Crafting

Crafting is the process of constructing tools, items, and blocks in Minecraft. Players can craft by moving items from their inventory to a crafting grid, arranging them according to a recipe. A 2×2 crafting grid can be accessed from the player's inventory and a 3×3 grid can be accessed by using a crafting table. Items crafted in the 2×2 grid can also be crafted in the crafting table.

Crafting system[]

Players in Creative, Survival, Adventure, or Spectator will have access to the 2×2 crafting grid from their inventory screen. Small crafting recipes that are at most 2×2 can be made there. These include wooden planks, sticks, crafting tables, torches, and some shapeless recipes. To craft items using a 3×3 grid, create a crafting table with 4 wooden planks, place it in the world, and press use while facing it. This brings up an interface with a 3×3 crafting grid, which the player can use to craft any crafting recipe in the game. There is also a Recipe book where you can access all the crafting recipes.

Some recipes do not require their ingredients to be arranged in a specific way on the crafting grid. These are commonly known as shapeless recipes. For example, players can craft a fermented spider eye by placing its ingredients anywhere within the grid.

On the other hand, many recipes must have their ingredients placed in the correct relative positions on the crafting grid. These are commonly known as shaped recipes. Ingredients in shaped recipes can be ‘moved’ up, down, left, or right. They can also be flipped side-ways. For example, a 3×1 recipe, such as bread, can be made using the top, middle, or bottom row of the 3×3 grid, and a bow may be made with the strings placed on the left instead of on the right.

There are recipes that may not be moved or mirrored in this way. These are commonly known as fixed recipes. For example, dyes in banner recipes must be specifically placed to achieve the desired pattern.‌^{[Bedrock Edition only]} Fixed recipes can be added by data packs or mods.

Unlike other in-game actions such as smelting, brewing, and enchanting, crafting is completely silent.

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Recipe book[]

The recipe book is a mechanic in Minecraft that serves as a catalog of recipes and as a crafting guide. It shows every crafting recipe that the player has had materials for.

Crafting recipes are organized in several different categories. The categories differ between Java and Bedrock. On Bedrock, categories consist of craftable items from each Creative inventory tab. On Java, the categories are as follows:

• The first tab contains every unlocked recipe.
• The second tab contains tools, weapons, and armor.
• The third tab contains building materials.
• The fourth tab contains food and miscellaneous items.
• The fifth tab contains redstone materials.

Recipe system[]

Recipes, including crafting recipes, can be configured by data packs in Java Edition or add-ons in Bedrock Edition. There are currently 379 crafting recipes as of 1.16.

Complete recipe list[]

To save space, some recipes are animated (requires JavaScript). On this wiki, shapeless recipes are marked with a pair of intertwined arrows on the crafting table graphic, while fixed crafting recipes are marked by an exclamation point. These symbols do not appear in the game.

Removed recipes[]

Some items could be crafted previously, but cannot be crafted in the current version of Minecraft.

Name	Ingredients	Crafting recipe	Description
Chainmail Helmet or Chainmail Chestplate or Chainmail Leggings or Chainmail Boots	Fire		Version added: JE: Indev 20100212-1 Version removed: JE: 14w25a
Netherite Axe or Netherite Hoe or Netherite Pickaxe or Netherite Shovel or Netherite Sword or Netherite Helmet or Netherite Chestplate or Netherite Leggings or Netherite Boots	Diamond Axe or Diamond Hoe or Diamond Pickaxe or Diamond Shovel or Diamond Sword or Diamond Helmet or Diamond Chestplate or Diamond Leggings or Diamond Boots + Netherite Ingot		Version added: JE: 20w06a BE: beta 1.16.0.51 Version removed: JE: 20w10a BE: beta 1.16.0.57
Arrow	Apple		Version added: JE: 20100128 Version removed: JE: 20100129
Enchanted Golden Apple	Block of Gold + Apple		Version added: JE: 12w21a BE: 0.12.1 alpha build 4 Version removed: JE: 15w44a BE: 1.2.13
Iron Horse Armor or Golden Horse Armor or Diamond Horse Armor	Iron Ingot or Gold Ingot or Diamond + Any Wool		Version added: JE: 13w16a Version removed: JE: 13w18a
Horse Saddle	Leather + Iron Ingot		Version added: JE: 13w16a Version removed: JE: 13w18a Description: The horse saddle itself is removed from game. Its 'successor', the saddle, is not craftable.
Nether Reactor Core	Iron Ingot + Diamond		Version added: BE: 0.5.0 alpha Version removed: BE: 0.12.1 alpha build 1 Description: The nether reactor is no longer crafted but can still exist in the latest version.
Copper Horn	Copper Ingot + Goat Horn		Version added: BE: Bedrock Edition beta 1.18.30.26 Version removed: BE: Bedrock Edition beta 1.19.0.24
Honeycomb Block	Honeycomb		Version added: BE: Bedrock Edition beta 1.14.0.1 Version removed: BE: Bedrock Edition beta 1.14.0.2 Description: Changed to match recipe on Java Edition which uses only 4 honeycomb.
Cocoa Beans	Ink Sac + Rose Red or Orange Dye + Dandelion Yellow		Version added: BE: 0.8.0 alpha build 2 Version removed: BE: 0.16.0 alpha build 1
Stonecutter	Cobblestone		Version added: BE: 0.6.0 alpha Version removed: BE: 0.13.0 alpha build 1
Smooth Stone Slab	Any Stone		Version added: BE: ? Version removed: BE: ?
Stone Bricks	Any Stone		Version added: BE: ? Version removed: BE: ? Description: In older versions, stone bricks could be crafted using cobblestone, andesite, granite, diorite, and their polished variants. However, in 1.9, stone bricks were changed to be crafted with stone only.
Redstone Repeater	Redstone Torch + Redstone Dust + Any Stone		Version added: BE: ? Version removed: BE: ? Description: In older versions, redstone repeaters could be crafted using cobblestone, andesite, granite, diorite, and their polished variants. However, the recipes then changed to use only stone.
Redstone Comparator	Redstone Torch + Nether Quartz + Any Stone		Version added: BE: ? Version removed: BE: ? Description: In older versions, redstone comparators could be crafted using stone, andesite, granite, diorite, and their polished variants. However, the recipes then changed to use only stone.
Boat	Matching Overworld Planks + Wooden Shovel		Version added: BE: v0.11.0 build 1 Version Removed: BE: beta 1.20.10.20
String	Cobweb	9	Version added: BE: alpha 1.1.0.0 Version Removed: BE: beta 1.20.10.20

Changed recipes[]

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History[]

Gallery[]

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  An early mockup of crafting by Notch.

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  First mockup of MATTIS.

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  Ditto, with removed watermark.

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  Second mockup of MATTIS.

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  First image of MATTIS during development.

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  Second image of MATTIS during development.

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  Development screenshot of new crafting interface.

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  Pocket Edition crafting interface in inventory.

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  Pocket Edition crafting interface in crafting table.

See also[]

• Brewing
• Enchanting
• Smelting
• Item durability