Basic lighting for your first shelter. Read the verified ingredient list, follow the visual grid and plan multiple crafting batches in one place.
Text labels identify the ingredients; game textures are not bundled. The recipe book in your game version remains authoritative.
You can make torches in a 2 × 2 inventory grid.
Coal and charcoal are alternative ingredients, not two materials needed together.
The recipe was checked against a published Minecraft resource on 2026-10-20. Game updates may alter recipes or edition-specific behaviour.
Minecraft — Taking Inventory: Torch