Minecraft crafting guide
How to craft Brush in Minecraft
To craft a brush in Minecraft, place 1× Feather, 1× Copper Ingot, 1× Stick in the exact pattern on a crafting table to craft 1 brush
Brush crafting recipe
Produces 1× Brush.




- This is a shaped recipe, meaning the items must be placed in this specific arrangement on the grid.
- Brush requires a crafting table to craft.
About the Brush
The Brush is a tool used for archaeology. You sweep it across suspicious sand or suspicious gravel, and the block gradually gives up a hidden item before turning back into normal sand or gravel. It is also how you collect scutes from armadillos, which are used to craft wolf armour.
A brush has 64 durability, so it wears out fairly quickly if you do a lot of digging.
How to get the Brush
You can only get a brush by crafting it. Place one feather in the top slot, one copper ingot in the middle, and one stick in the bottom slot of a crafting grid. The result is a single brush. There is no way to find one in chests or to buy one, so you will need a feather and some copper for your first brush.
Materials needed
Ingredient amounts for one craft, producing 1× Brush.
| Material | Per craft | Accepted items |
|---|---|---|
Feather | 1 | Exact item |
| 1 | Exact item | |
| 1 | Exact item |
Quantity table
Crafts are rounded up when a recipe produces more than one item.
| Wanted | Crafts | Produced | Feather | Copper Ingot | Stick |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 |
| 32 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 32 |
| 64 | 64 | 64 | 64 | 64 | 64 |
Related recipes
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