Minecraft - Pocket Edition now includes crafting, smelting, and the harvesting of resources.
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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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SmeltingOnce 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 | |
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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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