3 current variants

TNT Recipe

TNT is produced through 3 tracked recipe variants across Java and Bedrock. This guide turns the registry data into exact placement instructions and material totals for common batch sizes.

TNT Recipe — representative authorized Minecraft assetTNT Recipe
Output
TNT
Variants
3
Editions
Java & Bedrock
Stations
Crafting Table

How this TNT recipe works

Java · Crafting Table · Variant 1

Ingredients

Crafting pattern

Step-by-step instructions

  1. Collect 5 × Gunpowder, 4 × Red Sand for one operation.
  2. Open the Crafting Table and reproduce the shown pattern without rotating or rearranging a shaped recipe.
  3. Take 1 × TNT from the output slot.

Read the fixed pattern as top row (left: Gunpowder; centre: Red Sand; right: Gunpowder), middle row (left: Red Sand; centre: Gunpowder; right: Red Sand), bottom row (left: Gunpowder; centre: Red Sand; right: Gunpowder).

Batch planner

TargetOperationsActual outputMaterials
16161680 × Gunpowder, 64 × Red Sand
646464320 × Gunpowder, 256 × Red Sand

Java · Crafting Table · Variant 2

Ingredients

Crafting pattern

Step-by-step instructions

  1. Collect 5 × Gunpowder, 4 × Sand for one operation.
  2. Open the Crafting Table and reproduce the shown pattern without rotating or rearranging a shaped recipe.
  3. Take 1 × TNT from the output slot.

Read the fixed pattern as top row (left: Gunpowder; centre: Sand; right: Gunpowder), middle row (left: Sand; centre: Gunpowder; right: Sand), bottom row (left: Gunpowder; centre: Sand; right: Gunpowder).

Batch planner

TargetOperationsActual outputMaterials
16161680 × Gunpowder, 64 × Sand
646464320 × Gunpowder, 256 × Sand

Bedrock · Crafting Table · Variant 3

Ingredients

Crafting pattern

Step-by-step instructions

  1. Collect 5 × Gunpowder, 4 × Sand for one operation.
  2. Open the Crafting Table and reproduce the shown pattern without rotating or rearranging a shaped recipe.
  3. Take 1 × TNT from the output slot.

Read the fixed pattern as top row (left: Gunpowder; centre: Sand; right: Gunpowder), middle row (left: Sand; centre: Gunpowder; right: Sand), bottom row (left: Gunpowder; centre: Sand; right: Gunpowder).

Batch planner

TargetOperationsActual outputMaterials
16161680 × Gunpowder, 64 × Sand
646464320 × Gunpowder, 256 × Sand

Java vs Bedrock recipe check

Java and Bedrock are both represented, but their normalized variant sets are not identical. Use the heading on each variant before copying its layout.

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