How to Craft Detector Rail in Minecraft – Recipe

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Ingredients

Result: 6× Detector Rail

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Crafting Detector Rail step by step

Detector Rail is a shaped crafting recipe that uses 8 items: 6 Iron Ingot, 1 Stone Pressure Plate and 1 Redstone Dust. Place the ingredients exactly in the pattern shown above. The pattern can sit anywhere on the grid as long as its shape stays the same. It needs the full 3×3 grid, so you have to use a crafting table.

Open a crafting table (3×3 crafting grid).
Place 6 Iron Ingot, 1 Stone Pressure Plate and 1 Redstone Dust in the pattern shown above.
Take the 6× Detector Rail from the result slot and move it into your inventory.

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How to get the ingredients

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Detector Rail recipe FAQ

What do you need to craft Detector Rail in Minecraft?

You need 6 Iron Ingot, 1 Stone Pressure Plate and 1 Redstone Dust — 8 items in total, arranged as shown in the crafting grid. The recipe gives you 6× Detector Rail.

Do you need a crafting table to make Detector Rail?

Yes. The recipe needs the full 3×3 grid, which only a crafting table offers.

Is the Detector Rail recipe shaped or shapeless?

It is a shaped recipe: the arrangement matters. You can shift the pattern around the grid, but the shape must stay the same.