How to Make a Respawn Anchor in Minecraft

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

Respawn Anchor recipe

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

Place 6 Crying Obsidian and 3 Glowstone in a Crafting Table to make 1 Respawn Anchor.

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 Respawn Anchor. A full stack of 64 takes 64 crafts and 576 ingredient items in total.

Output: 1 Respawn Anchor

A respawn anchor charged with glowstone sets your spawn point in the Nether. Using it in the Overworld or the End makes it explode.

This page shows the vanilla recipe for Respawn Anchor. 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.