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How to Craft Scaffolding in Minecraft

Scaffolding in Minecraft, drawn from the game's own item texture. Temporary building platform. The recipe first appears in the game's files in Minecraft 1.14.

Gather 6 Bamboos and 1 String, then work it on a Crafting Table. On the grid you want six Bamboos in the left and right columns and a single String in the top-middle cell. You end up with 6 Scaffolding each time. As fuel these are worth 50 ticks apiece: 256 of them clear a stack of 64.

Scaffolding Item ID and Give Command

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

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

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

Overview

Scaffolding is a temporary structure for building. It breaks instantly and can be stacked up to 6 blocks without support. Scaffolding 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 1.14, and not in the release before it.

The materials come together from a few sources: you will be working with bamboo (harvest bamboo from jungles) and string (kill spiders or break cobwebs).

One Stack, Counted

Feed 6 bamboo a craft, so 64 covers 10 of them: 60 scaffoldings. Have 10 string ready as well. Short by one craft: 4 bamboo left.

Materials Needed

ItemAmountWhere to Find
BambooBambooBamboo6xHarvest bamboo from jungles
StringStringString1xKill spiders or break cobwebs

Scaffolding needs 6x Bamboo (harvest bamboo from jungles) and String (kill spiders or break cobwebs), worked together at a Crafting Table.

Step-by-Step Instructions

  1. 1

    BambooBamboo6x Bamboo

  2. 2

    StringStringString

  3. 3

    6x Scaffolding

Minecraft crafting recipe for Scaffolding: 6 x Bamboo, 1 x String in a crafting table, making 6 Scaffolding.

Tips & Notes

  • One craft costs 6x Bamboo and 1x String. Start with the Bamboo: harvest bamboo from jungles.
  • The recipe returns 6 Scaffolding at a time.

Uses for Scaffolding

  • Temporary building platform
  • Easy to place and break
  • Falls after 6 blocks without support

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

Frequently Asked Questions

What do I need to craft Scaffolding in Minecraft?
To craft Scaffolding you need 6 Bamboos and 1 String at a Crafting Table. Lay them out exactly as the grid above shows, and one craft produces 6 Scaffolding.
Can you craft Scaffolding without a crafting table?
You need a table for Scaffolding. It is laid out as six Bamboos in the left and right columns and a single String in the top-middle cell, and that takes 3 rows, more than the 2x2 grid in your inventory can hold.
Where do you find the materials for Scaffolding?
Scaffolding draws its parts from several different places. Bamboo: harvest bamboo from jungles. String: kill spiders or break cobwebs.
How much Scaffolding do you get from one craft?
The Scaffolding recipe makes 6 Scaffolding in a single craft.
What is the item ID for Scaffolding in Minecraft?
The Scaffolding item ID is minecraft:scaffolding, and in a command you can drop the namespace and write scaffolding on its own. Checked against Java 26.2.
Can you farm everything you need for Scaffolding?
Scaffolding needs nothing you have to go find: bamboo from bamboo that keeps growing and string from spiders. Set those up once and you can keep making scaffolding.
What is the give command for Scaffolding?
/give @p scaffolding gives you Scaffolding. Swap @p for a player name to hand it to someone else, and put 64 on the end for a whole stack.
Is the Scaffolding recipe the same in Java and Bedrock Edition?
It is the same recipe on both: 6 Bamboos and 1 String at a Crafting Table gives you Scaffolding, in the layout shown above, 6 at a time.
Which material does Scaffolding need the most of?
Scaffolding needs more Bamboo than anything else: 6 Bamboos out of 7 items in total. Gather that first and the rest of the recipe follows easily.
What version of Minecraft added Scaffolding?
Mojang's own data puts the scaffolding at Minecraft 1.14, the first release that describes how to make it. The Scaffolding recipe above matches the current release.

Sources

Grid, ingredients and yield
6 Bamboos and 1 String in, 6 Scaffolding out, Crafting Table. Java 26.2, .
That Bedrock agrees
Bedrock 1.26.40.05, same 2 ingredients.
How far back it goes
Java 1.14 is the first release that knows this recipe at all. 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, burn time
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: 6 Scaffolding per craft against the stack size.

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