The crafting guide is a complete list of recipes in Minecraft. This guide tells you how to craft in Minecraft and includes everything from simple tools and weapons to crafting complex mechanisms and transportation devices.
Crafting is how most things are made in Minecraft. The 2×2 crafting grid is accessed in the inventory. The 3×3 crafting grid – where most items are crafted – can be accessed with a crafting table.
Update – Important
The crafting guide has been moved to a whole new site. This crafting guide is 100% updated to the latest version of Minecraft, and will also be updated in the future.
This is a complete list of all crafting recipes in Minecraft. If you find any errors or missing recipes, don’t hesitate to contact us. Please note that Saddle and Horse armor can’t be crafted at the moment.
Use the overview to quickly navigate to the different recipes.
Used to combine enchantments and repair and rename items or blocks. Anvils are affected by gravity.
Beacon
Glass + Nether Star + Obsidian
Emits a light beam that can provide temporary player buffs, when placed on a pyramid made of diamond, emerald, gold or iron blocks. Can also be used as a landmark.
Block of Coal
Coal
The block of coal is a compact way to store coal, and can be used for decoration and fuel.
Block of Quartz
Nether Quartz
Blocks of Quartz are mineral blocks crafted from Nether Quartz that are used only for decoration.
Block of Redstone
Redstone
Redstone blocks are compacted blocks can be used as a redstone power source.
Bookshelf
Wood Planks + Books
Used as decoration or to give an Enchantment Table, a boost for better enchantments.
Brick Block
Bricks
Decorative building material.
Chiseled Quartz Block
Quartz Slab
Used as decorative building material.
Chiseled Sandstone
Sandstone Slab
Chiseled Sandstone is a decorative form of sandstone with a Creeper face and various small carvings on it.
Clay Block
Clay
Clay blocks can be used as building material or to store clay.
Glowstone
Glowstone Dust
Glowstones emits more light than a normal torch. It will melt nearby snow and ice. Breaking a glowstone block, will give 2-4 Glowstone Dust back.
Hay Bale
Wheat
Used as decorative block, or as food for horses.
Jack-O-Lantern
Pumpkin + Torch
Acts as a torch, but emits more light. Can stay lit underwater and melts nearby snow.
Nether Brick
Nether Bricks (items)
Nether bricks are blocks found only in the The Nether. They are immune to Ghast fireballs.
Pillar Quartz Block
Block of Quartz
Used as decorative building material.
Sandstone
Sand
Used as a building material. Sandstone is not influenced by gravity like normal Sand.
Smooth Sandstone
Sandstone
Smooth Sandstone is a decorative form of sandstone with a smoother texture.
Snow Block
Snowballs
Used as building material, decoration and storing snowballs. Snow blocks are harder to be destroyed than normal snow and are impervious to torches and water.
Stained Clay
Hardened Clay + Dye
Stained hardened clay are colored variations of hardened clay. They are available in the same colors as dyed wool. Hardened Clay is a smelting recipe.
Stone Brick
Stone
Used as building material. There is various versions of stone bricks, eg. chiseled stone brick which can only be found in jungle temples.
Stone Slabs
Stone, Sandstone, Cobblestone, Bricks, Stone Brick, Nether Brick or Block of Quartz
Used for making stairs. Two slabs placed on top of each other, will create a normal sized double slab block.
Stone Stairs
Stone, Sandstone, Cobblestone, Bricks, Stone Brick, Nether Brick or Block of Quartz
Easily make staircases with stairs. They are a more compact alternative to slabs, allowing a greater elevation change in a shorter horizontal distance.
TNT
Gunpowder + Sand
When activated, TNT creates an explosion that damages nearby block and creatures.
Wood Slabs
Wood Planks
Used for making stairs. Two slabs placed on top of each other, will create a normal sized double slab block.
Wood Stairs
Wood Planks
Easily make staircases with stairs. They are a more compact alternative to slabs, allowing a greater elevation change in a shorter horizontal distance.
