Minecraft: craft fence - how it works

Read this practical tip on how to craft a fence in Minecraft. The fences serve both as a boundary and as a decoration.

Craft a fence in Minecraft

You can use fencing to delimit an area. For example, you can keep animals captive.

• You need sticks made of wood to craft the fences.
• You can craft sticks by placing two wooden boards on top of each other in the crafting menu.
• Put two sticks on top of each other as in the screenshot in each of the three columns.
• In the next section you will read how to craft a fence gate that you can use as an entrance.

Craft fence gate in Minecraft

With the fence gate you can enter a fenced area. It replaces the fence in one place.

• You need sticks and wooden boards to craft the fence gate.
• Place two wooden boards of any kind on top of each other in the middle column. Two sticks must be in the left column and two sticks in the right column (see screenshot).
• Use the right mouse button to place the gate between two fences.