How to make an Shield In Minecraft

This article will show you how to craft a shield in Minecraft (any version) as well as how to gather the materials and decorate your shield and create a banner.

How to Make a Shield in Minecraft

What You'll Need to Make an Armor

A shield is a weapon of defense that you can design and equip in Minecraft to protect yourself from threats. The materials are very simple, which makes it fairly easy to make yourself up some protection when you first start playing. The shields are basic rectangles in design however, you can personalize them with unique designs and even add enchantments in certain versions of Minecraft.

You will require:

- A crafting table. - Six wood planks.


- One iron ingot.

The recipe and the process are the same whether you're using Minecraft version 1.x or 2.x. It's also available in the vanilla version of Minecraft which means you don't require any modifications to make this craft.

These instructions are valid for Minecraft Java Edition and PS4 1.9+, Pocket Edition, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch and Windows 10 1.10.0+, and Education Edition 1.12.0+.

How to Create the Shield

Here's how to make your shield.

Six wood planks are required.

Obtain one iron ingot.

Get out your crafting table.

Arrange your planks and iron ingot on the table of crafting. Place the iron ingot in the central position in the top row. Place planks on the left and right in the top row, all three spaces in the middle row and the middle of the bottom row.

Drag the shield from the upper right to your inventory.

Your shield is now ready to use.

How do you get the necessary components for an Shield

To make your shield, you'll require iron ore and wood planks. Wood planks can be made out of any type of wood. Iron ore can also be found in the groundrock, or slightly above sea level.
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How to make wood planks

Punch or chop trees until you have some wood logs.

You only need two logs for enough planks make an armour.

Open your crafting menu, or craft table, and then place your logs in the middle.

Take planks from your upper right-hand box into the inventory.

Planks are created in four stacks, so you will quickly create a lot of planks.

How to locate Iron Ore and Make Iron Bars

Iron ore is the most commonly encountered type of ore in Minecraft. It's found all over the place. From the point where you are above sea level, you can look beneath the ground to find the bedrock. There are iron ore veins in the underground if find a natural cave or deep ravine. Iron bars in chests when you find the village, stronghold mine shaft, tower, or sunken ship.

Here's how to get iron ore and make an iron bar to use as a shield:

Find and mine iron ore.

Open your furnace.

Place iron ore along with an alternative fuel source such as charcoal, coal or wood into your furnace.

The iron ingot needs to smelt.

Inject the iron ingot into your inventory.

How to Decorate the Shield in Minecraft

Once you've constructed your shield, you are able to immediately equip and start using it as you would any other piece of equipment. To personalize your shield you can decorate it. This is also known as making a custom shield that requires a shield and banner.

These instructions are only valid for Minecraft Java Edition 1.9+. Other Minecraft versions are not compatible with shield customization.

Here's how you can create an individual shield:

Open your crafting menu.

Put a banner and shield on the crafting table using this pattern.

Drag the custom shield from the upper right corner into your inventory.

How to make a banner in Minecraft

If you don't have a banner that you can customize, you will require one to personalize your shield. This is a simple process that requires only six wool and a stick for the banner. You'll need a weaver, a banner, and some dye to personalize the banner.

These instructions are valid for every version of Minecraft However, you are only able to make use of your banner to personalize your shield for the Java Edition of Minecraft.

Here's how to create your custom banner in Minecraft:

Get your crafting table menu.

This pattern requires six pieces of wool and one stick.

All wool used must be of the exact same color.

Move the banner from the upper right-hand box into your inventory.

Open your loom.

Place your banner and the dye on the loom's interface. Next, choose one of the patterns from the drop-down menu.

The third box (under the banner and the dye on the left side of the loom interface) is for an additional 'banner pattern item. They can be made using paper and an item. For example an Wither Skeleton Skull + Paper can be made into a Skull pattern. This will include a skull, crossbones and banner to it if it is employed.