📖 Minecraft Crafting Guide

The first pickaxe you can craft. Mines stone and coal ore.

Upgrade from wood. Can mine iron ore.

Can mine gold, diamond, and redstone ores.

Fastest mining speed but very low durability.

Can mine obsidian. Essential for reaching the Nether.

Basic axe for chopping wood faster.

Fast wood chopping. Also deals good melee damage.

Top-tier axe. Great durability and damage.

Dig dirt, sand, and gravel faster.

Efficient digging tool for most blocks.

Best durability shovel. Can create paths.

Till dirt into farmland for planting crops.

Durable hoe for large farming operations.

Shear sheep for wool. Also harvests leaves and vines.

Catch fish and treasure. Also pulls mobs.

Start fires and light Nether portals.

Points to world spawn. Used in maps and lodestone.

Shows the time of day. Useful when underground.

Zoom in on distant locations.

Carry water, lava, milk, or fish.

Basic melee weapon. Better than your fists!

Reliable early-game weapon. 5 attack damage.

Solid mid-game weapon. 6 attack damage.

Low durability but has the highest enchantability.

Top-tier melee weapon. 7 attack damage, 1561 durability.

Ranged weapon. Requires arrows as ammo.

Ammunition for bows and crossbows. Crafts 4 at once.

Powerful ranged weapon. Can be loaded in advance.

Block attacks and projectiles. Essential for combat.

Combine two damaged tridents. Only drops from Drowned.

Basic head protection. Can be dyed any color.

Solid head protection. 2 armor points.

Top-tier head armor. 3 armor points, 2 toughness.

Basic chest armor. Dyeable in any color.

Strong chest protection. 6 armor points.

Best chest armor. 8 armor points, 2 toughness.

Basic leg protection. Dyeable.

Solid leg armor. 5 armor points.

Top-tier leg armor. 6 armor points, 2 toughness.

Basic foot protection. Dyeable any color.

Solid boots. 2 armor points.

Best boots. 3 armor points, 2 toughness.

Essential! Opens the 3x3 crafting grid.

Smelt ores and cook food. A survival essential.

Smelts ores twice as fast as a regular furnace.

Cooks food twice as fast as a regular furnace.

Store 27 stacks of items. Place two side-by-side for a double chest.

Same storage as a chest but can open with blocks above it.

Personal storage accessible from any Ender Chest in the world.

Wooden door for your base. Crafts 3 doors.

Zombie-proof door. Requires redstone signal to open.

Horizontal door. Great for hidden entrances.

Climb vertical surfaces. Place on walls.

Mobs cannot jump over (1.5 blocks tall). Crafts 3.

A gate for your fence. Opens manually or with redstone.

Light source (level 14). Prevents mob spawns. Crafts 4.

Decorative light source. Light level 15, brighter than torches.

Thin glass panels for windows. Crafts 16.

Set spawn point and skip the night. Essential for survival.

Decorative art for your walls. Random painting selected on placement.

Display any item on your wall as decoration.

Display flowers, saplings, and small plants.

Decorative and boosts enchanting table to level 30.

Thin decorative floor cover. Crafts 3.

Decorative banner. Can be customized with patterns on a loom.

Write text for other players to read. Crafts 3.

Small light source. Stack up to 4 on one block.

Power source for redstone circuits. Also emits dim light.

Extends redstone signal, adds delay, and acts as a diode.

Compare, subtract, or read container signal strength.

Push blocks when activated. Used in many redstone machines.

Pushes AND pulls blocks. Essential for redstone doors.

Shoots items when powered. Uses, places, or launches items.

Drops items as entities or pushes into containers.

Detects block changes and outputs a redstone pulse.

Transfers items between containers automatically.

Explosive block! Ignite with flint & steel or redstone.

Toggle switch for redstone circuits.

Momentary redstone signal when pressed.

Emits a signal when a player or mob stands on it.

Connect two with string for a tripwire trap. Crafts 2.

Restores 5 hunger points. Easy early-game food.

Place and eat 7 slices. Restores 14 total hunger.

Small snack. Crafts 8 cookies. Deadly to parrots!

Restores 8 hunger. Shapeless recipe.

Gives Absorption and Regeneration. Powerful healing item.

Restores 6 hunger. Unstackable but ingredients are common.

Brew potions using water bottles and ingredients.

Holds water, lava, or potions. Wash dye from armor.

Fill with water to start brewing. Crafts 3.

Fuels the brewing stand. Also used in Eyes of Ender.

Key brewing modifier. Makes negative/inverted potions.

Used to brew Fire Resistance potions.

Locates strongholds and activates End portals.

Travel across water fast. Also works on ice!

Ride on rails. Combine with chest, hopper, TNT, or furnace.

Minecart tracks. Place on ground. Crafts 16.

Accelerates minecarts when powered. Crafts 6.

Outputs redstone signal when a minecart passes. Crafts 6.

Found in dungeons, temples, and fishing. Ride horses, pigs, and striders.

Leash mobs and tie them to fences. Crafts 2.

The most basic building block. 1 log = 4 planks.

Essential component for tools, weapons, and more. Crafts 4.

Used for bookshelves and enchanting table.

Used to craft books, maps, and firework rockets.

Reveals terrain as you explore. Use a cartography table to expand.

Enchant tools and armor. Surround with bookshelves for max level.

Repair, rename, and combine enchanted items.

Remove enchantments and repair items. Returns some XP.

Upgrade diamond gear to netherite. Also a villager job block.

Apply patterns to banners easily.

Zoom, clone, and lock maps.

Fletcher villager job block. No player crafting use yet.

Cut stone variants precisely. More efficient than crafting.

Cook 4 items slowly. Also sends smoke signals and a cozy light.

Stackable temporary building platform. Easy to break. Crafts 6.

Boost Elytra flight. Add firework stars for effects. Crafts 3.

Light source that works underwater. Spooky decoration.

Compact snowball storage. Place 2 to make a Snow Golem.

Fertilize crops to grow instantly. Also white dye. Crafts 3.