Basic ItemsName Ingredients Crafting Description
Wooden Planks
WoodUsed as a building material or for many crafting recipes.
SticksWooden Planks
Used as a handle for tools and weapons, as well as torches, arrows, signs, letters and fences.
Torches Stick+Coal Used for light.
Crafting Table
Wooden Planks
Allows you to build more complicated recipes.
Furnace Cobblestone Used for smelting and baking.
ChestWooden Planks
Provides storage for items.
BlocksName Ingredients Crafting Description
Ore Blocks
Gold Ingots, Iron Ingots, Diamond Gems, Lapis Lazuli Dyes, Emeralds, Redstone
Used for decoration or to store minerals. It can be broken down into its base elements.
Glowstone Blocks
Glowstone Dust
Emits light, even underwater. Yields 2-4 glowstone dust when broken down.
Wool String
Used for building and other recipes. It can be harvested from sheep.
TNT Gunpowder+SandCreates a small explosion.
SlabsStone, Sandstone, Wooden Planks, Cobblestone, Stone Brick, Brick, Quartz
A half-block.
Stairs
Wooden Planks, Cobblestone, Stone Brick, Brick, Nether Brick, Sandstone, Quartz
Allows for rapid climbing.
Snow Blocks SnowballsBuilding material.
Name Ingredients Crafting Description
Clay Blocks ClayBuilding material.
Brick Blocks Clay BricksBuilding material.
Stone Brick StoneStone brick that is found in strongholds.
Bookshelf Wooden Planks+Books Decoration.
Sandstone SandBuilding material.
Melon Block Melon SliceMakes slices back into a melon block.
Jack-O-Lantern Pumpkin+Torch
Emits more light than a torch. Stays lit underwater.
Redstone LampRedstone Dust + Glowstone Block
A light source that turns on or off based on whether it is charged.
Name Ingredients Crafting Description
Quartz Nether QuartzBuilding material.
Netherbrick Nether BricksBuilding material.
WeaponsName Ingredients Crafting Description
Sword
Sticks+Wooden Planks, Cobblestone, Iron Ingots, Gold Ingots,Diamond Gems
Used to attack mobs.
Bow Sticks+String
Attacks mobs at a distance. Can be charged up for greater power.
Arrows Flint+Stick+Feather Ammo for the bow.
ToolsName Ingredients Crafting Description
Axe
Sticks+Wooden Planks, Cobblestone, Iron Ingots, Gold Ingots,Diamond Gems
Chops wood blocks faster.
Pickaxe
Sticks+Wooden Planks, Cobblestone, Iron Ingots, Gold Ingots,Diamond Gems
Used to mine stone and minerals.
Shovel
Sticks+Wooden Planks, Cobblestone, Iron Ingots, Gold Ingots,Diamond Gems
Digs through dirt, gravel, sand and snow faster.
Hoe
Sticks+Wooden Planks, Cobblestone, Iron Ingots, Gold Ingots,Diamond Gems
Tills dirt to prepare for crops.
Bucket Iron IngotsCarries water, lava or milk.
Compass Iron Ingots+Redstone DustPoints to your spawn point.
Clock Gold Ingots+Redstone DustTells the time of day.
Name Ingredients Crafting Description
Fishing Rod
Sticks+String Used to catch fish.
Shears Iron Ingots
Used to pick up leaf blocks and harvest wool from sheep.
Flint and Steel
Iron Ingot+Flint Creates fire.
ArmorName Ingredients Crafting Description
HelmsLeather, Iron Ingots, Gold Ingots, Diamond Gems, Fire
Gives 1.5 base armor.
ChestplatesLeather, Iron Ingots, Gold Ingots, Diamond Gems, Fire
Gives 4 base armor.
LeggingsLeather, Iron Ingots, Gold Ingots, Diamond Gems, Fire
Gives 3 base armor.
BootsLeather, Iron Ingots, Gold Ingots, Diamond Gems, Fire
Gives 1.5 base armor.
Transportation ItemsName Ingredients Crafting Description
Minecart Iron IngotsTransports players or mobs along a track.
Powered Minecart
Furnace+MinecartPushes other minecarts forward.
