Crafting descriptions

This page describes content that exists only in outdated versions of Minecraft.

Item descriptions from crafting/stonecutting were removed in Pocket Edition v0.9.0 alpha, and from smelting in a later update.

In alpha builds of Pocket Edition, crafting interfaces held descriptions for the item to be crafted.

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Below is a table of all item descriptions. Descriptions for uncraftable items also appear to exist despite not having anywhere to be displayed.

Respective items	Internal ID	Description
	`desc.sword`	Deals more damage than by hand.
	`desc.shovel`	Used to dig dirt, grass, sand, gravel and snow faster than by hand.
	`desc.pickaxe`	Required to mine stone-related blocks and ore.
	`desc.hatchet`	Used to chop wood-related blocks faster than by hand.
	`desc.hoe`	Used to till dirt and grass blocks to prepare for crops.
	`desc.doorwood`	Wooden doors are activated by using, hitting them or with Redstone.
	`desc.dooriron`	Iron doors can only be opened by Redstone, buttons or switches.
	`desc.helmet`	Gives the user 1.5 Armor when worn.
	`desc.chestplate`	Gives the user 4 Armor when worn.
	`desc.leggings`	Gives the user 3 Armor when worn.
	`desc.boots`	Gives the user 1.5 Armor when worn.
	`desc.ingot`	A shiny ingot which can be used to craft tools made from this material.
	`desc.block`	Used as an expensive building block or compact storage of the ore.
	`desc.pressureplate`	Used to send an electrical charge when stepped on by a player, an animal, or a monster. Wooden Pressure Plates can also be activated by dropping something on them.
	`desc.stairs`	Used for compact staircases.
	`desc.stairsstonebricksmooth`	Used for compact staircases.
	`desc.stairsnetherbrick`	Used for compact staircases.
	`desc.stairssandstone`	Used for compact staircases.
	`desc.stairsquartzblock`	Used for compact staircases.
	`desc.slab`	Used for making long staircases.
	`desc.halfslab`	Used for compact staircases.
	`desc.torch`	Used to create light. Torches also melt snow and ice.
	`desc.wood`	Used as a building material and can be crafted into many things.
	`desc.sandstone`	Used as a building material.
	`desc.sandstone.addon`	Is not influenced by gravity like normal Sand.
	`desc.structblock`	Used as a building material.
	`desc.stick`	Used to craft torches, arrows, signs, ladders, fences and as handles for tools and weapons.
	`desc.bed`	Used to sleep until dawn. Changes your spawn point to the bed's position.
	`desc.craftingtable`	Allows you to craft a more varied selection of items than the normal crafting.
	`desc.furnace`	Allows you to smelt ore, create charcoal and glass, and cook fish and porkchops.
	`desc.chest`	Stores blocks and items inside.
	`desc.fence`	Used as a barrier that cannot be jumped over.
	`desc.ladder`	Used to climb vertically.
	`desc.trapdoor`	Work like normal doors, but are a one by one block and lay flat on the ground.
	`desc.sign`	Shows text entered by you or other players.
	`desc.glowstone`	Used to create brighter light than torches. Melts snow/ice and can be used underwater.
	`desc.tnt`	Used to cause explosions. Activated after placing by hitting, or with an electrical charge.
	`desc.bowl`	Used to hold mushroom stew, beetroot soup. You keep the bowl when the stew has been eaten.
	`desc.bucket`	Used to hold and transport water, lava and milk.
	`desc.flintandsteel`	Used to detonate TNT.
	`desc.fishingrod`	Used to catch fish.
	`desc.clock`	Displays positions of the Sun and Moon.
	`desc.compass`	Points to your start point.
	`desc.map`	Creates an image of an area explored while held. This can be used for path-finding.
	`desc.bow`	Allows for ranged attacks by using arrows.
	`desc.arrow`	Used as ammunition for bows.
	`desc.mushroomstew`	Restores 5 hearts.
	`desc.cookie`	Restores 0.5 Hearts. Can be stacked up to 8 times.
	`desc.cake`	Restores 1.5 Hearts. Can be used 6 times.
	`desc.sugar`	Used in the cake recipe.
	`desc.bread`	Restores 2.5 Hearts.
	`desc.goldenapple`	Restores 10 Hearts.
	`desc.lever`	Used to send an electrical charge by being turned on or off. Stays in the on or off state until pressed again.
	`desc.redstonetorch`	Constantly sends an electrical charge, or can be used as a receiver/transmitter when connected to the side of a block.^{[note 1]}
	`desc.redstonerepeater`	Used in Redstone circuits as repeater, a delayer, and/or a diode
	`desc.button`	Used to send an electrical charge by being pressed. Stays activated for approximately a second before shutting off again.
	`desc.dispenser`	Used to hold and shoot out items in a random order when given a Redstone charge.
	`desc.noteblock`	Plays a note when triggered. Hit it to change the pitch of the note. Placing this on top of different blocks changes the type of instrument.
