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How to craft Compass in Minecraft
To craft a compass in Minecraft, place 4× Iron Ingot, 1× Redstone in the exact pattern on a crafting table to craft 1 compass
Compass crafting recipe
Produces 1× Compass.
- This is a shaped recipe, meaning the items must be placed in this specific arrangement on the grid.
- Compass requires a crafting table to craft.
About the Compass
A compass is a navigation tool that points toward your world spawn point, the original spot where you first appeared in the world. It helps you find your way back if you get lost, especially before you have a bed and a settled base.
You can also use a compass on a lodestone to make it point at that block instead, which is handy for marking a specific spot. The linked compass gets an enchanted glint. In the Nether and the End, a normal compass needle spins wildly and is not useful for navigation.
How to get the Compass
You craft a compass from 4 iron ingots and 1 redstone dust. That means you need to do some mining first, but the materials are easy to gather in the Overworld. You can also find a compass in some structure chests, such as shipwreck map chests.
Materials needed
Ingredient amounts for one craft, producing 1× Compass.
| Material | Per craft | Accepted items |
|---|---|---|
| 4 | Exact item | |
| 1 | Exact item |
Quantity table
Crafts are rounded up when a recipe produces more than one item.
| Wanted | Crafts | Produced | Iron Ingot | Redstone |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| 16 | 16 | 16 | 64 | 16 |
| 32 | 32 | 32 | 128 | 32 |
| 64 | 64 | 64 | 256 | 64 |
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