Crafting descriptions

This article is about the descriptions shown in Pocket Edition. For their Legacy Console Edition equivalents, see Legacy Console Edition descriptions.

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

List

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.
	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.
	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.
	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.
	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.
	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.
	desc.stairswoodspruce	Used for compact staircases.
	desc.stairswoodbirch	Used for compact staircases.
	desc.stairswoodoak[verify]	Used for compact staircases.
	desc.stairswoodjungle	Used for compact staircases.
	desc.stairswoodacacia	Used for compact staircases.
	desc.stairswoodbigoak	Used for compact staircases.
	desc.cobbleWall	Wall made of stone.
	desc.fenceiro[verify]	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.

History

Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.3.0					Added crafting (MATTIS) with crafting descriptions.
v0.9.0		build 1			Removed crafting descriptions, however they still exist for furnaces.
?					Removed descriptions from furnaces.