Crafting

For the old MATTIS crafting system in Pocket Edition, see Crafting/Before Pocket Edition v0.9.0 alpha.

For the joke entity in 26w14a, see Crafting Grid.

Crafting is the process of constructing tools, items, and blocks in Minecraft that can be performed via the inventory, a crafting table, or automatically using a crafter.

Crafting system

Manual crafting

Players in Survival and Adventure mode, as well as Creative in Bedrock Edition and Spectator in Java Edition (although unable to interact with the GUI), have access to a 2×2 crafting grid from their inventory screen. Players craft by arranging items in the crafting grid to match a given recipe. Small crafting recipes that are at most 2×2 can be made there, including wooden planks, sticks, crafting tables, and torches.

To craft more complex items, a crafting table must be created, placed, and used. The crafting table can be made by filling the 2×2 grid with any type of wooden planks. This brings up an interface with a larger 3×3 crafting grid in which the player can use to craft any crafting recipe in the game. Recipes fitting the 2×2 grid can also be crafted in the crafting table's 3×3 grid. There is a recipe book button in the inventory where the player can access all of their unlocked crafting recipes.

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

Most 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 horizontally, but not vertically. 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^{[BE only]}. No fixed recipes exist in Java Edition, but they can be added by data packs, add-ons, or mods.

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

Automated crafting

Crafting can be automated using the crafter.

The simplest way to do this is for the player to add the items for the crafting into the crafter manually, however this process can itself be automated using hoppers. In order to control which slots the hopper puts the item into it is possible to disable certain slots to prevent the input of items. When items are put into a crafter automatically they fill every enabled slot equally from left to right and top to bottom, in that order. If all slots are disabled, then hoppers connected to it cannot put items in it.

The crafter can craft anything that a normal crafting table can.

Crafters require a redstone signal to activate.

Automated crafting is useful in both storage systems and automated farms, as it provides a way to automatically craft items and blocks that otherwise requires manual input.

Recipe book

The recipe book is a mechanic that serves as a catalog of recipes and as a crafting guide. It shows every crafting recipe that the player has unlocked.

Crafting recipes are organized in several different categories. The categories differ between Java and Bedrock.

In Bedrock Edition, categories consist of craftable items from each Creative inventory tab.

In Java Edition, the categories are as follows:

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

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.

Changed recipes

Some items had different crafting recipes and have since been updated in later versions of Minecraft.