	`desc.rail`	Used to guide minecarts.
	`desc.poweredrail`	When powered, accelerates minecarts that pass over it. When unpowered, causes minecarts to stop on it.^{[note 2]}
	`desc.detectorrail`	Functions like a Pressure Plate (sends a Redstone signal when powered) but can only be activated by a minecart.
	`desc.minecart`	Used to transport you, an animal, or a monster along rails.
	`desc.minecartwithchest`	Used to transport goods along rails.
	`desc.minecartwithfurnace`	Moves along rails and can push other minecarts when coal is put in it.
	`desc.boat`	Used to travel in water more quickly than swimming.
	`desc.wool`	Collected from sheep, and can be colored with dyes.
	`desc.woolstring`	Used as a building material and can be colored with dyes. Can be easily obtained from Sheep.
	`desc.dyepowder.black`	Used as a dye to create black wool.
	`desc.dyepowder.green`	Used as a dye to create green wool.
	`desc.dyepowder.brown`	Used as a dye to create brown wool.
	`desc.dyepowder.silver`	Used as a dye to create silver wool.
	`desc.dyepowder.yellow`	Used as a dye to create yellow wool.
	`desc.dyepowder.red`	Used as a dye to create red wool.
	`desc.dyepowder.white`	Used to instantly grow crops and flowers. Can be used in dye recipes.
	`desc.dyepowder.pink`	Used as a dye to create pink wool.
	`desc.dyepowder.orange`	Used as a dye to create orange wool.
	`desc.dyepowder.lime`	Used as a dye to create lime wool.
	`desc.dyepowder.gray`	Used as a dye to create gray wool.
	`desc.dyepowder.lightgray`	Used as a dye to create light gray wool.^{[note 3]}
	`desc.dyepowder.lightblue`	Used as a dye to create light blue wool.
	`desc.dyepowder.cyan`	Used as a dye to create cyan wool.
	`desc.dyepowder.purple`	Used as a dye to create purple wool.
	`desc.dyepowder.magenta`	Used as a dye to create magenta wool.
	`desc.dyepowder.blue`	Used as dye to create Blue Wool.
	`desc.jukebox`	Plays Music Discs.
	`desc.diamonds`	Use these to create very strong tools, weapons or armor
	`desc.diamond`	Use these to create very strong tools, weapons or armor
	`desc.jackolantern`	Used to create brighter light than torches. Melts snow/ice and can be used underwater.^{[note 4]}
	`desc.paper`	Used to create books and maps.
	`desc.book`	Used to create a bookshelf.
	`desc.bookshelf`	Used as decoration.
	`desc.picture`	Used as decoration.
	`desc.ore_gold`	Can be mined with an iron pickaxe or better, then smelted in a furnace to produce gold ingots.
	`desc.ore_iron`	Can be mined with a stone pickaxe or better, then smelted in a furnace to produce iron ingots.
	`desc.ore_coal`	Can be mined with a pickaxe to collect coal.
	`desc.ore_lapis`	Can be mined with a stone pickaxe or better to collect lapis lazuli.
	`desc.ore_diamond`	Can be mined with an iron pickaxe or better to collect diamonds.
	`desc.ore_redstone`	Can be mined with an iron pickaxe or better to collect redstone dust.
	`desc.stone`	Can be mined with a pickaxe to collect cobblestone.
	`desc.dirt`	Collected using a shovel. Can be used for construction.
	`desc.sapling`	Can be planted and it eventually grows into a tree.
	`desc.bedrock`	This cannot be broken.
	`desc.lava`	Sets fire to anything that touches it. Can be collected in a bucket.
	`desc.sand`	Collected using a shovel. Can be smelted into glass using the furnace. Is affected by gravity if there is no other tile underneath it.
	`desc.gravel`	Collected using a shovel. Sometimes produces flint when dug up. Is affected by gravity if there is no other tile underneath it.
	`desc.log`	Chopped using an axe, and can be crafted into planks or used as a fuel.
	`desc.glass`	Created in a furnace by smelting sand. Breaks when attempting to mine it.
	`desc.thinglass`	Breaks when attempting to mine it.
	`desc.stone_brick`	Mined from stone using a pickaxe. Can be used to construct a furnace or stone tools.
	`desc.brick`	Baked from clay in a furnace.
	`desc.clay`	Can be baked into bricks in a furnace.
	`desc.snow`	A compact way to store snowballs.
	`desc.top_snow`	Can be dug with a shovel to create snowballs.
	`desc.tall_grass`	Sometimes produces seeds when broken.
	`desc.flower`	Can be crafted into a dye.
	`desc.mushroom`	Can be crafted with a bowl to make stew.
	`desc.obsidian`	Can only be mined with a diamond pickaxe. Is produced by the meeting of water and still lava, and is used to build a portal.
	`desc.mob_spawner`	Spawns monsters into the world.
	`desc.redstone_dust`	Is placed on the ground to carry an electrical charge.
	`desc.crops`	When fully grown, crops can be harvested to collect wheat.
	`desc.farmland`	Ground that has been prepared ready to plant seeds.
	`desc.cactus`	Can be crafted to create a dye.
	`desc.reeds`	Can be crafted to create sugar.
	`desc.pumpkin`	Can be worn as a helmet or crafted with a torch to create a Jack-O-Lantern.
