For other uses, see Stick (disambiguation).
A stick is an item used for crafting many tools and items.
Obtaining[]
Crafting[]
| Name | Ingredients | Crafting recipe |
|---|---|---|
| Stick | Any Planks | |
| Stick | Bamboo |
Fishing[]
Sticks can be obtained as a "junk" item while fishing.
Block loot[]
Dead bushes drop between 0–2 sticks when destroyed.
All leaf types have a 2% chance to drop between 1-2 sticks when broken. Using a tool with Fortune increase these chances to 2.2%, 2.5%, and 3.3% for Fortune I, II, and III respectively.
Entity loot[]
Witches have a chance of dropping 0–6 sticks upon death. This is increased by 3 per level of Looting, for a chance of 0-15 sticks.
Boats and boats with chests drop 2 sticks when falling from exactly 12, 13, 49, 51, 111, 114, 198, 202, 310, or 315 blocks.[1].
Chest loot[]
| Item | Structure | Container | Quantity | Chance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Java Edition | ||||
| Stick | Bonus chest | Chest | 1–12 | 67.3% |
| Desert well | Suspicious sand | 1 | 12.5% | |
| Village | Cartographer's chest | 1–2 | 26.3% | |
| Toolsmith's chest | 1–3 | 90% | ||
| Fletcher's chest | 1–3 | 55.8% | ||
| Bedrock Edition | ||||
| Stick | Bonus chest | Chest | 1–12 | 100% |
| Desert well | Suspicious sand | 1 | 12.5% | |
| Village | Fletcher's chest | 1–3 | 55.8% | |
| Toolsmith's chest | 1–3 | 90% | ||
Usage[]
Crafting ingredient[]
| Name | Ingredients | Crafting recipe | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Activator Rail | Iron Ingot + Stick + Redstone Torch |
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| Armor Stand | Stick + Smooth Stone Slab |
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| Arrow | Flint + Stick + Feather |
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| Axe | Any Planks or Iron Ingot or Gold Ingot or Diamond + Stick |
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| Banner | Matching Wool + Stick |
Once the banner is crafted, its base color cannot be changed.[Java Edition only] | |
| Bow | Stick + String |
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| Brush | Feather + Copper Ingot + Stick |
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| Campfire | Stick + Coal or Charcoal + Any Log or Stem or Any Stripped Log or Stem or Any Wood or Hyphae or Any Stripped Wood or Hyphae |
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| Campfire | Stick + Coal or Charcoal + Any Log or Stem or Any Stripped Log or Stem or Any Wood or Hyphae or Any Stripped Wood or Hyphae |
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| Crossbow | Stick + Iron Ingot + String + Tripwire Hook |
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| Fishing Rod | Stick + String |
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| Grindstone | Stick + Stone Slab + Any Planks |
In Bedrock Edition, grindstone recipes built with crimson, warped, or mangrove planks can use a slab of almost any of the stone types including sandstone, quartz, and bricks. | |
| Hoe | Any Planks or Iron Ingot or Gold Ingot or Diamond + Stick |
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| Item Frame | Stick + Leather |
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| Ladder | Stick | ||
| Lever | Stick + Cobblestone |
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| Painting | Stick + Any Wool |
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| Pickaxe | Any Planks or Iron Ingot or Gold Ingot or Diamond + Stick |
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| Powered Rail | Gold Ingot + Stick + Redstone Dust |
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| Rail | Iron Ingot + Stick |
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| Redstone Torch | Redstone Dust + Stick |
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| Shovels | Any Planks or Iron Ingot or Gold Ingot or Diamond + Stick |
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| Sign | Matching Planks + Stick |
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| Soul Campfire | Stick + Soul Sand or Soul Soil + Any Log or Stem or Any Stripped Log or Stem or Any Wood or Hyphae or Any Stripped Wood or Hyphae |
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| Soul Torch | Coal or Charcoal + Stick + Soul Soil or Soul Sand |
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| Sparkler | Chloride + Magnesium + Stick |
Calcium Chloride: Orange Cerium Chloride: Blue Mercuric Chloride: Red Potassium Chloride: Purple Tungsten Chloride: Green [Bedrock Edition and Minecraft Education only] | |
| Stone Axe | Any stone-tier block + Stick |
Can use cobblestone and its other variants interchangeably. | |
| Stone Hoe | Any stone-tier block + Stick |
Can use cobblestone and its other variants interchangeably. | |
| Stone Pickaxe | Any stone-tier block + Stick |
Can use cobblestone and its other variants interchangeably. | |
| Stone Shovel | Any stone-tier block + Stick |
Can use any variant of cobblestone | |
| Stone Sword | Any stone-tier block + Stick |
Can use cobblestone and its other variants interchangeably. | |
| Swords | Any Planks or Iron Ingot or Gold Ingot or Diamond + Stick |
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| Torch | Coal or Charcoal + Stick |
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| Tripwire Hook | Iron Ingot + Stick + Any Planks |
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| Wood Fence Gate | Matching Planks + Stick |
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| Wood Fence | Matching Planks + Stick |
Fuel[]
When used as a furnace fuel, a stick smelts 0.5 items.
