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.
Wooden PlanksWooden Planks
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
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 LogWooden Planks ×4Shapeless: 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.
