Crafting

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Crafting is the way in which blocks and items are made in Minetest. To craft something, the player must move items into a crafting grid and then arrange the items into a defined pattern.

Many additional player created recipies and other crafting grids are available through mods.

Crafting basics

This section explains the basics of crafting in a very general way. The rules explained here are true for basicly all mods.

Crafting grid and output slot

To be able to craft anything at all, you need a crafting grid. A crafting grid consists of a number of inventory slots and you can place and move and remove items from it like you can with an inventory. To craft, the items have to be arranged somehow in the crafting grid (see “Input and output”). Next to a crafting grid there is one output slot, in which the craft appears if you arranged the items in a valid way. Click on this symbol with the left mouse button to make this craft once. The needed items in the crafting grid will be used up. Click on the output slot with the middle mouse button to make this craft up to ten times (depending on how much items are left in the crafting grid). Crafting generally takes no time and you can use the resulting items immediately.

Crafting grids generally work like inventories. So a crafting grid found in your inventory can be used/abused as an extension of the normal inventory.

You can’t place items on an output slot, however. You can only take items from it.

The player’s built-in 3×3 crafting grid (left). It’s output slot (right).

The vanilla Minetest game has only one crafting grid. It can be accessed through the Inventory and it has a size of 3×3 slots.

Mods and Minetest games may add several crafting grids in various places, not just the inventory. It’s also possible that the inventory has no crafting grid.

Input and output

A crafting recipe consists of at least one input item and exactly one output item. Input items can be either concrete items (for example, Wooden Planks) or an item that is member of a group (for example, the wood group, a group where Wooden Planks and Junglewood Planks are members). If a recipe has multiple slots which require the same group, this does not mean that you have to place the same item in all of these slots. For example, a Chest can be crafted from 8 wood group items arranged in a 3×3 square. This means it can be crafted by using 8 wooden planks or 8 junglewood planks or 4 wooden planks and 4 junglewood planks or any other combination of wooden items, even if these come from mods.

The vanilla Minetest game and other games and many mods make extensive use of the group system, understanding it is crucial to craft efficiently.

Using up the items

Normally, crafting one item removes exactly one item of each slot in the crafting grid.

A crafting recipe may also replace a item with an item instead. This is currently rarely used in mods. In the vanilla Minetest game, using Lava Bucket as furnace fuel does not use up the item, instead it leaves an Empty Bucket in the fuel slot.

Shaped and shapeless recipes

There are are two kinds of crafting recipes, shaped ones and shapeless ones.

For a shaped recipe, the items have to be arranged into an exact pattern. This wiki documents these patterns of the vanilla Minetest game. If a crafting recipe takes up a smaller rectangle than the crafting grid, it can be moved on any part of the crafting grid. For example, a 2×2 recipe can be arranged on the top left, top right, bottom left or bottom right on a 3×3 crafting grid. If a crafting recipe uses more space than available in the crafting grid, you are unable to craft this item with it. You need a larger one.

For a shapeless recipe, the neccessary items just have to be placed on any available slots of the crafting grid. Stacking items does not work, however.

Most crafting recipes of the vanilla Minetest game are shaped recipes. If not noted otherwise, it is assumed that a crafting recipe is shaped. The shapeless recipes of the vanilla Minetest game produce bronze ingots, wool, flour and dyes, respectively.

Activities similar to crafting

Smelting and repairing are just a slightly different form of crafting, most rules described here apply, too. For smelting, the crafting grid is simply just 1×1. A repairing recipe is always shapeless recipe consisting of two tools of the same kind.

Example recipes

In this section you will be shown some example crafts in the vanilla Minetest game. The recipes here are neccessarily incomplete. For more complete crafting recipes, refer to the respective item pages.

