Crafting

Crafting is the method by which most blocks, tools, and other resources are made in Minecraft. It is a function only available in Alpha mode, as well as the removed Indev and Infdev modes. In order to craft something, the player must move items from their inventory into the crafting grid, then arrange them into the pattern representing the item(s) they wish to create. As long as the proper pattern of resources is placed, it will not matter where within the grid the ingredients are placed. Crafting recipes can also be flipped horizontally from their depictions in the graphs below: for instance, you can make a bow with the strings on the right instead of the left.

The player has access to a 2×2 crafting grid in their Inventory screen which can be used at any time. Crafting recipes that are at most 2×2 materials wide and tall can be crafted there, like wood planks, sticks and workbenches. To craft with a 3×3 grid, create a Workbench, place it on the ground, and right-click on it. This brings up a pop-up screen which allows the player to assemble any crafting recipe in the game, as the maximum size for a recipe is 3×3.

Item Durability

Several Tools, Swords and Armor can be crafted from different materials. Better materials give a higher number of uses prior to the item breaking, as well as increased speed or power. Once an item has been used the number of uses below, the damage meter on the item will reach maximum resulting in the item breaking and disappearing from the inventory.

The formula for the number of uses for Tools and Swords is 2⁽ⁿ⁺⁵⁾+1, where n is the durability of the material being used (for the corresponding values, see the listing below). Regardless of what item is being used, a use counts as either the complete de-construction of a block or a single strike at an enemy, but incomplete attempts (stopping in the middle) to de-construct a block do not qualify as a use. If a tool is used inappropriately, such as using a pickaxe to attack mobs, each use will have the equivalent of 2 proper uses

Each de-construction of a block with an appropriate tool counts as 1 use. (This determines how many Wood-related blocks an Axe can chop, how many Stone-related blocks a Pick can mine, etc.)
Each de-construction of a block with an inappropriate tool counts as 2 uses. (Breaking a Stone-related block with a shovel, a Dirt block with an axe, etc.)
Each strike of a Sword to hit a Mob counts as 1 use. Hitting a Mob with a Tool will count as an inappropriate use.
Each time a piece of armor protects against minimal damage counts as 1 use. Multiple pieces worn do not give more uses, but wearing multiple pieces increases the amount of damage absorbed.
When the bar on a tool's icon is completely empty, it may be used exactly once more before breaking.

Armor Durability:

The damage absorbed by a piece of armor is not relative to its material but to its remaining durability (the percentage of uses left). A full set of leather armor has the same damage protection as a full set of diamond armor, as long as both are fully intact. As the damage on the armor increases, the protective capability decreases.
Example: after 25 hits (with minimal damage), a leather chestplate has 49% of its uses left (24 of 49), thus 49% of a chestplate's original damage protection. A diamond chestplate would have 93.5% of it's uses left (360 of 385), thus 93.5% of a chestplate's original protection.
Therefore, armor from a higher tier material retains it's damage absorption for much longer and is able to protect from more damage if the armor is used frequently, but the maximum damage protection per hit is the same.

Tools and Swords list:

Wood: 33 uses, n = 0
Gold: 33 uses, n = 0
Stone: 65 uses, n = 1
Iron: 129 uses, n = 2
Diamond: 1025 uses, n = 5

Armor List

	Leather	Chainmail	Gold	Iron	Diamond
Helmet	34	67	67	133	265
Chestplate	49	97	97	193	385
Leggings	46	91	91	181	361
Boots	40	79	79	157	313

Complete Recipe List

Currently, there are 99 recipes; this includes each recipe in the animations below and the two methods of making Mushroom Soup. Chainmail armor is also included in this count.

Basic Recipes

Name	Ingredients	Input » Output	Description
Wood	Log	Template:Crafting grid	Used as a building material and can be crafted into many things.
Sticks	Wood	Template:Crafting grid	Used to craft torches, arrows, signs, ladders, fences and as handles for tools.
Torches	Stick + Coal	Template:Crafting grid	Used to create light. Torches also melt snow and ice.
Workbench	Wood	File:CraftingWorkbenchIO.png	Allows access of the 3×3 crafting grid.
Furnace	Cobblestone	File:CraftingFurnaceIO.png	Allows the player to smelt.
Chest	Wood	File:CraftingChestIO.png	Stores blocks and items inside.

Block Recipes

Name	Ingredients	Input » Output	Description
Ore Blocks	Gold Ingots or Iron Ingots or Diamond Gems	File:CraftingBlocksIOanim.gif	Allows ingots or gems to be crafted into placeable blocks (useful for compact storage).
Lightstone	Lightstone Dust	File:CraftingBrittleGoldBlock.png	Has same light properties as natural blocks. Breaking it only gives a single unit of powder back. Note: This block acts as a torch, and will melt snow/ice within 3 blocks of it.
Cloth Block	String	File:CraftingClothIO.png	Used as a building material. Cloth can also be obtained from Sheep.
TNT Block	Gunpowder + Sand	File:CraftingTNTIO.png	Used to cause explosions.
Steps	Cobblestone	File:CraftingStepsIO.png	Used for making lengthy stairs. Two Steps placed on top of each other will create a full-sized block.
Stairs	Wood or Cobblestone	File:CraftingStairsIOanim.gif	Used for compact stairs.
Snow Block	Snowballs	File:CraftingSnowBlockIO.png	Used to store snowballs, or as a building material.
Clay Block	Clay	File:CraftingClayBlockIO.png	Used to store clay, or as a building material
Brick	Clay Bricks	File:CraftingBrickBlockIO.png	Used as a building material.
Bookshelf	Wood + Books	File:CraftingBookcaseIO.png	Used as decoration.
Jukebox	Wood + Diamond Gem	File:CraftingJukebox.png	Plays records.
Jack-O-Lantern	Pumpkin + Torch	File:CraftingJackOLantern.png	Functions like a torch, except brighter and stays lit underwater.

