Understanding the Context

What You Need to Know Before Crafting a Table

Before diving into the crafting process, it’s good to understand:

• The crafting table is a basic block that forms the base structure for other crafting recipes.
  
• It requires wooden planks — the only material you can craft from trees.
  
• Once built, the crafting table enables advanced tools like the inspect tool, enchantment table, and enchantment legacies.

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Step-by-Step: How to Make a Crafting Table on Minecraft PC

Step 1: Gather Wooden Planks

To make a crafting table, you first need wooden planks. Follow these steps:

1. Find or chop trees
   Trees are abundant in most biomes. Use an axe to convert logs into planks efficiently.

2. Open your crafting inventory
   Right-click (PC) or use the Inventory shortcut (E on Xbox, UI on PC) to open your crafting screen.

3. Craft wooden planks
   

   • Drag 1 log (any type) into your inventory.
     
   • Place it into the crafting grid:
     [W P L P P P] ← Place 1 log in the center of top row →
Results in 4 wooden planks
     
   • Move the planks to your inventory.

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Step 2: Open the Crafting Grid

Your crafting table appears automatically when planks are in the inventory. Right-click it to open the 3×3 crafting grid.

Step 3: Place Wooden Planks to Craft

Copy this exact layout into the crafting grid to make a crafting table:

W | P | P
P | P | P
P | P | P

• Replace W with wooden planks
  
• Leave all slots empty or filled with planks only.