Bowl Wiki Guide

This Minecraft tutorial explains how to craft a bowl with screenshots and step-by-step instructions.

In Minecraft, a bowl is one of the many tools that you can make. The crafting process will create 4 bowls at a time.

Let’s explore how to make a bowl.

Where to find a Bowl in Creative Mode

Minecraft Java Edition (PC/Mac)

Here is where you can find a bowl in the Creative Inventory menu:

Platform	Version(s)	Creative Menu Location
Java Edition (PC/Mac)	1.8 – 1.11	Materials
Java Edition (PC/Mac)	1.12 – 1.19	Miscellaneous
Java Edition (PC/Mac)	1.19.3 – 1.20	Ingredients

• Platform is the platform that applies.
• Version(s) is the Minecraft version numbers where the item can be found in the menu location listed (we have tested and confirmed this version number).
• Creative Menu Location is the location of the item in the Creative Inventory menu.

Required Materials to make a Bowl

In Minecraft, these are the materials you can use to craft a bowl:

3 Oak Planks
3 Spruce Planks
3 Birch Planks
3 Jungle Planks
3 Acacia Planks
3 Dark Oak Planks
3 Mangrove Planks
3 Bamboo Planks
3 Crimson Planks
3 Warped Planks
3 Cherry Planks

TIP: You can use any type of wood planks! You don’t have to gather them all.

How to craft a Bowl in Survival Mode

1. Open the Crafting Menu

First, open your crafting table so that you have the 3×3 crafting grid that looks like this:

2. Add Items to make a Bowl

In the crafting menu, you should see a crafting area that is made up of a 3×3 crafting grid. To make a bowl, place 3 wood planks in the 3×3 crafting grid.

When crafting with wood planks, you can use any kind of wood planks, such as oak, spruce, birch, jungle, acacia, dark oak, mangrove, bamboo, crimson, warped or cherry planks. In our example, we are using oak planks.

When making a bowl, it is important that the wood planks are placed in the exact pattern as the image below. In the first row, there should be 1 wood planks in the first box and 1 wood planks in the third box. In the second row, there should be 1 wood planks in the middle box. This is the Minecraft crafting recipe for a bowl.

Now that you have filled the crafting area with the correct pattern, the 4 bowls will appear in the box to the right.

3. Move the Bowl to Inventory

Once you have crafted bowls, you need to move the new item to your inventory.

Congratulations, you have made a bowl in Minecraft!

Item ID and Name

Minecraft Java Edition (PC/Mac)

In Minecraft, a bowl has the following Name, ID and DataValue:

Item	Description (Minecraft ID Name)	Data Value	Stack Size	Platform	Version(s)
	Bowl (minecraft:bowl)	0	64	Java	1.8 – 1.12
	Bowl (minecraft:bowl)		64	Java	1.13 – 1.20

• Description is what the item is called and (Minecraft ID Name) is the string value that is used in game commands.
• Data Value (or damage value) identifies the variation of the block if more than one type exists for the Minecraft ID.
• Stack Size is the maximum stack size for this item. While some items in Minecraft are stackable up to 64, other items can only be stacked up to 16 or 1. (NOTE: These stack sizes are for vanilla Minecraft only. If you are running a mod, some mods may change the stack size for an item.)
• Platform is the platform that applies.
• Version(s) is the Minecraft version numbers that the Minecraft ID and Name are valid for.

Give Command for Bowl

Give Command in Minecraft Java Edition (PC/Mac)

In Minecraft Java Edition (PC/Mac) 1.13, 1.14, 1.15, 1.16, 1.17, 1.18, 1.19 and 1.20, the /give command for Bowl is:

/give @p bowl 1

In Minecraft Java Edition (PC/Mac) 1.8, 1.9, 1.10, 1.11 and 1.12, the /give command for Bowl is:

/give @p bowl 1 0

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