Java Edition

Original	Changed	Description	Version changed
Ingredients Crafting recipe Iron Ingot or  Gold Ingot or  Diamond	Ingredients Crafting recipe Iron Ingot or  Gold Ingot or  Diamond	Changed to 9 iron ingots/gold ingots/diamonds instead of 4.	Indev 0.31 20100130
Ingredients Crafting recipe Oak Planks + Light Gray Wool	Ingredients Crafting recipe Stick + Any Wool	Changed to 8 sticks, and any wool could be used.	Infdev 20100227-1414
Ingredients Crafting recipe Iron Ingot + Stick + Feather 4	Ingredients Crafting recipe Flint + Stick + Feather 4	Changed to flint, stick and feather instead of iron ingot, stick and feather.	Alpha v1.0.14
Ingredients Crafting recipe Iron Ingot + Flint	Ingredients Crafting recipe Iron Ingot + Flint	Recipe became shapeless.	13w36a
Ingredients Crafting recipe Wheat	Ingredients Crafting recipe Wheat	Changed to 3 wheat instead of 6.	Indev 20100223
Ingredients Crafting recipe Light Gray Wool	Ingredients Crafting recipe Leather	Changed to leather instead of light gray wool. Note: Wool was called Cloth, and Leather Armor was called Cloth Armor at that time.	Alpha v1.0.8
Ingredients Crafting recipe Cobblestone 3	Ingredients Crafting recipe Cobblestone 6		Beta 1.3
Ingredients Crafting recipe Oak Planks or  Stone	Ingredients Crafting recipe Oak Planks or  Stone	Changed to 2 planks/stone instead of 3.	Beta 1.3
Ingredients Crafting recipe Stick	Ingredients Crafting recipe Stick 2	Changed output to 2 ladders instead of 1.	Beta 1.5
Ingredients Crafting recipe String	Ingredients Crafting recipe String	Changed to 4 string instead of 9.	Beta 1.6.6
Ingredients Crafting recipe Glowstone Dust	Ingredients Crafting recipe Glowstone Dust	Changed to 4 glowstone dust instead of 9.	Beta 1.6.6
Ingredients Crafting recipe Brown Mushroom or  Red Mushroom + Bowl	Ingredients Crafting recipe Brown Mushroom + Red Mushroom + Bowl	Recipe became shapeless.	Beta 1.9 Prerelease 3
Ingredients Crafting recipe Block of Gold + Apple	Ingredients Crafting recipe Gold Nugget + Apple	Changed to 8 gold nuggets and 1 apple instead of 8 blocks of gold and 1 apple.	1.1
Ingredients Crafting recipe Stick 2	Ingredients Crafting recipe Stick 3	Changed output to 3 ladders instead of 2.	1.2
Ingredients Crafting recipe Gold Nugget + Apple	Ingredients Crafting recipe Gold Ingot + Apple	Changed to 8 gold ingots and 1 apple instead of 8 gold nuggets and 1 apple.	13w23a
Ingredients Crafting recipe Gold Nugget + Melon Slice	Ingredients Crafting recipe Gold Nugget + Melon Slice	Changed to 8 gold nuggets and 1 melon slice instead of 1 gold nugget and 1 melon slice.	13w23a
Ingredients Crafting recipe Snowball	Ingredients Crafting recipe Snowball	Changed to 4 snowballs instead of 9.	Alpha v1.0.6
Ingredients Crafting recipe Paper	Ingredients Crafting recipe Paper + Leather	Recipe became shapeless and changed to 3 paper and 1 leather instead of only 3 paper.	12w17a
Ingredients Crafting recipe Stick 2	Ingredients Crafting recipe Oak Planks + Stick 3	Changed to 2 planks and 4 sticks instead of 6 sticks.	14w32b
Ingredients Crafting recipe Stick + Smooth Stone Slab or  Petrified Oak Slab or  Sandstone Slab or  Cobblestone Slab or  Brick Slab or  Stone Brick Slab or  Nether Brick Slab or  Quartz Slab or  Red Sandstone Slab	Ingredients Crafting recipe Stick + Smooth Stone Slab	Changed to 6 sticks and 1 smooth stone slab instead of 6 sticks and any 1 stone slab.	14w32b
Ingredients Crafting recipe Oak Planks or  Birch Planks or  Spruce Planks or  Jungle Planks + Stick	Ingredients Crafting recipe Oak Planks or  Birch Planks or  Spruce Planks or  Jungle Planks + Stick 3	Changed output to 3 oak signs instead of 1.	12w27a
