To make TNT in Minecraft, you need two main ingredients: gunpowder and sand (or red sand). The crafting recipe requires 5 pieces of gunpowder and 4 blocks of sand arranged in a specific pattern on a crafting table:
- Place the 4 sand blocks in the middle slots of each side (top-middle, bottom-middle, left-middle, right-middle).
- Fill the remaining 5 slots (the corners and the center) with gunpowder.
This will yield one block of TNT
. How to get the ingredients:
- Sand: Easily found near bodies of water or in deserts. You can mine it with any tool.
- Gunpowder: Dropped by Creepers, Witches, and Ghasts. Creepers are the most common source, but you must kill them before they explode. Gunpowder can also be found in chests in dungeons, desert temples, shipwrecks, and woodland mansions
How to use TNT:
- Place the TNT block where you want to cause an explosion.
- Activate it by using Flint and Steel, which you craft from one piece of flint (obtained by mining gravel) and one iron ingot (smelted from iron ore).
- When ignited, TNT will flash white briefly and then explode after a few seconds, destroying nearby blocks
Other activation methods include redstone signals or contact with lava, but Flint and Steel is the most common way
. This method allows you to craft TNT for mining, clearing areas, or other creative uses in Minecraft.
