Minecraft
How to Craft a Compass in Minecraft
To craft a compass in Minecraft you need four iron ingots and one redstone dust. On the Crafting Table drop the dust in the center and put iron above, below, left, and right. Below are the items, the recipe, and where those pieces come from.
Iron IngotIron Ingot
Redstone DustIron IngotIron Ingot
Compass| Item | Qty | Where to get it |
|---|---|---|
| Iron Ingot |
4 | 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. |
| Redstone Dust |
1 | Mine redstone ore with an iron pickaxe or better. Fortune adds extra dust. |
Compass specs
- Difficulty
- Early game
- Where it lives
- Crafted. Also cartographer chests, shipwreck map chests, and librarian trades.
- Where to get it
- Craft on a Crafting Table with four iron ingots in a plus around one redstone dust.
- Item ID
-
minecraft:compass - Numerical ID
-
345 - Stackable
- Yes
- Max stack
- 64
- Renewable
- Yes
- Material
- Item
- Diggable
- No
- Give command
-
/give @p minecraft:compass 1 - Used to craft
- Map
Ingredient specs
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
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
Redstone Dust
Mid game- Where to get it
- Mine redstone ore with an iron pickaxe or better. Fortune adds extra dust.
- Where it lives
- Overworld deepslate and stone, mostly below Y 16 down toward -64.
- Item ID
minecraft:redstone- Numerical ID
331- Stackable
- Yes
- Max stack
- 64
- Renewable
- Yes
- Material
- Item
- Diggable
- No
How to craft these materials
Iron Ingot
1 Raw Iron
Iron IngotFour iron and redstone
Mine iron ore with a stone pickaxe or better and smelt the raw iron in a furnace — four ingots. Redstone ore needs an iron pickaxe; break it in the deepslate layers and pick up the dust. One dust is enough for this craft.
Plus around the dust
Open the Crafting Table. Put redstone dust in the very center square. Place an iron ingot in the top-middle, bottom-middle, middle-left, and middle-right — a plus, corners empty. One compass appears on the right; the 2×2 inventory grid cannot hold this plus.
Follow spawn, or lock a lodestone
Hold it in the Overworld and the needle points toward world spawn. In the Nether or the End it spins. Use the compass on a lodestone if you want it to point at that block instead. Eight paper around this compass is the map recipe if you are mapping next.
