Crafting descriptions

In alpha builds of , crafting interfaces held descriptions for the item to be crafted.
== List ==
Below is a table of all item descriptions. Descriptions for uncraftable items also appear to exist despite not having anywhere to be displayed.
All items are listed in the order as they are found in the en_US.lang file, which means blocks and items are not grouped by material or utility. The table is sortable and can be sorted alphabetically.
Respective items 	Translation key 	Description
 	desc.sword 	Deals more damage than by hand.
 	desc.shovel 	Used to dig dirt, grass, sand, gravel and snow faster than by hand.
 	desc.pickaxe 	Required to mine stone-related blocks and ore.
 	desc.hatchet 	Used to chop wood-related blocks faster than by hand.
 	desc.hoe 	Used to till dirt and grass blocks to prepare for crops.
 	desc.doorwood 	Wooden doors are activated by using, hitting them or with Redstone.
 	desc.dooriron 	Iron doors can only be opened by Redstone, buttons or switches.
 	desc.helmet 	Gives the user 1.5 Armor when worn.
 	desc.chestplate 	Gives the user 4 Armor when worn.
 	desc.leggings 	Gives the user 3 Armor when worn.
 	desc.boots 	Gives the user 1.5 Armor when worn.
 	desc.ingot 	A shiny ingot which can be used to craft tools made from this material.
 	desc.block 	Used as an expensive building block or compact storage of the ore.
 	desc.pressureplate 	Used to send an electrical charge when stepped on by a player, an animal, or a monster. Wooden Pressure Plates can also be activated by dropping something on them.
 	desc.stairs 	Used for compact staircases.
 	desc.stairsstonebricksmooth 	Used for compact staircases.
 	desc.stairsnetherbrick 	Used for compact staircases.
 	desc.stairssandstone 	Used for compact staircases.
 	desc.stairsquartzblock 	Used for compact staircases.
 	desc.slab 	Used for making long staircases.
 	desc.halfslab 	Used for compact staircases.
 	desc.torch 	Used to create light. Torches also melt snow and ice.
, all types 	desc.wood 	Used as a building material and can be crafted into many things.
 	desc.sandstonedesc.sandstone.addon 	Used as a building material.Is not influenced by gravity like normal Sand.
 	desc.structblock 	Used as a building material.
 	desc.stick 	Used to craft torches, arrows, signs, ladders, fences and as handles for tools and weapons.
 	desc.bed 	Used to sleep until dawn. Changes your spawn point to the bed's position.
 	desc.craftingtable 	Allows you to craft a more varied selection of items than the normal crafting.
 	desc.furnace 	Allows you to smelt ore, create charcoal and glass, and cook fish and porkchops.
 	desc.chest 	Stores blocks and items inside.
, all types, all types	desc.fence 	Used as a barrier that cannot be jumped over.
 	desc.ladder 	Used to climb vertically.
, all types 	desc.trapdoor 	Work like normal doors, but are a one by one block and lay flat on the ground.
 	desc.sign 	Shows text entered by you or other players.
 	desc.glowstone 	Used to create brighter light than torches. Melts snow/ice and can be used underwater.
 	desc.tnt 	Used to cause explosions. Activated after placing by hitting, or with an electrical charge.
 	desc.bowl 	Used to hold mushroom stew, beetroot soup. You keep the bowl when the stew has been eaten.
 	desc.bucket 	Used to hold and transport water, lava and milk.
 	desc.flintandsteel 	Used to detonate TNT.
 	desc.fishingrod 	Used to catch fish.
 	desc.clock 	Displays positions of the Sun and Moon.
 	desc.compass 	Points to your start point.
 	desc.map 	Creates an image of an area explored while held. This can be used for path-finding.
 	desc.bow 	Allows for ranged attacks by using arrows.
 	desc.arrow 	Used as ammunition for bows.
 	desc.mushroomstew 	Restores 5 hearts.
 	desc.cookie 	Restores 0.5 Hearts. Can be stacked up to 8 times.