Storage Minecart
Chest+MinecartPortable storage in a minecart.
Rails Stick+Iron IngotsPath which minecarts travel on.
Powered Rails
Stick+Gold Ingots+Redstone Dust
Speeds up or slows down minecarts.
Detector Rails
Stone Pressure Plate+ Iron Ingots+Redstone Dust
Functions like a pressure plate triggered by a minecart.
Boat Wooden PlanksAllows for faster water travel.
Activator Rail
Iron + Sticks + Redstone Torch
Activates TNT Minecarts and Hopper Minecarts. If powered,
Name Ingredients Crafting Description
it will cause a Hopper Minecart to stop taking in items.
Hopper Minecart
Hopper + MinecartPicks up blocks from around the cart and chests above the track.
TNT Minecart
TNT + Minecart
A cart with TNT in it. Will blow up if triggered by an activator rail or hit while moving.
MechanismsName Ingredients Crafting Description
DoorWooden Planks, Iron Ingots
Opened by clicking or electricity. Iron doors only open with electricity.
Trapdoor Wooden PlanksA horizontal door opened by clicking or electricity.
Pressure Plate
Wooden Planks or Stone
Sends an electrical charge when pressed. Stone pressure plate can only be triggered by players or mobs.
Button Wooden Planks or Stone
Sends an electrical charge when pressed. Wooden Buttons can be triggered by arrows.
Redstone Torch
Redstone Dust+StickConstantly sends an electrical signal.
Lever Cobblestone+StickServes as a switch for electric signals.
PistonWooden Planks+Cobblestone+Iron Ingot+Redstone Dust
Pushes blocks.
Name Ingredients Crafting Description
Sticky Piston
Piston+Slimeball Pushes and pulls blocks.
Note BlockWooden Planks+Redstone Dust
Plays a note when triggered. Right click to change the note played.
JukeboxWooden Planks+Diamond Gem
Plays music discs.
DispenserCobblestone+Redstone Dust+Bow
Shoots out items when triggered.
Redstone Repeater
Stone+Redstone Dust+Redstone Torch
Used in redstone circuits as a diode, a repeater or a delayer.
Tripwire Hook
Iron Ingot + Stick+ Wooden Plank
Place string between the two hooks and when a player walks through, it will send a redstone pulse.
Daylight Sensor
Glass + Nether Quartz +Wood Slabs
Emits a redstone charge during the day. Its signal strength depends on the time of day.
Redstone Comparator
Stone + Redstone Torch +Nether Quartz
Compares signal strength from two directions. Click here for a full list of uses.
Name Ingredients Crafting Description
DropperCobblestone + Redstone Dust
Acts similar to a dispenser except it always drops the item instead of using it e.x. A dispenser fires arrows when triggered, a dropper drops the item. It will also place items into an adjacent chest.
Hopper Iron + Chest
Sucks up blocks dropped onto it. It will deposit items to a chest placed underneath it, and withdraw items from a chest placed above it.
Trapped Chest
Tripwire Hook + ChestEmits a one block redstone signal when opened.
Weighted Pressure Plate (heavy)
Iron
It can only be triggered by dropped items and its signal strength depends on the amount of items.
Signal Strength
Blocks
11 block - 42 blocks
243 blocks - 1 stack 21 blocks
31 stack 22 blocks - 2 stacks
4
2 stacks 1 block - 2 stacks 42 blocks
5
2 stacks 43 blocks - 3 stacks 21 blocks
63 stacks 22 blocks - 4 stacks
Name Ingredients Crafting Description
7
4 stacks 1 block - 4 stacks 42 blocks
8
4 stacks 43 blocks - 5 stacks 21 blocks
95 stacks 22 blocks - 6 stacks
10
6 stacks 1 block - 6 stacks 42 blocks
11
6 stacks 43 blocks - 7 stacks 21 blocks
127 stacks 22 blocks - 8 stacks
13
8 stacks 1 block - 8 stacks 42 blocks
14
8 stacks 43 blocks - 9 stacks 21 blocks
159 stacks 22 blocks+
.
Weighted Pressure Plate (heavy)
Gold
Requires less blocks than the above.
