
Changed recipe:
Ingredients | Crafting recipe |
---|---|
Oak Slab or Spruce Slab or Acacia Slab or Dark Oak Slab or Birch Slab or Jungle Slab |
Version changed: 19w45a
Original recipe:
Ingredients | Crafting recipe |
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String + Stick |
Changed recipe:
Ingredients | Crafting recipe |
---|---|
Feather + Copper Ingot + Stick |
Version changed: 1.19.4-pre1
Original recipe:
Ingredients | Crafting recipe |
---|---|
White Carpet + Matching Colored Dye |
Changed recipe:
Ingredients | Crafting recipe |
---|---|
Any Carpet + Matching Dye |
Version changed: 1.20-pre1
Bedrock Edition
Video[]
History[]
Java Edition Indev | |||||
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0.31 | 20100128 | Crafting is implemented. | |||
Accessed by pressing B. | |||||
The only recipe was turning an apple into an arrow. | |||||
20100129 | Removed apple to arrow recipe and replaced it with new recipes. | ||||
Early recipes include sticks, pickaxes, torches, swords, axes, and gold and iron blocks. | |||||
20100130 | Indev was updated again with many other recipes. As new blocks and items were implemented into the game, new crafting recipes were made accordingly. | ||||
Java Edition Beta | |||||
1.2 | Added shapeless recipes. | ||||
1.6 | Test Build 3 | While crafting, ⇧ Shift + clicking the crafting output makes the maximum amount possible of that item and moves it straight to the inventory. | |||
1.6.5 | ⇧ Shift + clicking the crafting output only performs a single crafting action, instead of the maximum possible amount. | ||||
1.8 | Pre-release 2 ;) | ⇧ Shift + clicking now crafts the maximum amount possible again, reverting to the Beta 1.6 behavior. | |||
Java Edition | |||||
1.8 | 14w30a | Added fixed recipes. | |||
1.12 | 17w13a | The crafting GUI now includes a recipe tab, allowing players to know how to craft previously-crafted items, automatically fill in the recipe and filter out the recipes to what they can make from their inventory. This can be used in a crafting table and without, but the inventory crafting shows only 2×2 crafted items. | |||
Recipes can be unlocked using a knowledge book without having to craft the item. | |||||
Added the game rule doLimitedCrafting . | |||||
1.13 | 17w48a | Custom recipes are now loaded from data packs in data/(namespace)/recipes/(name).json. | |||
Turning off the vanilla data pack also removes all recipes. | |||||
17w49a | Recipes can now refer to a tag instead of an item. | ||||
1.15 | 19w34a | While in a crafting table, ⇧ Shift+clicking an item or a stack in the inventory now transfers it directly to the 3×3 crafting grid. | |||
Pocket Edition Alpha | |||||
April 17, 2012 | Daniel Kaplan released preview images of the Minecraft Advanced Touch Technology Interface System (MATTIS) crafting system in creative mode. | ||||
v0.3.0 | The MATTIS crafting system was implemented. | ||||
v0.6.0 | Added the stonecutter. This was used to make stone-related blocks. | ||||
v0.9.0 | build 1 | Updated MATTIS crafting system and improved the layout of the crafting screen by organizing blocks and items into categories. | |||
The new MATTIS crafting screen shows only craftable recipes. | |||||
In the new MATTIS, Crafting descriptions are no longer displayed. | |||||
v0.13.0 | build 1 | Removed the crafting functionality of stonecutter. All recipes requiring it are available through the crafting table and inventory. | |||
v0.14.0 | build 1 | Added the ability to access the crafting system in creative mode. | |||
Pocket Edition | |||||
1.0.0 | alpha 0.17.0.1 | Added classic crafting system to mobile device, available in advanced video settings. | |||
Bedrock Edition | |||||
1.2.0 | beta 1.2.0.2 | Replaced the MATTIS crafting system with the classic crafting system + recipe book. | |||
1.19.40 | beta 1.19.40.22 | Recipes can now refer to a tag instead of an item. | |||
Legacy Console Edition | |||||
TU1 | CU1 | 1.0 | Patch 1 | 1.0.1 | A simplified crafting system for the Xbox 360 was implemented with the first version release. |
TU25 | CU14 | 1.17 | Added classic crafting system. | ||
TU43 | CU33 | 1.36 | Patch 13 | Added banner crafting system. | |
TU46 | CU36 | 1.38 | Patch 15 | Updated fireworks crafting system. | |
TU54 | CU44 | 1.52 | Patch 24 | 1.0.4 | Updated dye crafting system. |
New Nintendo 3DS Edition | |||||
0.1.0 | Added crafting system with a block selection menu, identical to that of Legacy Console. |
Gallery[]
Pocket Edition crafting interface in inventory.
Pocket Edition crafting interface in crafting table.