Trading[]
Novice-level fletcher villagers have a 2⁄3 chance to buy 32 sticks for an emerald in Java Edition, and they always offer the trade in Bedrock Edition.
Video[]
Data values[]
ID[]
| Name | Identifier | Form | Translation key |
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| Stick | stick | Item | item.minecraft.stick |
| Name | Identifier | Numeric ID | Form | Translation key |
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| Stick | stick | 320 | Item | item.stick.name |
History[]
| Java Edition Indev | |||||
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| 0.31 | 20100129 |  Added sticks.
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| Sticks are used to craft signs, torches, swords, pickaxes, axes and shovels. | |||||
| 20100130 | Sticks are now used to craft bows and arrows. | ||||
| 20100206 | Sticks are now used to craft hoes. | ||||
| 20100219 | Sticks can be used as fuel for the newly added furnace. | ||||
| 20100223 | Sticks are now used to craft paintings. | ||||
| Java Edition Infdev | |||||
| 20100607 | Sticks are now used to craft ladders. | ||||
| 20100618 | Sticks are now used to craft rails. | ||||
| Java Edition Alpha | |||||
| v1.0.1 | Sticks are now used to craft redstone torches and levers. | ||||
| v1.0.6 | 2 sticks now drops from breaking boats. | ||||
| v1.0.17 | Sticks are now used to craft fences. | ||||
| v1.1.1 | Sticks are now used to craft fishing rods. | ||||
| Java Edition Beta | |||||
| 1.5 | Sticks are now used to craft powered rails. | ||||
| 1.8 | Pre-release | Sticks are now used to craft fence gates. | |||
| Java Edition | |||||
| 1.2.4 | release | Spruce planks, birch planks, and jungle planks can now be used to craft sticks. | |||
| 1.3.1 | 12w16a | Sticks are found in the new bonus chests. | |||
| 12w22a | Sticks are now used to craft tripwire hooks. | ||||
| 12w27a | Sticks no longer drops from breaking boats. | ||||
| Instead, it needs to fall certain heights to drop 2 sticks. | |||||
| 1.4.2 | 12w34a | Sticks are now used to craft item frames. | |||
| 12w38b | Witches now have a chance to drop sticks. | ||||
| 1.5 | 13w02a | Sticks are now used to craft activator rails. | |||
| 1.7.2 | 13w36a | Sticks can be obtained as one of the "junk" items by fishing. | |||
| 1.7.1 | Acacia planks and dark oak planks can now be used to craft sticks. | ||||
| 1.8 | 14w30a | Sticks are now used to craft banners. | |||
| 14w32a | Sticks are now used to craft armor stands. | ||||
| 1.9 | 15w31a | Sticks are now dropped by dead bushes. | |||
| 15w44a | Sticks are now found in bonus chests for more than double the average yield. | ||||
| 1.13 | 17w47a | Sticks can now be found in 70.5% of bonus chests in stacks of 1–12. | |||
| Prior to The Flattening, this item's numeral ID was 280. | |||||
| 1.14 | 18w43a | Sticks can now be crafted from bamboo. | |||
| Sticks can now be used to craft crossbows. | |||||
| Sticks are now dropped by leaves. | |||||
| 18w48a | Sticks can now be used to craft grindstones. | ||||
| Sticks can now be found in chests in village cartographer houses. | |||||
| 18w50a | Sticks can now be found in village fletcher houses and toolsmith houses. | ||||
| 19w02a | Sticks can now be used to craft campfires. | ||||
| 19w11a | Fletcher villagers now buy sticks. | ||||
| 1.16 | 20w06a | Crimson planks and warped planks can now be used to craft sticks. | |||
| Sticks can now be used to craft soul torches. | |||||
| 1.17 | 21w05a | Sticks are now dropped by azalea leaves and flowering azalea leaves. | |||
| 1.19 | 22w11a | Mangrove planks can now be used to craft sticks. | |||
| 22w13a | Sticks are now dropped by mangrove leaves. | ||||
