2×2 crafting grid
3×3 crafting grid
Crafting is the method by which many blocks, tools, and other resources are made in Minecraft. It is available in Beta mode as well as the removed Indev, Infdev and Alpha modes. In order to craft something, the player must move items from their inventory into a crafting grid. A grid can be accessed in the player's inventory or on a Crafting Table. The player must then arrange them into the pattern representing the item(s) they wish to create. As long as the proper pattern of resources is placed, it will not matter where within the grid the ingredients are placed. Crafting recipes can also be flipped horizontally from their depictions in the graphs below: for instance, you can make a bow with the strings on the right instead of the left.
The player has access to a 2×2 crafting grid in their Inventory screen which can be used anytime the screen is brought up. Crafting recipes that are at most 2×2 materials wide and tall can be crafted there, like wooden planks, sticks and Crafting Tables. To craft with a 3×3 grid, create a Crafting Table, place it anywhere and right-click on it. This brings up a pop-up screen which allows the player to assemble any crafting recipe in the game, as the maximum size for a recipe is 3×3.
Item durability
Certain crafted items, such as tools and armor, as well as certain other usable items, are subject to item durability; a process whereby repeated use of the tool will deplete its number of available uses unless it is repaired. A stronger material will last longer whereas a weaker resource such as wood disintegrates quicker. In order to determine the durability of an item, a small damage bar below each item displays how much longer a tool will last before it breaks and needs to be replaced (this also applies to armor).
A use is counted only if a player completely breaks apart one block or hits a mob. If a block is partially broken this is not counted as a full use. If a player happens to use a tool that is not suitable for the task at hand (e.g. Using an axe to dig through stone instead of a pickaxe, or fighting a mob with a shovel instead of a sword), will count as two uses rather than one as this is not using the item in hand for it's designed use.
Proper use of tools will maximize their durabilities. Assuming a player uses a tool appropriately, the following list shows the maximum durabilities for tools of each material type.
- Wood - 60 uses
- Stone - 132 uses
- Iron - 251 uses
- Gold - 33 uses
- Diamond - 1562 uses
Regarding protective gear such as armor, the amount of damage a piece of armor can protect is dependent on the percentage of remaining uses it has and its number of base armor points. A mathematical equation for said percentage can be found on the item durability page. As expected, the durability of armor decreases as the number of times you are being hit increases. Please note though, even though that gold tools have lower durability, they do the work faster.
Complete recipe list
Currently, there are 200 recipes. Some recipes are depicted in the animations below (note: your browser needs Javascript enabled).
Basic Recipes
| Name | Ingredients | Input » Output | Description |
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| Wooden Planks | Wood | Template:Grid/Crafting Table | Used as a building material and can be crafted into many things. Any form of wood used will still result in the same output. |
| Sticks | Wooden Plank | Template:Grid/Crafting Table | Used to craft torches, arrows, signs, ladders, fences and as handles for tools and weapons. |
| Torches | Stick + Coal (or Charcoal) | Template:Grid/Crafting Table | Used to create light. Torches also melt snow and ice. |
| Crafting Table | Wooden Plank | Template:Grid/Crafting Table | Allows the player to craft on a 3x3 grid. |
| Furnace | Cobblestone | Template:Grid/Crafting Table | Allows the player to smelt. |
| Chest | Wooden Plank | Template:Grid/Crafting Table | Stores blocks and items inside. Place two chests side by side to create a larger chest with double the capacity. |
Block Recipes
| Name | Ingredients | Input » Output | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ore Blocks | Gold Ingots or Iron Ingots or Diamond Gems or Lapis Lazuli Dyes |
Template:Grid/Crafting Table | Allows ingots, gems, or dyes to be crafted into placeable blocks. Can be used as an expensive building block or compact storage of the ore. |
| Glowstone | Glowstone (Dust) | Template:Grid/Crafting Table | Used to create brighter light than torches. Melts snow/ice and can be used underwater. |
| Wool | String | Template:Grid/Crafting Table | Used as a building material and can be colored with dyes. This recipe is not recommended because Wool can be easily obtained from Sheep. |
| TNT | Gunpowder + Sand | Template:Grid/Crafting Table | Used to cause explosions. |
| Slabs | Stone, Sandstone, Wooden Planks, Cobblestone, Brick, or Stone Brick | Template:Grid/Crafting Table | Used for making long staircases. Two slabs placed on top of each other will create a normal-sized double slab block. |