Basic Recipes

Name Ingredients Input → Output Description
Wooden Planks Tree
Tree.png
Wooden Planks.png
4
One of the most basic building materials, can be crafted into many things.
Stick Wooden Planks
Wooden Planks.png
Stick.png
4
Used in crafting torches, signs, ladders, fences and as handles for tools and weapons.
Torch Stick + Coal Lump
Coal.png
Stick.png
Torch.png
4
Used to create light. Torches can be placed on any wall, floor or ceiling.
Furnace Cobblestone
Cobblestone.png
Cobblestone.png
Cobblestone.png
Cobblestone.png
Cobblestone.png
Cobblestone.png
Cobblestone.png
Cobblestone.png
Furnace.png
Allows the player to smelt various items.
Chest Wooden Planks
Wooden Planks.png
Wooden Planks.png
Wooden Planks.png
Wooden Planks.png
Wooden Planks.png
Wooden Planks.png
Wooden Planks.png
Wooden Planks.png
Chest.png
Used to store blocks and items inside.
Locked Chest Wooden Planks + Steel Ingot
Wooden Planks.png
Wooden Planks.png
Wooden Planks.png
Wooden Planks.png
Steel Ingot.png
Wooden Planks.png
Wooden Planks.png
Wooden Planks.png
Wooden Planks.png
Locked Chest.png
The same as a regular chest, except it can only be accessed by the player that placed it.

Tool Recipes

Crafting tools

Name Ingredients Input → Output Description
Pickaxe Wooden Planks
or Cobblestone
or Steel Ingots
or Mese Crystals
+ Sticks
Wooden Planks.png
Cobblestone.png
Steel Ingot.png
Mese Crystal.png
Wooden Planks.png
Cobblestone.png
Steel Ingot.png
Mese Crystal.png
Wooden Planks.png
Cobblestone.png
Steel Ingot.png
Mese Crystal.png
Stick.png
Stick.png
Wooden Pickaxe.png
Stonepick.png
Steel Pickaxe.png
Mese Pickaxe.png
Required to mine stone-based blocks.
Axe Wooden Planks
or Cobblestone
or Steel Ingots
+ Sticks
Wooden Planks.png
Cobblestone.png
Steel Ingot.png
Wooden Planks.png
Cobblestone.png
Steel Ingot.png
Wooden Planks.png
Cobblestone.png
Steel Ingot.png
Stick.png
Stick.png
Wooden Axe.png
Stoneaxe.png
Steel Axe.png
Used to cut wood-based blocks quicker than by hand.
Shovel Wooden Planks
or Cobblestone
or Steel Ingots
+ Sticks
Wooden Planks.png
Cobblestone.png
Steel Ingot.png
Stick.png
Stick.png
Wooden Shovel.png
Stoneshovel.png
Steel Shovel.png
Used to dig Dirt, Sand, Grass Blocks and many other blocks quicker than by hand.
Hoe Wooden Planks
or Cobblestone
or Steel Ingots
or Bronze Ingots
+ Sticks
Wooden Planks.png
Cobblestone.png
Steel Ingot.png
Bronze Ingot.png
Wooden Planks.png
Cobblestone.png
Steel Ingot.png
Bronze Ingot.png
Stick.png
Stick.png
Wooden Hoe.png
Stonehoe.png
Steel Hoe.png
Bronze Hoe.png
Used to cultivate.
Sword Wooden Planks
or Cobblestone
or Steel Ingots
+ Sticks
Wooden Planks.png
Cobblestone.png
Steel Ingot.png
Wooden Planks.png
Cobblestone.png
Steel Ingot.png
Stick.png
Wooden Sword.png
Stonesword.png
Steel Sword.png
Used to deal more damage to mobs and players than by hand.
Bucket Steel Ingots
Steel Ingot.png
Steel Ingot.png
Steel Ingot.png
Bucket.png
Used to hold and transport water and lava.

Repairing tools

The game has a repairing recipe. It is a shapeless recipe that consists of any two tools of the same kind (and material, of course). It outputs a new tool which is 2% less worn off.

