This opens up a whole new world of discovery and creation. You can turn some wood and stone into a hardy pickaxe, or melt sand down into glass. You can make decorative objects, or dye wool.
In our handy charts below, you can find out how to make everything in the world of Minecraft, and how to find the right materials.
Crafting - blocks
In the world of Minecraft, you can make most objects by crafting. Simply enter your inventory and then hit the 'craft' button in the top corner. If an object's name is written in white, it means you have the materials to make it.
Tap on the big ingredients list box on the right to craft the item, and instantly add it to your inventory.
Remember that you'll need to make a crafting table - and then tap on that - to make bigger and more elaborate objects. It's also worth noting that the in-game guide talks about things that simply aren't available in the game yet (cakes, mushroom stew, fish).
You can find the complete guide to Minecraft - Pocket Edition below. To make the objects on the left, you'll need the materials on the right. Note that sometimes you'll get more than one object in the process.
Outcome
Description
Recipe
Brick Stairs - compact brick staircases
(6)
Bricks - decorative building block
(4)
Bricks Slab - used for making long staircases
(3)
Clay - decorative building block
(4)
Cobblestone Slab - used for making long staircases
(3)
Crafting Table - allows you to craft a more varied selection of items
(4)
Fence - a barrier that certain enemies can't jump over
(6)
Fence Gate - an openable gate for your fence
(2) (4)
Furnace - allows you to use the smelting menu
(8)
Glass Pane - decorative window for your buildings
(6)
Ladder - allows you to climb vertically
(7)
Sandstone - decorative building block
(4)
Snow - a compact way to store snowballs
(4)
Stick - used to make tools, weapons, and other objects
(2)
Stone Slab - used for making long staircases
(3)
Stone Stairs - used for compact staircases
(6)
Wooden Door - a door that opens and closes when hit
(6)
Wooden Planks - useful building material for weapons and tools
(1)
Wooden Slab - used for making long staircases
(3)
Wooden Stairs - used for compact staircases
(6)
Blue Wool - decorative building block
(1) (1)
Yellow Wool - decorative building block
(1) (1)
Blue Light Wool - decorative building block
(1) (1)
Cyan Wool - decorative building block
(1) (1)
Green Wool - decorative building block
(1) (1)
Lime Wool - decorative building block
(1) (1)
Magenta Wool - decorative building block
(1) (1)
Orange Wool - decorative building block
(1) (1)
Pink Wool - decorative building block
(1) (1)
Purple Wool - decorative building block
(1) (1)
Red Wool - decorative building block
(1) (1)
Bed - used to skip to dawn if all players are sleeping. Also changes your spawn point
(3) (3)
Chest - used to store blocks and items from your inventory
(8)
Wool - decorative building block
(4)
Crafting - tools and weapons
Outcome
Description
Recipe
Arrow - ammunition for bows
(1) (1) (1)
Bone Meal - fertiliser for crops, and used in dye recipes
(1)
Bow - used for long-ranged attacks when used with arrows
(3) (3)
Dandelion Yellow - used as a dye
(1)
Diamond Axe - a fast way to chop wood-related blocks
(3) (2)
Diamond Pickaxe - a fast way to mine stone, and required to mine certain types of ore
(3) (2)
Diamond Shovel - a fast way to dig, and used to collect snow
(1) (2)
Diamond Sword - an offensive weapon to deal with enemies
(2) (1)
Golden Axe - a fast way to chop wood-related blocks
(3) (2)
Golden Pickaxe - a fast way to mine stone, and required to mine certain types of ore
(3) (2)
Golden Shovel - a fast way to dig, and used to collect snow
(1) (2)
Golden Sword - an offensive weapon to deal with enemies
(2) (1)
Iron Axe - a fast way to chop wood-related blocks
(3) (2)
Iron Pickaxe - a fast way to mine stone, and required to mine certain types of ore
(3) (2)
Iron Shovel - a fast way to dig, and used to collect snow
(1) (2)
Iron Sword - an offensive weapon to deal with enemies
(2) (1)
Stone Axe - a fast way to chop wood-related blocks
(3) (2)
Stone Pickaxe - a fast way to mine stone, and required to mine certain types of ore
(3) (2)
Stone Shovel - a fast way to dig, and used to collect snow
(1) (2)
Stone Sword - an offensive weapon to deal with enemies
(2) (1)
Wooden Axe - a fast way to chop wood-related blocks
(3) (2)
Wooden Pickaxe - a fast way to mine stone
(3) (2)
Wooden Shovel - a fast way to dig, and used to collect snow
(1) (2)
Wooden Sword - an offensive weapon to deal with enemies
(2) (1)
Lapis Lazuli - used as a dye
(1)
Shears - used to take wool from sheep, and makes placeable leaf blocks
(2)
Torch - lights up dark areas, and melts snow and ice
(1) (1)
Wooden Hoe - used to till dirt and grass blocks to prepare for crops
(1) (1)
Stone Hoe - used to till dirt and grass blocks to prepare for crops
(1) (1)
