Minecraft
How to Craft an Armor Stand in Minecraft
To craft an armor stand in Minecraft you need six sticks and one Smooth Stone Slab. On the Crafting Table the sticks make a person shape and the slab sits where the feet go. Below are the items, the recipe, and how to get the slab.
| Item | Qty | Where to get it |
|---|---|---|
 Stick |
6 | Put two Wooden Planks in a vertical pair in the inventory grid. One pair makes four sticks. This ingredient is crafted too — station below. |
 Smooth Stone Slab |
1 | Smelt cobblestone into stone, smelt that stone into smooth stone, then craft three smooth stone across a row into six slabs. This ingredient is crafted too — station below. |
Armor Stand specs
- Difficulty
- Early game
- Where it lives
- Crafted. Taiga village outdoor armories also spawn two dressed stands.
- Where to get it
- Craft on a Crafting Table. Place it on the ground and use armor on it to dress the stand.
- Item ID
-
minecraft:armor_stand - Numerical ID
-
416 - Stackable
- Yes
- Max stack
- 16
- Renewable
- Yes
- Material
- Item
- Diggable
- No
- Give command
-
/give @p minecraft:armor_stand 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
Stick
Early game- Where to get it
- Put two Wooden Planks in a vertical pair in the inventory grid. One pair makes four sticks.
- Where it lives
- Crafted anywhere you have planks. Also dropped by witches and found in some chests.
- Item ID
minecraft:stick- Numerical ID
280- Stackable
- Yes
- Max stack
- 64
- Renewable
- Yes
- Material
- Item
- Diggable
- No
Smooth Stone Slab
Early game- Where to get it
- Smelt cobblestone into stone, smelt that stone into smooth stone, then craft three smooth stone across a row into six slabs.
- Where it lives
- Crafted after a furnace. Trail ruins can also yield stone slabs in loot, but the armor stand wants this specific slab.
- Item ID
minecraft:smooth_stone_slab- Stackable
- Yes
- Max stack
- 64
- Renewable
- Yes
- Hardness
- 2
- Blast resistance
- 6
- Material
- Stone
- Diggable
- Yes
Smooth Stone
Early game- Where to get it
- Smelt cobblestone into stone, then smelt that stone again. Three smooth stone in a row make six Smooth Stone Slabs.
- Where it lives
- Crafted after a furnace. Not a world drop.
- Item ID
minecraft:smooth_stone- Stackable
- Yes
- Max stack
- 64
- Renewable
- Yes
- Hardness
- 2
- Blast resistance
- 6
- Material
- Stone
- Diggable
- Yes
- Furnace time
- 10 s
How to craft these materials
Smooth Stone Slab
Smooth StoneSmooth StoneSmooth StoneSmooth Stone Slab ×6Sticks and the slab
Sticks come from two Wooden Planks stacked in the inventory 2×2; one pair already gives four sticks, so two pairs cover the six you need. The slab is the picky piece: smelt cobblestone into stone, smelt that stone into smooth stone, then lay three smooth stone in a row on the table to cut slabs. A regular stone slab in the same slot will not complete this recipe.
How to assemble it
Open the Crafting Table. Fill the whole top row with sticks. Put one stick in the center square. Put sticks in the bottom-left and bottom-right, and drop the Smooth Stone Slab in the bottom-middle. The stand appears on the right; place it on the ground.
Dressing the stand
Use a helmet, chestplate, leggings, boots, or a carved pumpkin on the stand and it wears the piece. Hit it twice to break it and pick the stand back up with whatever it was wearing.
