How to Craft Shield in Minecraft
Making a Shield takes 6 Planks and 1 Iron Ingot at a Crafting Table. The top row is two Planks in the left and right columns and an Iron Ingot in the middle column, the middle row three Planks, and the bottom row Planks in the middle column. One go makes 1 Shield. Count on 336 uses out of each one before it wears through.
Shield Item ID and Give Command
The item ID for Shield is minecraft:shield. In commands the namespace may be left off, so shield works too. Checked against Minecraft Java 26.2.
- Give yourself one
/give @p shield- Give several at once
/give @p shield 5- Give it to a named player
/give Steve shield 1
Cheats have to be on for Shield to appear this way, and the same command works on Bedrock Edition, where the name is written the same.
Repairing Shield
A used Shield still has value: put two together on an anvil and their remaining durability adds up, enchantments included.
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 Shield rather than one you have invested in.
Shield takes Mending, and once it does you can stop thinking about repairs: every orb you pick up goes into the item.
Overview
A Shield blocks incoming attacks when held in the off-hand. It blocks melee damage, arrows and some explosions. It has 336 durability. Shield uses a shaped recipe: the ingredients only work in the pattern shown.
Minecraft has used the name Shield since 1.9, the oldest release whose language file lists it. The recipe itself last changed in Minecraft 1.21.2. Guides written before that release show a different set of ingredients for the shield, so check the grid above rather than the video.
The materials come together from a few sources: you will be working with planks (craft from logs) and iron ingot (smelt iron ore).
The Stack Arithmetic
6 planks for 1 shield scales to 10 out of a 64 stack. The recipe wants 10 iron ingots beside it. Left over: just 4 planks.
Materials Needed
To make Shield you will gather 6x Planks (craft from logs) and Iron Ingot (smelt iron ore), and craft them at a Crafting Table.
The Full Chain
1 Iron Ore makes 1 Iron Ingot, the one part of this you craft rather than gather. All in: 6 Planks and 1 Iron Ore.
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Step-by-Step Instructions
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6x Planks
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Iron Ingot - 3
Shield
Tips & Notes
- Shopping list: 6x Planks and 1x Iron Ingot. Plan the Planks first: craft from logs.
Uses for Shield
- Blocking attacks
- Reducing damage from melee and projectile attacks
View detailed item stats, durability and properties for Shield on the Astroworld Items Database.
Frequently Asked Questions
What do I need to craft a Shield in Minecraft?
What do you need to make a Shield from scratch?
Where do you find the materials for a Shield?
How many Shields do you get from one craft?
What is the item ID for Shield in Minecraft?
What is the give command for Shield?
Is the Shield recipe the same in Java and Bedrock Edition?
What version of Minecraft added the Shield?
Sources
- Grid, ingredients and yield
- 6 Planks and 1 Iron Ingot in, 1 Shield out, Crafting Table. Java 26.2, .
- That Bedrock agrees
- Bedrock 1.26.40.05, same 2 ingredients.
- How far back it goes
- The name appears in Minecraft Java 1.9 and in nothing older. From all 163 released Java clients, rd-132211 to 26.2.
- When the recipe last changed
- Compared release by release across 50 Java releases since 1.13; the last change to what it takes was in 1.21.2.
- 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 Shield per craft against the stack size.
