Minecraft Armor Stand Recipe: Step-By-Step Guide to Make Your Own

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How to make and use an armor stand in Minecraft
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In Minecraft, armor stands can be used to hold and display your armor and other wearable items. You can also use it to display other items, like mob heads and carved pumpkins. We’re here with everything you need to know about making an armor stand in Minecraft, from what to mine to how to use the stand once it’s finished.

Armor Stand Recipe: Quick Guide

To make an armor stand, craft 6 sticks and one smooth stone slab. Open your crafting table and place 3 sticks across the top row, one stick in the center of the middle row, and one stick in either corner of the bottom row. Then, place the smooth stone slab in the center of the bottom row.

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Making an Armor Stand in Minecraft

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  1. Start by scouting the map until you find a tree—any type of wood will work for this. Then, either punch the tree trunk or use an axe to mine at least 3 wood block (also called logs) from the tree. [1]
    • Hitting the tree without a weapon will take longer, so it’s probably worth crafting an axe if you plan to do a lot of building.
    • If you already have a crafting table, you only need 1 block of wood for your armor stand and 2 to use as fuel for the furnace.
  2. You’ll need to craft a pickaxe in order to mine cobblestone. Use the pickaxe to mine the stone blocks that you can find in caves and along the sides of mountains and cliffs. Keep mining until you have 11 blocks. [2]
    • Stone is very common, so you shouldn’t have much trouble finding it.
    • You’ll need 8 cobblestone blocks to make a furnace and 3 cobblestone blocks to make the smooth stone block for your armor stand.
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    Craft wooden plank blocks out of 2 wood blocks. After you mine the wood, open your inventory and drag 2 wood blocks into the crafting grid at the top of the inventory. This will create 8 wooden planks. Drag these plank blocks into your inventory. [3]
    • To open the crafting menu: Press E on PC, X on Xbox One, Y on Nintendo Switch, Square on Playstation, or … on mobile.
    • You can place the wood blocks anywhere in the crafting grid.
  4. 4
    Make a crafting table if you don’t have one. With your inventory still open, place a wooden plank in each of the 4 sections of the crafting grid. This will create a crafting table . Drag it into your inventory as well. Close your inventory, then place the crafting table on the ground. [4]
    • If you already have a crafting table, you can skip this step.
  5. Stand next to the crafting table and open the crafting menu. Place 2 wooden planks stacked vertically on the crafting table grid to craft 4 sticks. It doesn’t matter where you place the planks on the crafting table, as long as you place them one on top of the other. [5] Repeat this for a total of 8 sticks, moving the sticks into your inventory each time you craft them.
    • To open the crafting menu: Right-click on PC or Mac, press the left trigger button on XBox or Playstation, or tap on the crafting table on mobile. [6]
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    Craft a furnace to smelt the cobblestone. To craft a furnace , open your crafting table menu and place 8 cobblestone blocks around the edges of the 3x3 crafting grid. Drag the furnace into your inventory when you’re finished. [7]
    • Leave the center block empty when you craft the furnace—only place the cobblestone on the top, bottom, and sides of the grid.
  7. To use the furnace , stand next to it and open the furnace menu just like you did for the crafting table. Place 3 cobblestone blocks in the space above the icon that resembles a flame, and place your remaining wood block as fuel in the space below the flame. When the cobblestone blocks are finished smelting, they will be turned into regular stone blocks. [8]
    • If you have them, you can also use coal , charcoal , or a blaze rod as fuel instead of wood blocks.
    • Drag the stone blocks to your inventory after they’re finished smelting.
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    Smelt the stone blocks to turn them into smooth stone. Repeat the same process as above, placing the 3 blocks into the furnace on top and a wood block (or other fuel source) on bottom. This time, when the blocks finish smelting, they will be smooth stone blocks. Add these to your inventory. [9]
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    Craft smooth stone slabs in the crafting table. Once you have 3 smooth stone blocks in your inventory, go back to your crafting table and open the menu. Select smooth stone slabs from the crafting menu, or place three smooth stone blocks in the bottom row of the 3x3 crafting grid. Drag the smooth stone slabs into your inventory. [10]
  10. Once you have 6 sticks and a smooth stone slab, open your crafting table menu. Either select an armor stand from the crafting menu or use the following pattern: 3 sticks in the top row of the 3x3 grid, one stick in the middle space of the grid, and one stick each in the bottom-left and bottom-right spaces of the 3x3 grid. Finally, place a smooth stone slab in the bottom-center space of the 3x3 grid.
    • Drag the armor stand into your inventory to finish crafting it.
    • If you’re planning to use the armor stand right away, equip it into your hot bar so it will be easier to find.
    • To place the armor stand, equip it, then click on the map where you want it to go.
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Using an Armor Stand

