Crafting

Crafting is the process of combining blocks and items to make tools, armor, and many other useful items. It is one of the most important processes in the game, as it is one of the only ways to acquire tools needed for game progression.

When you open your inventory, you will have access to a 2✖2 crafting grid. This can only be used to craft very basic items. If you put a log in the crafting grid, it will break down into four planks. If you then take those planks and put them in the crafting grid, you will get a crafting table. Once you place it in the world and interact with it, it will give you access to a 3✖3 crafting grid, which will allow you to craft all of the game's craftable items (including the ones you can craft on the 2✖2 grid).

For both of the crafting grids, there is a list of recipes called the Recipe Book, which tells you which items you are currently able to craft with the items you have in your inventory. You will unlock more recipes as you collect new resources.

Most recipes are "fixed" recipes, meaning that their ingredients must be placed in a specific way in the crafting grid. There are a handful of recipes that are "shapeless" recipes, meaning that the ingredients can be placed in any way on the crafting grid.

The crafting table.

The 3✖3 crafting interface.

The inventory and its 2✖2 crafting interface, with the recipe book tab beneath it.