How To Make A Boat In Minecraft

Boat is an entity that you can get into, and you will instantly appear in it and can control it. Boats surprisingly work on land too but cannot go up a block. Moreover, it is possible to ride the about with one more player or mob, making it a mob-transporting feature. For beginners, it is the easiest and most reliable method to travel in-game. Later on, take it up a notch by installing Forge to use mods and upgrade your boat into a ship.

What Do You Need to Make a Boat

Practically, all you need is wood, and Minecraft generously provides. You can convert the wood blocks into planks, and finally, build a boat in your world. Moreover, note that you can use any tree type in Minecraft to make the wooden planks. Not to forget, you will also require a crafting table to make it all happen.
First, get three log blocks by punching a tree until it breaks. Later, once you get an axe, you can do this even faster. Now, by pressing “E” or your inventory button, place the wood blocks in the crafting area together. You will see 4 wood planks appear on the right, which you can then pull into your inventory.

How to Craft a Boat in Minecraft

After you gather the planks, which all have to be of the same wood type, follow the steps below to make a boat. Voila! Your newly crafted boat will appear on the right side of the crafting area. You can now select it and move it to an empty inventory slot or just “Shift” click it.

Using a Boat to Travel in Minecraft

With your boat ready, you can set out on expeditions in your world. Using the boat is fairly straightforward, and here is how it works:
So yeah, that’s pretty much it! You now know what elements you need and have the recipe as well. If you are looking for recipes outside of the vanilla game, you can check out these Minecraft mods that introduce a lot more content to the game. Furthermore, installing Optifine to improve performance and give your game an FPS boost would be rather beneficial. So, go ahead and start exploring the vast Minecraft waters with your new boat.