The ultimate Minecraft Pocket Edition recipe guide - Raw materials

Minecraft - Pocket Edition is all about building ridiculous architectural wonders by finding raw resources in the world and crafting them into handy tools and building materials.

You can turn some wood and stone into a hardy pickaxe, or melt sand down into glass. You can make bookshelves, or dye wool, or forge a golden apple, or cut rough cobblestone blocks into posh stone bricks.

In our handy charts below, and on the other pages, you can find out how to make everything in the world of Minecraft, and how to find the right materials.

Crafting - Smelting and Stonecutting - Raw Materials
 
Raw materials

If you're looking for the materials that are used in the crafting or smelting recipes on the other pages, you'll often need to find those resources in the wild.

The list below will help you find those naturally occurring materials in your randomly generated Minecraft world.
 
MaterialDescriptionClay balls - found in sand and sometimes underwater. Best harvested with a shovelCobblestone - dig down into the earth. A pickaxe is needed to harvest cobblestoneSand - very common material, found by waterSnowball - use a shovel on snow to make snowballsWood - punch trees to collect wood. Comes in many varieties, but they can be used interchangeably while craftingWool - use shears on sheep to obtain wool. It can be dyed to make different coloursFeather - use any tool or weapon to kill a chicken to produce feathersFlint - sometimes produced when mining into gravelBone - skeletons sometimes drop these when killedString - spiders drop these when killedDandelion - natural flowers that blossom randomly throughout the worldGold ore - found deep beneath the ground. Requires an iron pickaxe or better to mineDiamond ore - found deep beneath the ground. Requires an iron pickaxe or better to mineIron ore - found beneath the ground. Requires a stone pickaxe or better to mineLapis ore - rare material, found deep beneath the ground. Requires an iron pickaxe or better to mineCoal - mined from coal ore blocksSugar cane - natural plant, found throughout the worldSeeds - sometimes appear when you tap once on the ground with the hoeWheat - use hoe on the ground to till the land. Plant seeds and then wait for wheat to grow. Use hoe to collectRaw beef - kill a cowRaw chicken - kill a chickenRaw pork - kill a pigRed mushroom - found randomly in the worldBrown mushroom - found randomly in the worldGunpowder - kill a creeper before it explodes (bow and arrow is a good strategy)Black wool - kill a black sheepMelon seeds - harvest a melon in the jungle biomeMelon - plant melon seeds in farmlandPumpkin seeds - harvest a pumpkin stemPumpkin - plant pumpkin seeds in farmlandBeetroot seeds - till grass blocks with a hoeBeetroot - plant beetroot seeds in farmlandCarrot - found in villagesPotato - found in villagesEgg - dropped by chickensInk sac - found in blacksmith chests in villagesMilk - use a bucket on a cowGlowstone dust - break Glowstone Clusters in The NetherLeather - cows drop this when killed. Used to make booksApple - found in some treesRaw fish - caught while fishingRaw salmon - caught while fishingClown fish - caught while fishing, restores hungerPufferfish - caught while fishing, causes poisonRotten flesh - dropped by zombies, causes hungerPoisonous potato - sometimes found when harvesting potato crops, causes poisonMagma cream - dropped by magma cubes in The NetherBlaze rod - dropped by Blazes in The NetherGhast tear - dropped by Ghasts in The NetherGold nugget - dropped by zombie pigmenSlimeball - dropped by slimes when killedNether wart - found growing in The NetherSpider eye - dropped by spiders when killedInk sac - dropped by squids when killedObsidian - made when lava source is cooled with water 
Crafting - Smelting and Stonecutting - Raw Materials