Minecraft is chock-full of dark and dreary locations, but the environment doesn’t always have to stay that way. You can easily craft torches to light your way through a dark cave or install some ambiance in your base. While torches are among the easier items to make in Minecraft, you still need a recipe guide if you’re crafting a torch for the first time.
Making Torches in Minecraft
Torches only require two simple resources to make, both of which can be added to your inventory within the first 30 minutes of a playthrough. You can see how to make a simple torch below:
- At a crafting table, place a Stick in the bottom middle box
- Next, put a piece of Coal or Charcoal in the middle box
You’re able to swap the charcoal and coal interchangeably when crafting a torch, but you’ll always need a stick for the recipe to work. Sticks are crafted by placing a single plank in a crafting table while coal is mined throughout caves, mountains, and other locations with a good amount of stone. Charcoal is crafted by placing wood and coal in a furnace together. Once you have all of your resources, head to a crafting table and craft some torches. For every one stick and charcoal/coal you place in the crafting table, you’ll receive four torches. It’s wise to make as many torches as possible, as you need them quite often in Minecraft.
Additionally, there are other forms of torches in Minecraft that require the torch itself to craft. For example, you can use a torch and a Carved Pumpkin at a crafting table to make a Jack’O’Lantern and you can use eight Iron Nuggets plus a torch to create a Lantern. There are no shortage of light sources in Minecraft, but most of them begin with a simple torch, so it’s important you remember how to make one of them in Minecraft.