	`desc.hell_rock`	Burns forever if set alight.
	`desc.hell_sand`	Slows the movement of anything walking over it.
	`desc.portal`	Standing in the portal allows you to pass between the overworld and the nether.
	`desc.apple`	Restores health, and can be crafted into a golden apple.
	`desc.melon`	Can be broken into melon slices.
	`desc.coal`	Used as a fuel in a furnace, or crafted to make a torch.
	`desc.charcoal`	Used as a renewable fuel in a furnace, or crafted to make a torch.
	`desc.string`	Collected by killing a spider, and can be crafted into a bow.
	`desc.feather`	Collected by killing a chicken, and can be crafted into an arrow.
	`desc.sulphur`	Collected by killing a creeper, and can be crafted into TNT.
	`desc.shears`	Used to obtain wool from sheep and to harvest placeable Leaf blocks.
	`desc.seeds`	Can be planted in farmland to grow crops.
	`desc.wheat`	Harvested from crops, and can be used to craft food items.
	`desc.flint`	Collected by digging gravel, and can be used to craft a flint and steel.
	`desc.porkchopraw`	Collected by killing a pig, and can be cooked in a furnace. Restores health.
	`desc.porkchopcooked`	Created by cooking a porkchop in a furnace. Restores health.
	`desc.beefraw`	Collected by killing a cow, and can be cooked in a furnace. Restores health.
	`desc.beefcooked`	Created by cooking a beef in a furnace. Restores health.
	`desc.chickenraw`	Collected by killing a chicken, and can be cooked in a furnace. Restores health.
	`desc.chickencooked`	Created by cooking a chicken in a furnace. Restores health.
	`desc.saddle`	When used on a pig it allows you to ride the pig.
	`desc.snowball`	Collected by digging snow, and can be thrown.
	`desc.leather`	Collected by killing a cow, and can be crafted into armor.
	`desc.slimeball`	Collected by killing a slime.
	`desc.egg`	Dropped randomly by chickens, and can be crafted into food items.
	`desc.yellow_dust`	Collected by mining Glowstone, and can be crafted to make Glowstone blocks again.
	`desc.fish_raw`	Can be eaten to restore health, or cooked in a furnace.
	`desc.fish_cooked`	Created by cooking a raw fish in a furnace. Can be eaten to restore health.
	`desc.bone`	Collected by killing a skeleton. Can be crafted into bone meal.
	`desc.record`	Collected by getting a skeleton to kill a creeper. Can be played in a jukebox.
	`desc.clayhardened`	Can be dyed to make blocks of various colors.
	`desc.water`	Extinguishes fire and helps crops grow. Can be collected in a bucket.
	`desc.leaves`	When broken sometimes drops a sapling which can then be replanted to grow into a tree.
	`desc.moss_stone`	Can be used for construction and decoration.
	`desc.stonebricksmooth`	Used as building material.
	`desc.netherreactor`	Core of the Nether Reactor
	`desc.glowingobsidian`	Obsidion [sic] activated by external source.
	`desc.lightgem`	Used for illumination.
	`desc.painting`	Used as decoration.
	`desc.hellrock`	Is a stone material from the Nether.
	`desc.netherbrick`	Construction block made from Nether bricks.
	`desc.netherbrickitem`	Used to form blocks of Nether bricks.
	`desc.netherquartz`	Quartz from the Nether, used to create Blocks of Quartz.
	`desc.quartzblock`	Decorative block, used to create other kinds of Quartz blocks.
	`desc.quartzBlockChiseled`	Decorative block
	`desc.quartzBlockPillar`	Decorative block
	`desc.stonecutter`	For crafting stoneblocks.
	`desc.seedsmelon`	Plant more melons.
	`desc.seedspumpkin`	Plant more pumpkins.
	`desc.pumpkin`	Can be used to make pumpkin pie and laterns [sic].
	`desc.litpumpkin`	Pretty latterns that provides light. [sic]
	`desc.pumpkinpie`	A very tasty Pie.
	`desc.carrot`	Eat them or plant them.
	`desc.potatos`	Eat them, plant them or bake them.
	`desc.potatobaked`	Made by cooking a potato, can be eaten to restore health.
	`desc.tile.melon`	Can be cut up and eaten.^{[note 5]}
	`desc.stairswoodspruce`	Used for compact staircases.
	`desc.stairswoodbirch`	Used for compact staircases.
	`desc.stairswoodjungle`	Used for compact staircases.
	`desc.stairswoodjungle`^{[note 6]}	Used for compact staircases.
	`desc.stairswoodacacia`	Used for compact staircases.
	`desc.stairswoodbigoak`	Used for compact staircases.
	`desc.cobbleWall`	Wall made of stone.^{[note 7]}
	`desc.fenceiro`	A seethrough thin wall. Great for locking out things.
	`desc.hayblock`	Used as decoration. A compact way to store Wheat.
	`desc.blockcoal`	Can be used in a furnace and is a compact way of storing coal.
	`desc.beetroot`	Can be eaten or turned into beetroot soup or red dye.
	`desc.beetrootsoup`	Restores 5 hearts.
	`desc.seedsbeetroot`	Plant more beetroots.
	`desc.goldenrail`	Powered rail that boosts minecarts driving over them.
	`desc.woolcarpet`	Thin wool carpet that makes your floors more colorful.

