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How to create custom Minecraft items
Design custom Minecraft Bedrock items with textures, damage, food values, armor slots, and crafting recipes.
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Pick a kind
Generic items sit in the inventory. Weapons are hand-equipped and use a damage component. Food uses nutrition and saturation. Armor uses wearable slots (head, chest, legs, feet) plus a protection value.
Paint a 16×16 icon
Vanilla item icons are 16×16. Keep a dark outline and a single highlight so the sprite reads in hotbars. Blocksmith’s pixel editor includes a Minecraft dye palette so your item sits next to vanilla gear without clashing.
Add a recipe
Shaped recipes use a 3×3 grid of vanilla ingredients (sticks, ingots, planks) or your own custom identifiers. Players then craft the item at a crafting table after the behavior pack is enabled.