Updated 24 October 2026. Every answer lists its source.
More Minecraft item questions, answered
Uses for the items people find and wonder about, from treasure to mob drops.
What is a heart of the sea used for?
A heart of the sea, found in buried treasure, crafts a conduit with 8 nautilus shells.
Source: Minecraft Wiki - Heart of the Sea, Minecraft Wiki - Conduit
How do you get nautilus shells?
Fishing, wandering traders, and drowned that spawn holding one. Nautilus shells craft conduits.
Source: Minecraft Wiki - Nautilus Shell
What is an echo shard?
Echo shards come from ancient city chests. 8 of them and a compass craft a recovery compass.
Source: Minecraft Wiki - Echo Shard
What is a disc fragment?
Disc fragment 5 is found in ancient city chests. 9 fragments craft music disc 5.
Source: Minecraft Wiki - Disc Fragment
What does a goat horn do?
A goat horn plays a loud sound when used. Goats drop a horn when they ram into stone, logs, packed ice or certain ores.
Source: Minecraft Wiki - Goat Horn
What is an enchanted golden apple used for?
Eating one gives Regeneration, Absorption, Resistance and Fire Resistance. It cannot be crafted; it is found in chests.
What is a nether star used for?
A nether star, dropped by the Wither, crafts a beacon.
Source: Minecraft Wiki - Nether Star
What is a dragon's breath used for?
Dragon's breath, bottled from the Ender Dragon's attack, turns splash potions into lingering potions.
Source: Minecraft Wiki - Dragon's Breath
What does a phantom membrane do?
Phantom membrane repairs elytra in an anvil and brews potions of Slow Falling.
What are rabbit's feet used for?
A rabbit's foot brews potions of Leaping.
Source: Minecraft Wiki - Rabbit's Foot
What is a ghast tear for?
Ghast tears brew Regeneration, craft end crystals and, since 1.21.6, dried ghasts.
Source: Minecraft Wiki - Ghast Tear
What are smithing templates?
Smithing templates are used in a smithing table to add an armor trim or upgrade diamond gear to netherite. They are found in structures.
How do you copy an armor trim template?
Craft the template with 7 diamonds and the block it is made from, such as cobblestone or sandstone, to get 2.
Where do you find armor trims?
Each trim template is found in a different structure, such as trail ruins, ancient cities, bastions, End cities and trial chambers.
How do you make firework rockets last longer?
Add more gunpowder: 1, 2 or 3 gunpowder give flight duration 1, 2 or 3.
Source: Minecraft Wiki - Firework Rocket
How do you use a lead?
Right-click an animal with a lead to tie it, then walk to pull it or right-click a fence to tie it there.
Source: Minecraft Wiki - Lead
What can you put on a lead?
Most animals and golems, plus happy ghasts and, since 1.21.6, boats. Villagers cannot be put on a lead.
Source: Minecraft Wiki - Lead
How do you use a bucket of fish?
Scoop a fish or axolotl with a water bucket, then place it to release it in a new spot.
What is a bucket of powder snow for?
Powder snow traps and freezes mobs that walk in. Leather boots let you walk on it.
Source: Minecraft Wiki - Powder Snow
What does a carrot on a stick do?
It steers a saddled pig you are riding. Warped fungus on a stick does the same for striders.
How do you use an empty map?
Right-click an empty map to turn it into a map of the area around you. Craft it with paper and a compass.
What is a clock used for?
A clock shows the time of day by where the sun and moon are, which helps underground. It spins in the Nether and End.
Source: Minecraft Wiki - Clock
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