Some recipes are depicted in the animations below (note: your browser needs JavaScript enabled). Basic Recipes [Collapse] Name Ingredients Input Output Description Wooden Planks Wood Used as a building material and can be crafted into many things. The form of wood that you used would change color result in the output. Sticks Wooden Planks Used to craft torches, arrows, signs, ladders, fences and as handles for tools and weapons. Torches Stick + Coal (or Charcoal) Used to create light. Torches also melt snow and ice. Crafting Table Wooden Planks Allows the player to craft on a 3x3 grid. Furnace Cobblestone Allows the player to smelt. Chest Wooden Planks Stores blocks and items inside. Place two chests side by side to create a larger chest with double the capacity. Block Recipes [Collapse] Name Ingredients Input Output Description Ore Blocks Gold Ingots or Iron Ingots or Diamond Gems or Lapis Lazuli Dyes or Emeralds Allows ingots, gems, or dyes to be crafted into placeable blocks. Can be used as an expensive building block or compact storage of the ore. Glowstone Glowstone (Dust) Used to create brighter light than torches. Melts snow/ice and can be used underwater. If mined again, it turns back into Glowstone dust. Wool String Used as a building material and can be colored with dyes. TNT Gunpowder + Sand Used to cause explosions. Slabs Stone, Sandstone, Wooden Planks, Cobblestone, Brick, or Stone Brick Used for making long staircases. Two slabs placed on top of each other will create a normal-sized double slab block. Stairs Wooden Planks or Cobblestone or Brick or Stone Brick or Nether Brick Used for compact staircases. Snow Block Snowballs Used as a building material, or as compact storage for Snowballs. Also may be used for Snow Golems. Clay Block Clay Used as a building material, or as compact storage for Clay Balls. Brick (Block) Clay Bricks Used as a building material. Stone Brick Stone Used as a building material. To obtain stone just smelt cobblestone. Bookshelf Wooden Planks + Books Used as decoration, or to give an Enchantment Table knowledge. Sandstone Sand Used as a building material. Is not influenced by gravity like normal Sand. Smooth Sandstone Sandstone (Any Type) Decorative block. Decorative Sandstone Sandstone Slab Decorative block. Jack-O-Lantern Pumpkin + Torch Used to create brighter light than torches. Melts snow/ice and can be used underwater. Tool Recipes [Collapse] Name Ingredients Input Output Description Axes Sticks +Wooden Plank orCobblestone orIron Ingots orGold Ingots orDiamond Gems Used to chop wood-related blocks faster than by hand. Pickaxes Sticks +Wooden Plank orCobblestone orIron Ingots orGold Ingots orDiamond Gems Required to mine stone-related blocks and ore. ShovelsSticks +Wooden Plank orCobblestone orIron Ingots orGold Ingots orDiamond Gems Used to dig dirt, grass, sand, gravel and snow faster than by hand. Shovels are required to dig snowballs. HoesSticks +Wooden Plank orCobblestone orIron Ingots orGold Ingots orDiamond Gems Used to till dirt and grass blocks to prepare for crops. Flint and Steel Iron Ingot + Flint Used to create fire. Bucket Iron Ingots Used to hold and transport water, lava and milk. Compass Iron