 	desc.cake 	Restores 1.5 Hearts. Can be used 6 times.
 	desc.sugar 	Used in the cake recipe.
 	desc.bread 	Restores 2.5 Hearts.
 	desc.goldenapple 	Restores 10 Hearts.
 	desc.lever 	Used to send an electrical charge by being turned on or off. Stays in the on or off state until pressed again.
 	desc.redstonetorch 	Constantly sends an electrical charge, or can be used as a receiver/transmitter when connected to the side of a block.The following text is listed in the line below this one in en_US.lang:Can also be used for low-level lighting.
 	desc.redstonerepeater 	Used in Redstone circuits as repeater, a delayer, and/or a diode
 	desc.button 	Used to send an electrical charge by being pressed. Stays activated for approximately a second before shutting off again.
 	desc.dispenser 	Used to hold and shoot out items in a random order when given a Redstone charge.
 	desc.noteblock 	Plays a note when triggered. Hit it to change the pitch of the note. Placing this on top of different blocks changes the type of instrument.
 	desc.rail 	Used to guide minecarts.
 	desc.poweredrail 	When powered, accelerates minecarts that pass over it. When unpowered, causes minecarts to stop on it.Powered rails use the desc.goldenrail string below.
 	desc.detectorrail 	Functions like a Pressure Plate (sends a Redstone signal when powered) but can only be activated by a minecart.
 	desc.minecart 	Used to transport you, an animal, or a monster along rails.
 	desc.minecartwithchest 	Used to transport goods along rails.
 	desc.minecartwithfurnace 	Moves along rails and can push other minecarts when coal is put in it.
 	desc.boat 	Used to travel in water more quickly than swimming.
, all colors 	desc.wool 	Collected from sheep, and can be colored with dyes.
 	desc.woolstring 	Used as a building material and can be colored with dyes. Can be easily obtained from Sheep.
 	desc.dyepowder.black 	Used as a dye to create black wool.
 	desc.dyepowder.green 	Used as a dye to create green wool.
 	desc.dyepowder.brown 	Used as a dye to create brown wool.
 	desc.dyepowder.silver 	Used as a dye to create silver wool.
 	desc.dyepowder.yellow 	Used as a dye to create yellow wool.
 	desc.dyepowder.red 	Used as a dye to create red wool.
 	desc.dyepowder.white 	Used to instantly grow crops and flowers. Can be used in dye recipes.
 	desc.dyepowder.pink 	Used as a dye to create pink wool.
 	desc.dyepowder.orange 	Used as a dye to create orange wool.
 	desc.dyepowder.lime 	Used as a dye to create lime wool.
 	desc.dyepowder.gray 	Used as a dye to create gray wool.
 	desc.dyepowder.lightgray 	Used as a dye to create light gray wool.Light gray dye uses the desc.dyepowder.silver string above. The following text is listed in the line below this one in en_US.lang:(Note: light gray dye can also be made by combining gray dye with bone meal, letting you make four light gray dyes from every ink sac instead of three.)
 	desc.dyepowder.lightblue 	Used as a dye to create light blue wool.
 	desc.dyepowder.cyan 	Used as a dye to create cyan wool.
 	desc.dyepowder.purple 	Used as a dye to create purple wool.
 	desc.dyepowder.magenta 	Used as a dye to create magenta wool.
 	desc.dyepowder.blue 	Used as dye to create Blue Wool.
 	desc.jukebox 	Plays Music Discs.
 	desc.diamonds 	Use these to create very strong tools, weapons or armor
 	desc.diamond 	Use these to create very strong tools, weapons or armor
 	desc.jackolantern 	Used to create brighter light than torches. Melts snow/ice and can be used underwater.Jack o'lanterns use the desc.litpumpkin string below.
 	desc.paper 	Used to create books and maps.
 	desc.book 	Used to create a bookshelf.
 	desc.bookshelf 	Used as decoration.
 	desc.picture 	Used as decoration.
 	desc.ore_gold 	Can be mined with an iron pickaxe or better, then smelted in a furnace to produce gold ingots.
