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The ultimate Minecraft Pocket Edition recipe guide - Crafting

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The ultimate Minecraft Pocket Edition recipe guide - Crafting
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Minecraft - Pocket Edition is all about building ridiculous architectural wonders by finding raw resources in the world and crafting them into handy tools and building materials.

You can turn some wood and stone into a hardy pickaxe, or melt sand down into glass. You can make bookshelves, or dye wool, or forge a golden apple, or cut rough cobblestone blocks into posh stone bricks.

In our handy charts below, and on the other pages, you can find out how to make everything in the world of Minecraft, and how to find the right materials.

Crafting - Smelting - Raw Materials Crafting

In the world of Minecraft, you can make most objects by crafting. Open your inventory and tap on the crafting table to start combining items.

Remember that you'll need to make a crafting table - and then tap on that - to make the bigger and more elaborate objects.

You can find recipes for all the main items in Minecraft - Pocket Edition below, split into handy categories. To make the objects on the left, you'll need the materials on the right. 

Check our page on raw materials if you want to find out where to get the appropriate ingredients.

Apparatus

Blocks that you can place down and use for a variety of purposes.
 
Outcome Description Recipe
Crafting table - allows you to craft a more varied selection of items
Furnace - allows you to use the smelting menu
Brewing stand - used to brew potions
Anvil - used to repair items and enchant them with enchanted books
Enchantment table - used to enchant items
Cauldron - collects rain, and lets you dye armour
Bed - used to skip time until dawn
Chest - used to store blocks and items
 
Vehicles Get around the world of Minecraft faster with these useful vehicles
 
Outcome Description Recipe
Rail - used for minecart tracks
Powered rail - used for speeding up minecarts
Detector rail - provides redstone power if a cart travels over it
Activator rail - makes player or mob fall out of a minecart
Minecart - rideable vehicle that runs along rails
Minecart with chest - moveable chest
Minecart with hopper - moveable hopper
Minecart with TNT - moveable explosive
Boat - used to travel across water
 
Key items These are the bread and butter of working in Minecraft. You can substitute the wooden planks with iron ingots, gold ingots, or diamonds to make more powerful and durable tools.
 
Outcome Description Recipe
Axe - a fast way to chop wood-related blocks
Pickaxe - a fast way to mine stone
Shovel - a fast way to dig, and used to collect snow
Sword - an offensive weapon to deal with enemies
Hoe - used to till dirt and grass blocks to prepare for crops
 
Items and tools Handy items that will help you get more out of the world of Minecraft.
 
Outcome Description Recipe
Stick - used to make tools, weapons, and other objects
Arrow - ammunition for bows
Bow - used for long-ranged attacks when used with arrows
Shears - used to take wool from sheep, and makes placeable leaf blocks
Clock - displays the positions of the sun and moon
Compass - points to the spawn point
TNT - used to cause explosions
Flint and steel - used to detonate TNT, start fires, and activate a Nether portal
Bucket - transport lava, water, and milk
Torch - lights up dark areas, and melts snow and ice
Torch - lights up dark areas, and melts snow and ice
Glass bottle - used to hold water, potions, and more
Fishing rod - used to catch fish
Empty map - allows you to create a map of the area
Carrot on a Stick Carrot on a Stick - used to make pigs (wearing saddles) go where you want them to Carrot
Lead Lead - used to keep tamed animals nearby Leash
Fire Charge Fire Charge - often used with a dispenser to fire a flaming cannonball when triggered Fire Charge
 
Armour Apply this stuff to your character to withstand way more damage in combat. You can substitute the leather in any of the below recipes with iron ingots, gold ingots, or diamonds to make more durable armour.
 
Outcome Description Recipe
Cap / Helmet - increases armour points
Tunic / Chestplate - increases armour points
Pants / Leggings - increases armour points
Boots - increases armour points
Horse Armour Horse Armour - increases armour points on a tamed horse
 
Redstone This stuff lets you wire up complicated contraptions. Consult our ultimate guide to redstone in Minecraft Pocket Edition for more information on how each device can be used.
 
Outcome Description Recipe
Lever - redstone power source you toggle
Redstone torch - constant redstone power source
Wooden pressure plate - redstone power source you stand on
Stone pressure plate - redstone power source you stand on
Weighted pressure plate (light) - redstone power source you stand on
Weighted pressure plate (heavy) - redstone power source you stand on
Button - redstone power source you press
Button - redstone power source you press
Daylight sensor - redstone power source based on light levels
Tripwire hook - redstone power source you trip (when combined with string)
Redstone repeater - boosts power of redstone trail
Redstone comparator - boosts redstone signal based on items in a container
Dispenser - shoots out objects when powered
Dropper - drops out objects when powered
Hopper - drops item into a container, or pulls items from a container
Redstone lamp - lights up when powered by redstone
Trapped chest - sends a redstone signal when the chest is opened
Piston Piston - pushes a block when a redstone signal is received Piston
Sticky Piston Trapped chest - pushes or pulls a block when a redstone signal is received Sticky Piston
Observer Observer - sends a redstone signal if the block in front of the detector eye changes in some way Observer
 
Food As hunger is now something to manage in Minecraft, it's important to know how to make food. Some of the most satisfying meals can only be made in the furnace, but these handy meals can be crafted in an instant. 
 
