For the block that automates crafting, see Crafter.
A crafting table is a utility block that gives access to all crafting recipes, including many not available from the inventory's crafting grid.
Obtaining
Breaking
Crafting tables can be mined in any way, but axes are the quickest.
| Block | Crafting Table | |
|---|---|---|
| Hardness | 2.5 | |
| Tool | ||
| Breaking time[A] | ||
| Default | 3.75 | |
| Wooden | 1.9 | |
| Stone | 0.95 | |
| Iron | 0.65 | |
| Diamond | 0.5 | |
| Netherite | 0.45 | |
| Golden | 0.35 | |
- ↑ Times are for unenchanted tools as wielded by players with no status effects, measured in seconds. For more information, see Breaking § Speed.
Natural generation
Crafting tables naturally generate in witch huts, igloos, woolen tents outside pillager outposts, and in some small village houses.
Crafting
Usage
Crafting
Main article: Crafting
Pressing use on a crafting table opens the 3×3 crafting grid that allows the player to craft many more items than are available with the crafting grid in the inventory, which is only 2×2.
The recipe book is available to the left of the crafting grid (collapsed by default in Java Edition, expanded by default in Bedrock Edition), which stores crafting recipes for reference and one-click crafting.
Crafting ingredient
| Name | Ingredients | Crafting recipe |
|---|---|---|
| Crafter | Iron Ingot + Crafting Table + Redstone Dust + Dropper |
Fuel
Crafting tables can be used as a fuel in furnaces, smelting 1.5 items per crafting table.
Repairing
Main article: item repair
A crafting table can be used to repair damaged tools, weapons, and armor. When two damaged items of the same material are combined side-by-side in the crafting grid they produce a new item with the sum of the durabilities plus a 5% bonus, with a maximum total of 100% durability for that item. Using this method does not require any experience, but removes any enchantments on either or both items. The only way to retain enchantments is to repair damaged items on an anvil.
Note blocks
Crafting tables can be placed under note blocks to produce "bass" sounds.
Sounds
| Sound | Subtitles | Source | Description | Resource location | Translation key | Volume | Pitch | Attenuation distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Block broken | Blocks | Once the block has broken | block | subtitles | 1.0 | 0.8 | 16 | |
| Block placed | Blocks | When the block is placed | block | subtitles | 1.0 | 0.8 | 16 | |
| Block breaking | Blocks | While the block is in the process of being broken | block | subtitles | 0.25 | 0.5 | 16 | |
| None[sound 1] | Entity-Dependent | Falling on the block with fall damage | block | None[sound 1] | 0.5 | 0.75 | 16 | |
| Footsteps | Entity-Dependent | Walking on the block | block | subtitles | 0.15 | 1.0 | 16 |
| Sound | Source | Description | Resource location | Volume | Pitch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blocks | Once the block has broken | dig | 1.0 | 0.8-1.0 | |
| Blocks | When the block is placed | dig | 1.0 | 0.8 | |
| Blocks | While the block is in the process of being broken | hit | 0.23 | 0.5 | |
| Players | Falling on the block with fall damage | fall | 0.4 | 1.0 | |
| Players | Walking on the block | step | 0.3 | 1.0 | |
| Players | Jumping from the block | jump | 0.12 | 1.0 | |
| Players | Falling on the block without fall damage | land | 0.18 | 1.0 |
Data values
ID
| Name | Identifier | Form | Translation key |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crafting Table | crafting_table | Block & Item | block.minecraft.crafting_table |
| Name | Identifier | Numeric ID | Form | Item ID[i 1] | Translation key |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crafting Table | crafting_table | 58 | Block & Giveable Item[i 2] | Identical[i 3] | tile.crafting_table.name |
Achievements
| Icon | Achievement | In-game description | Actual requirements (if different) | Gamerscore earned | Trophy type (PS4) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PS4 | Other | |||||
| Benchmaking | Craft a workbench with four blocks of wooden planks. | Pick up a crafting table from the inventory's crafting field output or a crafting table output. | 10G | Bronze | ||
Advancements
| Icon | Advancement | In-game description | Parent | Actual requirements (if different) | Resource location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Minecraft | The heart and story of the game | — | Have a crafting table in your inventory. | story/root
|
History
| Java Edition Indev | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.31 | 20100130 |  Added workbenches.
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Currently model uses front texture on north and south faces,  and side texture on west and east faces. | |||||
 Model use the wood top texture on the bottom face. | |||||
| With the addition of workbenches, the 3×3 crafting grid can no longer be accessed using B. | |||||
| 20100131 |  Changed model to use side texture on north and west faces,  and front texture on south and east faces.