Ingredients Crafting recipe Stone	Ingredients Crafting recipe Stone	Changed to 1 stone instead of 2.	12w34b
Ingredients Crafting recipe Oak Planks or  Birch Planks or  Spruce Planks or  Jungle Planks	Ingredients Crafting recipe Oak Planks or  Birch Planks or  Spruce Planks or  Jungle Planks 3	Changed output to 3 oak doors instead of 1.	14w02a
Ingredients Crafting recipe Stone 3	Ingredients Crafting recipe Any Stone 3	Changed to any 3 stone instead of 3 stone.	14w02a
Ingredients Crafting recipe Any Stone 3	Ingredients Crafting recipe Stone 3	Reverted to 3 stone instead of any 3 stone.	14w33a
Ingredients Crafting recipe Block of Iron + Iron Ingot	Ingredients Crafting recipe Block of Iron + Iron Ingot	Changed to 3 blocks of iron and 4 iron ingots instead of 6 blocks of iron and 1 iron ingot.	12w42a
Ingredients Crafting recipe Matching Wool + Any Planks + Iron Ingot	Ingredients Crafting recipe Any Planks + Iron Ingot	Changed to 6 planks and 1 iron ingot instead of 3 matching wool, 3 planks, and 1 iron ingot. Output changed to blank shield instead of colored shield.	15w33c
Ingredients Crafting recipe Paper + Gunpowder	Ingredients Crafting recipe Paper + Gunpowder 3	Changed output to 3 firework rockets instead of 1.	16w20a
Ingredients Crafting recipe End Stone	Ingredients Crafting recipe End Stone 4	Changed output to 4 End stone bricks instead of 1. The recipe was originally removed in 16w20a.	1.10
Ingredients Crafting recipe Stone 3	Ingredients Crafting recipe Smooth Stone 3	Changed to 3 smooth stone instead of 3 stone. The original pattern is used to craft stone slabs.	18w43a
Ingredients Crafting recipe Nether Bricks 6	Ingredients Crafting recipe Nether Bricks + Nether Brick 6	Changed to 4 blocks of Nether bricks and 2 Nether bricks instead of 6 blocks of Nether bricks. The original pattern is used to craft Nether brick walls.	18w43a
Ingredients Crafting recipe White Bed + Ink Sac or  Cocoa Beans or  Lapis Lazuli	Ingredients Crafting recipe White Bed + Black Dye or  Brown Dye or  Blue Dye		18w43a
Ingredients Crafting recipe Ink Sac or  Cocoa Beans or  Lapis Lazuli or  Bone Meal + Sand + Gravel 8888	Ingredients Crafting recipe Black Dye or  Brown Dye or  Blue Dye or  White Dye + Sand + Gravel 8888		18w43a
Ingredients Crafting recipe Any Shulker Box + Ink Sac or  Cocoa Beans or  Lapis Lazuli or  Bone Meal	Ingredients Crafting recipe Any Shulker Box + Black Dye or  Brown Dye or  Blue Dye or  White Dye		18w43a
Ingredients Crafting recipe Glass + Ink Sac or  Cocoa Beans or  Lapis Lazuli or  Bone Meal 8888	Ingredients Crafting recipe Glass + Black Dye or  Brown Dye or  Blue Dye or  White Dye 8888		18w43a
Ingredients Crafting recipe Terracotta + Ink Sac or  Cocoa Beans or  Lapis Lazuli or  Bone Meal 8888	Ingredients Crafting recipe Terracotta + Black Dye or  Brown Dye or  Blue Dye or  White Dye 8888		18w43a
Ingredients Crafting recipe White Wool + Ink Sac or  Cocoa Beans or  Lapis Lazuli	Ingredients Crafting recipe White Wool + Black Dye or  Brown Dye or  Blue Dye		18w43a
Ingredients Crafting recipe Ink Sac + Bone Meal 3	Ingredients Crafting recipe Black Dye + White Dye 3		18w43a
Ingredients Crafting recipe Gray Dye + Bone Meal 2	Ingredients Crafting recipe Gray Dye + White Dye 2		18w43a
Ingredients Crafting recipe Green Dye + Bone Meal 2	Ingredients Crafting recipe Green Dye + White Dye 2		18w43a
Ingredients Crafting recipe Green Dye + Lapis Lazuli 2	Ingredients Crafting recipe Green Dye + Blue Dye 2		18w43a
Ingredients Crafting recipe Red Dye + Lapis Lazuli 2	Ingredients Crafting recipe Red Dye + Blue Dye 2		18w43a