Block Recipes

Name Ingredients Input → Output Description
Steel Block Steel Ingot
Steel Ingot.png
Steel Ingot.png
Steel Ingot.png
Steel Ingot.png
Steel Ingot.png
Steel Ingot.png
Steel Ingot.png
Steel Ingot.png
Steel Ingot.png
Steel Block.png
Decorative block, can only be mined with a steel or Mese pickaxe. Cannot be reverted to steel ingots.
Clay Clay Lump
Clay Lump.png
Clay Lump.png
Clay Lump.png
Clay Lump.png
Clay.png
Can be used as decoration or compact storage. To revert into clay balls, must be mined.
Brick Block Clay Brick
Clay Brick.png
Clay Brick.png
Clay Brick.png
Clay Brick.png
Brick.png
Used as building material. Gives 4 clay bricks when mined.
Sandstone Sand
Sand.png
Sand.png
Sand.png
Sand.png
Sandstone.png
Used as building material. Only gives 1 sand when mined.
Bookshelf Wooden Planks + Books
Wooden Planks.png
Wooden Planks.png
Wooden Planks.png
Book.png
Book.png
Book.png
Wooden Planks.png
Wooden Planks.png
Wooden Planks.png
Bookshelf.png
Used as decoration.
Slab Wooden Planks
or Cobblestone
or Stone
or Brick Blocks
or Sandstone
Wooden Planks.png
Cobblestone.png
Stone.png
Brick.png
Sandstone.png
Wooden Planks.png
Cobblestone.png
Stone.png
Brick.png
Sandstone.png
Wooden Planks.png
Cobblestone.png
Stone.png
Brick.png
Sandstone.png
Wooden Slab.png
3
Cobblestone Slab.png
3
Stone Slab.png
3
Brick Slab.png
3
Sandstone Slab.png
3
Can be used for long staircases.
Stair Wooden Planks
or Cobblestone
or Stone
or Brick Blocks
or Sandstone
Wooden Planks.png
Cobblestone.png
Stone.png
Brick.png
Sandstone.png
Wooden Planks.png
Cobblestone.png
Stone.png
Brick.png
Sandstone.png
Wooden Planks.png
Cobblestone.png
Stone.png
Brick.png
Sandstone.png
Wooden Planks.png
Cobblestone.png
Stone.png
Brick.png
Sandstone.png
Wooden Planks.png
Cobblestone.png
Stone.png
Brick.png
Sandstone.png
Wooden Planks.png
Cobblestone.png
Stone.png
Brick.png
Sandstone.png
Wooden Stair.png
4
Cobblestone Stair.png
4
Stone Stair.png
4
Brick Stair.png
4
Sandstone Stair.png
4
Can be used for compact staircases.

Misc Recipes

Name Ingredients Input → Output Description
Ladder Sticks
Stick.png
Stick.png
Stick.png
Stick.png
Stick.png
Stick.png
Stick.png
Ladder.png
Used to climb vertically. Can placed on any wall, floor or ceiling.
Fence Sticks
Stick.png
Stick.png
Stick.png
Stick.png
Stick.png
Stick.png
Wooden Fence.png
2
Used as a barrier, can be jumped over.
Sign Wooden Planks + Stick
Wooden Planks.png
Wooden Planks.png
Wooden Planks.png
Wooden Planks.png
Wooden Planks.png
Wooden Planks.png
Stick.png
Sign.png
Shows text entered by the player.
Wooden Door Wooden Planks
Wooden Planks.png
Wooden Planks.png
Wooden Planks.png
Wooden Planks.png
Wooden Planks.png
Wooden Planks.png
Wooden Door.png
Opened and closed by right-clicking, can be passed through while open.
Paper Papyrus
Papyrus.png
Papyrus.png
Papyrus.png
Paper.png
Used for crafting books.
Book Paper
Paper.png
Paper.png
Paper.png
Book.png
Used for crafting bookshelves.
Rail Steel Ingots + Sticks
Steel Ingot.png
Steel Ingot.png
Steel Ingot.png
Stick.png
Steel Ingot.png
Steel Ingot.png
Steel Ingot.png
Rail.png
15
Decorative block, can be inclined on slopes.
Flour Wheats
Wheat.png
Wheat.png
Wheat.png
Wheat.png
Flour.png
Used for cooking Bread. (shapeless recipe)

See also