Minecraft
How to Craft Rails in Minecraft
To craft rails in Minecraft you need six iron ingots and one stick. On the Crafting Table fill the left and right columns with iron and put the stick in the very center, and sixteen rails come out. Below are the items, the recipe, and where those pieces come from.
Rail ×16| Item | Qty | Where to get it |
|---|---|---|
 Iron Ingot |
6 | 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. |
 Stick |
1 | Put two Wooden Planks in a vertical pair in the inventory grid. One pair makes four sticks. This ingredient is crafted too — station below. |
Rail specs
- Difficulty
- Early game
- Where it lives
- Crafted. Also in mineshaft corridors.
- Where to get it
- Craft on a Crafting Table: iron down both side columns, a stick in the center.
- Item ID
-
minecraft:rail - Numerical ID
-
66 - Stackable
- Yes
- Max stack
- 64
- Renewable
- Yes
- Hardness
- 0.7
- Blast resistance
- 0.7
- Material
- Metal
- Diggable
- Yes
- Give command
-
/give @p minecraft:rail 1
| Item | Time to break |
|---|---|
| Golden Pickaxe | 0.09s |
| Netherite Pickaxe | 0.12s |
| Diamond Pickaxe | 0.13s |
| Iron Pickaxe | 0.17s |
| Stone Pickaxe | 0.26s |
| Wooden Pickaxe | 0.52s |
| Hand | 1.05s |
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
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
How to craft these materials
Iron Ingot
1 Raw Iron
Iron IngotSix iron, one stick
Mine iron ore with a stone pickaxe or better, then smelt six ores in a furnace. Two planks stacked make four sticks; take one. That covers one batch.
Iron on both sides
Open the Crafting Table. Three ingots down the left column, three down the right, the stick in the exact center. Sixteen rails appear on the right; take them. The 2×2 inventory cannot hold this shape.
On a solid block
Place a rail on the top of a solid block. A minecart rolls on the line. Two rails that meet at a corner curve on their own. Mine them with a pickaxe to pick them back up. They stack to sixty-four.