Notes[]

↑ The following text is listed in the line below this one in en_US.lang:
Can also be used for low-level lighting.
↑ Powered rails use the desc.goldenrail string below.
↑ Light gray dye uses the desc.dyepowder.silver string above. The following text is listed in the line below this one in en_US.lang:
(Note: light gray dye can also be made by combining gray dye with bone meal, letting you make four light gray dyes from every ink sac instead of three.)
↑ Jack o'lanterns use the desc.litpumpkin string below.
↑ Melon blocks use the desc.melon string above.
↑ Jungle wood stairs are listed twice in en_US.lang.
↑ Cobblestone walls attempted to take their crafting description from desc.tile.cobbleWall, which did not exist.

History[]

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Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.3.0		Added crafting (MATTIS) with crafting descriptions.
v0.3.2		Crafting descriptions are now shown in the furnace UI.
v0.9.0	build 1	Crafting descriptions are no longer visible in the crafting table or stonecutter.
?		Removed descriptions from furnaces.

[1] The following text is listed in the line below this one in en_US.lang:
Can also be used for low-level lighting.

[2] Powered rails use the desc.goldenrail string below.

[3] Light gray dye uses the desc.dyepowder.silver string above. The following text is listed in the line below this one in en_US.lang:
(Note: light gray dye can also be made by combining gray dye with bone meal, letting you make four light gray dyes from every ink sac instead of three.)

[4] Jack o'lanterns use the desc.litpumpkin string below.

[5] Melon blocks use the desc.melon string above.

[6] Jungle wood stairs are listed twice in en_US.lang.

[7] Cobblestone walls attempted to take their crafting description from desc.tile.cobbleWall, which did not exist.

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