Minecraft Crafting Guide

Crafting in Minecraft is the method by which the majority of items, blocks and tools are created. To craft an item move the ingredients from your inventory into the crafting grid and place them in the order representing the item you wish to craft. The 2x2 crafting grid is contained within the inventory screen and the 3x3 grid can be accessed from a crafting table. Select a category from the menu above or scroll down to view the recipes.

Basic Recipes

Name	Ingredients	Image	Description
Wooden Planks	Wood		Basic building material.
Sticks	Wooden Planks		Used to craft torches, arrows, fences, signs, tools and weapons.
Torches	Coal & Stick		Torches provide light and also melt ice and snow.
Crafting Table	Wooden Planks		Opens a 3x3 crafting grid when right clicked.
Furnace	Cobblestone		Allows the player to smelt.
Chest	Wooden Planks		Used to store blocks and items.
Ladders	Sticks		Allows the player to climb vertically.
Fence	Sticks & Wooden Planks		Barrier that cannot be jumped over.
Boat	Wooden Planks		Used to travel in water.
Wooden Slabs	Wooden Planks		Used to create gradual slopes.
Stone Slabs	Stone or Brick or Stone Brick or Sandstone or Cobblestone or Nether Brick or Quartz or Red Sandstone		Used to create gradual slopes.
Sign	Wooden Planks & Stick		Shows text.
Doors	Wooden Planks or Iron Ingots		Wooden doors can be opened by clicking or redstone power. Iron doors can only be opened by redstone power.

Block Recipes

Name	Ingredients	Image	Description
Glowstone	Glowstone Dust		Bright light source that can be used underwater.
Snow Block	Snowballs		Store of snow and building material.
TNT	Gunpowder & Sand		Creates explosions.
Clay Block	Clay		Store of clay and building material.
Brick Block	Clay Bricks		Strong building material.
Bookshelf	Wooden Planks & Books		Decoration.
Sandstone Block	Sand		Building material.
Smooth Sandstone	Sandstone Block		Building material.
Decorative Sandstone	Sandstone Slabs		Building material.
Note Block	Wooden Planks & Redstone		Plays a note when left clicked.
Jack-O Lantern	Pumpkin & Torch		Light source.
Lapis Lazuli Block	Lapis Lazuli Dye		Store of Lapis Lazuli Dye.
Diamond Block	Diamonds		Store of Diamonds.
Gold Block	Gold Ingots		Store of Gold Ingots.
Iron Block	Iron Ingots		Store of Iron Ingots.
Emerald Block	Emeralds		Store of Emeralds.
Coal Block	Coal		Store of Coal.
Stone Brick	Stone		Building material.
Wooden Stairs	Wooden Planks		Used for staircases.
Stone Stairs	Cobblestone or Sandstone or Brick or Stone Brick or Nether Brick or Quartz or Red Sandstone		Used for staircases.
Cobblestone Wall	Cobblestone or Moss Stone		Decorative block that acts in a similar way to fences.
Block of Redstone	Redstone		Redstone power source.
Nether Brick	Nether Brick (Item)		Building material.
Block of Quartz	Nether Quartz		Building material.
Chiseled Quartz Block	Quartz Slabs		Building material.
Pillar Quartz Block	Block of Quartz		Building material.
Stained Clay	Hardened Clay & Dye		Building material.
Hay Bale	Wheat		Decorative block and food for horses.
Granite	Diorite & Nether Quartz		Decoration.
Andesite	Diorite & Cobblestone		Decoration.
Diorite	Cobblestone & Nether Quartz		Decoration.
Polished Granite	Granite		Decoration.
Polished Andesite	Andesite		Decoration.
Polished Diorite	Diorite		Decoration.
Prismarine	Prismarine Shard		Decoration.
Prismarine Bricks	Prismarine Shard		Decoration.
Dark Prismarine	Prismarine Shard & Ink Sac		Decoration.
Sea Lantern	Prismarine Crystals & Prismarine Shard		Light source.
Coarse Dirt	Dirt & Gravel		Similar to normal dirt however grass cannot spread to it.
Slime Block	Slimeball		Can be used to push other blocks using pistons.
Moss Stone	Cobblestone & Vines		Decoration.
Mossy Stone Brick	Stone Brick & Vines		Decoration.
Chiseled Stone Brick	Stock Brick Slab		Decoration
Red Sandstone	Red Sand		Decoration
Smooth Red Sandstone	Red Sandstone		Decoration
Chiseled Red Sandstone	Red Sandstone Slab		Decoration