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 Model now uses the wooden planks texture on the bottom face. | |||||
| Item still uses old model but with wooden planks texture on the bottom face. | |||||
| Java Edition Beta | |||||
| 1.2 | "Workbench" has been renamed to "Crafting Table". | ||||
| 1.5 | Crafting tables can now be used to smelt items in a furnace. | ||||
| 1.6 | Test Build 3 | ⇧ Shift + clicking the output slot in the crafting table now crafts as many of the product as possible. | |||
| 1.6.5 | ⇧ Shift + clicking the crafting output only performs a single crafting action, instead of the maximum amount. | ||||
| 1.8 | Pre-release | Crafting tables now naturally occur in villages. | |||
| Pre-release 2 | ⇧ Shift + clicking now crafts the maximum amount possible again, reverting to the Beta 1.6 behavior. | ||||
| Java Edition | |||||
| 1.0.0 | Beta 1.9 Prerelease 6 | Crafting tables can now be mined faster with an axe than with hand. | |||
| 1.2.4 | release | Spruce planks, birch planks, and jungle planks can now be used to craft crafting tables. | |||
| 1.4.2 | 12w40a | A crafting table now generates inside witch huts. | |||
| 1.7.2 | 1.7.1 | Acacia planks and dark oak planks can now be used to craft crafting tables. | |||
| 1.9 | 15w43a | A crafting table generates inside igloos. | |||
| 1.12 | 17w13a | A tab for learned recipes is now usable in the crafting table GUI. The player is now able to automatically fill in the desired recipe into the crafting table by clicking on the item. | |||
| The achievement for crafting a crafting table was removed and was not included with the new advancements system. | |||||
| Closing the crafting interface now returns the items from the crafting grid to the inventory, if space allows. | |||||
| July 22, 2017 |  Jasper Boerstra tweets an image of new crafting table, wood planks and wood textures. | ||||
| 1.13 | 17w47a | Prior to The Flattening, this block's numeral ID was 58. | |||
| 1.14 | 18w43a | The texture of crafting tables has been changed.
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| Banner dyeing has been moved to the loom; banners can no longer be dyed in crafting tables. | |||||
| 18w44a |  The texture of crafting tables has been changed, once again. | ||||
| 18w47a | Crafting tables can now be found in pillager outposts. | ||||
| 1.14.1 | Pre-Release 1 |  The texture of crafting tables has been changed again to match the planks texture. | |||
| 1.15 | 19w34a | When the GUI is opened, ⇧ Shift+clicking an item or a stack in the inventory now transfers it directly to the 3×3 crafting grid. | |||
| 1.16 | 20w06a | Crimson planks and warped planks can now be used to craft crafting tables. | |||
| 1.19 | 22w11a | Mangrove planks can now be used to craft crafting tables. | |||
| 1.19.4 | 23w07a | The crafting table recipe is unlocked immediately on creating a new world. | |||
| 1.20 | 23w16a | The game's application icon has been changed from crafting table to grass block (for releases) or dirt (for snapshots). | |||
| Pocket Edition Alpha | |||||
| v0.3.0 | Added crafting tables. | ||||
| v0.6.0 | Stone blocks (minus furnaces and the stonecutter) are now made with the stonecutter and they have been removed from the crafting table's list. | ||||
| v0.9.0 | build 1 | Crafting tables now naturally spawn in villages. | |||
| The crafting menu of crafting tables now has a new, organized layout, with crafting descriptions no longer being displayed in it. | |||||
| v0.13.0 | build 1 | Stone items that were previously crafted using the stonecutter are now made with the crafting table. | |||
| v0.14.0 | build 1 | A crafting table now generates in witch huts. | |||
| Pocket Edition | |||||
| 1.0.0 | alpha 0.17.0.1 | A crafting table now generates inside igloos. | |||
| Bedrock Edition | |||||
| 1.2.0 | ? | A tab for learned recipes is now usable in the crafting table GUI. The player is now able to automatically fill in the desired recipe into the crafting table by clicking on the item. | |||
| Closing the crafting interface now returns the items from the crafting grid to the inventory, if space allows. | |||||
| 1.9.0 | beta 1.9.0.2 | Crafting tables can now be used to craft smithing tables and fletching tables. | |||
| 1.10.0 | beta 1.10.0.3 | The texture of crafting tables has been changed.
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| Crafting tables now generate in pillager outposts and several new houses in villages. | |||||
| Crafting tables are now used to craft cartography tables. | |||||
| 1.11.0 | beta 1.11.0.1 | A crafting table is no longer required to craft a cartography table. | |||
| beta 1.11.0.7 | A crafting table is no longer required to craft a fletching table and smithing table. | ||||
| 1.17.10 | beta 1.17.10.20 | The texture of crafting tables has been changed to match Java Edition. | |||
| Legacy Console Edition | |||||
| TU1 | CU1 | 1.0 | Patch 1 | 1.0.1 |  Added crafting tables. |
| 1.90 | The texture of crafting tables has been changed. | ||||
| New Nintendo 3DS Edition | |||||
| 0.1.0 | Added crafting tables. | ||||
Issues
Issues relating to "Crafting Table" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.
Trivia
- From version 1.6.1 through version 1.19.4, the application icon for Java Edition was a crafting table. As of version 1.20, the icon for Java Edition is now a grass block (for releases), or a dirt block (for snapshots).
- The original inventory screen before January 29, 2010 was the crafting table interface. There were no armor slots, no off-hand slot, no recipe book, nor viewport of the player's skin.
- The texture of the crafting table visually features a hammer, saw, and pliers. None of these tools are currently implemented in the game.
Gallery
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The crafting table GUI in Bedrock Edition, using the MATTIS system, used until Bedrock Edition beta 1.2.0.2. -
The former Minecraft Pocket Edition MATTIS crafting system, used until 0.9.0. -
Legacy Console Edition's crafting interface. -
A crafting table, as it appears in Minecraft Story Mode. -
Pixel art of Kai crafting cherry planks. -
Crafting tables in a wooden room. -
Unreleased Texture Update crafting tables.
See also
External Links
- Block of the Week: Crafting Table – Minecraft.net on February 2, 2018