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For other uses, see Stick (disambiguation).


A stick is an item used for crafting many tools and items.

Obtaining[]

Crafting[]

Name Ingredients Crafting recipe
Stick Any Planks

4
Stick Bamboo

Fishing[]

Sticks can be obtained as a "junk" item while fishing.

Block loot[]

Dead bushes drop between 0–2 sticks when destroyed.

All leaf types have a 2% chance to drop between 1-2 sticks when broken. Using a tool with Fortune increase these chances to 2.2%, 2.5%, and 3.3% for Fortune I, II, and III respectively.

Entity loot[]

Witches have a chance of dropping 0–6 sticks upon death. This is increased by 3 per level of Looting, for a chance of 0-15 sticks.

Boats and boats with chests drop 2 sticks when falling from exactly 12, 13, 49, 51, 111, 114, 198, 202, 310, or 315 blocks.[1].

Chest loot[]

Item Structure Container Quantity Chance
Java Edition
Stick Bonus chest Chest 1–12 67.3%
Desert well Suspicious sand 1 12.5%
Village Cartographer's chest 1–2 26.3%
Toolsmith's chest 1–3 90%
Fletcher's chest 1–3 55.8%
Bedrock Edition
Stick Bonus chest Chest 1–12 100%
Desert well Suspicious sand 1 12.5%
Village Fletcher's chest 1–3 55.8%
Toolsmith's chest 1–3 90%

Usage[]

Crafting ingredient[]

Name Ingredients Crafting recipe Description
Activator Rail Iron Ingot +
Stick +
Redstone Torch
Armor Stand Stick +
Smooth Stone Slab

Arrow Flint +
Stick +
Feather
Axe Any Planks or
Iron Ingot or
Gold Ingot or
Diamond +
Stick

Banner Matching Wool +
Stick

Once the banner is crafted, its base color cannot be changed.‌[Java Edition only]
Bow Stick +
String

Brush Feather +
Copper Ingot +
Stick

Campfire Stick +
Coal or
Charcoal +
Any Log or Stem or
Any Stripped Log or Stem or
Any Wood or Hyphae or
Any Stripped Wood or Hyphae

Campfire Stick +
Coal or
Charcoal +
Any Log or Stem or
Any Stripped Log or Stem or
Any Wood or Hyphae or
Any Stripped Wood or Hyphae

Crossbow Stick +
Iron Ingot +
String +
Tripwire Hook

Fishing Rod Stick +
String

Grindstone Stick +
Stone Slab +
Any Planks

In Bedrock Edition, grindstone recipes built with crimson, warped, or mangrove planks can use a slab of almost any of the stone types including sandstone, quartz, and bricks.
Hoe Any Planks or
Iron Ingot or
Gold Ingot or
Diamond +
Stick

Item Frame Stick +
Leather

Ladder Stick
Lever Stick +
Cobblestone

Painting Stick +
Any Wool

Pickaxe Any Planks or
Iron Ingot or
Gold Ingot or
Diamond +
Stick

Powered Rail Gold Ingot +
Stick +
Redstone Dust
Rail Iron Ingot +
Stick
Redstone Torch Redstone Dust +
Stick

Shovels Any Planks or
Iron Ingot or
Gold Ingot or
Diamond +
Stick

Sign Matching Planks +
Stick
Soul Campfire Stick +
Soul Sand or
Soul Soil +
Any Log or Stem or
Any Stripped Log or Stem or
Any Wood or Hyphae or
Any Stripped Wood or Hyphae

Soul Torch Coal or
Charcoal +
Stick +
Soul Soil or
Soul Sand
Sparkler Chloride +
Magnesium +
Stick

Calcium Chloride: Orange
Cerium Chloride: Blue
Mercuric Chloride: Red
Potassium Chloride: Purple
Tungsten Chloride: Green
[Bedrock Edition and Minecraft Education only]
Stone Axe Any stone-tier block +
Stick

Can use cobblestone and its other variants interchangeably.
Stone Hoe Any stone-tier block +
Stick

Can use cobblestone and its other variants interchangeably.
Stone Pickaxe Any stone-tier block +
Stick

Can use cobblestone and its other variants interchangeably.
Stone Shovel Any stone-tier block +
Stick

Can use any variant of cobblestone
Stone Sword Any stone-tier block +
Stick

Can use cobblestone and its other variants interchangeably.
Swords Any Planks or
Iron Ingot or
Gold Ingot or
Diamond +
Stick

Torch Coal or
Charcoal +
Stick
Tripwire Hook Iron Ingot +
Stick +
Any Planks
Wood Fence Gate Matching Planks +
Stick

Wood Fence Matching Planks +
Stick

Fuel[]

When used as a furnace fuel, a stick smelts 0.5 items.

Trading[]

Novice-level fletcher villagers have a 23 chance to buy 32 sticks for an emerald in Java Edition, and they always offer the trade in Bedrock Edition.