Tool Recipes

Name	Ingredients	Image	Description
Pickaxes	Sticks & Wooden Planks or Cobblestone or Iron Ingots or Gold Ingots or Diamonds		Used to mine stone blocks and ores.
Axes	Sticks & Wooden Planks or Cobblestone or Iron Ingots or Gold Ingots or Diamonds		Used to chop wood blocks faster than by hand.
Shovels	Sticks & Wooden Planks or Cobblestone or Iron Ingots or Gold Ingots or Diamonds		Used to dig sand, gravel, dirt, grass and snow faster than by hand.
Hoes	Sticks & Wooden Planks or Cobblestone or Iron Ingots or Gold Ingots or Diamonds		Used to till dirt blocks in preparation for growing crops.
Fishing Rod	Sticks & String		Used to catch fish.
Flint & Steel	Iron Ingot & Flint		Creates fire.
Compass	Iron Ingots & Redstone		Points to the spawn point.
Clock	Gold Ingots & Redstone		Displays the time relative to the positions of the sun and moon.
Bucket	Iron Ingots		Used to transport water, lava and milk.
Shears	Iron Ingots		Used to collect wool from sheep and leaves from trees.

Defence Recipes

Name	Ingredients	Image	Description
Helmet	Leather or Iron Ingots or Gold Ingots or Diamonds		Head armor. Provides 1.5 protection points.
Chestplate	Leather or Iron Ingots or Gold Ingots or Diamonds		Chest armor. Provides 4 protection points.
Leggings	Leather or Iron Ingots or Gold Ingots or Diamonds		Leg armor. Provides 3 protection points.
Boots	Leather or Iron Ingots or Gold Ingots or Diamonds		Foot armor. Provides 1.5 protection points.
Sword	Sticks & Wooden Planks or Cobblestone or Iron Ingots or Gold Ingots or Diamonds		Deals more damage to mobs than by hand.
Bow	String & Sticks		Used to shoot arrows.
Arrow	Flint & Stick & Feather		Ammunition for bows.
Horse Armour	Wool & Iron Ingots or Gold Ingots or Diamonds		Special type of armour worn by horses.

Mechanism Recipes

Name	Ingredients	Image	Description
Pressure Plates	Wooden Planks or Stone		Send a redstone signal when stepped on by a player or mob.
Trapdoor	Wooden Planks		Horizontal door activated by clicking or redstone.
Fence Gate	Wooden Planks & Sticks		Used as a gate that can be opened like a door.
Button	Stone or Wooden Plank		Sends a short redstone signal when pressed.
Lever	Stick & Cobblestone		Sends a redstone signal that can be turned on and off.
Redstone Repeater	Stone & Redstone Torch & Redstone		Used as a repeater, diode or delayer in redstone circuits.
Redstone Torch	Stick & Redstone		Constantly sends a redstone signal.
Jukebox	Wooden Planks & Diamond		Used to play music discs.
Dispenser	Cobblestone & Bow & Redstone		Holds and shoots out items when powered.
Piston	Wooden Planks & Cobblestone & Iron Ingot & Redstone		Pushes blocks.
Sticky Piston	Piston & Slime Ball		Pushes blocks and pulls back the touching block.
Minecart	Iron Ingots		Used to travel along Rail.
Powered Minecart	Minecart & Furnace		Pushes other minecarts along track using fuel.
Storage Minecart	Minecart & Chest		Used to transport blocks and items along track.
Rail	Iron Ingots & Stick		Guide for Minecarts.
Powered Rail	Gold Ingots & Stick & Redstone		Speeds up Minecarts when powered.
Detector Rail	Iron Ingots & Stone Pressure Plate & Redstone		Sends a redstone signal when crossed by a Minecart.
Redstone Lamp	Redstone & Glowstone Block		Light source when powered by redstone.
Tripwire Hook	Iron Ingot & Stick & Wooden Plank		Used to create a tripwire that activates a redstone signal.
Activator Rail	Iron Ingots & Sticks & Redstone Torch		Used to activate TNT minecarts and minecarts with hoppers.
Daylight Sensor	Glass & Nether Quartz & Wooden Slabs		Emits a redstone signal during daylight.
Dropper	Cobblestone & Redstone		Drops items (similar to a dispenser) when powered.
Hopper	Iron Ingots & Chest		Moves items into and out of chests, dispensers and other blocks that can hold items.
Minecart with Hopper	Hopper & Minecart		Minecart that functions in the same way as a hopper.
Minecart with TNT	TNT & Minecart		Minecart that explodes when triggered by activator rail or when hit.
Redstone Comparator	Redstone Torches & Stone & Nether Quartz		Block used in redstone circuitry.
Trapped Chest	Chest & Tripwire Hook		Chest that emits a redstone signal when opened.
Weighted Pressure Plates	Iron Ingots or Gold Ingots		Similar to regular pressure plates, but can only be activated by items. The number of items determines the signal strength.
Iron Trapdoor	Iron Ingots		Trapdoor activated by redstone.

