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General Info
Crafting is a major method by which blocks, tools, and other resources are created in Minecraft. It is a function only available in Indev, Infdev and Alpha modes.
2×2 crafting grid
3×3 crafting grid
In order to craft something, the player must move items from their inventory into the crafting grid, then arrange them into the correct pattern for the item they wish to create. While some recipes require a degree of trial and error to discover, most can be found through common sense.
The player has access to a 2x2 crafting grid - located in the inventory screen - at all times. Simple things can be crafted there, like wood planks, sticks and workbenches. To craft with a 3x3 grid, the player must first place a workbench block into the game world, then right click on it.
When crafting items with limited uses (tools, armor, and weapons), each improvement in building material roughly doubles the number of times the item may be used prior to breaking as well as increasing its speed or power. Once an item breaks, it disappears from the inventory.
- Wood: 33 uses, n = 0
- Gold: 33 uses, n = 0
- Stone: 65 uses, n = 1
- Iron: 129 uses, n = 2
- Diamond: 1025 uses, n = 5
The formula for the number of uses is 2^(5+n)+1. "n" is the durability of the material being used, and the values for each are on the above list.
Regardless of what item is being used, a use counts as either the complete deconstruction of a block or a single strike at an enemy, but incomplete attempts (stopping in the middle) to deconstruct a block do not qualify as a use. If a tool is used inappropriately, such as using a pickaxe to attack mobs, each use will have the equivalent of 2 proper uses.
Recipes
Basic
| Name | Input » Output | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Workbench | File:CraftingWorkbenchIO.png | Allows for use of the 3×3 crafting grid. |
| Furnace | File:CraftingFurnaceIO.png | Allows for the smelting of ores and cooking of food. |
| Planks | File:CraftingPlanksIO.png | Used as a building material and can be crafted into many things. |
| Sticks | File:CraftingSticksIO.png | Used for torches, arrows, signs, ladders, and as handles for tools. |
| Chest | File:CraftingChestIO.png | Stores stacks of items inside. Two chests make a large chest when you put one next to another. |
Blocks
| Name | Input » Output | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Blocks | File:CraftingBlocksIOanim.gif | Allows bars to be crafted into placeable blocks. Full blocks can also be crafted into 9 bars again. |
| Cloth Block | File:CraftingClothIO.png | Used as a building material. Cloth can also be obtained from Sheep. |
| Torches | File:CraftingTorchIO.png | Used to create Light. |
| TNT Block | File:CraftingTNTIO.png | Used to cause explosions. Gunpowder can be obtained from Creepers. |
| Steps | File:CraftingStepsIO.png | Used for half block steps. Two half blocks on top of each other create a full-sized block. |
| Stairs | File:CraftingStairsIOanim.gif | Used for full block stairs. |
| Snow Block | File:CraftingSnowBlockIO.png | Used for storing snowballs or as building material. |
| Brick Block | File:CraftingBrickBlockIO.png | Used as a building material. |
Tools
| Name | Input » Output | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Axes | File:CraftingAxesIOanim.gif | Used to chop wood-related blocks faster than by hand. |
| Pickaxes | File:CraftingPickaxesIOanim.gif | Required to mine stone-related blocks and ore. |
| Shovels | File:CraftingShovelsIOanim.gif | Used to dig Dirt, Grass, Sand, Gravel and Snow faster than by hand. |
| Swords | File:CraftingSwordsIOanim.gif | When equipped, makes your attacks more powerful on Mobs than by hand. |
| Hoes | File:CraftingHoesIOanim.gif | Used to till Dirt blocks to find seeds and/or prepare for Crops. |
| Bow |
File:CraftingBowIO.png || Allows for ranged attacks by using arrows. String can be found from Spiders. | |
| Arrows | File:CraftingArrowsIO.png | Used as ammunition for bows. Feathers can be found from Zombies. |
| Flint and Steel | File:CraftingFlintIO.png | Used to create a Fire. |
| Bucket | File:CraftingBucketIO.png | Used to transport water, lava and milk. |
Armor
| Name | Input » Output | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Helmet | File:CraftingHelmetsIOanim.gif | Head armor, gives 1½ armor points. |
| Chestplate | File:CraftingChestplatesIOanim.gif | Chest armor, gives 4 armor points. |
| Leggings | File:CraftingLeggingsIOanim.gif | Leg armor, gives 3 armor points. |
| Boots | File:CraftingBootsIOanim.gif | Foot armor, gives 1½ armor points. |
Transportation
| Name | Input » Output | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Minecart | File:CraftingMinecartIO.png | Used to transport the player along Minecart tracks. |
| Minecart Tracks | File:CraftingMinecartTracksIO.png | Used to direct Minecarts. |
| Boat | File:CraftingBoatIO.png | Used to travel in water quicker than by swimming. When crashed you receive 3 planks and 2 sticks. |
Mechanics
| Name | Input » Output | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Door | File:CraftingDoorsIOanim.gif | Wooden doors activated by right clicking. Iron doors can only be activated with Buttons, Levers, Pressure Plates, or Redstone Torches. |
| Pressure Plates | File:CraftingPressurePlatesIOanim.gif | Used to activate objects by being stepped on. Wooden Pressure Plates can also be activated by having something dropped on them. |
| Stone Button | File:CraftingStoneButtonIO.png | Used to activate objects by being pressed. |
| Redstone Torch | File:CraftingRedTorchIO.png | Used to activate objects and power Redstone Wires. |
| Lever | File:CraftingLeverIO.png | Used to activate and deactivate objects. |
Food
| Name | Input » Output | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Bowls | File:CraftingBowlsIO.png | Used to hold Mushroom Soup. |
| Mushroom Stew | File:CraftingMushroomStewIO.png | Heals 5 hearts. |
| Bread | File:CraftingBreadIO.png | Heals 2.5 hearts. |
| Golden Apple | File:CraftingGoldenAppleIO.png | Heals all 10 hearts. |
Miscellaneous
| Name | Input » Output | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Painting | File:CraftingPaintingIO.png | Used as decoration. |
| Sign | File:CraftingSignIO.png | Shows text inputted by the player. |
| Ladder | File:CraftingLadderIO.png | Used to climb vertically. |
| Papers | File:CraftingPaperIO.png | Used to create books. |
| Book | File:CraftingBookIO.png | Used to create a bookshelf. |
| Bookcase | File:CraftingBookcaseIO.png | Used as decoration. |