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Item Frame
MiscellaneousCraftable

Item Frame

A frame that displays an item or map on a wall and can rotate the item through eight positions. Crafted from sticks and leather.

Stack Size

64

Durability

N/A

Category

Miscellaneous

Version Added

1.4

Item ID

item_frame

Item Frame at a glance

Minecraft files Item Frame under Miscellaneous: an item you get from crafting and trading (Cartographer). A slot of Item Frame holds 64, nine slots hold 576, and 1728 fill a chest.

Item Frame additionally serves as a crafting ingredient for Glow Item Frame. It sits between Iron Nugget and Lapis Lazuli in Miscellaneous, number 71 of 147 there.

Crafting recipe

Crafting
StickStick
StickStick
StickStick
StickStick
LeatherLeather
StickStick
StickStick
StickStick
StickStick
Item FrameItem Frame

Used to craft

Item Frame goes into one recipe, Glow Item Frame, and the link below shows the grid for it. The links below go straight to the recipes that take Item Frame.

How to obtain

  • Crafting
  • Trading (Cartographer)

Notes

Outputs a redstone signal via a comparator depending on the item's rotation. A map placed inside expands to fill the frame.

Frequently asked questions about Item Frame

  1. Stick, Leather going into Item Frame, the recipe this answer describes

    How do you get Item Frame in Minecraft?

    Item Frame is crafted from Stick and Leather at a Crafting Table, in a single step. It also comes from trading (Cartographer), not just the recipe above.

  2. 64 Item Frame drawn together, the full slot the answer counts

    How many Item Frame can you stack?

    64 Item Frame fill one slot, and filling it costs 512 Stick and 64 Leather: 64 crafts. A double chest of Item Frame comes to 3,456, spread over 54 slots.

  3. Item Frame turning into Glow Item Frame, two of the recipes it feeds

    What is Item Frame used for?

    Item Frame is a crafting ingredient, and it goes into Glow Item Frame.

  4. Item Frame coming forward out of the past, in the game since 1.4

    When was Item Frame added to Minecraft?

    Item Frame was added in version 1.4.

Building with it

Eight sticks around a leather make an item frame, and it displays whatever you put in it. A comparator reads the rotation, which turns a frame into a dial or a hidden switch, and a map in a frame is how map walls are built.