Signal strength
Blocks
1 1 - 42 5 - 8
3 9 - 124 13 - 16
5 17 - 206 21 - 24
7 25 - 288 29 - 32
Name Ingredients Crafting Description
9 33 - 3610 37 - 40
11 41 - 4412 45 - 48
13 49 - 5214 53 - 56
15 57+
Miscellaneous ItemsName Ingredients Crafting Description
Painting Sticks+Wool Used for decoration.
Sign Wooden Planks+StickShows text entered by the player.
Ladders SticksAllows players to climb up and down.
Paper Sugar Cane Used to make books.
Book PapersUsed to make a bookshelf.
Map Paper+CompassDocuments explored areas.
Fence Sticks
Used as a barrier that players and mobs are not able to jump over. Spiders can still climb over them and skeletons are able to shoot over them.
Name Ingredients Crafting Description
Fence Gates Wooden Planks+Sticks A gate for fences
Glass Panes Glass
Thin glass used for windows. Can be removed without breaking.
Iron Bars Iron Ingots
Used as a barrier that players and mobs are not able to jump over. Spiders can still climb over them and skeletons are able to shoot over them.
Bed Wooden Planks+WoolUsed to sleep at night. Resets the player's spawn point when used.
Gold Ingot Gold Nuggets Makes a gold bar.
Bottle GlassUsed for brewing potions.
Blaze Powder Blaze RodUsed for Alchemy. Eye of Ender
Magma Cream
Slimeball + Blaze Powder
Used for Alchemy.
Name Ingredients Crafting Description
Fermented Spider Eye
Spider Eye + Brown Mushroom + Sugar
Used for Alchemy.
Brewing Stand
Blaze Rod +Cobblestone
Used for brewing potions.
Enchantment Table
Obsidian + Diamond +Book
Enchants weapons, armor, and tools.
Cauldron Iron Stores water.
Eye of EnderEnder Pearl+ Blaze Powder
Restores Ender Portal Frames. Throwing them will point you to the nearest stronghold.
Glistering Melon
Melon Slice+ Gold Nugget
Used in potions.
Fire ChargeBlaze Powder + Coal+Gunpowder
Places fire where clicked. Acts like a Ghast's fireball without explosive damage.
Ender ChestObsidian + Eye of Ender
The contents of an Ender Chest are shared across all Ender Chests throughout the world and other dimensions.
Name Ingredients Crafting Description
Book and Quill
Ink Sac + Book+Feather
This allows you to write text in a book for players to read. The book can be up to 50 pages long with 256 characters per page.
BeaconObsidian + Glass +Nether Star
When placed on top of a pyramid made of diamond, emerald, gold or iron blocks, it casts a beam of light down from the sky. It will provide buffs to players near it.
AnvilIron Ingot + Block of Iron
Allows players to repair and rename items as well as combining enchants. Anvils have gravity and cause damage when they fall.
Flower Pot Bricks
A decorative block that holds saplings, mushrooms, cacti, flowers, ferns and dead bushes.
Cobblestone Walls
Cobblestone or Moss Stone
Acts similar to fences.
Item Frame Sticks + Leather
Displays items on a wall. Right click the frame to place the item in your hand in the frame.
Carrot on a Stick
Fishing Rod + CarrotUsed to control saddled pigs.
FoodName Ingredients Crafting Description
Bowl Wooden PlanksUsed to hold mushroom stew. Can be reused.
Mushroom Stew
Red Mushroom+Brown Mushroom+Bowl
Restores 4 food points.
Bread Wheat Restores 2.5 food points.
Sugar Sugar Cane Used for cake.
Cake Wheat+Sugar+Egg+MilkRestores 1 food point per use. Useable 6 times.
Cookie Wheat+Cocoa Beans Restores 0.5 food points.
Melon Seeds
Melon Slices Plant more melons
Name Ingredients Crafting Description
Golden Apple
Gold Nuggets+AppleRestores 2 food points and increases health regen for 4s.
Enchanted Golden Apple
Golden Blocks + Apple
The old Golden Apple recipe now makes an Enchanted Golden Apple, which restores 2 food points and gives you Regeneration IV (0:30), Fire Resistance (5:00) and Damage Resistance (5:00).
