Recipe Documentation - Shaped Recipe

Represents a crafting recipe that is to be used with a crafting table. The key used in the pattern may be any single character except the 'space' character, which is reserved for empty slots in a recipe.

Parameters

Name	Type	Default	Description
assume_symmetry	Boolean	Determines if the recipe should assume symmetry or not.
key	array of key and item pairs	not set	Pattern key character mapped to item names.
pattern	String array	not set	Characters that represent a pattern to be defined by keys.
priority	Integer	not set	Sets the priority order of the recipe. Lower numbers represent a higher priority.
result	array of item names	not set	When input items match the pattern then these items are the result.
tags	String array	not set	Item that can create the shaped recipe, such as "crafting_table".
assume_symmetry	boolean	true	Used to automatically assume a symmetrical recipe should return the same result.

key and pattern

The key used in the pattern may be any single character except the 'space' character, which is reserved for empty slots in a recipe.

Shaped Recipe Example

{
"format_version": "1.17",
"minecraft:recipe_shaped": {
    "description": {
        "identifier": "minecraft:acacia_boat"
        },
    "tags": [ "crafting_table" ],
    "pattern": [
        "#P#",
        "###"
        ],
    "key": {
        "P": {
            "item": "minecraft:wooden_shovel"
        },
        "#": {
            "item": "minecraft:planks",
            "data": 4
        }
    },
    "result": {
        "item": "minecraft:boat",
        "data": 4
        }
    }
}

Shaped Recipes with assume_symmetry Property Set

assume_symmetry is an optional field. If not set, it will default to true. By setting it to false, you can define mirrored versions of a recipe and have different results.

{
"format_version": "1.19",
"minecraft:recipe_shaped": {
    "description": {
        "identifier": "minecraft:zig"
        },
    "tags": [ "crafting_table" ],
    "assume_symmetry": false,
    "pattern": [
        "##",
        " ##"
        ],
    "key": {
        "#": {
            "item": "minecraft:planks"
        }
    },
    "result": {
        "item": "minecraft:zig"
        }
    }
}

{
"format_version": "1.20",
"minecraft:recipe_shaped": {
    "description": {
        "identifier": "minecraft:zag"
        },
    "tags": [ "crafting_table" ],
    "assume_symmetry": false,
    "pattern": [
        " ##",
        "##"
        ],
    "key": {
        "#": {
            "item": "minecraft:planks"
        }
    },
    "result": {
        "item": "minecraft:zag"
        }
    }
}

Vanilla Example

Iron Pickaxe

{
  "format_version": "1.12",
  "minecraft:recipe_shaped": {
    "description": {
    "identifier": "minecraft:iron_pickaxe"
    },

    
    "tags": [ "crafting_table" ],
    "pattern": [
      "XXX",
      " # ",
      " # "
    ],
    "key": {
      "#": {
        "item": "minecraft:stick"
      },
      "X": {
        "item": "minecraft:iron_ingot"
      }
    },
    "result": {
      "item": "minecraft:iron_pickaxe"
    }
  }
}