Arrange yourplanksandiron ingotin the crafting table.
Put the iron ingot in the middle of the top row.
Drag the shield from theupper right boxto yourinventory.
Your shield is now ready to use.
How to get wood planks:
Punch or chop trees until you have some wood logs.
You only need two logs to make enough planks to make a shield.
Open your crafting menu or crafting table, and place your logs in the center.
Move planks from the upper right box into your inventory.
Planks are created in stacks of four, so you will quickly generate a lot of planks.
Look underground from just above sea level all the way down to bedrock.
Placeiron oreand afuel sourcelike coal, charcoal, or wood into your furnace.
Wait for theiron ingotto smelt.
Drag the iron ingot into yourinventory.
you’re free to also decorate your shield to customize it visually.
This is also referred to as making a custom shield, and it requires a shield and a banner.
These instructions are only valid for Minecraft Java Edition 1.9+.
Other versions of Minecraft do not support shield customization.
Here’s how to create a custom shield:
Open yourcrafting menu.
Place abannerand ashieldon the crafting table in this pattern.
Drag thecustom shieldfrom the upper right box into your inventory.
Here’s how to make your custom banner in Minecraft:
Open yourcrafting table menu.
Placesix woolandone stickin this pattern.
All the wool used must be the same color.
Move thebannerfrom the upper right box into your inventory.
In the loom interface, place yourbanner, yourdye, and then select apatternfrom the list.
These can be crafted with paper and an item.
For example, a Wither Skeleton Skull + Paper will craft into a Skull pattern.
If this is used, it will add a skull and crossbones to the banner.
Verify that you want that pattern, and move thecustom bannerinto yourinventory.
