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Minecraft: How to make a Blast Furnace

5 Iron Ingots + 1 Furnace + 3 Smooth Stone --> Blast Furnace

This 1.15+ Minecraft item acts just like a Furnace... except the Blast Furnace can cook ore items 2 times fast. (But the catch... only ore)

See Smoker or Furnace for ones that can cook stone or food.

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Minecraft: How to make a Smoker

4 Wood Log (Any type) + 1 Furnace --> Smoker

This 1.15+ Minecraft item acts just like a Furnace... except the Smoker can cook food items 2 times fast. (But the catch... only food)

See Blast Furnace or Furnace for ones that can cook other than food.

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Minecraft: How to make a Stone Cutter

1 Iron Ingot + 3 Stone --> Stone Cutter

A Stone Cutter (1.15+) can be used to convert Stone and Cobblestone into various things:

  • Stairs
  • Slabs
  • Other Blocks (If given Stone you can make Stone Brick and Chisled Stone)
  • Walls

See more Stone Working for some common information.

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Minecraft: How to make Hopper

5 Iron Ingots + 1 Chest --> Hopper

Can be used to make "automatic" furnaces.

Can be used to transport items from one location to another.

Can be used to store large amounts of items.

Can be used to make "sorting" machines.

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Minecraft: How to make Redstone Comparator

3 Redstone Torch + 1 Nether Quartz + 3 Stone --> Redstone Comparator

Can be used to repeat a redstone signal in confined spaces.

Can be used to make a "sorting" machine with Hoppers and Chests.

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Minecraft: How to make Redstone Daylight Detector

3 Glass + 3 Nether Quartz + 3 Wood Slabs (Any type) --> Daylight Detector

Can be used to create "automatic" lighting with Redstone Lamps.

Can be used with machines that need to know if it's day-time or night-time.

Right Click on it to change from Daylight Detecting to Nightlight Detecting.

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Minecraft: How to make Redstone Dispenser

7 Cobblestone + 1 Redstone + 1 Bow --> Dispenser

Can be used to transfer items into things like hoppers.

See Redstone Dropper for the one that can drop items onto the floor

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Minecraft: How to make Redstone Dropper

7 Cobblestone + 1 Redstone --> Dropper

Can be used to drop an item onto the floor.

See Redstone Dispenser for the one that can transfer items into things like hoppers.

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Minecraft: How to make Redstone Noteblock

8 Wood Planks (Any type) + 1 Redstone --> Noteblock

Can be used to make sounds!

Place it on the ground for base, 1 block above the ground for the other.

Right click to change note. (Cycles thru all notes)

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Minecraft: How to make Redstone Observer

6 Cobblestone + 2 Redstone + 1 Nether Quartz --> Observer

Can be used to detect if a block was placed, destroyed, or updated. (Sends a redstone signal "pulse")

Only detects infront of it.

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Minecraft: How to make Redstone Piston

3 Wood Planks (Any type) + 1 Iron Ingot + 1 Redstone + 4 Cobblestone --> Piston

Can be used to move blocks.

See Sticky Piston for if you want it to move blocks back.

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Minecraft: How to make Redstone Repeater

2 Redstone Torch + 1 Redstone + 3 Stone --> Redstone Repeater

Can be used to control the flow of a Redstone signal. (Only allows signal to travel 1 way thru the repeater)

Can be used to "boost" the signal, thus extending the distance a Redstone signal can travel. (About every 16 blocks …

Minecraft: How to make Sticky Piston

1 Slimeball + 1 Piston --> Sticky Piston

Can be used to move blocks and back again.

See Redstone Piston for one that does not move blocks back.

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Minecraft: How to work with Stone

Stone

Stone is simply Cobblestone cooked in a Furnace.

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Smooth Stone

Smooth Stone is simply Stone cooked again in a Furnace.

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Stone Brick

Stone Brick is crafted by 2 ways...

Using a Stone Cutter if you have 1.15+ Minecraft,

Or by crafting

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Minecraft: How to make a Turtle Shell

5 Scute, placed just like Leather/Iron/Gold/Diamonds/Netherite to form a helmet.

Provides 10 seconds of water breathing... provided you are not in contact with water.

