Minecraft recipe questions, answered

How do you make a bow in Minecraft?

Craft 3 sticks and 3 string: sticks in a curve on one side, string in a straight line on the other.

Source: Minecraft Wiki - Bow

How do you make arrows in Minecraft?

Craft 1 flint, 1 stick and 1 feather in a column, flint on top. You get 4 arrows.

Source: Minecraft Wiki - Arrow

How do you make a bucket in Minecraft?

Craft 3 iron ingots in a V shape: one on each side of the middle row and one in the bottom middle.

Source: Minecraft Wiki - Bucket

How do you make shears in Minecraft?

Put 2 iron ingots diagonally in the crafting grid.

Source: Minecraft Wiki - Shears

How do you make flint and steel?

Craft 1 iron ingot and 1 flint together in any arrangement.

Source: Minecraft Wiki - Flint and Steel

How do you get flint?

Break gravel. Each gravel block has a chance to drop flint instead of itself.

Source: Minecraft Wiki - Flint

How do you make a clock in Minecraft?

Surround 1 redstone dust with 4 gold ingots in a plus shape.

Source: Minecraft Wiki - Clock

How do you make a spyglass?

Craft 2 copper ingots under 1 amethyst shard in a column.

Source: Minecraft Wiki - Spyglass

How do you make a brush in Minecraft?

Craft 1 feather, 1 copper ingot and 1 stick in a column, feather on top.

Source: Minecraft Wiki - Brush

How do you make a hoe in Minecraft?

Put 2 of a material across the top and 2 sticks down one column.

Source: Minecraft Wiki - Hoe

How do you make a shovel in Minecraft?

Put 1 material on top of 2 sticks in a column.

Source: Minecraft Wiki - Shovel

How do you make an axe in Minecraft?

Put 3 material in an L shape at the top and 2 sticks down the middle.

Source: Minecraft Wiki - Axe

How do you make a sword in Minecraft?

Put 2 material in a column on top of 1 stick.

Source: Minecraft Wiki - Sword

How do you make a grindstone?

Craft 2 sticks, 1 stone slab and 2 planks: sticks on either side of the slab, planks under the sticks.

Source: Minecraft Wiki - Grindstone

How do you make a loom?

Craft 2 string on top of 2 planks.

Source: Minecraft Wiki - Loom

How do you make a stonecutter?

Craft 1 iron ingot above 3 stone.

Source: Minecraft Wiki - Stonecutter

How do you make a barrel?

Craft 6 planks and 2 wooden slabs: planks on the sides, slabs in the top and bottom middle.

Source: Minecraft Wiki - Barrel

How do you make a composter?

Craft 7 wooden slabs in a U shape.

Source: Minecraft Wiki - Composter

How do you make a lectern?

Craft 3 wooden slabs around the top and a bookshelf in the middle, with 1 more slab at the bottom middle.

Source: Minecraft Wiki - Lectern

How do you make a cartography table?

Craft 2 paper on top of 4 planks.

Source: Minecraft Wiki - Cartography Table

How do you make a fletching table?

Craft 2 flint on top of 4 planks.

Source: Minecraft Wiki - Fletching Table

How do you make a smoker?

Surround a furnace with 4 logs or wood in a plus shape.

Source: Minecraft Wiki - Smoker

How do you make a blast furnace?

Craft 5 iron ingots, 1 furnace and 3 smooth stone: iron on top and sides, the furnace in the middle, smooth stone along the bottom.

Source: Minecraft Wiki - Blast Furnace

How do you make a cauldron?

Craft 7 iron ingots in a U shape.

Source: Minecraft Wiki - Cauldron

How do you make a crafter?

Craft 5 iron ingots, 1 crafting table, 2 redstone dust and 1 dropper.

Source: Minecraft Wiki - Crafter

How do you make a trapped chest?

Craft a chest with a tripwire hook. It sends a redstone signal when opened.

Source: Minecraft Wiki - Trapped Chest

How do you make a shulker box?

Craft 2 shulker shells with a chest between them, in a column.

Source: Minecraft Wiki - Shulker Box

How do you make a boat with a chest?

Craft a boat and a chest together in any arrangement.

Source: Minecraft Wiki - Boat with Chest

How do you make a hopper minecart?

Craft a hopper and a minecart together.

Source: Minecraft Wiki - Minecart with Hopper

How do you make a detector rail?

Craft 6 iron ingots, 1 stone pressure plate and 1 redstone dust. You get 6 detector rails.

Source: Minecraft Wiki - Detector Rail

How do you make an activator rail?

Craft 6 iron ingots, 2 sticks and 1 redstone torch. You get 6 activator rails.

Source: Minecraft Wiki - Activator Rail

How do you make a ladder?

Craft 7 sticks in an H shape to get 3 ladders.

Source: Minecraft Wiki - Ladder

How do you make a sign?

Craft 6 planks of one wood and 1 stick: planks in the top two rows, stick at the bottom middle. You get 3 signs.

Source: Minecraft Wiki - Sign

How do you make a hanging sign?

Craft 2 iron chains above 6 stripped logs of one wood. You get 6 hanging signs.

Source: Minecraft Wiki - Hanging Sign

How do you make an iron chain?

Craft 1 iron ingot between 2 iron nuggets in a column. Java 1.21.9 renamed it Iron Chain when copper chains were added.

Source: Minecraft Wiki - Iron Chain, Minecraft Wiki - Java Edition 1.21.9

How do you make a campfire?

Craft 3 sticks around 1 coal or charcoal, with 3 logs along the bottom.

