Is there any in-game guide for crafting recipies?
Before you answer with your favorite web link, note that I am asking specifically in-game.
A friend of mine recently started playing Minecraft for the first time, and found very basic things like getting wood, creating tools, and making shelter to be very difficult. It occurs to me that an in-game guide to crafting recipes would be helpful, but updates lately have gone in so many directions, I don't know if such a thing even exists in the game.
Is there any guide or indicator in vanilla Minecraft that would help a user figure out crafting recipes without having to resort to an external reference?
I am also not looking for a mod that creates one - if you can recommend one that would be alright, but it would not answer my question.
Best Answer
No, there is no in-game guide to create anything. The part about Minecraft that originally made it so much fun was finding all of these things out for yourself.
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How do you check crafting recipes in creative?
Shift-clicking an item in the list puts all available materials in the crafting grid. The button in the top right corner of the recipe book toggles between "Show all" and "Show craftable"; the latter displays only recipes for which the player has the necessary materials in their inventory.How can I see all crafting recipes?
Basic Controls:How do I see the crafting recipes for a mod?
The recipe book can be displayed in the inventory, crafting table, furnace, blast furnace, and smoker. The player can open the GUI by pressing the Knowledge Book icon; it will be open to the left.Add crafting recipes in game! (ItemDB)
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Answer 2
On PC version, in a plain vanilla game, no there is no in-game recipe reference. You can use a mod like above, but I think those are only for Forge server games. If you used a CraftBukkit or Spigot server instead, the Essentials plugin has the "/recipe NAME" command that will pop up a crafting grid with the necessary items in their correct positions. There are probably lots of different mods and plugins that can do this. I suggest Essentials because it's the one I use on my server worlds.
Answer 3
Yes there is!
Here is an in-game screenshot!!
There is a mod that does exactly that: http://www.minecraftforum.net/forums/mapping-and-modding/minecraft-mods/1279956-chickenbones-mods
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