Craft a Fence in Minecraft
Wooden fences can be crafted with four planks and two sticks, but all pieces must be of the same type of wood. Nether Brick fences can only be crafted with Nether Brick, which is found in the Nether. You can find naturally-occurring fences in a variety of locations as well.
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Crafting a Wood Fence
- Craft at least six wood planks. You'll need six planks of the same wood to create the fence. Different types of wood will produce different color fences. You can get four wood planks from a single wood block by placing it in the center of your crafting table grid.
- You'll be using four of the planks for the fence and two to create sticks.
- Craft two sticks of the same wood. Use two of the planks you crafted from the wood blocks to make sticks. You can turn two planks into four sticks by placing one plank in the center of the crafting grid and one directly below it.
- Craft fence pieces. Place one stick in the center of the crafting grid and another directly below it. Place planks on either sides of the sticks so that the bottom two rows go: planks, stick, plank.
- All of the pieces need to be from the same type of wood.
- Add the fence pieces to your inventory. The above crafting recipe of four planks and two sticks will create three fence pieces
Crafting a Nether Brick Fence
- Craft any pickaxe. You'll need a pickaxe in order to mine Nether Bricks. Since the Nether is a dangerous area, it'll be helpful to have a powerful pickaxe that allows for quick mining. Try to have an Iron pickaxe or better.
- To craft an iron pickaxe, place a stick in the center of the grid and a stick directly underneath. In the top row, put iron ingots in each box.
- Make your way to the Nether. You can create Nether Brick Fences by using Nether Bricks. These can only be found in the Nether, which needs to be accessed through a Nether Portal. See Make a Nether Portal in Minecraft for instructions on creating a portal to the Nether.
- The Nether is a tough area, so this should only be undertaken if you're well-equipped. Make sure to bring plenty of healing items. See Make Potions in Minecraft for a guide on crafting some healing potions.
- Find a Nether Fortress. These foreboding structures are unmistakable as you make your way through the Nether. They generally look like bridges rising above the ground. You'll have the best chance to find one by traveling east or west. If you travel north or south, you may go thousands of blocks without seeing one.
- Nether Fortresses are home to Blazes and Wither Skeletons, both of which drop valuable materials for other crafting projects.
- Mine the Nether Brick. The main component of the Nether Fortress structure is Nether Brick. Use your pickaxe to mine it. You'll need at least six pieces to create a fence, though you'll likely want more for larger projects.
- You'll get six Nether Brick Fences for every six blocks of Nether Brick you use, essentially meaning that every block is worth one fence. You'll need a multiple of six blocks to use the recipe, though.
- Return to your crafting table and craft the fence pieces. Once you have at least six blocks of Nether Bricks, you can start making your Nether Brick Fences. Fill the bottom two rows of the crafting table grid with Nether Brick blocks.
- Add the fence pieces to your inventory. For every six blocks you put into the crafting grid, you'll get six pieces of Nether Brick fence.
Finding Fences
- Bring a tool. You can use any tool to break fences and get the fence pieces, including your bare hands. Using a tool like a pickaxe or axe will speed up the process.
- When scavenging Nether Brick fences, you must use a pickaxe or the pieces will not drop.
- Find wooden fences in abandoned mineshafts. Wooden fences can often be found in abandoned mineshafts being used as supports. You'll usually find a lot of them when you come across a mineshaft.
- Steal wooden fences from villages. You can typically find quite a few fences around villages, including on the roofs of dwellings. Don't worry, no one will get mad if you break them all down and take them for yourself.
- Explore strongholds to find fences. The library rooms in strongholds found underground can contain fences as railings and chandeliers. You'l usually find a couple of library rooms in each stronghold.
- Pillage witch huts in the swamp. With huts will have fences on the front entrance and in the windows.
- Mine Nether Brick Fences from Nether Fortresses. Besides being the place to find Nether Brick to make Nether Brick Fences, you can also just break down the fences already on the fortress. You must use a pickaxe to break these fences, or the pieces will not drop.
Tips
- Fence pieces attach automatically to most other blocks in the game when placed next to them, or they can be used as a post when placed alone.
- Fence pieces are one and a half blocks tall, meaning monsters and animals (except spiders) can't jump over it.
- You can attach a lead to a fence, keeping a passive mob in one area.
