If you haven’t heard yet: a new special block called the Craftsman is added to the game with the Minecraft 1.21 update. It is a utility block that allows for fully automated crafting using Redstone power. It will essentially revolutionize and change the game forever. That’s why we decided to explore and discuss the best crafter automation ideas from the community to teach you how to use this block in Minecraft. So let’s get started!
1. Simple recipes
Although Minecraft is filled with a lot of different items, most crafting recipes are simple. Many of them usually only require one item. The compact redstone device in the image below was created by the YouTuber RaysWorks. It can make most recipes in the game, making it one of the best uses for the crafter in Minecraft 1.21. Plus, you only need a few redstone components and building blocks.
All you need to do first is set the crafter’s grid slots to ‘disabled’ if the recipe doesn’t use them. You then fill the barrel with ingredients and the machine is ready for use. There are even simpler designs, but this one fixes some of the potential errors you might encounter with others.
By building and using this simple crafting setup, you can create armor pieces, various building blocks, compact blocks, buckets, scissors, minecarts, boats and much more.
2. Dried kelp log
Dried kelp blocks are one of them best fuel sources in the game. Therefore, we would like to share with you a very useful machine created by a great man YouTuber xisumavoid. It requires several redstone components and blocks which you can see in the image below or follow the video explanation linked here. This machine is fully tileable, allowing you to create as many modules as you need.
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The point is that the dried kelp goes into the crafter and when the 9th dried kelp fills the last slot of the grid, the redstone signal becomes strong enough to activate the crafter.
Then the dried kelp logs are fed to smokers, turning more regular kelp into dried kelp. But when the smokers fill up, the handcrafted dried kelp logs end up in the crate, ready for collection or placement in another super smelter.
3. Bamboo Planks Crafter
Since the Minecraft 1.20 update introduced bamboo woodit has become so much easier to obtain wood for making recipes such as chests, sticks, etc. However, with the Crafter you can even automate the process by building this simple and compact machine. However, it does require two craftsmen.
The first turns bamboo into bamboo blocks. Then the second turns the blocks into planks and stores them in a chest. From then on you can keep the planks and build with them. Or you can use the machine mentioned in the first section above to make sticks and other wooden items.
This device was created by none other than the Redstone genius Mumbo Jumbo on Youtube. Due to its efficiency and compactness, this is certainly one of the best uses for the crafter in Minecraft 1.21.
Congratulations, now you know some of the best uses for the Crafter in Minecraft 1.21. Although this block is still in beta testing, we’re amazed at the creative designs the amazing community has come up with and can’t wait to see more. What crafter setup will you create in your world? Or, which craft automation would you like us to focus on? Let us know in the comments below!
