Crafting

Crafting is the method by which many blocks, tools, and other resources are made in Minecraft. It is a function only 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 the crafting grid, 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. 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), it will count as two uses rather than one, seeing this is not the innate strength of the item in hand.

Proper use of tools will maximize their durabilities. Assuming a player use 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.

Complete recipe list

Currently, there are 158 recipes. All recipes are depicted in the animations below (note: your browser needs javascript enabled).

Basic Recipes

Name	Ingredients	Input » Output	Description
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 access to the 3×3 crafting 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 Block	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, or Stone Brick	Template:Grid/Crafting Table	Used for compact staircases.
Snow Block	Snowballs	Template:Grid/Crafting Table	Used to store snowballs, or as a building material.
Clay Block	Clay	Template:Grid/Crafting Table	Used to store clay, 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.
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
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
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
Compass	Iron Ingot + Redstone Dust
Fishing Rod	Stick + String
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
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
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	2
Pickaxe	Any Planks or Iron Ingot or Gold Ingot or Diamond + Stick
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
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
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

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Armor Recipes

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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 Minecart tracks 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 more quickly 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.
Iron Bars	Iron (Ingot)	Template:Grid/Crafting Table	Iron Bars have similar placement behavior as Fences however they differ from Fences on that they are only counted as 1 block high.
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.
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.
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 on every use. Can be used 6 times, for a total of restored. The buckets are not lost in the process.
Cookie	Wheat + Cocoa Beans	Template:Grid/Crafting Table	Restores .
Golden Apple	Gold Blocks + Red Apple	Template:Grid/Crafting Table	Restores , and also heals hearts automatically. It is the only food that you can eat with a full Hungerbar.

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	Glass Pane have similar placement behavior as Redstone and Fences and have the same texture as Glass. They cannot currently be placed horizontally but can be mined and picked up without being broken.
Paper	Sugar Cane	Template:Grid/Crafting Table	Used to create books and maps.
Book	Paper	Template:Grid/Crafting Table	Used to create a bookshelf.
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.
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.)

Dye Recipes

Name	Ingredients	Input » Output	Description
Bone Meal	Bone	Template:Grid/Crafting Table	Used to instantly grow crops, trees, tall grass, 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

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