How to Craft Brush in Minecraft

Brush in Minecraft, drawn from the game's own item texture. Brushing suspicious sand and gravel for archaeology loot. The recipe first appears in the game's files in Minecraft 1.20.

With a Crafting Table placed, 1 Feather, 1 Copper Ingot, and 1 Stick are what a Brush needs. In the grid that is a single Feather in the top-middle cell, a single Copper Ingot in the centre cell, and a single Stick in the bottom-middle cell. The grid returns 1 Brush. One lasts 64 uses.

Brush Item ID and Give Command

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

Give yourself one: /give @p brush
Give several at once: /give @p brush 5
Give it to a named player: /give Steve brush 1

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

Repairing Brush

Those 64 uses can be stretched. Combine two worn Brush items on an anvil and the result holds what was left in each.

Two worn ones can also be merged on a grindstone. That is the cheaper route and it asks no levels, but it strips every enchantment off, so it suits a plain Brush rather than one you have invested in.

Brush takes Mending, and once it does you can stop thinking about repairs: every orb you pick up goes into the item.

Overview

The Brush is used in archaeology to extract items from suspicious sand and suspicious gravel found in trail ruins, desert temples and ocean ruins. Brush uses a shaped recipe: the ingredients only work in the pattern shown.

This recipe first appears in the game's own data files in Minecraft 1.20, and not in the release before it.

The materials come together from a few sources: you will be working with feather (kill chickens or parrots), copper ingot (smelt copper ore), and stick (craft from planks).

The Full Stack Sum

Per craft 1 copper ingot buys 1 brush; per stack 64 buys 64. Have 64 feathers ready as well. It divides evenly, no copper ingot left over.

Materials Needed

Item	Amount	Where to Find
FeatherFeather	1x	Kill chickens or parrots
Copper IngotCopper Ingot	1x	Smelt copper ore
StickStick	1x	Craft from planks

Brush needs Feather (kill chickens or parrots), Copper Ingot (smelt copper ore), and Stick (craft from planks), worked together at a Crafting Table.

The Full Chain

Stick, then Copper Ingot, then the Brush. All in: 1 Feather, 1 Copper Ore and 2 Planks.

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Gather this first

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Step-by-Step Instructions

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FeatherFeather
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Copper IngotCopper Ingot
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StickStick
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Brush

Minecraft crafting recipe for Brush: 1 x Feather, 1 x Copper Ingot, 1 x Stick in a crafting table, making 1 Brush.

Tips & Notes

One craft costs 1x Feather, 1x Copper Ingot, and 1x Stick. Start with the Feather: kill chickens or parrots.

Uses for Brush

Brushing suspicious sand and gravel for archaeology loot

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

Frequently Asked Questions

What do I need to craft a Brush in Minecraft?

Bring 1 Feather, 1 Copper Ingot and 1 Stick to a Crafting Table and you can make a Brush. Copy the grid above cell for cell, and one craft produces one Brush.

What do you need to make a Brush from scratch?

Counting all the way down, a Brush comes to 1 Feather, 1 Copper Ore and 2 Planks, spread over 3 crafts.

Can you craft a Brush without a crafting table?

No, a Brush needs a crafting table. It is laid out as a single Feather in the top-middle cell, a single Copper Ingot in the centre cell, and a single Stick in the bottom-middle cell, and that takes 3 rows, more than the 2x2 grid in your inventory can hold.

Where do you find the materials for a Brush?

Here is where each part of a Brush comes from. Feather: kill chickens or parrots. Copper Ingot: smelt copper ore. Stick: craft from planks.

What should I craft first for a Brush?

For a Brush, start with a Stick: 2 Planks gives you 4 Sticks. After that the order is Copper Ingot, and then the Brush itself.

How many Brushes do you get from one craft?

The Brush recipe makes one Brush per craft.

What is the item ID for Brush in Minecraft?

In Java 26.2 the Brush goes by minecraft:brush; brush without the namespace does the same job in a command.

Can you farm everything you need for a Brush?

Brush needs nothing you have to go find: feather from chickens you can breed, copper ingot from drowned, and stick from planks. Set those up once and you can keep making brush.

What is the give command for Brush?

The command for Brush is /give @p brush, with an optional count after it. It only runs with cheats enabled.

Is the Brush recipe the same in Java and Bedrock Edition?

It is the same recipe on both: 1 Feather, 1 Copper Ingot and 1 Stick at a Crafting Table gives you a Brush, in the layout shown above, one at a time.

What version of Minecraft added the Brush?

The recipe for brush ships in Minecraft 1.20 and in none of the releases before it. Today the game builds it from 1 Feather, 1 Copper Ingot and 1 Stick, as shown above.

Sources

Grid, ingredients and yield: 1 Feather and 1 Copper Ingot and 1 Stick in, 1 Brush out, Crafting Table. Java 26.2, 17 August 2026.
That Bedrock agrees: Bedrock 1.26.40.05, same 3 ingredients.
How far back it goes: Present in Minecraft Java 1.20, missing from the release immediately before. 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, durability, enchantments: 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 Brush per craft against the stack size.

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