How to Craft Conduit in Minecraft
Conduits grant the Conduit Power effect when activated with a prismarine frame underwater, providing water breathing, night vision and haste.
Overview
Conduits grant the Conduit Power effect when activated with a prismarine frame underwater, providing water breathing, night vision and haste. Conduit uses a shaped recipe, meaning the ingredients must sit in the exact pattern shown in the grid above; placing them in the wrong cells will not produce the item. A Crafting Table gives you the full 3x3 grid, which you need for any recipe larger than 2x2. You can craft one from four planks, and most bases keep one near the furnaces.
The recipe was added in Minecraft 1.13 and still works the same way in version 1.21. Each craft yields a single Conduit.
The materials come together from a few sources: you will be working with nautilus shell (fishing, drowned drops, or trading) and heart of the sea (found in buried treasure chests). If any of those are not already in your stores, gather them first, because the craft itself takes only a moment once everything is in the grid. With the ingredients on hand and a Crafting Table placed, Conduit is one of the quicker things to add to your inventory.
Crafting Recipe
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To make Conduit you will gather 8x Nautilus Shell (fishing, drowned drops, or trading) and Heart of the Sea (found in buried treasure chests). Lining these up before you open the Crafting Table saves a trip back to storage, especially if you plan to craft several at once.
Step-by-Step Instructions
- Open your Crafting Table to access the 3x3 crafting grid.
- Arrange the ingredients in the crafting grid following the pattern shown above.
- Place Nautilus Shell in: row 1, column 1; row 1, column 2; row 1, column 3; row 2, column 1; row 2, column 3; row 3, column 1; row 3, column 2; row 3, column 3.
- Place Heart of the Sea in: row 2, column 2.
- Collect your Conduit from the output slot.
Tips & Notes
- If the output slot stays empty, double-check the pattern against the grid above; a shaped recipe fails silently when even one ingredient is in the wrong cell.
Uses for Conduit
- Conduit Power effect: water breathing, night vision and haste underwater
- Attacks hostile mobs near it
How Conduit Fits Your World
Decoration blocks add detail and atmosphere without changing how a build functions. Banners can be layered with patterns at a loom, signs and item frames label and display, and candles, lanterns, and flower pots add lighting and life to a room. These are the finishing touches that turn a plain box into a place that feels lived in. For Conduit specifically, that means it is most valuable for conduit Power effect: water breathing, night vision and haste underwater and attacks hostile mobs near it.
View detailed item stats, durability and properties for Conduit on the Astroworld Items Database.