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How to Craft Cauldron in Minecraft

Cauldron in Minecraft, drawn from the game's own item texture. Holding water, lava, powder snow and potions. Minecraft has used the name Cauldron since 1.0.

A Cauldron comes from 7 Iron Ingots, worked on a Crafting Table. From the top down: two Iron Ingots in the left and right columns; then two Iron Ingots in the left and right columns; then three Iron Ingots. The grid returns 1 Cauldron.

Cauldron Item ID and Give Command

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

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

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

Overview

Cauldrons hold water, lava and powder snow. They can wash dyed items and hold potions in Bedrock Edition. Cauldron uses a shaped recipe: the ingredients only work in the pattern shown.

Minecraft has used the name Cauldron since 1.0, the oldest release whose language file lists it.

The materials come together from a few sources: you will be working with iron ingot (smelt iron ore).

The Full Stack Sum

A full stack of 64 iron ingots gives 9 cauldrons, across 9 crafts at 7 for 1. The box keeps 1 iron ingot.

Materials Needed

ItemAmountWhere to Find
Iron IngotIron IngotIron Ingot7xSmelt iron ore

Cauldron needs 7x Iron Ingot (smelt iron ore), worked together at a Crafting Table.

The Full Chain

7 Iron Ore makes 7 Iron Ingot, the one part of this you craft rather than gather. All in: 7 Iron Ore.

  1. 1
    7Iron IngotIron Ingot7Iron IngotFurnace, repeat 7x
  2. 2
    CauldronCauldronCauldronthis page

Gather this first

7Iron Ore

Step-by-Step Instructions

  1. 1

    Iron IngotIron Ingot7x Iron Ingot

  2. 2

    Cauldron

Minecraft crafting recipe for Cauldron: 7 x Iron Ingot in a crafting table, making 1 Cauldron.

Tips & Notes

  • One craft costs 7x Iron Ingot. Start with the Iron Ingot: smelt iron ore.

Uses for Cauldron

  • Holding water, lava, powder snow and potions
  • Washing dyed items
  • Leatherworker villager job site

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

Frequently Asked Questions

What do I need to craft a Cauldron in Minecraft?
7 Iron Ingots at a Crafting Table: that is the whole shopping list for a Cauldron. Copy the grid above cell for cell, and one craft produces one Cauldron.
What do you need to make a Cauldron from scratch?
Counting all the way down, a Cauldron comes to 7 Iron Ore, spread over 2 crafts.
Where do you find the materials for a Cauldron?
Here is where each part of a Cauldron comes from. Iron Ingot: smelt iron ore.
How many Cauldrons do you get from one craft?
The Cauldron recipe makes one Cauldron per craft.
What is the item ID for Cauldron in Minecraft?
In Java 26.2 the Cauldron goes by minecraft:cauldron; cauldron without the namespace does the same job in a command.
What is the give command for Cauldron?
The command for Cauldron is /give @p cauldron. Add a number for more than one, so /give @p cauldron 64 hands you a full stack, and it only runs with cheats enabled.
Is the Cauldron recipe the same in Java and Bedrock Edition?
Yes, the Cauldron recipe is the same in both editions. Java and Bedrock both build a Cauldron from 7 Iron Ingots at a Crafting Table, in the same layout, one at a time.
How do you unlock the Cauldron recipe in the recipe book?
The Cauldron recipe appears in your recipe book the moment you pick up a Water Bucket in Java Edition. Until then it stays hidden, even though the craft itself works if you already know the grid.
What version of Minecraft added the Cauldron?
The name Cauldron goes back to Minecraft 1.0, and no older release we can read uses it. The recipe file cannot narrow that down, because recipes only became separate files in 1.12. Today the game builds it from 7 Iron Ingots, as shown above.

Sources

Grid, ingredients and yield
7 Iron Ingots in, 1 Cauldron out, Crafting Table. Java 26.2, .
That Bedrock agrees
Bedrock 1.26.40.05, same ingredient.
How far back it goes
The name appears in Minecraft Java 1.0 and in nothing older. From all 163 released Java clients, rd-132211 to 26.2.
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 Cauldron per craft against the stack size.

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