How to Create Bricks in Minecraft

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Gathering resources and smelting bricks in the classic, creative game

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Last Updated: June 22, 2024 Tested

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Crafting Brick Blocks

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Bricks are a decorative building block in Minecraft. They can make houses, towers, and other structures look more interesting and can be crafted to help build a solid brick staircase. They can also make a good non-flammable fireplace. This wikiHow teaches you how to make bricks in Minecraft.

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Find and mine clay blocks next to or in rivers or lakes. Use a shovel for maximum efficiency.
Place the clay balls into a furnace with coal or fuel to make them into bricks.
Open a crafting table and arrange the bricks into a 2x2 grid to create brick blocks.

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Smelting Bricks in a Furnace

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Clay blocks are found next to, or in rivers and lakes. They are solid grey, smooth blocks.
You can mine clay using any tool (including by hand). However, it is quickest if you use a shovel to mine clay. When you break the clay block using a shovel or your hands, it drops four balls of clay.

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Craft or locate a furnace. A furnace is crafted using a crafting table and stone. Place 8 stone blocks around the center space of the crafting grid in the table. Then hold ⇧ Shift and click or drag the furnace into your inventory. On Playstation, select the furnace in the same options as the Crafting table in the Structures tab.
- You can also locate a furnace in blacksmith houses in villages, on in igloos.
Place the clay balls into the furnace. Right-click or press the left trigger button on your controller to open a furnace. Then select the clay balls in your inventory and put them in the slot above the flame icon at the top of the furnace menu.
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Place fuel in the furnace. Some common fuels are coal, charcoal, or wood. Open the furnace and click the fuel in your inventory, then place it in the icon below the flame icon at the top of the furnace menu. It will start smelting the clay automatically.
- Coal is the most efficient fuel source. It can be found in caves and along-side rock formations. Wood can be gathered from any tree. You can also burn wood in the furnace to create charcoal.
Depending on the number of items currently being smelted, it can take a few minutes to finish smelting items. Use the time to accomplish another task and come back to the furnace after a few minutes.
When the bricks are finished smelting, the fire in the furnace will stop glowing. Right-click or press the left trigger to open the furnace, and then select the bricks from the spot in the upper-right corner of the furnace menu. Hold ⇧ Shift and click, or click and drag the bricks into your inventory.

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Crafting a Brick Block

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Craft or locate a crafting table. Crafting tables are used to craft a brick block from bricks. You need to craft a brick block from the bricks in order to build with them. Crafting tables can be crafted from four wood plank blocks.
Right-click or press the left trigger button to open a crafting table.
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Craft a brick block. You'll need 4 bricks per block. Right-click on a crafting table or press the left trigger button on a controller to open the crafting table menu. On Playstation, select the brick block from the Structures tab. On other platforms, place four bricks made into the crafting grid, forming a 2x2 square.
- Note that due to the recipe's size, you could also craft the blocks in your inventory's crafting menu and forgo the crafting table entirely.
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Drag the brick block into your inventory. To place it in your inventory, hold Shift and click or drag the block to your inventory. You can use the brick block to build structures, just as you would with any other building block.
- On Playstation, simply have four blocks in your inventory, open the crafting table and select a brick block from the stone blocks options in the Structures tab. Press the right and left shoulder buttons to select different tabs. Then use the left stick to navigate the different options.

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Crafting Items from Bricks and Brick Blocks

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Brick slabs are half of a brick block. They are useful for building steps. You can get six brick slabs from three brick blocks. On game consoles, select a brick slab from the slabs options under the Structures tab. On other platforms, place three brick blocks in a row across your crafting menu.
Hold ⇧ Shift and click or drag the slabs to your inventory. On Playstation, the brick slabs are added to your inventory automatically when you select them in the crafting menu.
Right-click or press the left trigger button to open a crafting table.
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Craft a set of brick stairs. You can make four sets of brick stairs from six brick blocks. Brick stairs are combined to make a staircase for climbing and descending. On Playstation, select brick stairs from the options in the Structures tab. On other platforms, place brick blocks in a row along the bottom of the crafting menu, followed by two blocks above them, followed by a single block at the top left, to form a stair-like shape.
- Place a brick block in all three spaces in the bottom row of the crafting grid.
- Note that since 2 blocks will always be wasted by crafting stairs this way, it's more cost-effective to craft them using a stonecutter, which has a 1-to-1 ratio between blocks and stairs.
Hold ⇧ Shift and click or drag the stairs to your inventory. On game consoles, the brick stairs are added to your inventory automatically when you select them.
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Craft a flower pot. You need three bricks (items, not the blocks) to craft a flower pot. On Playstation, select the flower pot in the Decorations tab. On other platforms, place a brick in the following spaces in the crafting grid:
- Place a brick in the center space.
- Place a brick in the upper-left space.
- Place a brick in the upper-right space.
To collect the flower pot, Hold ⇧ Shift and click, or drag the item to your inventory. On game consoles, it is automatically added to your inventory when you select it from the crafting menu.

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You can't craft one, but in creative turn on cheats when creating a world and type /give @p minecraft:Command_block in the chat and it will give you one.

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You can make stairs, slabs and a fireproof fireplace, to name a few. Bricks are better than wood because they cannot burn.

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Hardened clays block can be found In sand temples. Clay balls can be mined from clay blocks along rivers, lakes, and oceans.

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Brick items can be traded for from Mason villagers at the rate of 16 bricks per emerald (Bedrock Edition), or 10 bricks per emerald (Java Edition), which is the best way to obtain large amounts of bricks.

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Brick blocks can spawn as part of certain buildings in plains villages and, as of 1.13, can spawn as part of some underwater ruins; neither of which are good ways to obtain large amounts of bricks.

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