How to Make Tools in Minecraft

When you play Minecraft, you live and die by the tools you craft. Without tools, it is nearly impossible to make mines, build a house, and even kill mobs. Tools are essential for survival - for instance, if you fall in a cave without tools, your game is basically over. This tutorial will show you how to make some of the many tools in Minecraft. See Step 1 below to get started.

Steps

1. Craft sticks. The most essential ingredient in crafting tools are sticks. To craft sticks, you will need to collect wood from any tree. Then, use your mini crafting box (found in the inventory) to craft wooden planks from the collected wood. Place the wooden planks vertically in the mini crafting box and collect the sticks.

2. Craft an axe. Axes are used to cut down trees much faster than if you use your hands. To craft an axe, you will need two sticks and three pieces of materials (wooden planks, cobblestone, iron ingots, gold ingots, or diamonds).

3. Craft a pickaxe. The pickaxe is used to mine & collect materials you need for tools, building, ext. To craft a pickaxe you need will two sticks and three pieces of material (wooden planks, cobblestone, iron ingots, gold ingots, or diamonds). To crafts sticks, see step 1.

4. Craft a shovel. The shovel is used to collect dirt, grass, sand, etc. This is much faster than digging with your hands. To craft a shovel you need two sticks and one piece of material (wood, cobblestone, iron ingots, gold ingots, or diamonds). To make sticks, see step 1.

5. Craft a hoe. The hoe is used to turn grass into farmland for planting seeds. To craft a hoe you need two sticks and two pieces of materials (wooden planks, cobblestone, iron ingots, gold ingots, or diamonds). To make sticks, see step 1.

6. Craft a sword. Swords are used for killing mobs and destroying certain blocks. To craft a sword you will need one stick and two pieces of materials (wooden planks, cobblestone, iron ingots, gold ingots, or diamond). To craft sticks, see step 1.

7. Craft a bow. Bows are used to attack mobs by shooting arrows. To craft a bow, you will need three sticks and three pieces of string. To craft sticks see step 1. String is acquired from spiders, cobwebs, or dungeons.

8. Craft arrows. Arrows are used to be shot with a bow as ammunition. To craft a stack of four arrows you will need one flint, one stick and one feather. You can find flint by mining gravel. To craft sticks see step 1. To find feathers, kill chickens. To craft the arrows, put the flint on the middle top square, the stick directly below it and the feather goes in the bottom middle square.

9. Craft flint and steel. Flint and steel is used to start fires and it can help you get to the Nether later on in the game. To craft flint and steel you will need an iron ingot and flint. You will have to mine for both. You will find iron ingots in iron ore, and you will find flint in gravel.

10. Craft a bucket. Buckets are used to carry lava, milk, and water. To craft a bucket you will need three iron ingots. You must mine iron ores to smelt iron ingots.

11. Craft a compass. Compasses are used to direct the players' to their spawn point. To craft a compass you will need four iron ingots and red stone dust. You must mine for both.

12. Craft a clock. Clocks are used to tell the time of day. To craft a clock you need four gold ingots and red stone dust.

13. Craft a fishing rod. Fishing rods are used for catching fish. To craft a fishing rod you will need three sticks and two strings. To craft sticks see step 1. You can get the string from a spider or a monster.

14. Craft shears. Shears are used to collect wool, leaves, and vines. To craft shears you need two iron ingots. You will find these by mining and smelting iron ore.

15. Craft a map. Maps are used to discover areas you've never been to and areas you have been to. To craft a map, surround a compass with 8 pieces of paper.

Crafting a crafting table

1. Gather wood . The instructions above all assume you already have a crafting table block (also referred to as a "workbench"). If you don't, you'll have to craft this block first before proceeding. The only crafting ingredients for the crafting table are four wood planks - any type will suffice. Obtain a block or two of wood from trees in the environment - you won't need much.

2. Access your inventory. Once you've accumulated a few blocks of wood, access your inventory screen (press "E"). If you've just started playing, you should get the achievement "Taking Inventory".

3. Convert a wood block to wood planks. In your inventory screen, drag a wood block to the 2x2 crafting grid in the top right corner. Place the wood anywhere within the grid. Your raw wood should be converted to wood planks, which will appear in the box to the right of the 2x2 grid. Drag these back into your main inventory. If you wish, you can continue to do this for all of your raw wood.

4. Place four of your wood planks in the crafting grid. When you have four wood planks, place one in each square of the crafting grid. A crafting table (workbench) block should pop up in the space to the right of the grid. Drag this back into your inventory. Your crafting table is complete!

5. Place your crafting table in the world and start crafting. Now that you have a crafting table, you can begin to craft tools, which in turn will help you gather resources and craft new items. From 4 humble wood planks, you can eventually build amazing, high-quality gear which will allow you to explore and master the world around you!