Outcome Description Recipe
Bowl - used to hold stew
Sugar - used in recipes
Bread - satisfies hunger
Mushroom stew - satisfies hunger
Rabbit stew - satisfies hunger
Rabbit stew - satisfies hunger
Beetroot soup - satisfies hunger
Pumpkin pie - satisfies hunger
Cake - satisfies hunger
Cookie - satisfies hunger
Golden apple - restores hunger and gives player health regeneration for 5 seconds
Enchanted golden apple - restores hunger and gives player various status boosts
Golden carrot - restores hunger, used in potion brewing
Glistering melon - restores hunger, used in potion brewing
 
Ingredients There are several potions you can brew in Minecraft. Find out about the ingredients below, and consult our walkthrough on the brewing stand for more. 
 
Outcome Description Recipe
Blaze powder - used in potion brewing
Magma cream - used in potion brewing
Fermented spider eye - used in potion brewing
Gold nugget - used to make gold ingots
Gold ingot - used to make gold tools and armour
 
Building blocks Want to make a house, building, tower, or castle? Then you'll need this stuff.
 
Outcome Description Recipe
Wooden planks - building material
Bricks - building material
Sandstone - building material
Stonebricks - building material
Block of quartz - building material
Slab - building tool (can be made from cobblestone, wood, bricks, sandstone, stone brick, nether brick, quartz, or stone)
Stairs - building tool (can be made from cobblestone, wood, bricks, sandstone, stone brick, nether brick, or quartz)
Polished, smooth, pillar bricks - building material (can be made from diorite, andesite, sandstone, or quartz)
Chiseled bricks - building material (can be made from stone, sandstone, or quartz)
 
Building materials More complicated builds will require items like fences, doors, and glass panes. Here's how to craft them.
 
Outcome Description Recipe
Fence - a barrier that certain enemies can't jump over
Fence gate - an openable gate for your fence
Cobblestone wall - building material
Glass pane - decorative window for your buildings
Snow - a compact way to store snowballs
Ladder - allows you to climb vertically
Wooden door - a door that opens and closes when hit
Iron door - door that only opens and closes when powered by redstone
Wooden trapdoor - like a door but used between floors
Iron trapdoor - trapdoor that only opens and closes when powered by redstone
Slime block - bouncy trampoline-style block
 
Decorative items Need something to put in your new castle? How about crafting one of these decorative items?
 
Outcome Description Recipe
Block of diamond - compact way to store diamonds
Block of gold - compact way to store gold ingots
Block of iron - compact way to store iron ingots
Block of emerald - compact way to store emeralds
Block of redstone - compact way to store redstone
Lapis Lazuli block - compact way to store Lapis Lazuli
Block of coal - fuel for smelting
Paper - used to make books and maps
Book - used to create some items. Can be enchanted
Bookshelf - a decorative item
Glowstone - decorative block which is brighter than a torch
Jack 'o' Lantern - illuminating block
Hay bale - decorative block
Iron bars - decorative block
Painting - decorative items to hang on walls
Sign - displays text that you have typed
Item frame - lets you display an object or map on the wall
Note block - plays a musical note, can be powered by redstone
Flower pot - lets you display flowers
 
Dying materials There are lots of ways to colour wool, clay, and leather in Minecraft. To make a coloured dye, consult the list of recipes below.
 
Outcome Description Recipe
Lapis Lazuli - used to dye wool
Rose red - used to dye wool (can use other red flowers)
Dandelion yellow - used to dye wool (can use other yellow flowers)
Light blue dye - used to dye wool
Light blue dye - used to dye wool
Magneta dye - used to dye wool (can use other magenta flowers)
Magneta dye - used to dye wool
Orange dye - used to dye wool
Orange dye - used to dye wool
Pink dye - used to dye wool (can use other pink flowers)
Pink dye - used to dye wool
Light gray dye - used to dye wool (can use other light gray flowers)
Light gray dye - used to dye wool
Cyan dye - used to dye wool
Lime dye - used to dye wool
Purple dye - used to dye wool
Gray dye - used to dye wool
Cocoa beans - used to dye wool
Bone meal - used to dye wool
Wool - decorative building block
Dyed wool - coloured block, can be used with any of the above dyes
Carpet - decorative floor tile, can be used with any coloured wool
Clay - decorative building block, can be hardended in furnace
Dyed clay - coloured block, can be used with any of the above dyes
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