Ideas

You start out knowing only the basics. The first time a new card turns up, you learn the simple recipes that use it: making Sticks teaches the Stone Pickaxe, for example. Idea cards teach the rest.

Right-click an idea card to learn it. If you already know it, sell it. Recipes you haven't learned show as ??? in the Recipe Book.

Every Idea

Idea

Swords Idea

Teaches

Wooden Sword (Villager, Crafting Table, 2× Planks, and Stick)
Stone Sword (Villager, Crafting Table, 2× Cobblestone, and Stick)

Where to find it

Comes free with your first Wooden Sword

Idea

Pickaxes Idea

Teaches

Stone Pickaxe (Villager, Crafting Table, 3× Cobblestone, and 2× Stick)

Idea

Smelting Idea

Teaches

Furnace (Villager, Crafting Table, and 4× Cobblestone)
Iron Ingot (Furnace, Iron Ore, and Coal)
Coal (Furnace and 2× Oak Log)
Gold Ingot (Furnace, Gold Ore, and Coal)
Cooked Porkchop (Furnace, Raw Porkchop, and Coal)
Cooked Cod (Furnace, Cod, and Coal)

Where to find it

Comes free with your first Furnace or Cooked Cod

Idea

Ironworking Idea

Teaches

Iron Sword (Villager, Crafting Table, 2× Iron Ingot, and Stick)
Iron Pickaxe (Villager, Crafting Table, 3× Iron Ingot, and 2× Stick)
Iron Axe (Villager, Crafting Table, 2× Iron Ingot, and 2× Stick)

Where to find it

Comes free with your first Iron Pickaxe or Iron Axe

Idea

Farm Idea

Teaches

Farm (Villager, Crafting Table, 2× Planks, and 2× Cobblestone)

Where to find it

Humble Pack6%
Farm Pack7%
Comes free with your first Bread

Idea

House Idea

Teaches

House (Villager, Crafting Table, 4× Planks, and Wool)

Where to find it

Humble Pack6%
Farm Pack3%
Comes free with your first House or Baby Villager

Idea

Husbandry Idea

Teaches

Wool (Villager and Sheep)
Leather and Raw Beef (Villager and Cow)
Egg (Chicken)
Raw Porkchop (Villager and Pig)

Where to find it

Comes free with your first Wool, Leather, Egg, or Raw Porkchop

Idea

Mountain Idea

Teaches

Mountain trips (Villager and Mountain)
Mountain trips with Stone Pickaxe (Villager, Mountain, and Stone Pickaxe)
Mountain trips with Iron Pickaxe (Villager, Mountain, and Iron Pickaxe)

Where to find it

Adventure Pack9%

Idea

Cave Idea

Teaches

Cave trips with Stone Pickaxe and Torch (Villager, Cave, Stone Pickaxe, and Torch)
Cave trips with Iron Pickaxe and Torch (Villager, Cave, Iron Pickaxe, and Torch)

Where to find it

Mountain6%
Adventure Pack9%

Idea

Barrel Idea

Teaches

Barrel (Villager, Crafting Table, and 4× Planks)

Where to find it

Forest6%
Humble Pack6%
Comes free with your first Barrel

Idea

Hopper Idea

Teaches

Hopper (Villager, Crafting Table, 2× Iron Ingot, and Barrel)

Where to find it

Cave with a Stone Pickaxe5%
Treasure Map7%
Comes free with your first Hopper

Idea

Vault Idea

Teaches

Vault (Villager, Crafting Table, 2× Iron Ingot, and 4× Cobblestone)

Where to find it

The reward for the Iron Age quest

Idea

Shelf Idea

Teaches

Shelf (Villager, Crafting Table, 3× Planks, and 2× Stick)

Where to find it

The reward for the New Homes quest

Idea

Dropper Idea

Teaches

Dropper (Villager, Crafting Table, 3× Cobblestone, and Iron Ingot)

Where to find it

Cave with a Stone Pickaxe5%
Treasure Map7%
Comes free with your first Dropper

Idea

Autocrafter Idea

Teaches

Autocrafter (Villager, Crafting Table, 2× Iron Ingot, and 2× Planks)

Where to find it

Cave with a Stone Pickaxe3%
Treasure Map7%

Idea

Bundle Idea

Teaches

Bundle (Villager, Crafting Table, Leather, and Wool)

Where to find it

Treasure Map7%
Comes free with your first Bundle

Idea

Trading Post Idea

Teaches

Trading Post (Villager, Crafting Table, 3× Planks, and Emerald)

Where to find it

Adventure Pack4%
Treasure Map3%
Comes free with your first Trading Post or Market

Idea

Iron Golem Idea

Teaches

Iron Golem (Villager, Crafting Table, 4× Iron Ingot, and Pumpkin)

Where to find it

Combat Pack5%
Treasure Map3%

Idea

Golden Apple Idea

Teaches

Golden Apple (Villager, Crafting Table, Apple, and 4× Gold Ingot)

