How to Make a Dispenser in Minecraft

Use this simple recipe to make a Dispenser in Minecraft. You can see the exact ingredients, recipe layout, and workstation below.

Dispenser recipe

Follow the recipe below. The pattern must use the correct slots when the recipe is shaped.

Crafting Table method

Place 7 Cobblestone, 1 Bow, and 1 Redstone in a Crafting Table to make 1 Dispenser.

Ingredients

Crafting notes

The 3 × 3 pattern needs the 3 × 3 grid of a crafting table. Ingredients must stay in the shown positions, and most patterns can also be mirrored.
Each craft uses 9 ingredient items and produces 1 Dispenser. A full stack of 64 takes 64 crafts and 576 ingredient items in total.

Output: 1 Dispenser

About this Minecraft recipe

A dispenser fires projectiles, places water or lava and uses items such as bone meal when powered. Unlike a dropper, it uses items instead of just dropping them.

This page shows the vanilla recipe for Dispenser. It includes the exact ingredients, recipe layout, required workstation, and amount produced.

The data comes from Minecraft Java 26.3. Recipes can change in later game versions, so check the version you play before crafting.

Browse all crafting recipes All Minecraft tools