Tool Recipes

Name	Ingredients	Crafting recipe	Description
Flint and Steel	Iron Ingot + Flint
Flint and Steel	Damaged Flint and Steel		The durability of the two tools is added together, plus an extra 5% durability.
Axe	Any Planks or Iron Ingot or Gold Ingot or Diamond + Stick
Stone Axe	Any stone-tier block + Stick		Can use cobblestone and its other variants interchangeably.
Axe	Damaged Matching Axe		The durability of the two axes is added together, plus an extra 5% durability.
Hoe	Any Planks or Iron Ingot or Gold Ingot or Diamond + Stick
Stone Hoe	Any stone-tier block + Stick		Can use cobblestone and its other variants interchangeably.
Hoe	Damaged Matching Hoe		The durability of the two hoes is added together, plus an extra 5% durability.
Shovels	Any Planks or Iron Ingot or Gold Ingot or Diamond + Stick
Stone Shovel	Any stone-tier block + Stick		Can use any variant of cobblestone
Shovel	Damaged Matching Shovel		The durability of the two shovels is added together, plus an extra 5% durability.
Pickaxe	Any Planks or Iron Ingot or Gold Ingot or Diamond + Stick
Stone Pickaxe	Any stone-tier block + Stick		Can use cobblestone and its other variants interchangeably.
Pickaxe	Matching Damaged Pickaxes		The durability of the two pickaxes is added together, plus an extra 5% of the tool type's total durability.
Compass	Iron Ingot + Redstone Dust
Fishing Rod	Stick + String
Fishing Rod	Damaged Fishing Rod		The durability of the two fishing rods is added together, plus an extra 5% durability.
Clock	Gold Ingot + Redstone Dust
Shears	Iron Ingot
Shears	Damaged Shears		The durability of the two shears is added together, plus an extra 5% durability.
Lead	String + Slimeball	2
Bundle	String + Rabbit Hide		^{[only experimental "bundle"]}
Brush	Feather + Copper Ingot + Stick
Brush	Damaged Brush		The durability of the two brushes is added together, plus an extra 5% durability.
Spyglass	Amethyst Shard + Copper Ingot
Recovery Compass	Echo Shard + Compass

Weapon Recipes

Template:Weapon Crafting

Armor Recipes

Template:Armor Crafting

Transportation Recipes

Name	Ingredients	Input » Output	Description
Minecart	Iron Ingots	File:CraftingMinecartIO.png	Used to transport the player or a Mob along Minecart tracks.
Powered Minecart	Furnace + Minecart	File:PoweredMinecartCraft.png	Used to push other Minecarts along Minecart tracks using fuel.
Storage Minecart	Chest + Minecart	File:StorageMinecartCraft.png	Used to transport goods along Minecart tracks.
Minecart Tracks	Sticks + Iron Ingots	File:CraftingMinecartTracksIO.png	Used to direct Minecarts.
Boat	Wood	File:CraftingBoatIO.png	Used to travel in water more quickly than swimming.

Mechanism Recipes

Name	Ingredients	Input » Output	Description
Doors	Wood or Iron Ingots	File:CraftingDoorsIOanim.gif	Wooden doors are activated by clicking or with electricity. Iron doors are similar but can only be opened by electricity.
Pressure Plates	Stone or Wood	File:CraftingPressurePlatesIOanim.gif	Used to send an electrical charge when stepped on by a player or a Mob. Wooden Pressure Plates can also be activated by dropping something on them.
Stone Button	Stone	File:CraftingStoneButtonIO.png	Used to send an electrical charge by being pressed. Stays activated for approximately 1 second before shutting off again.
Redstone Torch	Redstone Dust + Stick	File:CraftingRedTorchIO.png	Constantly sends an electrical charge. Can also be used for low-level lighting.
Lever	Cobblestone + Stick	File:CraftingLeverIO.png	Used to send an electrical charge by being turned on or off. Stays in on or off state until clicked.

Food Recipes

Name	Ingredients	Input » Output	Description
Bowls	Wood	File:CraftingBowlsIO.png	Used to hold Mushroom Stew. The player keeps the bowl when they eat the stew.
Mushroom Stew	Red Mushroom + Brown Mushroom + Bowl	File:CraftingMushroomStewIO.png	Heals 5 hearts. The ordering of the red and brown mushrooms does not matter.
Bread	Wheat	File:CraftingBreadIO.png	Heals 2.5 hearts.
Golden Apple	Gold Blocks + Apple	File:CraftingGoldenAppleIO.png	Heals all 10 hearts.

Miscellaneous Recipes

Name	Ingredients	Input » Output	Description
Ore	Iron or Gold or Diamond	File:CraftingOreIOanim.gif	Used to reclaim Ingots/Gems from blocks.
Painting	Sticks + Cloth	File:CraftingPaintingIO.png	Used as decoration.
Sign	Wood + Stick	File:CraftingSignIO.png	Shows text entered by the player.
Ladder	Sticks	File:CraftingLadderIO.png	Used to climb vertically.
Paper	Reeds	File:CraftingPaperIO.png	Used to create books.
Book	Paper	File:CraftingBookIO.png	Used to create a bookshelf.
Fences	Sticks	File:CraftingFence.png	Used as a barrier that cannot be jumped over. It counts as 1½ block high for mobs/players, but only 1 for other blocks.