 	desc.ore_iron 	Can be mined with a stone pickaxe or better, then smelted in a furnace to produce iron ingots.
 	desc.ore_coal 	Can be mined with a pickaxe to collect coal.
 	desc.ore_lapis 	Can be mined with a stone pickaxe or better to collect lapis lazuli.
 	desc.ore_diamond 	Can be mined with an iron pickaxe or better to collect diamonds.
 	desc.ore_redstone 	Can be mined with an iron pickaxe or better to collect redstone dust.
 	desc.stone 	Can be mined with a pickaxe to collect cobblestone.
 	desc.dirt 	Collected using a shovel. Can be used for construction.
 	desc.sapling 	Can be planted and it eventually grows into a tree.
 	desc.bedrock 	This cannot be broken.
 	desc.lava 	Sets fire to anything that touches it. Can be collected in a bucket.
 	desc.sand 	Collected using a shovel. Can be smelted into glass using the furnace. Is affected by gravity if there is no other tile underneath it.
 	desc.gravel 	Collected using a shovel. Sometimes produces flint when dug up. Is affected by gravity if there is no other tile underneath it.
 	desc.log 	Chopped using an axe, and can be crafted into planks or used as a fuel.
 	desc.glass 	Created in a furnace by smelting sand. Breaks when attempting to mine it.
 	desc.thinglass 	Breaks when attempting to mine it.
 	desc.stone_brick 	Mined from stone using a pickaxe. Can be used to construct a furnace or stone tools.
 	desc.brick 	Baked from clay in a furnace.
 	desc.clay 	Can be baked into bricks in a furnace.
 	desc.snow 	A compact way to store snowballs.
 	desc.top_snow 	Can be dug with a shovel to create snowballs.
 	desc.tall_grass 	Sometimes produces seeds when broken.
 	desc.flower 	Can be crafted into a dye.
 	desc.mushroom 	Can be crafted with a bowl to make stew.
 	desc.obsidian 	Can only be mined with a diamond pickaxe. Is produced by the meeting of water and still lava, and is used to build a portal.
 	desc.mob_spawner 	Spawns monsters into the world.
 	desc.redstone_dust 	Is placed on the ground to carry an electrical charge.
 	desc.crops 	When fully grown, crops can be harvested to collect wheat.
 	desc.farmland 	Ground that has been prepared ready to plant seeds.
 	desc.cactus 	Can be crafted to create a dye.
 	desc.reeds 	Can be crafted to create sugar.
 	desc.pumpkin 	Can be worn as a helmet or crafted with a torch to create a Jack-O-Lantern.
 	desc.hell_rock 	Burns forever if set alight.
 	desc.hell_sand 	Slows the movement of anything walking over it.
 	desc.portal 	Standing in the portal allows you to pass between the overworld and the nether.
 	desc.apple 	Restores health, and can be crafted into a golden apple.
 	desc.melon 	Can be broken into melon slices.
 	desc.coal 	Used as a fuel in a furnace, or crafted to make a torch.
 	desc.charcoal 	Used as a renewable fuel in a furnace, or crafted to make a torch.
 	desc.string 	Collected by killing a spider, and can be crafted into a bow.
 	desc.feather 	Collected by killing a chicken, and can be crafted into an arrow.
 	desc.sulphur 	Collected by killing a creeper, and can be crafted into TNT.
 	desc.shears 	Used to obtain wool from sheep and to harvest placeable Leaf blocks.
 	desc.seeds 	Can be planted in farmland to grow crops.
 	desc.wheat 	Harvested from crops, and can be used to craft food items.
 	desc.flint 	Collected by digging gravel, and can be used to craft a flint and steel.
 	desc.porkchopraw 	Collected by killing a pig, and can be cooked in a furnace. Restores health.
 	desc.porkchopcooked 	Created by cooking a porkchop in a furnace. Restores health.
 	desc.beefraw 	Collected by killing a cow, and can be cooked in a furnace. Restores health.
 	desc.beefcooked 	Created by cooking a beef in a furnace. Restores health.