| Stairs | Wooden Planks, Cobblestone, Brick, Stone Brick, Nether Brick | Template:Grid/Crafting Table | Used for compact staircases. |
| Snow Block | Snowballs | Template:Grid/Crafting Table | Used as a building material. |
| Clay Block | Clay | Template:Grid/Crafting Table | Used to store Clay Balls, or as a building material. |
| Brick (Block) | Clay Bricks | Template:Grid/Crafting Table | Used as a building material. |
| Stone Brick | Stone | Template:Grid/Crafting Table | Used as a building material. |
| Bookshelf | Wooden Plank + Books | Template:Grid/Crafting Table | Used as decoration, or to give an Enchantment Table knowledge. |
| Sandstone | Sand | Template:Grid/Crafting Table | Used as a building material. Is not influenced by gravity like normal Sand. |
| Jack-O-Lantern | Pumpkin + Torch | Template:Grid/Crafting Table | Used to create brighter light than torches. Melts snow/ice and can be used underwater. |
Tool Recipes
| Name | Ingredients | Crafting recipe | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Axe | Any Planks or Iron Ingot or Gold Ingot or Diamond + Stick |
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| Stone Axe | Any stone-tier block + Stick |
Can use cobblestone and its other variants interchangeably. | |
| Axe | Damaged Matching Axe | The durability of the two axes is added together, plus an extra 5% durability. | |
| Brush | Feather + Copper Ingot + Stick |
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| Brush | Damaged Brush | The durability of the two brushes is added together, plus an extra 5% durability. | |
| Bundle | String + Rabbit Hide |
[only experimental "bundle"] | |
| Clock | Gold Ingot + Redstone Dust |
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| Compass | Iron Ingot + Redstone Dust |
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| Fishing Rod | Stick + String |
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| Fishing Rod | Damaged Fishing Rod | The durability of the two fishing rods is added together, plus an extra 5% durability. | |
| Flint and Steel | Iron Ingot + Flint |
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| Flint and Steel | Damaged Flint and Steel | The durability of the two tools is added together, plus an extra 5% durability. | |
| Hoe | Any Planks or Iron Ingot or Gold Ingot or Diamond + Stick |
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| Stone Hoe | Any stone-tier block + Stick |
Can use cobblestone and its other variants interchangeably. | |
| Hoe | Damaged Matching Hoe | The durability of the two hoes is added together, plus an extra 5% durability. | |
| Lead | String + Slimeball |
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| Pickaxe | Any Planks or Iron Ingot or Gold Ingot or Diamond + Stick |
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| Stone Pickaxe | Any stone-tier block + Stick |
Can use cobblestone and its other variants interchangeably. | |
| Pickaxe | Matching Damaged Pickaxes | The durability of the two pickaxes is added together, plus an extra 5% of the tool type's total durability. | |
| Recovery Compass | Echo Shard + Compass |
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| Shears | Iron Ingot | ||
| Shears | Damaged Shears | The durability of the two shears is added together, plus an extra 5% durability. | |
| Shovels | Any Planks or Iron Ingot or Gold Ingot or Diamond + Stick |
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| Stone Shovel | Any stone-tier block + Stick |
Can use any variant of cobblestone | |
| Shovel | Damaged Matching Shovel | The durability of the two shovels is added together, plus an extra 5% durability. | |
| Spyglass | Amethyst Shard + Copper Ingot |
Weapon Recipes
Template:Weapon Crafting
Armor Recipes
Template:Armor Crafting
Transportation Recipes
| Name | Ingredients | Input » Output | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Minecart | Iron Ingots | Template:Grid/Crafting Table | Used to transport the player or a mob along rails. |
| Powered Minecart | Furnace + Minecart | Template:Grid/Crafting Table | Used to push other Minecarts along rails using fuel. |
| Storage Minecart | Chest + Minecart | Template:Grid/Crafting Table | Used to transport goods along rails. |
| Rails | Stick + Iron Ingots | Template:Grid/Crafting Table | Used to guide minecarts. |
| Powered Rail | Stick + Gold Ingots + Redstone Dust | Template:Grid/Crafting Table | Used to speed up or brake minecarts. |
| Detector Rail | Stone Pressure Plate + Iron Ingots + Redstone Dust | Template:Grid/Crafting Table | Functions like a Pressure Plate (sends a Redstone signal when powered) but can only be activated by a minecart. |
| Boat | Wooden Planks | Template:Grid/Crafting Table | Used to travel in water quicker than swimming. |
Mechanism Recipes
