How to Make Glass in Minecraft

The only way to get glass in Minecraft is to smelt sand in a furnace. Here's how to make glass in Minecraft.

What You Need to Make Glass

Here's the recipe for Glass in Minecraft:

• Sand
• Fuel source (Coal, Wood, etc.)
• Furnace (craft with 8 Cobblestones or Blackstones)
• A Crafting Table (craft with 4 Wood Planks)

How to Craft Glass in Minecraft

Once you gather the necessary materials, follow these steps to make glass blocks:

1. Make a Crafting Table. Place 4 Wood Planks of the same type of wood in each box of the 2X2 crafting grid. Any planks will work (Oak Planks, Jungle Planks, etc.).

2. Set the Crafting Table on the ground and interact with it to open the 3X3 crafting grid.

   How to interact with objects in Minecraft depends on your platform:

   • PC: Right-click
   • Mobile: Single-tap
   • Xbox: Press LT
   • PlayStation: Press L2
   • Nintendo: Press ZL

3. Craft a Furnace. Open a Crafting Table and place 8 Cobblestones or Blackstones in the outer boxes of the 3X3 grid (leave the box in the middle empty).

4. Place your Furnace on the ground and interact with it to open the smelting menu.

5. Place a fuel source (Coal, Wood, etc.) in the bottom box on the Furnace menu's left side to activate it.

6. Place Sand in the top box on the left side of the Furnace menu.

7. When the progress bar is full, drag the Glass into your inventory.

Things You Can Make With Glass

Glass is mainly used for crafting glass panes, which you can use to decorate your buildings. To make stained glass, open a Crafting Table, place 8 blocks of Glass in the outer boxes, and place your dye in the center box.

Glass is also a required material for crafting Beacons, Daylight Sensors, End Crystals, and Glass Bottles.

Glass Panes Recipe in Minecraft

To create glass panes, open a Crafting Table and place 3 Glass blocks in the top row and 3 Glass blocks in the middle row. Glass panes can be connected and shaped to build windows or larger glass structures.

How to Craft Beacons in Minecraft

To make a Beacon, place a Netherstar in the center of the Crafting Table, place 3 Obsidians on the bottom row, and then place 5 Glass blocks in the remaining boxes.

How to Craft a Daylight Sensor

To make a Daylight Sensor, place 3 Glass blocks in the top row of the Crafting Table, place 3 Nether Quartz in the middle row, then place 3 Wood Slabs in the bottom boxes (any Wood Slab will do).

How to Craft End Crystals

To craft an End Crystal, place an Eye of Ender in the center of the Crafting Table, place a Ghastly Tear in the middle of the bottom row, and then place 7 Glass blocks in the remaining boxes.

How to Craft Glass Bottles

To make a Glass Bottle, place 2 Glass blocks in the first and last box in the top row and 1 Glass block in the center of the 3X3 grid.