 	desc.chickenraw 	Collected by killing a chicken, and can be cooked in a furnace. Restores health.
 	desc.chickencooked 	Created by cooking a chicken in a furnace. Restores health.
 	desc.saddle 	When used on a pig it allows you to ride the pig.
 	desc.snowball 	Collected by digging snow, and can be thrown.
 	desc.leather 	Collected by killing a cow, and can be crafted into armor.
 	desc.slimeball 	Collected by killing a slime.
 	desc.egg 	Dropped randomly by chickens, and can be crafted into food items.
 	desc.yellow_dust 	Collected by mining Glowstone, and can be crafted to make Glowstone blocks again.
 	desc.fish_raw 	Can be eaten to restore health, or cooked in a furnace.
 	desc.fish_cooked 	Created by cooking a raw fish in a furnace. Can be eaten to restore health.
 	desc.bone 	Collected by killing a skeleton. Can be crafted into bone meal.
, all types 	desc.record 	Collected by getting a skeleton to kill a creeper. Can be played in a jukebox.
 	desc.clayhardened 	Can be dyed to make blocks of various colors.
 	desc.water 	Extinguishes fire and helps crops grow. Can be collected in a bucket.
 	desc.leaves 	When broken sometimes drops a sapling which can then be replanted to grow into a tree.
 	desc.moss_stone 	Can be used for construction and decoration.
 	desc.stonebricksmooth 	Used as building material.
 	desc.netherreactor 	Core of the Nether Reactor
 	desc.glowingobsidian 	Obsidion activated by external source.
 	desc.lightgem 	Used for illumination.
 	desc.painting 	Used as decoration.
 	desc.hellrock 	Is a stone material from the Nether.
 	desc.netherbrick 	Construction block made from Nether bricks.
 	desc.netherbrickitem 	Used to form blocks of Nether bricks.
 	desc.netherquartz 	Quartz from the Nether, used to create Blocks of Quartz.
 	desc.quartzblock 	Decorative block, used to create other kinds of Quartz blocks.
 	desc.quartzBlockChiseled 	Decorative block
 	desc.quartzBlockPillar 	Decorative block
 	desc.stonecutter 	For crafting stoneblocks.
 	desc.seedsmelon 	Plant more melons.
 	desc.seedspumpkin 	Plant more pumpkins.
 	desc.pumpkin 	Can be used to make pumpkin pie and laterns.
 	desc.litpumpkin 	Pretty latterns that provides light.
 	desc.pumpkinpie 	A very tasty Pie.
 	desc.carrot 	Eat them or plant them.
 	desc.potatos 	Eat them, plant them or bake them.
 	desc.potatobaked 	Made by cooking a potato, can be eaten to restore health.
 	desc.tile.melon 	Can be cut up and eaten.Melon blocks use the desc.melon string above.
 	desc.stairswoodspruce 	Used for compact staircases.
 	desc.stairswoodbirch 	Used for compact staircases.
 	desc.stairswoodjungle 	Used for compact staircases.
 	desc.stairswoodjungleJungle wood stairs are listed twice in en_US.lang.	Used for compact staircases.
 	desc.stairswoodacacia 	Used for compact staircases.
 	desc.stairswoodbigoak 	Used for compact staircases.
 	desc.cobbleWall 	Wall made of stone.Cobblestone walls attempted to take their crafting description from desc.tile.cobbleWall, which did not exist.
 	desc.fenceiro 	A seethrough thin wall. Great for locking out things.
 	desc.hayblock 	Used as decoration. A compact way to store Wheat.
 	desc.blockcoal 	Can be used in a furnace and is a compact way of storing coal.
 	desc.beetroot 	Can be eaten or turned into beetroot soup or red dye.
 	desc.beetrootsoup 	Restores 5 hearts.
 	desc.seedsbeetroot 	Plant more beetroots.
 	desc.goldenrail 	Powered rail that boosts minecarts driving over them.
, all colors 	desc.woolcarpet 	Thin wool carpet that makes your floors more colorful.
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