How to Craft Observer in Minecraft – Recipe

Ingredients

Result: 1× Observer

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Crafting Observer step by step

Observer is a shaped crafting recipe that uses 9 items: 6 Cobblestone, 2 Redstone Dust and 1 Nether Quartz. 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 Cobblestone, 2 Redstone Dust and 1 Nether Quartz in the pattern shown above.
Take the Observer from the result slot and move it into your inventory.

How to get the ingredients

Cobblestone How to get it

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Nether Quartz How to get it

Observer recipe FAQ

What do you need to craft Observer in Minecraft?

You need 6 Cobblestone, 2 Redstone Dust and 1 Nether Quartz — 9 items in total, arranged as shown in the crafting grid. The recipe gives you 1× Observer.

Do you need a crafting table to make Observer?

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

Is the Observer 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.