How do you get TNT in Minecraft?

TNT is crafted from Gunpowder and Sand at a Crafting Table, in a single step.

How many TNT can you stack?

64 TNT fills a slot, and that slot costs 320 Gunpowder and 256 Sand, which is 64 crafts at the crafting table. A double chest of TNT comes to 3,456, spread over 54 slots.

When was TNT added to Minecraft?

TNT was added in the early Alpha development period.

What is TNT used for?

TNT is a crafting ingredient, and it goes into Minecart with TNT.

Where do you find TNT in chests?

TNT is chest loot in buried treasure (about 63%, 1 to 2 at a time) and shipwreck supply chests (roughly 1 in 13, 1 to 2 at a time). Those odds are per chest, and Luck does not move them.

RedstoneCraftable

TNT

An explosive block that ignites when activated by redstone, fire, or a flaming projectile, destroying nearby blocks and damaging entities.

Stack Size

Durability

N/A

TNT at a glance

Minecraft files TNT under Redstone: a redstone component you get from crafting. A single slot takes 64 TNT, a hotbar row 576, and 3456 fill a double chest.

TNT earns its place in redstone by what it does to a signal, and that behaviour is the building block under the farms, doors and machines that run without a player standing there. It additionally serves as a crafting ingredient for Minecart with TNT. It breaks the instant you touch it. Of the 2 kinds of generated chest that can hold TNT, buried treasure is the best bet at about 63% per chest. It sits between Target and Tripwire Hook in Redstone, number 28 of 29 there.

Crafting recipe

Crafting
Gunpowder
Sand
Gunpowder
Sand
Gunpowder
Sand
Gunpowder
Sand
Gunpowder
TNT
Recipe data from Astroworld Crafting, where TNT has the grid for TNT

Used to craft

Only Minecart with TNT uses TNT as an ingredient, so this list runs to a single link. The links below go straight to the recipes that take TNT.

Minecart with TNT

How to obtain

Crafting

Notes

Red Sand can be used in place of Sand. Mining TNT with any tool drops it as an item rather than detonating it.

Frequently asked questions about TNT

How do you get TNT in Minecraft?
TNT is crafted from Gunpowder and Sand at a Crafting Table, in a single step.
How many TNT can you stack?
64 TNT fills a slot, and that slot costs 320 Gunpowder and 256 Sand, which is 64 crafts at the crafting table. A double chest of TNT comes to 3,456, spread over 54 slots.
When was TNT added to Minecraft?
TNT was added in the early Alpha development period.
What is TNT used for?
TNT is a crafting ingredient, and it goes into Minecart with TNT.
Where do you find TNT in chests?
TNT is chest loot in buried treasure (about 63%, 1 to 2 at a time) and shipwreck supply chests (roughly 1 in 13, 1 to 2 at a time). Those odds are per chest, and Luck does not move them.

Building with it

Five gunpowder and four sand make TNT, and it needs flint and steel, redstone or fire to go off. Underwater the blast does no block damage but still hurts mobs, which is why ocean monument raids use it so freely.

In practice

TNT lights from redstone, fire, flint and steel or another explosion, and it takes four seconds to go off once lit. Underwater the blast damages mobs but leaves the blocks alone, which is why monument clearing uses it and why a fish farm survives it.

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