Sticks + Wood Planks or Cobblestone or Iron Ingots or Gold Ingots or Diamonds
Used to chop wood and pumpkins, faster than by hand.
Bucket
Iron Ingots
Used to carry water, lava or milk. Water and lava can be gathered from water or lava blocks, that are not running. Milk can be obtained by clicking on a cow with the bucket.
Carrot on a Stick
Fishing Rod + Carrot
Used while riding pigs to control them. The direction the carrot dangles is the direction the pig will go. The pig will run faster if the player right clicks while holding the stick.
Clock
Gold Ingots + Compass
Clocks are items that display the current in-game time. It is done by displaying the sun and the moon\'s position, relative to the horizon.
Compass
Iron Ingots + Redstone Dust
The compass will always point to your original spawn point. Can\'t be used in The Nether or in The End.
Fishing Rod
Sticks + Strings
Used to catch fish. You can also use them to grab movable objects and drag them towards yourself. Rods have 33 uses (durability).
Flint and Steel
Iron Ingot + Flint
Used to create fire. Can set blocks or creatures on fire.
Hoes
Sticks + Wood Planks or Cobblestone or Iron Ingots or Gold Ingots or Diamonds
Used to till dirt and grass into farmland for crops. There is a chance that seeds will drop, when you till grass blocks.
Map
Paper + Compass
The Map is used to view explored terrain. While a map is being held in the player\'s hand, it will gradually be drawn as the player explores the world.
Pickaxes
Sticks + Wood Planks or Cobblestone or Iron Ingots or Gold Ingots or Diamonds
Used to mine ore and blocks. Only Iron and Diamond Pickaxes can mine all ores and blocks. Diamond is the strongest pickaxe.
Shears
Iron Ingots
Tools used to obtain wool from sheeps, leaves from trees, Red Mushrooms from Mushrooms or to get string from cobwebs.
Shovels
Sticks + Wood Planks or Cobblestone or Iron Ingots or Gold Ingots or Diamonds
Used to effectively dig sand, dirt, gravel, snow and clay. Required to dig snowballs.
Used to activate TNT Minecarts or Minecarts with Hoppers.
Boat
Wood Planks
Vehicle that enables you to travel in water, faster than swimming.
Detector Rail
Stone Pressure Plate + Iron Ingots + Redstone
Functions like a Pressure Plate, it sends a Redstone signal when powered. Can only be activated by a minecart.
Minecart
Iron Ingots
Rideable objects used for transporting players or mobs along minetracks.
Minecart with Chest
Chest + Minecart
Used to transport goods and items along rails.
Minecart with Hopper
Hopper + Minecart
Minecart that moves items in and out of chests in the same way as a normal hopper.
Minecart with TNT
TNT + Minecart
Minecart with TNT that explodes when triggered by a activator rail or when it is hit.
Powered Minecart
Furnace + Minecart
Minecarts with Furnace can be used to push other minecarts. You need fuel to power this minecart.
Powered Rail
Stick + Gold Ingots + Redstone
Non solid block that is used to stop or increase momentum of moving minecarts. Powered Rails are powered by Redstone currents. Whether this comes from a Redstone Torch, a Lever, a Button, another circuit, or a Detector Rail does not matter.
Rails
Stick + Iron Ingots
Rails are minecart tracks where minecart vehicles can travel along.
Sends out a redstone signal during sunlight. The signal strenght depends on the sunlight intensity.
Dispenser
Cobblestone + Redstone + Bow
Dispensers can store 9 stacks of items or blocks in a 3x3 grid. When powered by a Redstone charge, it ejects the items in random order. Snowballs, eggs, fireworks and arrows are fired out as projectiles.
Doors
Wood Planks or Iron Ingots
Wooden Doors can be activated by right-clicking on them or by an electrical redstone signal. Iron Doors on the other hand, can only be activated by an electrical redstone signal.
