How to Make an Armor Stand in Minecraft

Getting involved in a Minecraft world will mean that you can feel free to build and craft anything you want. You can build something huge, but you can also craft something small that can be useful for supporting your huge building.

Various kinds of small items can be crafted in Minecraft including the armor stand. You want to have an armor stand because it is part of decoration that can be used for hanging your armor when it is not in use. But, how to make an armor stand in minecraft?

Supported Platforms

Platform	Supported
Java Edition (PC/Mac)	Yes
Pocket Edition (PE)	Yes
Xbox 360	Yes
Xbox One	Yes
PS3	Yes
PS4	Yes
Wii U	Yes
Nintendo Switch	Yes
Windows 10 Edition	Yes
Education Edition	Yes

Required Items

There is no way you craft something from nothing. Some items might be able to be found without crafting at all because you can spot them in the treasure chest. However, it can be a long journey to find the treasure and the valuable item that might be in the chest. It is all about luck.

Sometimes it is so much better if you can craft it. For an armor stand, you need to craft it to have one in your inventory. Of course, you need to ask about the required materials for making this item.

To make an armor stand, you need to make sure that you have six Sticks and one Smooth Stone Slab in your inventory. With all of those requirements available, you can continue to the next step.

Open the Crafting Table

Just like when crafting other items in Minecraft, you always have to open your crafting table when you want to make an armor stand. The crafting table will offer you the crafting area with a 3×3 grid.

After opening the crafting table, you are ready to follow the next step to get your armor stand ready to be used for hanging your armor when it is not used.

Add the Items

What is the next step to do in how to make an armor stand in minecraft? Well, it will not be complicated at all. All you have to do is just placing the required materials in the 3×3 crafting grid.

If you want to craft an armor stand, you need to add one smooth stone slab and six sticks in the crafting area.

Arrange the Items

In many items crafting, there are specific recipes that must be followed to get the desired item. The same thing goes when you want to craft an armor stand.

You cannot just put six sticks and one smooth stone slab carelessly in the crafting area. You need to make sure that they create a specific pattern to make an armor stand successfully.

First of all, you need to place three sticks in the first row of the crafting area. One stick must be placed in the middlebox of the second row. The remaining two sticks can be placed in the third row with a smooth stone slab in the middlebox.

If you can add the required items in the correct pattern, you will find an armor stand that appears in the single box to the right of the crafting grid. It means that the armor stand is successfully crafted.

Put the Armor Stand to Your Inventory

What next? This is the last step of how to make an armor stand in minecraft game. Since the armor stand has been successfully crafted, all left to do is just putting it in your inventory.

Once you move the armor stand to the inventory, you can feel free to use it when you want to decorate your Minecraft world. You can store your armor neatly when you do not use it. It can also be part of your Minecraft decoration to make it look much better.