Iron Hoe - used to till dirt and grass blocks to prepare for crops
(1) (1)
Golden Hoe - used to till dirt and grass blocks to prepare for crops
(1) (1)
Diamond Hoe - used to till dirt and grass blocks to prepare for crops
(1) (1)
TNT - use to cause explosions
(4) (5)
Flint and Steel - used to detonate TNT
(1) (1)
Crafting - survival gear
Outcome
Description
Recipe
Bowl - will be used to hold mushroom stew
(3)
Sugar - will be used in the cake recipe
(1)
Bread - restores 2.5 hearts
(3)
Mushroom Stew - restores five hearts
(1) (1) (1)
Crafting - decorative items
Outcome
Description
Recipe
Block of Diamond - a compact way to store diamond ore
(9)
Block of Gold - a compact way to store gold ore
(9)
Block of Iron - a compact way to store iron ore
(9)
Book - used to create bookshelves
(3)
Bookshelf - a decorative item
(6) (3)
Diamond - used to create strong weapons and tools
(1)
Gold Ingot - used to create strong weapons and tools
(1)
Iron Ingot - used to create strong weapons and tools
(1)
Lapis Lazuli Block - a compact way to store Lapis Lazuli
(9)
Paper - used to make books
(3)
Cyan Dye - used to dye wool
(1) (1)
Light Blue Dye - used to dye wool
(1) (1)
Lime Dye - used to dye wool
(1) (1)
Magenta Dye - used to dye wool
(1) (1) (1)
Orange Dye - used to dye wool
(1) (1)
Pink Dye - used to dye wool
(1) (1)
Purple Dye - used to dye wool
(1) (1)
Smelting
Once you've crafted a furnace, tap on it to enter the smelting menu. This lets you make new objects by melting down certain materials. Here's how to use it.
Tap the top-most box, and then choose one of the highlighted materials from your inventory on the left of the screen. Then, tap the box below and pick one of your fuels. Some fuels are more effective than others - coal burns for ages, while sticks quickly burn up.
You need to provide enough fuel so that the material completely melts (represented by the arrow that changes from grey to white) before your fuel is used up. You can put in a lot of fuel, and you can collect any leftovers when the smelting process is over.
In our smelting guide below, you can make the objects in the left-hand column by melting down the material in the right-hand column. You can use any fuel you like.
Outcome
Description
Recipe (add fuel)
Brick - used to make brick blocks
Glass - used to make windows
Stone - decorative building block, used to make stone slabs
Diamond - used to create strong weapons and tools
Gold Ingot - used to create strong weapons and tools
Iron Ingot - used to create strong weapons and tools
Lapis Lazuli - used to dye wool blue
Charcoal - used to make torches, and is also a fuel
Green plant - will be used to dye wool green
Cooked beef - restores health
Cooked pork - restores health
Cooked chicken - restores health
Red dye - used to dye wool
Natural materials
If you're looking for materials like clay or iron ore for one of the crafting or smelting recipes above, you'll need to find those resources in the wild.
The list below will help you find those naturally occurring materials in your random Minecraft world.
Material
Description
Clay balls - rare material, found in sand and sometimes underwater. Best harvested with a shovel
Cobblestone - common material. Dig down into the earth if you're struggling to find some. A pickaxe is needed to harvest cobblestone
Sand - very common material, found by water
Snowball - use a shovel on snow to make snowballs
Wood - punch trees to collect wood. Comes in brown and white varieties, but they can be used interchangeably while crafting
Wool - use shears on sheep to obtain wool. It can be dyed to make different colours
Feather - use any tool or weapon to kill a chicken to produce feathers
Flint - sometimes produced when mining into gravel
Bone - skeletons sometimes drop these when killed
String - spiders drop these when killed
Dandelion - natural flowers that blossom randomly throughout the world
Gold ore - found deep beneath the ground. Requires a powerful pickaxe to successfully mine
Diamond ore - found deep beneath the ground. Requires a powerful pickaxe to successfully mine
Iron ore - often found slightly beneath the ground. Requires a powerful pickaxe to successfully mine
Lapis ore - extremely rare material, found deep beneath the ground. Requires a powerful pickaxe to successfully mine
Coal - mined from coal ore blocks
Sugar cane - natural plant, found throughout the world
Seeds - sometimes appear when you tap once on the ground with the hoe
Wheat - use hoe on the ground to till the land. Plant seeds and then wait for wheat to grow. Use hoe to collect
Raw beef - kill a cow
Raw chicken - kill a chicken
Raw pork - kill a pig
Red mushroom - found randomly in the world
Brown mushroom - found randomly in the world
Gunpowder - kill a creeper before it explodes (bow and arrow is a good strategy)
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