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Stick
Item

Stick item in Minecraft

Present since 1.0 or earlier Stack size: 64 In 7 tutorials ↓

The Stick is the most used crafting ingredient in the game: more than a hundred recipes need it, from the first Wooden Pickaxe to Torches, fences, ladders and signs. Two planks give four sticks, so you never run short.

It is made with the Crafting Table from 2 × Oak Planks (or another variant) (other recipes also exist). As fuel it burns for 5 seconds in a Furnace, enough to smelt 0.5 items.

What it does

Almost every tool and weapon has a stick as its handle, whatever the material of the head: wood, stone, copper, iron, gold or diamond. The same goes for the Bow, the Fishing Rod, the Arrow and the Brush. In building, sticks turn into fences, fence gates, Ladders and signs, and with coal or charcoal they make torches.

You can also get sticks without a crafting table: leaves sometimes drop one when they decay or are broken, and dead bushes drop a few. Two Bamboo pieces stacked vertically make one stick, which is handy in a jungle.

Sticks burn as a weak fuel, enough to smelt half an item each. A Fletcher at the novice level buys them in bulk for an emerald, an easy first trade if you have a tree farm.

How to craft

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Crafting tableCrafting table Also in the 2×2 inventory grid
Oak PlanksSpruce PlanksBirch PlanksJungle PlanksAcacia PlanksDark Oak PlanksPale Oak PlanksCrimson PlanksWarped PlanksMangrove PlanksBamboo PlanksCherry PlanksPoplar Planks Oak PlanksSpruce PlanksBirch PlanksJungle PlanksAcacia PlanksDark Oak PlanksPale Oak PlanksCrimson PlanksWarped PlanksMangrove PlanksBamboo PlanksCherry PlanksPoplar Planks
Stick 4

2 × Any of #planks → 4 × Stick

// Slots with several items cycle through every accepted option.

How Stick connects

24 links · from the 26.3 game data

Where to get it

Dropped by
Witch28.6%
Loot in structureschance per item drawn
VillageChest · Cartographer, Fletcher, Toolsmith37.7%
Trial ChambersChest · Entrance13.9%
Breaking blockschance per block broken
Dead BushDead Bush66.7%
Acacia LeavesAcacia LeavesFortune III: 3.3%2.0%
Azalea LeavesAzalea LeavesFortune III: 3.3%2.0%
Birch LeavesBirch LeavesFortune III: 3.3%2.0%
Cherry LeavesCherry LeavesFortune III: 3.3%2.0%
Dark Oak LeavesDark Oak LeavesFortune III: 3.3%2.0%
Flowering Azalea LeavesFlowering Azalea LeavesFortune III: 3.3%2.0%
Jungle LeavesJungle LeavesFortune III: 3.3%2.0%
Mangrove LeavesMangrove LeavesFortune III: 3.3%2.0%
Oak LeavesOak LeavesFortune III: 3.3%2.0%
Orange Poplar LeavesOrange Poplar LeavesFortune III: 3.3%2.0%
Pale Oak LeavesPale Oak LeavesFortune III: 3.3%2.0%
Red Poplar LeavesRed Poplar LeavesFortune III: 3.3%2.0%
Spruce LeavesSpruce LeavesFortune III: 3.3%2.0%
Yellow Poplar LeavesYellow Poplar LeavesFortune III: 3.3%2.0%
Other sourceschance
Fishing RodFishing RodFishing4.5%

Trades

VillagerBought by · Fletcher (Novice)

Works in

FurnaceFurnacefuel · smelts 0.5 items5 s

Tutorials with Stick (7)

All tutorials with Stick →

Used to craft (60)

Stick · FAQ

How do you get Stick in Minecraft?

At the Crafting Table: 2 × Oak Planks (or another variant) give 4 × Stick. It can be found as loot in Village and Trial Chambers. It is dropped by Witch. Bought by Villager: Fletcher (Novice). Fishing: Fishing Rod.

What is Stick used for in Minecraft?

It is the handle of nearly every tool and weapon and an ingredient of torches, fences, ladders and signs. It is an ingredient in 112 recipes, made at the Crafting Table; for example Activator Rail, Armor Stand, Arrow, Bamboo Fence, Bamboo Fence Gate and 104 more.

Which blocks drop Stick when broken?

Dead Bush (67%); Acacia Leaves (2%, with Fortune III 3.3%); Azalea Leaves (2%, with Fortune III 3.3%); Birch Leaves (2%, with Fortune III 3.3%); Cherry Leaves (2%, with Fortune III 3.3%).

Can Stick be used as fuel?

Yes. In a Furnace it burns for 5 seconds, enough to smelt 0.5 items.