Stick
minecraft:stickThe stick is a fundamental, renewable crafting ingredient used to make tools, weapons, and many other items. It is most efficiently crafted from planks, yielding 4 sticks per 2 planks, and can also be made from bamboo, dropped by dead bushes and decaying leaves, obtained by fishing, or found in village and structure chests. Sticks are the handle for pickaxes, axes, swords, shovels, and hoes, and are required for bows, arrows, ladders, torches, and redstone torches.
FAQ
How do I make sticks?
Place 2 planks vertically in a crafting grid to yield 4 sticks. You can also craft them from 2 bamboo, gather them from dead bushes and decaying leaves, fish them up, or loot them from village chests.
What are sticks used for?
Sticks are the handle for wooden, stone, iron, gold, diamond, and copper tools and weapons, and are also needed for bows, crossbows, arrows, ladders, scaffolding, torches, and redstone torches.
Can sticks be used as fuel?
Yes, sticks work as furnace fuel, though they are relatively inefficient compared to coal or planks.
Are sticks important early game?
Absolutely. Sticks are essential for crafting your first wooden tools and weapons, making them vital for early survival.
Does Fortune increase stick drops from leaves?
Yes. Leaves drop sticks 2% of the time by default, rising to 2.2%, 2.5%, and 3.3% with Fortune I, II, and III.