How to Craft Redstone Comparator in Minecraft

Ingredients

Result: 1× Redstone Comparator

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Crafting Redstone Comparator step by step

Redstone Comparator is a shaped crafting recipe that uses 7 items: 3 Redstone Torch, 1 Nether Quartz and 3 Stone. 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 3 Redstone Torch, 1 Nether Quartz and 3 Stone in the pattern shown above.
Take the Redstone Comparator from the result slot and move it into your inventory.

How to get the ingredients

Redstone Torch Crafting recipe

Nether Quartz How to get it

Stone How to get it

Redstone Comparator recipe FAQ

What do you need to craft Redstone Comparator in Minecraft?

You need 3 Redstone Torch, 1 Nether Quartz and 3 Stone — 7 items in total, arranged as shown in the crafting grid. The recipe gives you 1× Redstone Comparator.

Do you need a crafting table to make Redstone Comparator?

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

Is the Redstone Comparator 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.