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Minecraft: How to make a Anvil

3 Iron Blocks, 4 Iron Ingots

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Minecraft: How to make a Book

1 Leather, 3 Paper

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Minecraft: How to make a Brewing Stand

1 Blaze Rod, 3 Cobblestone

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Minecraft: How to make a Enchantment Table

1 Book, 2 Diamonds, 4 Obsidian

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Minecraft: How to make a Eye of Ender

1 Blaze Powder, 1 Ender Pearl

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Minecraft: How to make a Mine Rail

6 Iron Ingots, 1 Stick

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Minecraft: How to make a Minecart

5 Iron Ingots

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Minecraft: How to make a Shulker Box

2 Shulker Shells, and 1 chest

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Minecraft: How to make Blaze Powder

1 Blaze Rod

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Minecraft: How to make Powered Rails

6 Gold Ingots, 1 Stick, 1 Redstone Dust

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Minecraft: How to make Redstone Torch

1 Stick, and 1 Redstone Dust

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Minecraft: How to make a bucket

3 Iron Ingots

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Minecraft: How to make a Ender Chest

Common Name: Echest

Specialty: Allows you to have 1 small chest but you can access it in multiple locations via a different Ender chest.

8 Obsidian, 1 Eye of Ender = 1 Ender chest

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Minecraft: How to make a clock

4 Gold Ingots and 1 Redstone

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Minecraft: How to make a compass

4 Iron Ingots and 1 Redstone makes a Compass

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Minecraft: How to make a Block of Netherite

9 Netherite Ingots make 1 block.

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Minecraft: How to use the Lodestone

I assume you already have made a Lodestone,

And that you have a Compass.

So simply place the Lodestone down... say at your home base... then right click,

with the Compass and your set... now keep in mind this will only point to the stone,

in the same dimention, and …

Minecraft: How to make a Lodestone

8 Chistle Stone Bricks, 1 Netherite Ingot makes 1 Lodestone

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Also see How to use the Lodestone

Minecraft: How to make a Netherite Ingot

4 Netherite Scraps and 4 Gold Ingots

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Minecraft: How to make a Iron Pickaxe

3 Iron Ingots + 2 Sticks --> 1 Iron Pickaxe

Note: I just updated to Minecraft 1.12!

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Minecraft: How to make a Stone Pickaxe

3 Cobblestone + 2 stick --> 1 Stone Pickaxe

Note: I just upgraded to Minecraft 1.12!

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Minecraft: How to make a End Portal

9 End Portal Frames

9 Eye of Ender

Sorry but this is a very complicated build... :(

Youtube Video (Recommended)

Note: If you want to instead, use the Eye of Ender to find a pre-generated Portal... with Luck you can just hop in!

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Minecraft: How to make a Nether Portal

14 Obsidian (Minimum Size, Note: Since 1.10ish Nether Portals can have anysize except smaller than 4x5)

10 Obsidian can be used for the Smallest.

A = Obsidian

B = Air

 B A A B

 A B B A

 A B B A

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Minecraft: How to make a Pressure Plate

2 (Any Type) Wood Planks

2 Oak Wood Planks --> 1 Wooden Pressure Plate

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Minecraft: How to make a Button

1 (Any Type) Wood Plank

1 Oak Wood Plank --> 1 Wooden Button

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Minecraft: How to make a Lever

1 Stick, 1 Cobblestone

1 Stick + 1 Cobblestone --> 1 Lever

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Minecraft: How to make a Fence Gate

2 (Any Type) Wood Planks, 4 Sticks

2 Oak Wood Planks + 4 Sticks --> 1 Oak Wood Fence Gate

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Minecraft: How to make a Fence

4 (Any Type) Wood Planks, 2 Sticks

4 Oak Wood Planks + 2 Sticks --> 3 Oak Wood Fence

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Minecraft: How to make a Bed

3 Pieces of Wool, and 3 Wood Planks

3 White Wool + 3 Oak Wood Planks --> 1 Bed

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Minecraft: How to make Slabs

3 (Any Type) Wood Planks

3 Oak Wood Planks --> Oak Wood Slab

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Minecraft: How to make Stairs

6 (Any Type) Wood Planks

Note: Substitution of wood for stone will make Stone Stairs

6 Oak Wood Planks --> 4 Oak Wood Stairs

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Minecraft: How to make Wooden Trapdoor

6 (Any Type) Wood Planks

6 Oak Wood Planks --> Wooden Trap Door

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Minecraft: How to make Wooden Door

6 (Any Type) Wood Planks

Note: Different Wood Type will result in a different look only not different item!