Where to find it

Cave with an Iron Pickaxe6%
Treasure Map3%

Idea

Diamond Sword Idea

Teaches

Diamond Sword (Villager, Crafting Table, 2× Diamond, and Stick)

Where to find it

Comes free with your first Diamond Sword

Idea

Wrench Idea

Teaches

Wrench (Villager, Crafting Table, Iron Ingot, and Stick)

Where to find it

Treasure Map3%

Idea

Tools Idea

Teaches

Stone Axe (Villager, Crafting Table, 2× Cobblestone, and 2× Stick)
Stone Hoe (Villager, Crafting Table, Cobblestone, and 2× Stick)
Shears (Villager, Crafting Table, and 2× Iron Ingot)
Fishing Rod (Villager, Crafting Table, 3× Stick, and Wool)
Pond trips (Villager and Pond)

Where to find it

Comes free with your first Stone Axe, Stone Hoe, Shears, or Fishing Rod

Idea

Armor Idea

Teaches

Leather Tunic (Villager, Crafting Table, and 4× Leather)
Iron Chestplate (Villager, Crafting Table, and 5× Iron Ingot)
Diamond Chestplate (Villager, Crafting Table, and 5× Diamond)

Where to find it

Comes free with your first Leather Tunic, Iron Chestplate, or Diamond Chestplate

Idea

Clock Idea

Teaches

Clock (Villager, Crafting Table, 4× Gold Ingot, and Coal)

Where to find it

Adventure Pack4%
Treasure Map3%
Comes free with your first Clock or Compass

Idea

Compass Idea

Teaches

Compass (Villager, Crafting Table, 4× Iron Ingot, and Coal)

Where to find it

Treasure Map3%

Idea

Bow Idea

Teaches

Bow (Villager, Crafting Table, 3× Stick, and 2× Wool)

Where to find it

Adventure Pack4%
Combat Pack10%
Comes free with your first Bow or Crossbow

Idea

Spear Idea

Teaches

Iron Spear (Villager, Crafting Table, 2× Stick, and Iron Ingot)

Where to find it

Humble Pack6%
Combat Pack10%
Comes free with your first Shield or Iron Spear

Idea

Copper Bulb Idea

Teaches

Copper Bulb (Villager, Crafting Table, 3× Copper Ingot, and Torch)

Where to find it

Caving Pack8%

Idea

Copper Barrel Idea

Teaches

Copper Barrel (Villager, Crafting Table, Barrel, and 2× Copper Ingot)

Where to find it

Caving Pack8%

Learned by Finding Cards

These recipes don't need an idea. You learn them the first time the card turns up on your table.

The first time you get	You learn
Leather	Library and Leather Tunic
Library	Enchanted Book
Brewing Stand	Potion of Healing, Potion of Regeneration, Potion of Swiftness, Potion of Strength, Potion of Water Breathing, and Potion of Night Vision
Gold Ingot	Shrine
Compass	Trial Chamber Map, Woodland Map, Ocean Map, and Deep Dark Map
Copper Ore	Copper Ingot
Copper Ingot	Copper Block
Copper Block	Copper Golem
Stick	Wooden Sword and Stone Pickaxe
Cobblestone	Furnace, Stone Sword, Stone Axe, and Stone Hoe
Furnace	Coal, Iron Ingot, Gold Ingot, Cooked Porkchop, and Cooked Cod
Coal	Torch
Iron Ore	Iron Ingot
Iron Ingot	Iron Sword, Iron Pickaxe, Brewing Stand, Iron Axe, Shears, Iron Chestplate, and Shield
Gold Ore	Gold Ingot
Raw Porkchop	Cooked Porkchop
Cod	Cooked Cod
Wheat	Bread
Diamond	Diamond Sword, Waystone Kit, and Diamond Chestplate
Mountain	Mountain trips and Mountain trips with Stone Pickaxe
Cave	Cave trips with Stone Pickaxe and Torch
Pond	Pond trips
Wool	Fishing Rod
Sheep	Wool
Cow	Leather and Raw Beef
Pig	Raw Porkchop
Chicken	Egg
Farm	Wheat
House	Villager and Baby Villager
Trading Post	Market, Humble Pack, Adventure Pack, Emerald Block, and Emerald
Bow	Crossbow
Gunpowder	TNT
Sand	TNT
Sugar Cane	Sugar and Sugar Cane
Cocoa Beans	Cookie and Cocoa Beans
Sugar	Pumpkin Pie and Cake
Egg	Pumpkin Pie and Cake
Milk Bucket	Cake
Potato	Baked Potato and Potato
Carrot	Carrot
Melon Slice	Melon Slice
Raw Beef	Steak
Bamboo	Stick
Cactus	Cactus
Pumpkin	Pumpkin Pie and Pumpkin
Desert	Desert trips
Jungle	Jungle trips
Charged Redstone Core	Redstone Monstrosity
Summoning Orb	Redstone Monstrosity