Crafting

File:Crafting Table GUI.png

The crafting table interface.

Crafting is how the player makes items and blocks in Minecraft. To craft something, a player moves items from their inventory to a crafting grid, arranging them according to a recipe. A 2×2 crafting grid can be accessed from the player's inventory and a 3×3 grid can be accessed by using a crafting table. Items crafted in the 2x2 grid can also be crafted in the crafting table.

Crafting system

File:Crafting2x2.png

2×2 Crafting Grid (Inventory)

File:Crafting3x3.png

3×3 Crafting Grid (Crafting Table)

Players in Creative‌^{[Bedrock Edition only]}, Survival or Adventure always have access to the 2×2 crafting grid from their inventory screen. Crafting recipes that are at most 2×2 can be made there. These include wood planks, sticks, crafting tables, torches and some shapeless recipes. To craft items using a 3×3 grid, create a crafting table, place it in the world, and press use while facing it. This brings up an interface with a 3×3 crafting grid, which the player can use to craft any crafting recipe in the game.

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

On the other hand, many 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 side-ways. For example, a 3×1 recipe, such as bread, can be made using the top, middle, or bottom row of the 3×3 grid, but it cannot be made using the 2×2 grid because it needs to be three items wide, 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. Fixed recipes can be added by data packs or mods. A diamond pickaxe is one example of a fixed recipe. Other examples would be things like crafting resource blocks.

Crafting, unlike other in-game actions such as smelting, brewing and enchanting, is completely silent.

Notes

Recipe Book

Main article: Recipe book

The recipe book is a mechanic in Minecraft that serves as a catalog of recipes and as a crafting guide. It shows every crafting recipe that the player has had materials for.

Crafting recipes are organized in several different categories, as follows:

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

Recipe system

Main article: Recipe

Recipes, including crafting recipes, can be configured by data packs in Java Edition or add-ons in Bedrock Edition.

Complete recipe list

To search:Items

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. This symbol does not appear in the game. Also fixed crafting recipes are marked by an exclamation point. Again this symbol does not appear in the game.

Shaped Recipes	Shapeless Recipes

Building blocks

Main article: Crafting/Building blocks

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Decoration blocks

Main article: Crafting/Decoration blocks

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Redstone

Main article: Crafting/Redstone

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Transportation

Main article: Crafting/Transportation

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Foodstuffs

Main article: Crafting/Foodstuffs

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Tools

Main article: Crafting/Tools

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Combat

Main article: Crafting/Combat

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Brewing

Main article: Crafting/Brewing

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Materials

Main article: Crafting/Materials

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Miscellaneous

Main article: Crafting/Miscellaneous

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Removed recipes

Main articles: Java Edition removed features § Crafting recipes and Bedrock Edition removed features § Crafting recipes

Some items were craftable previously, but cannot be crafted in the current version of Minecraft.

History

Java Edition Indev
0.31		2010-01-28			Crafting implemented
					Accessed by pressing B.
					The only recipe was turning an apple into an arrow.
		2010-01-29			Apple to arrow recipe removed and replaced with new recipes
					Early recipes included sticks, pickaxes, torches, swords, axes, and gold and iron blocks.
		2010-01-30			Indev was updated again with many other recipes. As new blocks and items were implemented into the game, new crafting recipes were made accordingly.
Java Edition Beta
1.2					Shapeless recipes added.
1.6		Test Build 3			While crafting, ⇧ Shift + clicking the crafting output makes the maximum amount possible of that item and moves it straight to the inventory.
1.6.5					⇧ Shift + clicking the crafting output only performs a single crafting action, instead of the maximum possible amount.
1.8		Pre-release 2 ;)			⇧ Shift + clicking now crafts the maximum amount possible again, reverting to the Beta 1.6 behavior.
Java Edition
1.8		14w30a			Fixed recipes added.
1.12		17w13a			The crafting GUI now includes a recipe tab, allowing players to know how to craft previously-crafted items, automatically fill in the recipe and filter out the recipes to what they can make from their inventory. This can be used in a crafting table and without, but the inventory crafting shows only 2×2 crafted items.
					Recipes can be unlocked using a Knowledge Book without having to craft the item.
1.13		17w48a			Custom recipes are now loaded from data packs in data/(namespace)/recipes/(name).json.
					Turning off the vanilla data pack also removes all recipes.
		17w49a			Recipes can now refer to a tag instead of an item.
1.15		19w34a			While in a crafting table, ⇧ Shift+clicking an item or a stack in the inventory now transfers it directly to the 3*3 crafting grid.
Pocket Edition Alpha
April 17, 2012					Daniel Kaplan released preview images of the Minecraft Advanced Touch Technology Interface System (MATTIS) crafting system in creative mode.
v0.3.0					The MATTIS crafting system was implemented.
v0.6.0					Added the stonecutter. This was used to make stone-related blocks.
v0.9.0		build 1			Improved the layout of the crafting screen by organizing blocks and items into category.
					The crafting screen shows only craftable recipes.
v0.13.0		build 1			Removed the crafting functionality of stonecutter. All recipes requiring it are available through the crafting table and inventory.
v0.14.0		build 1			Added the ability to access the crafting system in creative mode.
Pocket Edition
1.0.0		alpha 0.17.0.1			Added classic crafting system to mobile device, available in advanced video settings.
Bedrock Edition
1.2.0		beta 1.2.0.2			Replaced the MATTIS crafting system with the classic crafting system + recipe book.
Legacy Console Edition
TU1	CU1	1.0	Patch 1		A simplified crafting system for the Xbox 360 was implemented with the first version release.
TU25	CU14	1.17			Added classic crafting system.

Gallery

• PE Minecraft Crafting.jpg

  Older version of the MATTIS crafting interface, prior to Alpha v0.9.0.

• New MATTIS 2x2.jpg

  Old Pocket Edition MATTIS crafting interface, with 2×2 grid.

• New MATTIS 3x3.jpg

  Old Pocket Edition MATTIS crafting interface, with 3×3 grid.

• Pocket Edition v0.9.0 alpha build 1 Development new crafting screen.png

  Development screenshot of new crafting interface.

• NotchCrafting.png

  An early mockup of crafting by Notch.

See also

• Brewing
• Enchanting
• Smelting
• Item durability

Gameplay

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