| Name | Ingredients | Input » Output | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Doors | Wooden Plank or Iron Ingots | Template:Grid/Crafting Table | Wooden doors are activated by clicking or with redstone. Iron doors are similar but can only be opened by redstone, buttons, or switches. |
| Trapdoors | Wooden Plank | Template:Grid/Crafting Table | Trapdoors are activated by clicking, and function as normal doors, but are a 1x1 one block and lay flat on the ground. Can also be activated with redstone. |
| Pressure Plates | Wooden Planks or Stone | Template:Grid/Crafting Table | Used to send an electrical charge when stepped on by a player or a mob. Wooden Pressure Plates can also be activated by dropping something on them. |
| Stone Button | Stone | Template:Grid/Crafting Table | Used to send an electrical charge by being pressed. Stays activated for approximately a second before shutting off again. |
| Redstone Torch | Redstone Dust + Stick | Template:Grid/Crafting Table | Constantly sends an electrical charge, or can be used as a receiver/transmitter when connected the side of a block. Can also be used for low-level lighting. |
| Lever | Cobblestone + Stick | Template:Grid/Crafting Table | Used to send an electrical charge by being turned on or off. Stays in on or off state until clicked again. |
| Note Block | Wooden Planks + Redstone Dust | Template:Grid/Crafting Table | Plays a note when triggered. Right click it to change the pitch of the note. Placing this on top of different blocks changes its type of instrument. |
| Jukebox | Wooden Planks + Diamond Gem | Template:Grid/Crafting Table | Plays Music Discs. |
| Dispenser | Cobblestone + Redstone Dust + Bow | Template:Grid/Crafting Table | Used to hold and shoot out items in a random order when given a Redstone charge. |
| Redstone Repeater | Stone + Redstone Dust + Redstone Torch | Template:Grid/Crafting Table | Used in redstone circuits as repeater, a delayer, and/or a diode. |
| Piston | Cobblestone + Redstone Dust + Wooden Planks + Iron Ingot | Template:Grid/Crafting Table | Pushes blocks and entities. |
| Sticky Piston | Piston + Slimeball | Template:Grid/Crafting Table | Pushes blocks and entities, and will pull back the block next to the end when retracted. |
Food Recipes
| Name | Ingredients | Input » Output | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bowls | Wooden Planks | Template:Grid/Crafting Table | Used to hold mushroom stew. The player keeps the bowl when they eat the stew. Also used to milk a Mooshroom. |
| Mushroom Stew | Red Mushroom + Brown Mushroom + Bowl |
Template:Grid/Crafting Table | Restores |
| Bread | Wheat | Template:Grid/Crafting Table | Restores |
| Sugar | Sugar Cane | Template:Grid/Crafting Table | Is used in the cake recipe. |
| Cake | Wheat + Sugar + Egg + Milk | Template:Grid/Crafting Table | Restores |
| Cookie | Wheat + Cocoa Beans |
Template:Grid/Crafting Table | Restores |
| Golden Apple | Gold Blocks + Red Apple | Template:Grid/Crafting Table | Restores |
| Melon Block | Melon Slice | Template:Grid/Crafting Table | Compact storage of melon slices. Each slice restores |
| Melon Seeds | Melon Slice | Template:Grid/Crafting Table | Plantable on farmland. Will produce one Melon Block each harvest. |
| Pumpkin Seeds | Pumpkin | Template:Grid/Crafting Table | Used in farming to obtain more Pumpkins. |
Miscellaneous Recipes
| Name | Ingredients | Input » Output | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Minerals | Iron Block or Gold Block or Diamond Block or Lapis Lazuli Block |
Template:Grid/Crafting Table | Used to reclaim ingots/gems/dyes from blocks. |
| Painting | Sticks + Wool | Template:Grid/Crafting Table | Used as decoration. |
| Sign | Wooden Planks + Stick | Template:Grid/Crafting Table | Shows text entered by the player. |
| Ladders | Sticks | Template:Grid/Crafting Table | Used to climb vertically. |
| Glass Pane | Glass | Template:Grid/Crafting Table | Have similar placement behavior as Redstone and Fences and use the same texture as Glass. They cannot currently be placed horizontally. As of the 1.9 pre-release 2, they drop nothing when broken, just like normal glass blocks. |
| Iron Bars | Iron (Ingot) | Template:Grid/Crafting Table | Have similar placement behavior as Fences, however their height is counted as only 1 block. |
| Paper | Sugar Cane | Template:Grid/Crafting Table | Used to create books and maps. |
| Book | Paper | Template:Grid/Crafting Table | Used to create a bookshelf or an enchantment table. |
| Fences | Sticks | Template:Grid/Crafting Table | Used as a barrier that cannot be jumped over. Counts as 1.5 blocks high for mobs and players, but 1 block high for other blocks. |
| Nether Brick Fence | Nether Brick | Template:Grid/Crafting Table | Like Fences, but the version created from Nether Bricks. Also found naturally in Nether Fortresses. |
| Fence Gate | Sticks + Wooden Planks | Template:Grid/Crafting Table | Used as a gate that can be opened like a door. However Fence gates are only opened by right-clicking (unlike doors and trapdoors, which can be opened by left- or right-clicking) and are not affected by Redstone.
