Minecraft: craft hooks - how it works

With a hook, you can build redstone chests and traps in Minecraft. In this practical tip, we will tell you how to craft the useful item.

Crafting Instructions: Make hooks in Minecraft

Since Minecraft version 1.3 you can craft hooks. Tie this with a thread to create trip wire and lure other players into a trap.

• For the hook you need a wooden stick, a wooden block and some iron. Place the stick in the middle of a crafting table and place an iron bar over it and the wooden block underneath.
• You get wooden blocks by cutting down the trunks of trees and placing the blocks in a crafting table. Four blocks of wood can be obtained per trunk.
• If you place two wooden blocks on top of each other in the crafting table, you get four wooden sticks that you can use for the hook.
• For the iron ingot, you first have to mine iron ore in a cave and then melt it with some coal in the furnace.

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