6 Oak Wood Planks --> Oak Door

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Minecraft: How to make Shield

6 (Any Type) Wood Planks and 1 Iron Ingot

6 Oak Wood Planks + 1 Iron Ingot --> Shield

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Minecraft: How to make Armor Boots

4 (Leather or Iron Ingots or Gold Ingots or Dimond)

4 Leather --> Leather Boots

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Minecraft: How to make Armor Leggings

7 (Leather or Iron Ingots or Gold Ingots or Dimond)

7 Leather --> Leather Pants

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Minecraft: How to make Armor Chestplate

8 (Leather or Iron Ingots or Gold Ingots or Dimond)

8 Leather --> Leather Tunic

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Minecraft: How to make Armor Helmet

5 (Leather or Iron Ingots or Gold Ingots or Dimond)

5 Leather --> Leather Cap

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Minecraft: How to make Chest

A Chest is singular, a Large Chest is 2 chest side-by-side.

8 (Any Type) Wood Planks

8 Oak Wood Planks --> 1 Chest

Note:

Right Click to "Enter" a Chest to View what is inside and what you can put and pull from the Chest.

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Minecraft: How to make a Furnace

8 Stone (Cobble Stone)

8 Cobble Stone --> 1 Furnace

See Smoker or Blast Furnace for ones individualized for a particular resource.

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Minecraft: How to make Charcoal

Take a Furnace, Right Click...

From there the Top and Bottom are Divided of

To Burn

----------- = Burned Item

Burning Material

Oak Wood

--------------- = Charcoal

Oak Wood Planks

Warning:

Yes, As Soon as you places Something to Burn It takes One of the Items in the Burning Material and Begins the Process …

Minecraft: How to make a Torch

There are 2 ways to make a Torch:

1 Coal Ore + 1 Stick --> 4 Torches

Or:

1 Charcoal + 1 Stick --> 4 Torches

Note: Read "MineCraft: How to make Charcoal" to Learn how Charcoal is made.

1 Coal Ore + 1 Stick --> 4 Torches

Or:

1 Charcoal + 1 Stick --> 4 Torches

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Minecraft: How to make Sword

2 (Any Type Wood Planks Or Stone Or Iron Ingots Or Gold Ingots Or Dimond) with,

1 Stick.

2 Wood Planks + 1 Stick --> Wooden Sword.

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Minecraft: How to make Shovel

1 (Any Type Wood Planks Or Stone Or Iron Ingot Or Gold Ingots Or Dimond) with,

2 Sticks.

1 Wood Plank + 2 Sticks --> Wooden Shovel

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Minecraft: How to make Hoe

2 (Any Type Wood Planks Or Stone Or Iron Ingots Or Gold Ingots Or Dimond) with,

2 Sticks.

2 Wood Planks + 2 Sticks --> Wooden Hoe

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Minecraft: How to make Axe

3 (Any Type Wood Planks Or Stone Or Iron Ingots Or Gold Ingots Or Dimond) with,

2 Sticks.

3 Wood Planks + 2 Sticks --> Wooden Axe

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Minecraft: How to make Pickaxe

3 (Any Type Wood, Or Stone Or Iron Ingots Or Dimond Or Gold Ingots) with,

2 Sticks.

3 Wood Planks + 2 Sticks --> Wooden Pickaxe

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Minecraft: How to make Sticks

2 (Any Type) Wood Planks yeilds 4 Sticks

2 Oak Wood Planks --> 4 Sticks

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Minecraft: How to make Crafting Table

4 (Any Type) Wood Planks

4 (Any Type) Wood Planks yeilds 1 Crafting Table

4 Oak Wood Planks --> 1 Crafting Table

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Minecraft: How to make Wood Planks

Simple Really...

(Any Type) Wood

One (Any Type) Wood Yeilds 4 x (Same Type) Wood Planks.

1 Oak Wood --> 4 Oak Wood Planks

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