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How to Craft Bricks in Minecraft

Bricks in Minecraft, drawn from the game's own block model. Building material for houses and fireplaces. Minecraft has used the name Bricks since Beta 1.2.

On a Crafting Table, 4 Bricks turns into Bricks. In the grid that is four Bricks in a 2x2 square. The grid returns 1 Bricks.

Bricks Item ID and Give Command

The item ID for Bricks is minecraft:bricks. In commands the namespace may be left off, so bricks works too. Checked against Minecraft Java 26.2.

Give yourself one
/give @p bricks
Give a full stack of 64
/give @p bricks 64
Give it to a named player
/give Steve bricks 1

Cheats have to be on for Bricks to appear this way, and the same command works on Bedrock Edition, where the name is written the same.

Overview

Bricks are a classic building block with a warm red appearance. Crafted from four brick items. Bricks uses a shaped recipe: the ingredients only work in the pattern shown.

Minecraft have used the name Bricks since Beta 1.2, the oldest release whose language file lists it.

The materials come together from a few sources: you will be working with brick (smelt clay balls).

The Full Stack Sum

Counted per stack: 64 bricks, 16 crafts, 16 bricks. It divides evenly, no bricks left over.

Materials Needed

ItemAmountWhere to Find
BrickBrickBrick4xSmelt clay balls

Bricks needs 4x Brick (smelt clay balls), worked together at a Crafting Table.

The Full Chain

4 Clay Ball makes 4 Brick, the one part of this you craft rather than gather. All in: 4 Clay Ball.

  1. 1
    Clay BallClay Ball4BrickBrick4BrickFurnace, repeat 4x
  2. 2
    Bricksthis page

Gather this first

Clay BallClay Ball4Clay Ball

Step-by-Step Instructions

  1. 1

    BrickBrick4x Brick

  2. 2

    Bricks

Minecraft crafting recipe for Bricks: 4 x Brick in a crafting table, making 1 Bricks.

Tips & Notes

  • No Crafting Table needed for this one: the layout never leaves a 2x2 area, which is exactly what the inventory grid gives you.
  • Shopping list: 4x Brick. Plan the Brick first: smelt clay balls.

Uses for Bricks

  • Building material for houses and fireplaces

What Bricks Goes Into

One other recipe on this site lists Bricks as an ingredient.

Brick StairsCrafting Table

View detailed item stats, durability and properties for Bricks on the Astroworld Items Database.

Frequently Asked Questions

What do I need to craft Bricks in Minecraft?
Bricks asks for 4 Bricks, and the work happens at a Crafting Table. Copy the grid above cell for cell, and one craft produces one Bricks.
What do you need to make Bricks from scratch?
Counting all the way down, Bricks comes to 4 Clay Balls, spread over 2 crafts.
Can you craft Bricks without a crafting table?
You can, and without a table: the 2x2 grid in your inventory is enough for Bricks. It is laid out as four Bricks in a 2x2 square, which never leaves a 2x2 area.
Where do you find the materials for Bricks?
The parts of Bricks do not all come from one place. Brick: smelt clay balls.
How many Bricks do you get from one craft?
The Bricks recipe makes one Bricks per craft.
What is the item ID for Bricks in Minecraft?
The Bricks item ID is minecraft:bricks, and in a command you can drop the namespace and write bricks on its own. Checked against Java 26.2.
What is the give command for Bricks?
Use /give @p bricks to put Bricks in your own inventory, or /give @p bricks 64 for a full stack of 64. Cheats have to be on.
Is the Bricks recipe the same in Java and Bedrock Edition?
No difference to worry about: Bricks takes 4 Bricks at a Crafting Table on Java and on Bedrock alike, one at a time.
What version of Minecraft added Bricks?
The name Bricks goes back to Minecraft Beta 1.2, and no older release we can read uses it. The recipe file cannot narrow that down, because 1.13 renamed every recipe file in the game. That pattern above is still the one the game uses.

Sources

Grid, ingredients and yield
4 Bricks in, 1 Bricks out, Crafting Table. Java 26.2, .
That Bedrock agrees
Bedrock 1.26.40.05, same ingredient.
How far back it goes
Java Beta 1.2 is the earliest release that calls it this. From all 163 released Java clients, rd-132211 to 26.2.
That the ingredients come back
What drops, what villagers trade and what farms regrow in Minecraft Java, followed through the recipes to see what those ingredients can be turned into.
Stack size
The Astroworld Items Database, built from the same jar.
The recipe book unlock
What unlocks it in the recipe book. Java 26.2.
The stack sum
Counted, not played: 1 Bricks per craft against the stack size.

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