Food Recipes

Name	Ingredients	Image	Description
Bowl	Wooden Planks		Holds Mushroom Stew.
Mushroom Stew	Bowl & Red Mushroom & Brown Mushroom		Restores 4 hunger points.
Bread	Wheat		Restores 2.5 hunger points.
Golden Apple	Apple & Gold Nuggets		Restores 2 hunger points.
Enchanted Golden Apple	Apple & Gold Blocks		Restores 2 hunger points. Also gives resistance and fire resistance for 30 seconds.
Sugar	Sugar Cane		Used to create Cake.
Cake	Milk Buckets & Sugar & Wheat & Egg		Heals 1.5 hunger points per use for a total of 6 uses.
Cookies	Wheat & Cocoa Beans		Restores 1 hunger point.
Melon Block	Melon Slice		Method for storing melon slices.
Melon Seeds	Melon Slice		Can be planted on farmland.
Pumpkin Seeds	Pumpkin		Can be planted on farmland.
Golden Carrot	Carrot & Gold Nuggets		Used as a brewing ingredient and restores 3 hunger points.
Pumpkin Pie	Pumpkin & Egg & Sugar		Restores 4 hunger points.
Rabbit Stew	Mushroom & Bowl & Cooked Rabbit & Carrot & Baked Potato		Restores 10 hunger points.

Other Recipes

Name	Ingredients	Image	Description
Bed	Wooden Planks & Wool		Used to forward time to day during nights.
Painting	Sticks & Wool		Decoration.
Paper	Sugar Cane		Used to create maps and books.
Book	Paper		Used to create bookshelfs and book & quills.
Book and Quill	Book & Feather & Ink Sac		Can be written in and edited.
Map	Paper & Compass		Creates an image of explored parts of the world.
Glass Panes	Glass Blocks or Stained Glass Blocks		Panes of glass similar to fences.
Iron Bars	Iron Ingots		Similar properties to fences however only 1 block high.
Gold Ingot	Gold Nugget		Used to craft a number of other items.
Nether Brick Fence	Nether Brick		Similar to normal fences but made out of nether brick.
Eye of Ender	Ender Pearl & Blaze Powder		Can be used to locate strongholds.
Enchantment Table	Book, Diamond & Obsidian.		Used to enchant tools.
Fire Charge	Blaze Powder & Coal & Gunpowder		Creates fire and can be shot out of dispensers.
Ender Chest	Obsidian & Eye of Ender		Used for storage. All Ender Chests in a world access the same storage.
Beacon	Glass & Obsidian & Nether Star		Emits light beam and provides temporary player buffs when placed on a pyramid made of emerald, diamond, gold or iron blocks.
Anvil	Iron Block & Iron Ingot		Used to repair items and combine enchantments.
Flower Pot	Bricks		Decorative block.
Item Frame	Sticks & Leather		Used to display items and blocks on walls.
Carrot on a Stick	Fishing Rod & Carrot		Can be used to control saddled pigs.
Firework Rocket	Gunpowder & Paper & Firework Star		Items that can be launched into the sky. The more gunpowder added the higher the rocket will fly.
Firework Star	Gunpowder & Dye & an extra ingredient (optional)		The dye determines the colour of the firework and the extra ingredient determines the special effect.
Lead	String & Slimeball		Used to leash mobs.
Carpets	Wool		Thin block that can be used as a decoration.
Stained Glass	Glass Blocks & Dye		Used as a decoration and building material.
Leather	Rabbit hide		Used as a crafting ingredient including for armor.
Banner	Wool & Stick		Decoration.
Armor Stand	Stone Slab & Stick		Used to display armor, mob heads & pumpkins.

