Minecraft
How to Craft a Shield in Minecraft
To craft a shield in Minecraft you need six wooden planks and one iron ingot. On the Crafting Table the iron sits in the top-middle square and the planks fill a Y around it. Below are the items, the recipe, and where the iron and planks come from.
| Item | Qty | Where to get it |
|---|---|---|
 Wooden Planks |
6 | Punch or axe a log, then convert the log to planks in the 2×2 inventory grid. Oak, birch, spruce and the rest all count. This ingredient is crafted too — station below. |
 Iron Ingot |
1 | Mine iron ore with a stone pickaxe or better, then smelt it in a furnace. Iron golems and zombies can also drop ingots. This ingredient is crafted too — station below. |
Shield specs
- Difficulty
- Early game
- Where it lives
- Crafted. Armorer villagers can also trade a shield.
- Where to get it
- Craft on a Crafting Table with six oak planks in a Y and one iron ingot in the top middle.
- Item ID
-
minecraft:shield - Numerical ID
-
442 - Stackable
- No
- Max stack
- 1
- Renewable
- Yes
- Material
- Item
- Diggable
- No
- Give command
-
/give @p minecraft:shield 1
Ingredient specs
Wooden Planks
Early game- Where to get it
- Punch or axe a log, then convert the log to planks in the 2×2 inventory grid. Oak, birch, spruce and the rest all count.
- Where it lives
- Overworld trees. Any wood biome.
- Item ID
minecraft:oak_planks- Legacy item ID
minecraft:planks- Numerical ID
5- Stackable
- Yes
- Max stack
- 64
- Renewable
- Yes
- Hardness
- 2
- Blast resistance
- 2
- Material
- Wood
- Diggable
- Yes
Iron Ingot
Early game- Where to get it
- Mine iron ore with a stone pickaxe or better, then smelt it in a furnace. Iron golems and zombies can also drop ingots.
- Where it lives
- Overworld caves and mountains. Also buried treasure and village chests.
- Item ID
minecraft:iron_ingot- Numerical ID
265- Stackable
- Yes
- Max stack
- 64
- Renewable
- Yes
- Material
- Item
- Diggable
- No
- Furnace time
- 10 s
Oak Log
Early game- Where to get it
- Punch or axe an oak tree. Any overworld log type also converts to its matching planks.
- Where it lives
- Oak trees in forests, plains, and villages in the Overworld.
- Item ID
minecraft:oak_log- Legacy item ID
minecraft:log- Numerical ID
17- Stackable
- Yes
- Max stack
- 64
- Renewable
- Yes
- Hardness
- 2
- Blast resistance
- 2
- Material
- Wood
- Diggable
- Yes
Raw Iron
Early game- Where to get it
- Mine iron ore with a stone pickaxe or better. Silk Touch keeps the ore block; otherwise you get raw iron.
- Where it lives
- Overworld caves and mountains, mostly between deepslate and the surface.
- Item ID
minecraft:raw_iron- Stackable
- Yes
- Max stack
- 64
- Renewable
- Yes
- Material
- Item
- Diggable
- No
How to craft these materials
Wooden Planks
Oak LogShapeless: the slots can sit anywhere on the grid.
Iron Ingot
1 Raw Iron
Iron IngotSix oak planks, one iron ingot
Two oak logs give eight planks in the inventory 2×2; you need six, so that pair covers the wood. Mine iron ore with a stone pickaxe or better and smelt the raw iron in a furnace for one ingot. That is the whole shopping list.
Iron in the top middle
Open the Crafting Table. Put the ingot in the top-middle square. Planks go in the top-left and top-right, all three squares of the middle row, and the bottom-middle — a Y with iron at the neck. One shield appears on the right; take it.
Raise it in the off-hand
Put the shield in the off-hand slot and hold use to lift it. Hits and arrows from in front bounce or stop; you still take damage from behind or while the shield is down. An axe swing can knock the shield away for a few seconds, so wait before raising it again.