Dropper
Cobblestone + Redstone
Block that drops an item from it\'s inventory as an entity (as if it were dropped by the player)each time it is powered. If there is a block with an inventory immediately in front of the dropper when it is powered, it will instead store the item within th
Hopper
Iron Ingots + Chest
Moves items in and out of chests, dispensers and other blocks that can hold items.
Jukebox
Wood Planks + Diamond
Used to play music discs. Right-click the jukebox with a music disc selected to play it.
Lever
Cobblestone + Stick
Sends an electrical signal when switched to the "on" position. Stays in its current state, unless it is clicked again.
Note Block
Wood Planks + Redstone
Plays a note when used or powered by redstone. Right click it to change the pitch of the note. A different instrument is played depending on the type of block it is placed on.
Piston
Wood Planks + Cobblestone + Iron Ingot + Redstone
Pushes blocks or entities 1 space forward. Can also move players and mobs. Activated by redstone circuits.
Pressure Plates
Stone or Wood Planks
Triggers an electrical charge, when a player or mob walks on it. Wood Pressure Plates are also activated when something is dropped on them.
Redstone Comparator
Redstone Torches + Nether Quartz + Stone
Function similar to redstone repeaters. However, instead of one signal, the comparator receives two signals.
Redstone Lamp
Redstone + Glowstone
Emits a light when powered by redstone.
Redstone Repeater
Stone + Redstone + Redstone Torch
Redstone Repeaters can extend the current of a redstone wire beyond the 15 block limit. It can also delay the incoming signal. The switch can be toggled by clicking it and has 4 settings from 0.1 to 0.4 seconds delay.
Redstone Torch
Redstone + Stick
Sends a constant electric signal. Can also be used as a receiver/transmitter when connected to the side of a block. Emits a small amount of light.
Sticky Piston
Piston + Slimeball
Pushes and pulls blocks and objects 1 space. Pulls the block it is touching when retracted. Activated or controlled by redstone circuits.
Stone Button
Stone
Sends an electrical signal when pressed. The signal lasts for approximately one second.
Trapdoor
Wood Planks
Functions as a horizontal door but are only 1x1 block in size. Can be activated by right-clicking it or with redstone.
Trapped Chest
Chest + Tripwire Hook
Chest that sends out a signal when opened. Can be used to create traps.
Tripwire Hook
Iron Ingot + Stick + Wood Plank
Used to create a tripwire that activates a redstone signal. You can hang a string across a pair of hooks, and the tripwire will be activated when someone runs across it.
Weighted Pressure Plates
Iron Ingots or Gold
Similar to a normal pressure plate, but can only be activated by items. The number of items determines the strength of the signal. Comes in two versions, a light (gold) and a heave (iron).
Wooden Button
Wood Planks
Sends an electrical signal when pressed like the stone button. The signal lasts for approximately one second.
Used to change time from night to day. In SMP, all players in the Overworld must be in beds. Also changes the spawn point of the player, but compasses remains unaffected until you die and respawn.
Book
Paper + Leather
Used to create book and quills, bookshelfs or an enchantment table.
Book and Quill
Book + Inc Sac + Feather
Books that players can write in, read and edit.
Carpet
Wool
Carpets are thin like pressure plates and can be used as floor decoration. The color of the wool determines the carpet color.
Cobblestone Wall
Cobblestone or Moss Stone
Decorative block that acts in a similar way to fences.
Ender Chest
Obsidian + Eye of Ender
Used for storage like normal chests. All contents of the chest are put into all Ender Chests created, which means they access the same storage. The contents are localised to the player in SMP. If the ender chest is destroyed, none of its contents will be
Eye of Ender
Ender Pearl + Blaze Powder
Used to locate Strongholds, repair an End Portal bloc and craft Ender Chests. When thrown, they float towards the direction of a portal, which appear in strongholds. After a few seconds, it will drop with a chance of breaking.
Fence
Sticks
Used as a barrier that players and mobs cannot jump over, with the exception of spiders and spider jockeys. It is 1½ blocks high for mobs and players, but only 1 to other blocks.
