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.

Feather
Copper Ingot
Stick
minecraft: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.

Materials required for one craft
MaterialPer craftAccepted items
FeatherFeather
1Exact item
1Exact item
1Exact item

Quantity table

Crafts are rounded up when a recipe produces more than one item.

Ingredient quantities for common target amounts
WantedCraftsProducedFeatherCopper IngotStick
111111
161616161616
323232323232
646464646464

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