You can find the 2x2 crafting menu on the top right corner of the inventory screen. To make wood planks, just place a wood block into one of the 4 crafting slots, and they’ll populate in the far right box. Crafting tables are essential for making complex recipes requiring more ingredients than the default 2x2 space can fit—including an ender chest.
Though diamonds can be mined past layer 12, your chances of finding them are even greater on layers -50, -58, -59, and -64. You also have a small chance of finding a diamond as loot in treasure chests around the game world. To get sticks, all you have to do is place a wood plank in one of your Inventory’s crafting boxes. From there, it’ll deconstruct into sticks.
You can also find obsidian by chance. Search underground until you spot black obsidian blocks you can mine—but be careful not to fall into any nearby lava.
Endermen can be tough foes, but you can make the fight safer by putting a carved pumpkin on your head as a helmet. Endermen only attack when you look at them, but the pumpkin hides your face so you can look at them freely. You can carry a bucket of water with you and dump out the water if the fight gets too hard. The enderman will take damage from the water and teleport away. If you place a boat close to the enderman, it’ll stay on the boat without leaving or attacking back (since endermen don’t like water).
Position your mouse pointer on one of the bottom obsidian blocks of the portal frame before activating the flint and steel or fire charge. To use the portal, simply walk through the purple area, and you’ll be transported to the Nether.
Thankfully, you’ll only need 1 rod to complete the ender chest. Make sure you wear protective armor when searching for a blaze stronghold. It’ll keep you safer during the battle!
Once you have the Eye, click on it and drag it into your inventory to use it for crafting next. To use your crafting table, place it on the ground wherever you want and then stand right in front of it before opening the crafting screen.
From there, your newly-crafted ender chest will appear in the box to the right of the crafting grid!
It’s handy to have some ender chests around when you venture further into the Nether to transport your loot.
