Minecraft
How to Craft a Stick in Minecraft
To craft a stick in Minecraft you need two wooden planks stacked one above the other. Open the inventory 2×2, put one plank on top of the other, and four sticks come out on the right. Below are the items, the recipe, and how those planks come from a log.
Stick ×4| Item | Qty | Where to get it |
|---|---|---|
 Wooden Planks |
2 | 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. |
Stick specs
- Difficulty
- Early game
- Where it lives
- Crafted anywhere you have planks. Also dropped by witches and found in some chests.
- Where to get it
- Put two Wooden Planks in a vertical pair in the inventory grid. One pair makes four sticks.
- Item ID
-
minecraft:stick - Numerical ID
-
280 - Stackable
- Yes
- Max stack
- 64
- Renewable
- Yes
- Material
- Item
- Diggable
- No
- Give command
-
/give @p minecraft:stick 1 - Used to craft
- Armor Stand, Bow, Fishing Rod, Arrow, Torch, Painting, Sign, Banner, Ladder, Wooden Pickaxe, Lever, Wooden Spear, Oak Fence, Oak Fence Gate, Redstone Torch, Tripwire Hook, Crossbow, Wooden Shovel, Wooden Sword, Rail, Wooden Hoe, Grindstone, Brush, Campfire, Axe, Item Frame, Powered Rail, Snowball
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
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
How to craft these materials
Wooden Planks
Oak LogShapeless: the slots can sit anywhere on the grid.
From a log to four planks
Punch a tree until a log drops. Put that log in any square of the inventory 2×2: one log becomes four planks. Oak, birch, spruce, crimson — any wood type counts. One log is enough for eight sticks once you stack the planks.
Two planks in a column
Open the inventory 2×2 or the Crafting Table. Drop one plank, then another directly under it — left column or right, same result. Four sticks appear on the right; take them. Two bamboo stacked the same way make one stick if you harvested a jungle.
Handles and torches
The sticks go into a wooden pickaxe, a torch, a sign, a fishing rod. Keep a stack on the hotbar. One log covers eight sticks, and that is already a first night of tools.