Video[]

Data values[]

ID[]

Java Edition:

NameIdentifierFormTranslation key
StickstickItemitem.minecraft.stick

Bedrock Edition:

NameIdentifierNumeric ID FormTranslation key
Stickstick320Itemitem.stick.name

History[]

Java Edition Indev
0.3120100129Stick JE1 BE1 Added sticks.
Sticks are used to craft signs, torches, swords, pickaxes, axes and shovels.
20100130Sticks are now used to craft bows and arrows.
20100206Sticks are now used to craft hoes.
20100219Sticks can be used as fuel for the newly added furnace.
20100223Sticks are now used to craft paintings.
Java Edition Infdev
20100607Sticks are now used to craft ladders.
20100618Sticks are now used to craft rails.
Java Edition Alpha
v1.0.1Sticks are now used to craft redstone torches and levers.
v1.0.62 sticks now drops from breaking boats.
v1.0.17Sticks are now used to craft fences.
v1.1.1Sticks are now used to craft fishing rods.
Java Edition Beta
1.5Sticks are now used to craft powered rails.
1.8Pre-releaseSticks are now used to craft fence gates.
Java Edition
1.2.4releaseSpruce planks, birch planks, and jungle planks can now be used to craft sticks.
1.3.112w16aSticks are found in the new bonus chests.
12w22aSticks are now used to craft tripwire hooks.
12w27aSticks no longer drops from breaking boats.
Instead, it needs to fall certain heights to drop 2 sticks.
1.4.212w34aSticks are now used to craft item frames.
12w38bWitches now have a chance to drop sticks.
1.513w02aSticks are now used to craft activator rails.
1.7.213w36aSticks can be obtained as one of the "junk" items by fishing.
1.7.1Acacia planks and dark oak planks can now be used to craft sticks.
1.814w30aSticks are now used to craft banners.
14w32aSticks are now used to craft armor stands.
1.915w31aSticks are now dropped by dead bushes.
15w44aSticks are now found in bonus chests for more than double the average yield.
1.1317w47aSticks can now be found in 70.5% of bonus chests in stacks of 1–12.
Prior to The Flattening, this item's numeral ID was 280.
1.1418w43aSticks can now be crafted from bamboo.
Sticks can now be used to craft crossbows.
Sticks are now dropped by leaves.
18w48aSticks can now be used to craft grindstones.
Sticks can now be found in chests in village cartographer houses.
18w50aSticks can now be found in village fletcher houses and toolsmith houses.
19w02aSticks can now be used to craft campfires.
19w11aFletcher villagers now buy sticks.
1.1620w06aCrimson planks and warped planks can now be used to craft sticks.
Sticks can now be used to craft soul torches.
1.1721w05aSticks are now dropped by azalea leaves and flowering azalea leaves.
1.1922w11aMangrove planks can now be used to craft sticks.
22w13aSticks are now dropped by mangrove leaves.
1.19.423w07aThe crossbow and soul campfire recipes are no longer unlocked by sticks.
1.20
(Experimental)
23w07aSticks are now dropped by cherry leaves.
Sticks can now be used to craft brushes.
Sticks now drop when brushing suspicious sand in desert wells.
1.2023w12aThe probability for the stick to generate in the suspicious sand in desert well has been changed from 1/7 to 1/8.
Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.2.0Stick JE1 BE1 Added sticks. They are currently unobtainable and serve no purpose.
v0.3.0Sticks are now craftable.
Sticks can be used to craft wooden and stone pickaxes, axes, swords and shovels, ladders, torches, fences and fence gates.
v0.3.2Sticks are now used to craft iron, gold and diamond pickaxes, axes, swords and shovels.
v0.3.3Sticks are now used to craft bows.
v0.4.0Sticks are now used to craft hoes.
v0.5.0Sticks are now used to craft paintings.
v0.6.0Sticks are now used to craft signs.
v0.8.0build 2Sticks are now used to craft rails and powered rails.
v0.11.0build 1Sticks are now used to craft fishing rods.
Sticks can now be found as a junk item from fishing.
v0.12.1build 1Sticks are now dropped when dead bushes are destroyed.
v0.13.0build 1Sticks are now used to craft redstone torches, levers and tripwire hooks.
v0.14.0build 1Added witches, which have a chance of dropping sticks.
Sticks can now be used to craft item frames.
Bedrock Edition
1.2.0beta 1.2.0.2Sticks can now be used to craft armor stands and banners.
Sticks can now generate inside bonus chests.
1.4.0beta 1.2.20.1Sticks can now be used to craft sparklers.
1.8.0beta 1.8.0.8Sticks can now be crafted from bamboo.
beta 1.8.0.10Sticks can now be used to craft crossbows.
1.10.0beta 1.10.0.3Sticks can now be used to craft barrels, grindstones, and campfires.
Leaves now have a chance of dropping 0-2 sticks when destroyed.
1.11.0beta 1.11.0.1Sticks can now be found in village toolsmith and fletcher chests.
beta 1.11.0.4Sticks can now be sold to fletcher villagers.
1.16.0beta 1.16.0.51Sticks can now be used to craft soul torches.
1.20.0
(Experimental)
beta 1.19.70.23Sticks can now be used to craft brushes.
Sticks now drop when brushing suspicious sand in desert wells.
1.20.10beta 1.20.10.20Sticks are no longer used to craft barrels.
Legacy Console Edition
TU1CU1 1.0 Patch 1Stick JE1 BE1 Added sticks.
PlayStation 4 Edition
1.90Sticks can now be dropped by leaves.
New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0Stick JE1 BE1 Added sticks.

Issues[]

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