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How to Craft Respawn Anchor in Minecraft

Respawn Anchor in Minecraft, drawn from the game's own block model. Setting spawn point in the Nether. The recipe first appears in the game's files in Minecraft 1.16.

At a Crafting Table, a Respawn Anchor asks for 6 Crying Obsidian and 3 Glowstones. Place them as six Crying Obsidian in the top and bottom rows and three Glowstones filling the middle row. Done once, that is 1 Respawn Anchor.

Respawn Anchor Item ID and Give Command

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

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

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

Overview

The Respawn Anchor sets your respawn point in the Nether. It holds up to 4 glowstone charges, using one per respawn. Respawn Anchor 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 1.16, and not in the release before it.

The materials come together from a few sources: you will be working with crying obsidian (found in ruined portals or bartered from piglins) and glowstone (craft from glowstone dust).

Stack Maths

Counted per stack: 64 crying obsidian, 10 crafts, 10 respawn anchors. The recipe wants 30 glowstones beside it. Left behind: 4 crying obsidian.

Materials Needed

ItemAmountWhere to Find
Crying Obsidian6xFound in ruined portals or bartered from piglins
Glowstone3xCraft from glowstone dust

For Respawn Anchor: 6x Crying Obsidian (found in ruined portals or bartered from piglins) and 3x Glowstone (craft from glowstone dust), brought to a Crafting Table.

The Full Chain

12 Glowstone Dust makes 3 Glowstone, the one part of this you craft rather than gather. All in: 6 Crying Obsidian and 12 Glowstone Dust.

  1. 1
    Glowstone DustGlowstone Dust123Glowstonerepeat 3x
  2. 2
    Respawn Anchorthis page

Gather this first

6Crying ObsidianGlowstone DustGlowstone Dust12Glowstone Dust

Step-by-Step Instructions

  1. 1

    6x Crying Obsidian

  2. 2

    3x Glowstone

  3. 3

    Respawn Anchor

Minecraft crafting recipe for Respawn Anchor: 6 x Crying Obsidian, 3 x Glowstone in a crafting table, making 1 Respawn Anchor.

Tips & Notes

  • Shopping list: 6x Crying Obsidian and 3x Glowstone. Plan the Crying Obsidian first: found in ruined portals or bartered from piglins.

Uses for Respawn Anchor

  • Setting spawn point in the Nether
  • Charges with glowstone blocks

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

Frequently Asked Questions

What do I need to craft a Respawn Anchor in Minecraft?
To craft a Respawn Anchor you need 6 Crying Obsidian and 3 Glowstones at a Crafting Table. Copy the grid above cell for cell, and one craft produces one Respawn Anchor.
What do you need to make a Respawn Anchor from scratch?
Counting all the way down, a Respawn Anchor comes to 6 Crying Obsidian and 12 Glowstone Dust, spread over 2 crafts.
Can you craft a Respawn Anchor without a crafting table?
No, a Respawn Anchor needs a crafting table. It is laid out as six Crying Obsidian in the top and bottom rows and three Glowstones filling the middle row, and that takes 3 rows, more than the 2x2 grid in your inventory can hold.
Where do you find the materials for a Respawn Anchor?
Each ingredient in a Respawn Anchor has its own source. Crying Obsidian: found in ruined portals or bartered from piglins. Glowstone: craft from glowstone dust.
How many Respawn Anchors do you get from one craft?
The Respawn Anchor recipe makes one Respawn Anchor per craft.
What is the item ID for Respawn Anchor in Minecraft?
In Java 26.2 the Respawn Anchor goes by minecraft:respawn_anchor; respawn_anchor without the namespace does the same job in a command.
What is the give command for Respawn Anchor?
The command for Respawn Anchor is /give @p respawn_anchor. Add a number for more than one, so /give @p respawn_anchor 64 hands you a full stack, and it only runs with cheats enabled.
Is the Respawn Anchor recipe the same in Java and Bedrock Edition?
It is the same recipe on both: 6 Crying Obsidian and 3 Glowstones at a Crafting Table gives you a Respawn Anchor, in the layout shown above, one at a time.
How many times do you repeat each step for a Respawn Anchor?
Most steps for a Respawn Anchor are a single craft, but Glowstone has to be made 3 times to reach 3 Glowstones. The chain section shows the totals per step.
Which material does a Respawn Anchor need the most of?
A Respawn Anchor needs more Crying Obsidian than anything else: 6 Crying Obsidian out of 9 items in total. Gather that first and the rest of the recipe follows easily.
What version of Minecraft added the Respawn Anchor?
The respawn anchor first appears in Minecraft 1.16: that release ships the recipe file and the one before it does not, out of every Java version Mojang still publishes. The Respawn Anchor recipe above matches the current release.

Sources

Grid, ingredients and yield
6 Crying Obsidian and 3 Glowstones in, 1 Respawn Anchor out, Crafting Table. Java 26.2, .
That Bedrock agrees
Bedrock 1.26.40.05, same 2 ingredients.
How far back it goes
Minecraft Java 1.16 describes this recipe and the release before it does not. 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 Respawn Anchor per craft against the stack size.

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