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This article is about the descriptions shown in Pocket Edition. For their Legacy Console Edition equivalents, see Legacy Console Edition 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This page describes content that exists only in outdated versions of Minecraft.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.

List[]

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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.

All items are listed in the order as they are found in the en_US.lang file, which means blocks and items are not grouped by material or utility. The table is sortable and can be sorted alphabetically.

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

Notes[]

  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.

History[]

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Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.3.0Added crafting (MATTIS) with crafting descriptions.
v0.3.2Crafting descriptions are now shown in the furnace UI.
v0.9.0build 1Crafting descriptions are no longer visible in the crafting table or stonecutter.
v0.11.0build 1Removed descriptions from furnaces.
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