How to Craft Wind Charge in Minecraft
Wind Charges create a burst of wind on impact, launching nearby entities. They can activate buttons and levers from a distance.
Overview
Wind Charges create a burst of wind on impact, launching nearby entities. They can activate buttons and levers from a distance. Wind Charge uses a shapeless recipe, so the ingredients can go in any cells of the grid as long as all of them are present. 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 1.21 and still works the same way in version 1.21. Each craft yields 4 Wind Charge, so factor that multiplier in when you are batching the recipe for a project.
The materials come together from a few sources: you will be working with breeze rod (dropped by breezes in trial chambers). 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, Wind Charge is one of the quicker things to add to your inventory.
Crafting Recipe
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To make Wind Charge you will gather Breeze Rod (dropped by breezes in trial chambers). 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.
- Place the following items anywhere in the crafting grid: Breeze Rod.
- Collect your Wind Charge (x4) from the output slot.
Tips & Notes
- Since one craft produces 4 Wind Charge, divide the quantity you need by 4 to work out how many times to repeat the recipe.
Uses for Wind Charge
- Launching players and entities with wind burst
- Activating buttons and levers from distance
How Wind Charge Fits Your World
Weapons in 1.21 cover both melee and ranged combat. Swords apply a sweeping attack to nearby mobs and benefit from Sharpness and Looting, while bows and crossbows let you fire from a safe distance, and the new mace deals damage that scales with how far you fall onto a target. Choosing the right weapon for a fight is often the difference between trading blows and ending it in one hit. For Wind Charge specifically, that means it is most valuable for launching players and entities with wind burst and activating buttons and levers from distance.
View detailed item stats, durability and properties for Wind Charge on the Astroworld Items Database.