Source: Minecraft Wiki - Campfire

How do you make a soul campfire?

Make a campfire with soul sand or soul soil instead of coal.

Source: Minecraft Wiki - Soul Campfire

How do you make a soul torch?

Craft coal or charcoal, a stick and soul sand or soul soil in a column.

Source: Minecraft Wiki - Soul Torch

How do you make a candle?

Craft 1 string above 1 honeycomb. Add a dye to color it.

Source: Minecraft Wiki - Candle

How do you make a glow item frame?

Craft an item frame with a glow ink sac from a glow squid.

Source: Minecraft Wiki - Glow Item Frame

How do you make a flower pot?

Craft 3 bricks in a V shape.

Source: Minecraft Wiki - Flower Pot

How do you make a fence?

Craft 4 planks and 2 sticks: plank, stick, plank in two rows. You get 3 fences.

Source: Minecraft Wiki - Fence

How do you make a fence gate?

Craft 2 planks between 4 sticks: stick, plank, stick in two rows.

Source: Minecraft Wiki - Fence Gate

How do you make a trapdoor?

Craft 6 planks in two rows of three to get 2 wooden trapdoors.

Source: Minecraft Wiki - Trapdoor

How do you make iron bars?

Craft 6 iron ingots in two rows of three to get 16 iron bars.

Source: Minecraft Wiki - Iron Bars

How do you make an iron door?

Craft 6 iron ingots in two columns of three to get 3 iron doors.

Source: Minecraft Wiki - Iron Door

How do you make a carpet?

Craft 2 wool of the same color side by side to get 3 carpets.

Source: Minecraft Wiki - Carpet

How do you make stairs?

Craft 6 blocks in a staircase shape to get 4 stairs.

Source: Minecraft Wiki - Stairs

How do you make slabs?

Craft 3 blocks in a row to get 6 slabs.

Source: Minecraft Wiki - Slab

How do you make a wall?

Craft 6 stone-type blocks, such as cobblestone, in two rows of three to get 6 walls.

Source: Minecraft Wiki - Wall

How do you make a chiseled bookshelf?

Craft 6 planks and 3 wooden slabs: planks in the top and bottom rows, slabs in the middle row.

Source: Minecraft Wiki - Chiseled Bookshelf

How do you make a decorated pot?

Craft 4 bricks or pottery sherds in a diamond shape. Sherds add their pictures to the pot.

Source: Minecraft Wiki - Decorated Pot

How do you make a lightning rod?

Craft 3 copper ingots in a column.

Source: Minecraft Wiki - Lightning Rod

How do you make a book and quill?

Craft a book, an ink sac and a feather together.

Source: Minecraft Wiki - Book and Quill

How do you make sugar?

Craft 1 sugar cane into 1 sugar, or 1 honey bottle into 3 sugar.

Source: Minecraft Wiki - Sugar

How do you make a bowl?

Craft 3 planks in a V shape to get 4 bowls.

Source: Minecraft Wiki - Bowl

How do you make a glass bottle?

Craft 3 glass in a V shape to get 3 glass bottles.

Source: Minecraft Wiki - Glass Bottle

How do you make wool from string?

Craft 4 string in a square to get 1 white wool.

Source: Minecraft Wiki - Wool

How do you make a hay bale?

Craft 9 wheat to get 1 hay bale. It cuts fall damage when landed on.

Source: Minecraft Wiki - Hay Bale

How do you make a slime block?

Craft 9 slimeballs to get 1 slime block.

Source: Minecraft Wiki - Slime Block

How do you make a honey block?

Craft 4 honey bottles in a square to get 1 honey block.

Source: Minecraft Wiki - Honey Block

How do you make white dye?

Craft bone meal or a lily of the valley into white dye.

Source: Minecraft Wiki - White Dye

How do you make black dye?

Craft an ink sac or a wither rose into black dye.

Source: Minecraft Wiki - Black Dye

How do you make dyes in Minecraft?

Most dyes come from flowers. Mixing dyes makes others: red and white make pink, red and yellow make orange, blue and white make light blue.

Source: Minecraft Wiki - Dye

How do you make a firework star?

Craft gunpowder with at least one dye. Add a shape ingredient, such as a fire charge or gold nugget, for different bursts.

Source: Minecraft Wiki - Firework Star

How do you use the recipe book?

Click the green book next to the crafting grid. It shows recipes you have unlocked; click one to place its ingredients automatically.

Source: Minecraft Wiki - Recipe book

How do you unlock recipes?

Recipes unlock as you pick up their ingredients. On Java you can still craft any recipe by hand even if it is not in the book yet.

Source: Minecraft Wiki - Recipe book

What is the limited crafting game rule?

On Java, limited_crafting stops players crafting anything they have not unlocked in the recipe book. It is off by default.

Source: Minecraft Wiki - Game rule

How do you craft many items at once?

Shift-click the result to craft as many as your ingredients allow. In the recipe book, shift-click a recipe to fill the grid with full stacks.

Source: Minecraft Wiki - Crafting, Minecraft Wiki - Recipe book

Why can't I craft something in Minecraft?

Check the shape, the exact ingredients (stone vs cobblestone, same wood type) and the grid size: most recipes need a crafting table's 3 by 3 grid.

Source: Minecraft Wiki - Crafting

What can you craft in the 2x2 grid?

Small recipes such as planks, sticks, crafting tables, torches and wool from string fit in the 2 by 2 inventory grid.

Source: Minecraft Wiki - Crafting

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