Fence Gate
Sticks + Wood Planks
Fence gates serves as a door for a row of fences. They can be opened both inward and outwards. They are opened by right-clicking or with a redstone signal.
Fire Charge
Blaze Powder + Coal + Gunpowder
Fire Charges can be used as a instead of flint and steel. Left click on an open area and a fire will start. Can also be used as ammunition for dispensers, where they will shot out as a fireball.
Firework Rocket
Gunpowder + Paper + Firework Star
Firework that can be launched into the sky and explore. Adding more gunpowder increases the duration of the rocket. Up to three gunpowder can be used. Multiple firework stars can also be used, in which case all will go off simultaneously when the rocket d
Firework Star
Gunpowder + Dye + Extra ingredient (optional)
Used to create firework rockets. The dye determines the colour of the firework, and the extra ingredient determines a special effect. Extra ingredient can for example be diamonds, gold nuggets or a mob head.
Flower Pot
Bricks
Used as decoratives. Allows flowers, mushrooms, saplings, cacti, ferns and dead bushes to be placed in it.
Glass Panes
Glass
Glass Panes is a block that, can be shaped in similar way to fences. Their placement behavior is similar to Redstone, Iron Bars, and Fences. They have the same texture as Glass. They cannot currently be placed horizontally.
Gold Ingot
Gold Nuggets
Gold is used in several crafting recipes, e.g. tools and armors.
Iron Bars
Iron Ingots
Similar to fences. They are only counted as 1 block high, instead of 1.5 blocks.
Item Frame
Sticks + Leather
Used as decoration. Blocks or items can be placed inside the frame by right clicking the frame with the item selected.
Ladder
Sticks
Used for climbing walls. You can climb either horizontally or vertically. To climb safely, you can sneak while climbing (hold shift).
Lead
String + Slimeball
Leads or leashes, can be used to tie up non aggressive mobs. Can be tied to more than one unit at the same time.
Melon Block
Melon Slices
Grown when farming by planting melon seed. Can not be eaten, but can be used to store melon slices.
Mineral Block
Gold Ingots or Iron Ingost or Diamond Gems or Lapis Lazuli Dyes or Emeralds or Redstone or Coal
Turns minerals into a placeable block. Can be used for expensive building block or storage.
Minerals
Iron Block or Gold Block or Diamond Block or Emerald Block or Block of Redstone or Lapis Lazuli Block.
Separates a block into individual gems, ingots or dyes.
Nether Brick Fence
Nether Bricks
Used as a barrier that players and mobs cannot jump over, with the exception of spiders and spider jockeys. It is 1.5 blocks high for mobs and players, but only 1 to other blocks. Nether Brick Fence cannot be set on fire like wood fence.
Painting
Sticks + Wool
Images used as decoration. Paintings can only be placed on flat, vertical surfaces. An easy way to get a painting to fill up an area is to mark the bounds with any solid block and place it in the bottom left corner.
Paper
Sugar Cane
Used as crafting material to create maps, compass and books.
Sign
Wood Planks + Stick
Can display a text. Text can be 4 lines, 15 characters per line. To change the text, destroy the sign and place it again. Placed in the ground or on walls.
Stained Glass
Glass + Dye
Stained Glass is the dyed version of regular glass that can be used for decoration purposes.
Bone Meal or white dye, is used to color wool or sheeps light white.
Cyan Dye
Lapsis Lazuli + Cactus Green
Used to color wool or sheeps cyan.
Dandelion Yellow Dye
Dandelion
Used to color wool or sheeps yellow.
Gray Dye
Ink Sac + Bone Meal
Used to color wool or sheep's gray.
Light Blue Dye
Lapsis Lazuli + Bone Meal
Used to color wool or sheeps light blue.
Light Gray Dye
Ink Sack + Bone Meal or Gray Dye + Bone Meal
Used to dye wool light gray. Can be made using an ink sac and two bonemeal or gray dye and bonemeal. Combining gray dye with bonemeal is better because you make 4 light gray dye from every ink sac (instead of 3).