Fence gates also open differently, depending on which way you are facing it. But it will always open away from you. |
| Beds | Wool + Wooden Planks | Template:Grid/Crafting Table | Used to forward time from any time at night to morning if all the players in the world are in bed, and changes the spawn point of the player. (The colors of the bed are always the same, regardless of the colors of wool used in the crafting.) |
| Gold Ingot | Gold Nugget | Template:Grid/Crafting Table | Used in Tools, Armor, Clock and Powered Rail. |
| Eye of Ender | Ender Pearl + Blaze Powder | Template:Grid/Crafting Table | Used to locate Strongholds, and repair an End Portal Frame. |
Dye Recipes
| Name | Ingredients | Input » Output | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bone Meal | Bone | Template:Grid/Crafting Table | Used to instantly grow crops, trees, tall grass, huge mushrooms and flowers, and can be used in dye recipes. |
| Light Gray Dye | Ink Sac + Bone Meals or Gray Dye + Bone Meal |
Template:Grid/Crafting Table | Used as a dye to create light gray wool. (Note: light gray dye can also be made by combining gray dye with bone meal, thus letting you make 4 light gray dyes from every ink sac instead of 3.) |
| Gray Dye | Ink Sac + Bone Meal | Template:Grid/Crafting Table | Used as a dye to create gray wool. |
| Rose Red | Rose | Template:Grid/Crafting Table | Used as a dye to create red wool. |
| Orange Dye | Rose Red + Dandelion Yellow | Template:Grid/Crafting Table | Used as a dye to create orange wool. |
| Dandelion Yellow | Dandelion | Template:Grid/Crafting Table | Used as a dye to create yellow wool. |
| Lime Dye | Cactus Green + Bone Meal | Template:Grid/Crafting Table | Used as a dye to create lime wool. |
| Light Blue Dye | Lapis Lazuli Dye + Bone Meal | Template:Grid/Crafting Table | Used as a dye to create light blue wool. |
| Cyan Dye | Lapis Lazuli Dye + Cactus Green | Template:Grid/Crafting Table | Used as a dye to create cyan wool. |
| Purple Dye | Lapis Lazuli Dye + Rose Red | Template:Grid/Crafting Table | Used as a dye to create purple wool. |
| Magenta Dye | Purple Dye + Pink Dye or Lapis Lazuli Dye + Bone Meal + 2 Rose Red or Lapis Lazuli Dye + Pink Dye + Rose Red |
Template:Grid/Crafting Table | Used as a dye to create magenta wool. |
| Pink Dye | Rose Red + Bone Meal | Template:Grid/Crafting Table | Used as a dye to create pink wool. |
Wool Recipes
Template:Wool Crafting
Enchantment & Brewing Recipes
| Name | Ingredients | Input » Output | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Glass Bottle | Glass | Template:Grid/Crafting Table | Used in Brewing. |
| Cauldron | Iron Ingot | Template:Grid/Crafting Table | Used to store water for Glass Bottle. |
| Brewing Stand | Blaze Rod + Cobblestone | Template:Grid/Crafting Table | Used to Brew. |
| Blaze Powder | Blaze Rod | Template:Grid/Crafting Table | Can be crafted together with a Ender Pearl, to create an Eye of Ender. Can also be used to craft Magma Cream. |
| Magma Cream | Slimeball + Blaze Powder | Template:Grid/Crafting Table | Used in Potions, mostly for fire-resistance. |
| Fermented Spider Eye | Spider Eye + Brown Mushroom + Sugar | Template:Grid/Crafting Table | Used in Potions. All potions with Fermented Spider Eye have negative effects, which makes it useful in splash potions. |
| Glistering Melon | Melon Slice + Gold Nugget | Template:Grid/Crafting Table | Used in Brewing to create health restoration Potions. |
| Gold Nugget | Gold Ingot | Template:Grid/Crafting Table | Used to craft Glistering Melon with Melon Slices. |
| Enchantment Table | Book + Diamond + Obsidian | Template:Grid/Crafting Table | Used to Enchant Tools. |
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