| 1.19.4 | 23w07a | The crossbow and soul campfire recipes are no longer unlocked by sticks. | |||
| 1.20 (Experimental) | 23w07a | Sticks are now dropped by cherry leaves. | |||
| Sticks can now be used to craft brushes. | |||||
| Sticks now drop when brushing suspicious sand in desert wells. | |||||
| 1.20 | 23w12a | The probability for the stick to generate in the suspicious sand in desert well has been changed from 1/7 to 1/8. | |||
| Pocket Edition Alpha | |||||
| v0.2.0 | Added sticks. They are currently unobtainable and serve no purpose. | ||||
| v0.3.0 | Sticks are now craftable. | ||||
| Sticks can be used to craft wooden and stone pickaxes, axes, swords and shovels, ladders, torches, fences and fence gates. | |||||
| v0.3.2 | Sticks are now used to craft iron, gold and diamond pickaxes, axes, swords and shovels. | ||||
| v0.3.3 | Sticks are now used to craft bows. | ||||
| v0.4.0 | Sticks are now used to craft hoes. | ||||
| v0.5.0 | Sticks are now used to craft paintings. | ||||
| v0.6.0 | Sticks are now used to craft signs. | ||||
| v0.8.0 | build 2 | Sticks are now used to craft rails and powered rails. | |||
| v0.11.0 | build 1 | Sticks are now used to craft fishing rods. | |||
| Sticks can now be found as a junk item from fishing. | |||||
| v0.12.1 | build 1 | Sticks are now dropped when dead bushes are destroyed. | |||
| v0.13.0 | build 1 | Sticks are now used to craft redstone torches, levers and tripwire hooks. | |||
| v0.14.0 | build 1 | Added witches, which have a chance of dropping sticks. | |||
| Sticks can now be used to craft item frames. | |||||
| Bedrock Edition | |||||
| 1.2.0 | beta 1.2.0.2 | Sticks can now be used to craft armor stands and banners. | |||
| Sticks can now generate inside bonus chests. | |||||
| 1.4.0 | beta 1.2.20.1 | Sticks can now be used to craft sparklers. | |||
| 1.8.0 | beta 1.8.0.8 | Sticks can now be crafted from bamboo. | |||
| beta 1.8.0.10 | Sticks can now be used to craft crossbows. | ||||
| 1.10.0 | beta 1.10.0.3 | Sticks can now be used to craft barrels, grindstones, and campfires. | |||
| Leaves now have a chance of dropping 0-2 sticks when destroyed. | |||||
| 1.11.0 | beta 1.11.0.1 | Sticks can now be found in village toolsmith and fletcher chests. | |||
| beta 1.11.0.4 | Sticks can now be sold to fletcher villagers. | ||||
| 1.16.0 | beta 1.16.0.51 | Sticks can now be used to craft soul torches. | |||
| 1.20.0 (Experimental) | beta 1.19.70.23 | Sticks can now be used to craft brushes. | |||
| Sticks now drop when brushing suspicious sand in desert wells. | |||||
| 1.20.10 | beta 1.20.10.20 | Sticks are no longer used to craft barrels. | |||
| Legacy Console Edition | |||||
| TU1 | CU1 | 1.0 | Patch 1 | Added sticks. | |
| PlayStation 4 Edition | |||||
| 1.90 | Sticks can now be dropped by leaves. | ||||
| New Nintendo 3DS Edition | |||||
| 0.1.0 | Added sticks. | ||||
Issues[]
Issues relating to "Stick" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.
Trivia[]
- The stick is used in 49 recipes in Java Edition, and 50 recipes in Bedrock Edition, more than any other item in the game. Iron ingot takes second place with 35 recipes, and planks take third place with 34 recipes.
- To craft each recipe once, a player would need 111 sticks, including 1 for the redstone torch in an activator rail, while using the extra tripwire hook for the crossbow. This would require 56 planks, or 14 logs, for the sticks, and an extra 29 planks for the wooden tools, tripwire hook, signs, fences, fence gate, grindstone, and slabs for the barrel. This means that the player needs a total of 85 planks, or 22 logs, plus 6 more for the campfire and soul campfire.
External Links[]
- Taking Inventory: Stick – Minecraft.net on April 2, 2020