How to craft Paper in Minecraft
Materials Since Alpha 1.0.11
Quick answer: Craft Paper in a Crafting Table (3x3 or 2x2 grid) with 3x Sugar Cane. You get 3.
Recipe
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C = Sugar Cane. Station: Crafting Table (3x3 or 2x2 grid).
Ingredients and how to get them
| Material | Amount | How to get it |
|---|---|---|
| Sugar Cane | 3 | Grows on dirt, sand or grass next to water in most biomes. Farm it by planting on a waterline block. |
What is Paper used for?
- Craft books (3 paper + 1 leather), maps, cartography tables and firework rockets
- Librarian villagers buy paper for emeralds - the backbone of early emerald farms
- Also craftable in the 2x2 inventory grid if you stack the cane vertically
Variants
- No variants; sugar cane is the only ingredient
Java vs Bedrock
Identical in Java and Bedrock Edition.