Golden Carrot
Gold Nuggets + CarrotRestores 3 food points. Used to brew Potion of Night Vision.
Pumpkin Pie
Pumpkin + Sugar + Egg Restores 4 food points.
NameFood Points Restored
Effect Obtained by
Cake1 per use (6 total)
- Crafting
Mushroom Stew 4 - Crafting
Cooked Porkchop
4 -
Cooking a raw porkchopKilling a Zombie PigmanKilling a Pig that's on fire
Steak 4 -Cooking raw beefKilling a Cow that's on fire
Pumpkin Pie 4 - Crafting
Cooked Chicken 3 -Cooking raw chickenKilling a chicken that's on fire
Baked Potato 3 - Cooking potatoes
Golden Carrot 3 - Crafting
Bread 2.5 -CraftingFound in dungeon chests
Cooked Fish 2.5 - Cooking a raw fish
Golden Apple 2Provides very fast health regeneration for 4 seconds
Crafting and found in dungeon chests
Enchanted Golden Apple
2Provides health regen for 30 seconds + Fire Resistance (5:00) + Damage Resistance (5:00)
Crafting and found in dungeon chests
Apple 2 -Found in strongholdsFound when destroying leaves
Carrot 2 - Found in villages
Raw Porkchop 1.5 - Drops from pigsRaw Beef 1.5 - Dropped by cows
Raw Fish 1 - Fishing
Melon Slice 1 -Harvested from melon blocks
Raw Chicken 1 30% chance to inflict food poisoning Dropped by chickensPoisonous Potato
1 60% chance to deal 2 hearts of damageRarely found when harvesting potatoes
Spider Eye 1 100% chance to inflict poison Drops from spidersPotato 0.5 - Found in villages
Cookie 0.5 - CraftingRotten Flesh 2 75% to inflict food poisoning Dropped by zombies
Enchanting
Armor
Slot(s) Name EffectMaximum Level
All Protection Converts damage to armor damage IV
All Fire Protection Reduces fire damage IVAll Blast Protection Reduces explosion damage IV
AllProjectile Protection
Reduces arrow damage IV
Boots Feather FallingReduces falling damage. +1 to reduction of falling damage per level.
IV
Helm RespirationUnderwater breathing time +15 seconds; time between suffocation damage +1 second per level.
III
Helm Aqua Affinity Increases underwater mining speed I
All Thorns Deals damage to opponents when attacked. III
All UnbreakingFor each use, there is a chance durability will not decrease. (Only available from Enchanted Book)
III
Sword
Slot(s) Name EffectMaximum Level
Sword Sharpness Up to 1.5 hearts extra damage per level. V
Sword SmiteUp to 2 hearts extra damage against zombies, pigmen, and skeletons per level.
V
SwordBane of Arthropods
Up to 2 hearts extra damage against spiders, cave spiders, and silverfish per level.
V
Sword KnockbackIncreases the knockback dealt when attacking mobs and players.
II
Sword Fire AspectLights the target on fire. If the mob is killed, it will drop cooked food.
II
Sword Looting +1 to max loot drop per level. Increases rare drop chance. III
Sword UnbreakingFor each use, there is a chance durability will not decrease. (Only available from Enchanted Book)
III
Tools
Slot(s) Name EffectMaximum Level
Pickaxe, Shovel, Axe
Efficiency +50% mining speed per level. V
Pickaxe, Shovel, Axe
Silk TouchHarvests blocks themselves instead of mining. (Mining stone will drop stone, not cobble, etc.)
I
Pickaxe, Shovel, Axe
UnbreakingFor each use, there is a chance durability will not decrease.
III
Pickaxe, Shovel, Axe
Fortune Increases the drop rate of items from blocks. III
BowSlot(s)
Name EffectMaximum Level
Bow Power Increases damage. V
Bow Punch Increases knockback. IIBow Flame Lights mobs on fire when hit. I
Bow Infinity Makes the bow have unlimited shots with a single arrow. I
Bow UnbreakingFor each use, there is a chance durability will not decrease. (Only available from Enchanted Book)
III
Other InformationAn enchantment table is required to enchant items and experience is expended when you enchant an item. Upon
placing an item in the window, there will be three options with a green number in the corner. The number indicates the required experience level for the enchantment. Choosing one of the three will grant you one of the enchantments
above at random. Placing bookshelves around the enchanting table will grant access to higher level enchants. The higher the level, the higher the rank of enchantment.
