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.
In Alpha and listed below, there are 94 recipes. Four are not available except through hacking (chainmail armor). Recipes that turn blocks back into bars are separate from the ones that do the reverse. The different ordering of mushrooms for the mushroom stew are considered two recipes. And many recipes differ only in the type of material they use (such as for armor).
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^(n+5)+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 de-construction of a block or a single strike at an enemy, but incomplete attempts (stopping in the middle) to de-construct 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 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, fences and as handles for tools. |
| Torches | File:CraftingTorchIO.png | Used to generate light. Torches also melt snow. |
| Workbench | File:CraftingWorkbenchIO.png | Allows use of the 3×3 crafting grid. |
| Furnace | File:CraftingFurnaceIO.png | Allows use of smelting. |
| Chest | File:CraftingChestIO.png | Stores stacks of blocks and items inside. Two chests make a large chest when you put one next to another. |
Blocks
| Name | Input » Output | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Ore Blocks | File:CraftingBlocksIOanim.gif | Allows ingots or gems to be crafted into placeable blocks. Full blocks can also be crafted into 9 ingots or gems again. |
| Cloth | File:CraftingClothIO.png | Used as a building material. Cloth can also be obtained from Sheep. |
| TNT | 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 | File:CraftingSnowBlockIO.png | Used for storing snowballs or as a building material. |
| Clay | File:CraftingClayBlockIO.png | Used to store clay. |
| Brick | File:CraftingBrickBlockIO.png | Used as a building material. |
| Bookshelf | File:CraftingBookcaseIO.png | Used as decoration. |
| Jukebox | File:CraftingJukebox.png | Plays a song when you use a record on it. Records can be acquired by killing a Creeper or from chests in Dungeons. |
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. Shovels are required to dig snowballs. |
| Hoes | File:CraftingHoesIOanim.gif | Used to till Dirt and Grass blocks to find seeds and/or prepare for Crops. |
| Flint and Steel | File:CraftingFlintIO.png | Used to create Fire. |
| Bucket | File:CraftingBucketIO.png | Used to transport water, lava and milk. |
Weapons
| Name | Input » Output | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Swords | File:CraftingSwordsIOanim.gif | Attacks more powerfully on Mobs than by hand. |
| 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 Chickens and Zombies. |
Armor
Note that Chainmail armor is also craftable, but only by hacking Fire blocks into your inventory and crafting them.
| Name | Input » Output | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Helmets | File:CraftingHelmetsIOanim.gif | Head armor, gives 1.5 armor points. |
| Chestplates | 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 1.5 armor points. |
Transportation
| Name | Input » Output | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Minecart | File:CraftingMinecartIO.png | Used to transport the player or a Mob along Minecart tracks. |
| Powered Minecart | File:PoweredMinecartCraft.png | Used to push other Minecarts along Minecart tracks using fuel. |
| Storage Minecart | File:StorageMinecartCraft.png | Used to transport goods 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 it drops 3 planks and 2 sticks. |
Mechanics
| Name | Input » Output | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Doors | 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 having something dropped on them. Wooden Pressure Plates can also be activated by walking on them or having a Mob walk on them. |
| Stone Button | File:CraftingStoneButtonIO.png | Used to activate objects by being pressed. Activates for a few seconds before shutting off again. Works on both sides of a door. |
| Redstone Torch | File:CraftingRedTorchIO.png | Used to activate objects and power Redstone Wires. Is always on. Can also be used for low level lighting. |
| Lever | File:CraftingLeverIO.png | Used to activate and deactivate objects. Only works on one side of the door (2 levers don't work on 1 door) |
Food
| Name | Input » Output | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Bowls | File:CraftingBowlsIO.png | Used to hold Mushroom Stew. The player keeps the bowl when they eat the stew. |
| Mushroom Stew | File:CraftingMushroomStewIO.png | Heals 5 hearts. The ordering of the red and brown mushrooms does not matter. |
| 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, or along walls otherwise unclimbable. |
| Paper | File:CraftingPaperIO.png | Used to create books. |
| Book | File:CraftingBookIO.png | Used to create a bookshelf. |
| Fences | File:CraftingFence.png | Used as a barrier that cannot be jumped over. It counts as 1½ block high for mobs/players, but only 1 for other blocks. |