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    Click the stand to equip it with armor. To display your armor on the stand, hold your armor, point at the stand, and click the “Use” button (right-click on PC or Mac, press the left trigger button on XBox or Playstation, or tap on the crafting table on mobile). [11]
    • This is a great way to show off cool armor or items like mob heads, carved pumpkins, dragon heads, and elytra wings.
    • To put the armor back on, have empty hands, point your cursor at the armor stand, and click.
    • If you want to move the armor stand after you place it, put moving water blocks or a piston behind it. You can also “catch” the armor stand with a fishing rod to make subtle adjustments.
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    Break an armor stand to take the armor. To break an armor stand, hit it twice. When it breaks, it will drop whatever armor it’s holding, and you can pick it up and add it to your inventory. [12]
    • If you’re in Creative mode, you only need to hit the armor stand once.
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    Pose an armor stand or give it arms in Bedrock. In Bedrock Edition, hold Shift and right-click on the armor stand. Each time you right-click, the armor stand will cycle through a series of 13 poses.
    • If you’re playing in Java, the only way to pose the armor stand is with command blocks .
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FAQs

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    How do you display shields on an armor stand? Place a dispenser behind the armor stand and power the dispenser, then right-click the dispenser and put the shield into the dispenser. Power the dispenser with a button or red stone block. The dispenser will push the shield onto the armor stand. [13]
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    How do you make a slab for an armor stand? Smelt 3 cobblestone blocks in a furnace to make stone blocks, then smelt them again to make smooth stone. Put the 3 smooth stone blocks in a crafting table to make a smooth stone slab.
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    How do you summon an armor stand? To summon an armor stand, you’d have to use command blocks. The exact command you use will vary depending on the Minecraft edition that you’re playing.
  4. 4
    How do you make an armor stand dispenser? To use a dispenser to place armor stands, place your dispenser, then open the dispenser menu and put an armor stand inside it. This is a good way to place an armor stand inside a solid block.
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    A moving armor stand requires a chain of command blocks teleporting it. Because of this you can only move armor stands along a scripted path. It also requires a lot of time and patience, and in some cases, some very complicated commands.
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      1. ↑ https://youtu.be/_Ww-8_PDAG8?t=5
      2. ↑ https://minecraft.fandom.com/wiki/Cobblestone
      3. ↑ https://youtu.be/_Ww-8_PDAG8?t=15
      4. ↑ https://youtu.be/_Ww-8_PDAG8?t=17
      5. ↑ https://youtu.be/_Ww-8_PDAG8?t=32
      6. ↑ https://www.digminecraft.com/getting_started/how_to_open_crafting_table.php
      7. ↑ https://youtu.be/_Ww-8_PDAG8?t=104
      8. ↑ https://screenrant.com/minecraft-smooth-stone-crafting-guide/
      9. ↑ https://screenrant.com/minecraft-smooth-stone-crafting-guide/
      1. ↑ https://screenrant.com/minecraft-smooth-stone-crafting-guide/
      2. ↑ https://screenrant.com/minecraft-how-to-make-craft-armor-stand-recipe/
      3. ↑ https://youtu.be/98mtT0LIdmQ?t=70
      4. ↑ https://youtu.be/3eQFTKEWhH4?t=86

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      1. Gather wood blocks from trees.
      2. Use the wood to craft wood plank blocks.
      3. Craft 6 sticks from the wood plank blocks.
      4. Use a pickaxe to mine at least 3 cobblestone blocks.
      5. Use a furnace to smelt the cobblestone blocks into regular stone blocks.
      6. Use the furnace again to smelt the stone blocks into smooth stone blocks.
      7. Use a crafting table to craft smooth stone slabs from the three smooth stone blocks.
      8. Use a crafting table to craft an armor stand from a smooth stone slab and 6 sticks.

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