The enchantment table recipe
The enchanting interface
Enchanted BookBy placing a Book in the Enchantment Table, you can store enchantments for later. Enchanted Books are also found in
dungeons, abandoned mineshafts, villages, and strongholds. You can combine Enchanted Books with items with an Anvil.
Raw MaterialsIcon Name Description Uses
Wood
Harvested from trees. There are three different kinds of wood (oak, birch and pine).
Wooden Planks, Coal
DirtHarvested from the top layers of the earth.
Building material, spawns animals when covered in grass
StoneFound when mining. Smelting cobblestone produces stone.
Button, Pressure Plate, Slabs, Redstone Repeater
Sand
Usually found near water and in desert biomes. Obeys the effect of gravity.
Glass, Sandstone, TNT
Gravel
Found underwater, near pits and in the nether. Obeys the effect of gravity.
Building material
Icon Name Description Uses
ObsidianAppears when water hits a lava "source block".
Portal to the Nether (4x5 rectangle), Ender Chest, Enchantment Table
Snow
Appears in Tundra and Taiga biomes. Grants one snowball when harvested with a shovel.
Snow Block
CobblestoneHarvested when mining stone. Forms when lava and water meet.
Stone, Furnace, Stairs, Slabs, Tools, Sword,Levers, Dispensers, Piston
Moss StoneFound around monster spawners.
Building material
Monster Spawner
Spawns monsters around its location.
Source of monsters for a mob trap
IceForms when water is exposed to snow.
None
Icon Name Description Uses
BedrockAppears at the bottom of the earth. It is indestructible.
None
Netherrack
Found in the Nether. It is very fragile and while burn continuously when lit.
None
Nether Brick
Only appears in Nether Fortresses.
Stairs, Fences
Nether Quartz
Mined from Nether Quartz Ore in the Nether.
Quartz Block, Daylight Sensor, Redstone Comparator
WoolSheared from sheep or made from string.
Wool, Colored Wool, Painting, Bed
ClayFound near sand. There are four clay per clay block.
Clay Block, Brick
Icon Name Description Uses
CoalFound from Coal Ore. Can be created by smelting wood.
Torches, Fuel for Powered Minecart andFurnace
FlintFound occasionally when harvesting gravel.
Flint and Steel, Arrows
Redstone Dust
Gathered from Redstone Ore. 4-5 dusts drop per ore.
Redstone circuits, Redstone Torch, Compass,Clock, Dispenser, Note Block, Powered Rail,Detector Rail, Piston
Diamond Gem
Gathered from Diamond Ore (level 18 and below).
Tools, Swords, Armor, Diamond Block,Jukebox
Glowstone Dust
Gathered from Glowstone Blocks in the Nether.
Glowstone Block
Lapis Lazuli Dye
Gathered from Lapis Lazuli Ore. 4-8 dyes drop per ore.
Lapis Lazuli Block, Blue Wool, Cyan Dye,Light Blue Dye, Purple Dye
Icon Name Description Uses
Emerald
It is obtained through trading, mining emerald ore or in desert/jungle temple chests. It is the currency used for trading with villagers.
Emerald Block
Cactus
Cactus grows on sand mostly in Desert biomes. It damages all characters and mobs that touch it.
Cactus Green
Sugar CaneGrows next to water on dirt or sand blocks.
Sugar, Paper
SeedsFound by punching tall grass. They are used to grow wheat.
Farming wheat
Wheat
Farmed by planting seeds on fertile ground near water. Used to gather animals and to breed them.
Bread, Cake, Cookies, Attracting and Breeding Animals
Pumpkin
Appears randomly in groups of up to 20. Can be farmed with Pumpkin Seeds.
Helm, Jack-O-Lantern
Icon Name Description Uses
Vines
Placeable on walls. Gather vines by cutting them with shears. You can climb up them when placed on a block.