Dye Recipes

Name	Ingredients	Image	Description
Bone Meal	Bone		Can be used to make crops, trees and tall grass grow instantly.
Light Gray Dye	Bonemeal & Ink Sac or Gray Dye & Bonemeal or Azure Bluet		Used as a dye to create Light Gray Wool.
Gray Dye	Bonemeal & Ink Sac		Used as a dye to create Gray Wool.
Rose Red	Red Tulip or Rose Bush		Used as a dye to create Red Wool.
Orange Dye	Rose Red & Dandelion Yellow or Orange Tulip		Used as a dye to create Orange Wool.
Dandelion Yellow	Dandelion or Sunflower		Used as a dye to create Yellow Wool.
Lime Dye	Cactus Green & Bone Meal		Used as a dye to create Green Wool.
Light Blue Dye	Lapis Lazuli Dye & Bone Meal or Blue Orchid		Used as a dye to create Light Blue Wool.
Cyan Dye	Lapis Lazuli Dye & Cactus Green		Used as a dye to create Cyan Wool.
Purple Dye	Lapis Lazuli Dye & Rose Red		Used as a dye to create Purple Wool.
Magenta Dye	Purple Dye & Pink Dye or Allium or Lilac		Used as a dye to create Magenta Wool.
Pink Dye	Bone Meal & Rose Red or Peony or Pink Tulip		Used as a dye to create Pink Wool.

Wool Recipes

Name	Ingredients	Image	Description
Wool	String		Building material that can also be coloured with dyes.
Light Gray Wool	Wool & Light Gray Dye		Building material and decoration.
Gray Wool	Wool & Gray Dye		Building material and decoration.
Black Wool	Wool & Ink Sac		Building material and decoration.
Red Wool	Wool & Rose Red		Building material and decoration.
Orange Wool	Wool & Orange Dye		Building material and decoration.
Yellow Wool	Wool & Dandelion Yellow		Building material and decoration.
Lime Wool	Wool & Lime Dye		Building material and decoration.
Green Wool	Wool & Cactus Green		Building material and decoration.
Light Blue Wool	Wool & Light Blue Dye		Building material and decoration.
Cyan Wool	Wool & Cyan Dye		Building material and decoration.
Blue Wool	Wool & Lapis Lazuli Dye		Building material and decoration.
Purple Wool	Wool & Purple Dye		Building material and decoration.
Magenta Wool	Wool & Magenta Dye		Building material and decoration.
Pink Wool	Wool & Pink Dye		Building material and decoration.
Brown Wool	Wool & Cocoa Beans		Building material and decoration.

Brewing Recipes

Name	Ingredients	Image	Description
Glass Bottle	Glass		Used in brewing.
Cauldron	Iron Ingot		Storage of water for Glass Bottles.
Brewing Stand	Blaze Rod & Cobblestone		Used in brewing.
Blaze Powder	Blaze Rod		Used to craft an Eye of Ender and Magma Cream.
Magma Cream	Slimeball & Blaze Powder		Used in potions.
Fermented Spider Eye	Spider Eye, Brown Mushroom & Sugar		Used in potions.
Glistering Melon	Melon Slice & Gold Nugget		Used in potions.