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How to Craft Tripwire Hook in Minecraft

Tripwire Hook in Minecraft, drawn from the game's own item texture. Creating tripwire traps. Minecraft has used the name Tripwire Hook since 1.3.1.

Tripwire Hooks come from 1 Iron Ingot, 1 Stick, and 1 Planks, worked on a Crafting Table. On the grid you want a single Iron Ingot in the top-middle cell, a single Stick in the centre cell, and a single Planks in the bottom-middle cell. You end up with 2 Tripwire Hooks each time.

Tripwire Hook Item ID and Give Command

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

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

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

Overview

Tripwire Hooks connect with string to create tripwire lines that emit redstone when crossed. Tripwire Hook uses a shaped recipe: the ingredients only work in the pattern shown.

Minecraft has used the name Tripwire Hook since 1.3.1, 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), stick (craft from planks), and planks (craft from logs).

One Stack, Counted

Stack sum: 64 over 1 is 64 crafts, times 2 is 128 tripwire hooks. On top of that: 64 planks. Craft 64 empties the box exactly.

Materials Needed

ItemAmountWhere to Find
Iron IngotIron IngotIron Ingot1xSmelt iron ore
StickStickStick1xCraft from planks
Planks1xCraft from logs

Gather Iron Ingot (smelt iron ore), Stick (craft from planks), and Planks (craft from logs), then take the lot to a Crafting Table.

The Full Chain

Stick, then Iron Ingot, then the Tripwire Hook. All in: 3 Planks and 1 Iron Ore.

  1. 1
    2StickStick4Stick
  2. 2
    Iron IngotIron IngotIron IngotFurnace
  3. 3
    Tripwire HookTripwire HookTripwire Hookthis page

Gather this first

3PlanksIron Ore

Step-by-Step Instructions

  1. 1

    Iron IngotIron IngotIron Ingot

  2. 2

    StickStickStick

  3. 3

    Planks

  4. 4

    2x Tripwire Hook

Minecraft crafting recipe for Tripwire Hook: 1 x Iron Ingot, 1 x Stick, 1 x Planks in a crafting table, making 2 Tripwire Hook.

Tips & Notes

  • Line up 1x Iron Ingot, 1x Stick, and 1x Planks before you open the Crafting Table. Iron Ingot: smelt iron ore.
  • You get 2 Tripwire Hook per craft, so divide whatever you need by 2 to know how many times to repeat it.

Uses for Tripwire Hook

  • Creating tripwire traps
  • Crafting crossbows
  • Activated when string line is crossed

What Tripwire Hook Goes Into

One other recipe on this site lists Tripwire Hook as an ingredient.

CrossbowCrossbowCrossbowCrafting Table

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

Frequently Asked Questions

What do I need to craft a Tripwire Hook in Minecraft?
Bring 1 Iron Ingot, 1 Stick and 1 Planks to a Crafting Table and you can make a Tripwire Hook. Lay them out exactly as the grid above shows, and one craft produces 2 Tripwire Hooks.
What do you need to make a Tripwire Hook from scratch?
From raw materials only, a Tripwire Hook comes down to 3 Planks and 1 Iron Ore. The rest you make yourself, and it takes 3 crafts to get there.
What can you make with Tripwire Hook?
Tripwire Hook is an ingredient in 1 other recipe on this site, including Crossbow. The section above links to each of them.
Can you craft a Tripwire Hook without a crafting table?
You need a table for a Tripwire Hook. It is laid out as a single Iron Ingot in the top-middle cell, a single Stick in the centre cell, and a single Planks in the bottom-middle cell, and that takes 3 rows, more than the 2x2 grid in your inventory can hold.
Where do you find the materials for a Tripwire Hook?
Each ingredient in a Tripwire Hook has its own source. Iron Ingot: smelt iron ore. Stick: craft from planks. Planks: craft from logs.
How many Tripwire Hooks do you get from one craft?
The Tripwire Hook recipe makes 2 Tripwire Hooks in a single craft.
What is the item ID for Tripwire Hook in Minecraft?
In Java 26.2 the Tripwire Hook goes by minecraft:tripwire_hook; tripwire_hook without the namespace does the same job in a command.
What is the give command for Tripwire Hook?
The command for Tripwire Hook is /give @p tripwire_hook. Add a number for more than one, so /give @p tripwire_hook 64 hands you a full stack, and it only runs with cheats enabled.
Is the Tripwire Hook recipe the same in Java and Bedrock Edition?
Java and Bedrock agree on a Tripwire Hook: both want 1 Iron Ingot, 1 Stick and 1 Planks at a Crafting Table in the layout above, and both give 2 at a time.
How many crafting steps does a Tripwire Hook take?
A Tripwire Hook takes 3 crafts once you count the parts: Stick and Iron Ingot, and then the Tripwire Hook. The chain section above walks through them in order.
What version of Minecraft added the Tripwire Hook?
As far back as the language files go, the tripwire hook appears under this name in Minecraft 1.3.1 and not before. The recipe file cannot narrow that down, because recipes only became separate files in 1.12. That pattern above is still the one the game uses.

Sources

Grid, ingredients and yield
1 Iron Ingot and 1 Stick and 1 Planks in, 2 Tripwire Hooks out, Crafting Table. Java 26.2, .
That Bedrock agrees
Bedrock 1.26.40.05, same 3 ingredients.
How far back it goes
The name appears in Minecraft Java 1.3.1 and in nothing older. 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
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: 2 Tripwire Hooks per craft against the stack size.

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