Minecraft

How to Craft a Target in Minecraft

To craft a target in Minecraft you need one hay bale and four redstone dust. On the Crafting Table put the hay in the center and redstone above, below, left, and right of it, and one target comes out. Below are the items, the recipe, and where those pieces come from.

Crafting Table
Redstone Dust
Redstone Dust
Hay Bale
Redstone Dust
Redstone Dust
Target
Materials
Item Qty Where to get it
Hay Bale 1 Fill every square of the Crafting Table with wheat.
Redstone Dust 4 Mine redstone ore with an iron pickaxe or better. Fortune adds extra dust.

Target specs

Difficulty
Early game
Where it lives
Craft. Wheat farms. Redstone ore.
Where to get it
Craft a hay bale in the center and redstone above, below, left, and right on a Crafting Table.
Item ID
minecraft:target
Stackable
Yes
Max stack
64
Renewable
Yes
Hardness
0.5
Blast resistance
0.5
Material
Plant
Diggable
Yes
Give command
/give @p minecraft:target 1
Time to break
ItemTime to break
Golden Hoe 0.06s
Netherite Hoe 0.08s
Diamond Hoe 0.09s
Iron Hoe 0.13s
Stone Hoe 0.19s
Wooden Hoe 0.38s
Hand 0.75s

Ingredient specs

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

Hay Bale

Early game
Where to get it
Fill every square of the Crafting Table with wheat.
Where it lives
Wheat farms in villages and plains.
Item ID
minecraft:hay_block
Numerical ID
170
Stackable
Yes
Max stack
64
Renewable
Yes
Hardness
0.5
Blast resistance
0.5
Material
Plant
Diggable
Yes

Nine wheat, then four dust

Harvest wheat until you have nine. Fill every square of the Crafting Table with wheat; one hay bale comes out. Mine redstone ore with an iron pickaxe and keep four dust.

Hay in the center of a plus

Open the Crafting Table. Hay bale in the very center. Redstone in the top-middle, bottom-middle, middle-left, and middle-right. Leave the four corners empty. One target appears on the right; take it. This plus needs the 3×3 table.

A pulse when something hits

Place it. An arrow, a trident, or a shot from a dispenser powers the target and the block under it. A hit closer to the bullseye sends a stronger pulse. A hoe is not required; any tool breaks it and the target drops.

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