Decoration, Ladder
Iron BarsBlocks off an area, similar to fences.
Decoration
Ender PearlDropped by Endermen. Teleports the player when thrown.
Eye of Ender
Spider Eye Dropped from spiders. Fermented Spider Eye
Ghast Tear Dropped from ghasts. Potions
Gold Nugget
Dropped from zombie pigmen.
Gold Ingot, Golden Apple, Glistering Melon,Golden Carrot
Icon Name Description Uses
Blaze Rod Dropped from blazes. Blaze Powder, Brewing Stand
Melon Block
Grown from a central vine.
Melon Slices
Melon Slice Restores 1 food point. Food, Melon Seeds, Melon Block
Melon Seeds
Used to grow melons. Melons
Pumpkin Seeds
Used to grow pumpkins. Pumpkins
Rotten Flesh
Dropped by zombies. Restores 2 food points but poisons you. Can be used to feed wolves without negative effects.
Food
Icon Name Description Uses
Raw Porkchop
Dropped by pigs. Restores 1.5 food points.
Cooked Porkchop
Cooked Porkchop
Restores 4 food points. Food
Raw BeefDropped by cows. Restores 2 food points.
Steak
Steak Restores 4 food points. Food
Raw Chicken
Dropped by chickens. Restores 1 food point, and has a chance to poison you.
Cooked Chicken
Cooked Chicken
Restores 3 food points. Food
Icon Name Description Uses
Raw FishObtained by fishing. Restores 1 food points.
Cooked Fish
Cooked Fish Restores 2.5 food points. Food
RoseSpawns randomly on dirt blocks.
Rose Red
DandelionSpawns randomly on dirt blocks.
Dandelion Yellow
Red Mushroom
Appears randomly in dark areas throughout the world and the Nether.
Mushroom Stew
Brown Mushroom
Appears randomly in dark areas throughout the world and the Nether.
Mushroom Stew
Icon Name Description Uses
SaplingDrops from tree leaves. Can be planted to make a new tree.
Growing Trees, Furnace fuel
BoneDrops from skeletons when killed.
Bone Meal
Feather Dropped from chickens. Arrows, Book and Quill
Leather Dropped from cows. Armor, Book
StringDropped from spiders. Used as tripwire between two tripwire hooks.
Bow, Fishing Rod, Wool
Ink Sac Dropped from squids. Light Gray Dye, Gray Dye, Black Wool
Icon Name Description Uses
GunpowderDropped from creepers and ghasts.
TNT
EggLaid by chickens at random intervals.
Cake
MilkGathered from cows by clicking their udder with a bucket.
Cake
Slimeball Dropped from slimes. Sticky Pistons
Command Block
Runs server commands (like teleporting, time changing) when given a redstone pulse. Click here for a full list information regarding commands.
Server commands
Potato
Found in villages and rarely from zombies. Occasionally when harvesting, a poisonous potato will drop, which gives a poison debuff. Can be cooked to make a Baked Potato.
Food, Baked Potato
Icon Name Description Uses
CarrotFound in villages and rarely from zombies.
Golden Carrot, Carrot on a Stick
Head
Currently only the Wither Skeleton head drops naturally, while the others are found in the Creative menu. They are placeable on the ground and wearable.
Spawning Wither
Nether Star Drops from the Wither. Beacon
Cobweb
Occurs naturally in Abandoned Mine Shafts. They slow down your movement greatly if you touch them.
None
Cocoa Beans
They are occasionally found as a reward in dungeon chests.
Cookies, Brown Wool
Music Disc
They are occasionally found as a reward in dungeon chests and drop when a skeleton's arrow kills a creeper.
Jukebox
Icon Name Description Uses
Apple
Apples can be found in abandoned mine shafts or from destroying tree leaves.
Golden Apple
Fire
Fire blocks are only obtainable with a /give command or inventory editor. They can be crafted into chainmail armor pieces.
Armor
Spawn Eggs
Spawn eggs can be used to spawn almost all different types of creatures and monsters. They can be fired from a dispenser. Only available in Creative Mode.
Spawning Creatures