Ingredients Crafting recipe Red Dye + Lapis Lazuli + Bone Meal 4	Ingredients Crafting recipe Red Dye + Blue Dye + White Dye 4		18w43a
Ingredients Crafting recipe Pink Dye + Red Dye + Lapis Lazuli 3	Ingredients Crafting recipe Pink Dye + Red Dye + Blue Dye 3		18w43a
Ingredients Crafting recipe Red Dye + Bone Meal 2	Ingredients Crafting recipe Red Dye + White Dye 2		18w43a
Ingredients Crafting recipe Cooked Rabbit + Carrot + Baked Potato + Any Mushroom + Bowl	Ingredients Crafting recipe Baked Potato + Cooked Rabbit + Bowl + Carrot + Any Mushroom	Recipe became shapeless.	18w43a
Ingredients Crafting recipe Beetroot + Bowl	Ingredients Crafting recipe Bowl + Beetroot	Recipe became shapeless.	18w43a
Ingredients Crafting recipe Prismarine Shard + Ink Sac	Ingredients Crafting recipe Prismarine Shard + Black Dye	Changed to 8 prismarine shards and 1 black dye instead of 8 prismarine shards and 1 ink sac.	1.15-pre1
Ingredients Crafting recipe Paper + Any Planks	Ingredients Crafting recipe Paper + Any Planks	Changed to 2 paper and 4 planks instead of 2 paper and 2 planks.	19w11a
Ingredients Crafting recipe Oak Fence or  Spruce Fence or  Acacia Fence or  Dark Oak Fence or  Birch Fence or  Jungle Fence + Birch Planks or  Jungle Planks or  Oak Planks or  Spruce Planks or  Acacia Planks or  Dark Oak Planks	Ingredients Crafting recipe Oak Slab or  Spruce Slab or  Acacia Slab or  Dark Oak Slab or  Birch Slab or  Jungle Slab	Changed to 7 slabs instead of 3 planks and 4 fences.	19w45a
Ingredients Crafting recipe String + Stick	Ingredients Crafting recipe Feather + Copper Ingot + Stick	Changed to 1 stick, copper ingot, and feather instead of 2 sticks and 3 string.	1.19.4-pre1
Ingredients Crafting recipe White Carpet + Matching Colored Dye 888888888888888	Ingredients Crafting recipe Any Carpet + Matching Dye		1.20-pre1
Ingredients Crafting recipe Chest or  Furnace or  TNT or  Hopper + Minecart	Ingredients Crafting recipe Chest or  Furnace or  TNT or  Hopper + Minecart	Recipes became shapeless.	22w13a
Ingredients Crafting recipe Bamboo	Ingredients Crafting recipe Block of Bamboo or  Block of Stripped Bamboo 2	Changed to 1 block of block of bamboo/block of stripped bamboo instead of 4 bamboo.	22w45a
Ingredients Crafting recipe Iron Chain + Bamboo Planks 2	Ingredients Crafting recipe Iron Chain + Block of Stripped Bamboo 6	Changed to 2 iron chains and 6 blocks of stripped bamboo instead of 2 iron chains and 6 bamboo planks.	22w45a
Ingredients Crafting recipe Matching Unwaxed Block of Copper or  Matching Waxed Block of Copper 33333333	Ingredients Crafting recipe Copper Ingot 3		24w18a
Ingredients Crafting recipe Matching Unwaxed Block of Copper or  Matching Waxed Block of Copper 22222222	Ingredients Crafting recipe Copper Ingot 2		24w18a
Ingredients Crafting recipe String + Rabbit Hide	Ingredients Crafting recipe String + Leather		24w33a
Ingredients Crafting recipe Chiseled Stone Bricks + Netherite Ingot	Ingredients Crafting recipe Chiseled Stone Bricks + Iron Ingot	Changed to 8 chiseled stone bricks and 1 iron ingot instead of 8 chiseled stone bricks and 1 netherite ingot.	25w02a
Ingredients Crafting recipe Ghast Tear + Bone Block	Ingredients Crafting recipe Ghast Tear + Soul Sand		25w18a
Ingredients Crafting recipe String + Slimeball 2	Ingredients Crafting recipe String 2	Changed to 5 string instead of 4 string and 1 slimeball.	25w18a
Ingredients Crafting recipe Copper Ingot 2	Ingredients Crafting recipe Copper Ingot	Changed to 4 copper ingots instead of 6, and changed output to 1 copper trapdoor instead of 2. The original pattern is used to craft copper bars.	25w32a