How to Make a Fishing Rod in Minecraft

Written by Jack Lloyd

Last Updated: September 16, 2021

This wikiHow teaches you how to craft a fishing rod in Minecraft's Survival mode.

Part 1

Part 1 of 3:

Minecraft PE

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Open Minecraft PE. This app resembles a tuft of grass atop a block of dirt.
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Tap Play. It's in the middle of the screen.
- Minecraft PE will place your phone or tablet in landscape mode, meaning you'll need to hold it horizontally rather than vertically.
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Tap an existing world. This will load your last-saved position in the world.
- You can also tap Create New near the top of this page and then tap Generate Random at the top of the following page to customize a new world's settings. You'll tap Play on the left side of the screen to launch this world.
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Gather the resources needed to build a fishing rod. To build a fishing rod, you will first need to build a crafting table. The total list of resources needed is as follows:
- Two blocks of wood - Chop two blocks from any tree trunk. You'll use these to create wooden planks, which you'll then use to make the crafting table and the sticks for the rod.
- Two balls of string - Kill spiders. Spiders can typically be found in the shade or in caves, though they actively come out at night. If you choose to fight spiders at night, make sure you have a safe place to which you can retreat.
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Open your inventory. To do so, tap ... in the bottom-right corner of the hotbar that's at the bottom of the screen.
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Tap the "Crafting" tab. It's the multicolored box icon on the left side of the screen, just above the tab in the bottom-left corner.
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Tap the plank icon, then tap 4 x twice. You'll see a wooden box icon on the left side of the page; this is the wooden plank icon. Tapping the 4 x button on the right side of the screen will create four wooden planks from one block of wood. All told, you should now have eight planks.
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Tap the crafting table icon. It's the icon in the left side of the page that resembles the icon on the tab you're currently using.
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Tap 1 x. Doing so will create a crafting table and add it to your inventory.
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Tap the stick icon. It's in the left-hand window.
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Tap 4 x. You should now have four sticks in your inventory; you only need three to create a fishing rod.
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Tap X. It's in the top-left corner of the screen. Doing so will exit your inventory.
- If you don't see the crafting table listed in the hotbar at the bottom of the screen, first tap the inventory tab in the bottom-left corner of the screen, then tap the crafting table icon to place it in your hotbar.
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Tap the crafting table icon. It should be in your hotbar.
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Tap a space in front of you. Doing so will place the crafting table on the ground here.
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Tap the crafting table. This will open the crafting table interface, from which you can select and create your fishing rod.
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Tap the fishing rod icon. It resembles a stick with string looped in front of it; you'll see this icon near the middle of the crafting table window.
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Tap 1 x. This button is on the right-hand side of the screen. Doing so will create your fishing pole and add it to your hotbar if there's room; otherwise, the fishing pole will be added to your inventory.

Part 2

Part 2 of 3:

Minecraft Computer Edition

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Open Minecraft. It's a brown app with a green tuft of grass atop it.
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Select a game to load. Make sure that the game you load is in Survival, not Creative.
- You can also create a new game if need be. Make sure you're in Survival mode if you do so.
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Gather the resources needed to build a fishing rod. To build a fishing rod, you will first need to build a crafting table. The total list of resources needed is as follows:
- Two blocks of wood - Chop two blocks from any tree trunk. You'll use these to create wooden planks, which you'll then use to make the crafting table and the sticks for the rod.
- Two balls of string - Kill spiders. Spiders, which drop string, can typically be found in the shade or in caves, though they actively come out at night. If you choose to fight spiders at night, make sure you have a safe place to which you can retreat.
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Press E. This will open your inventory and quick-crafting area.
- If you've changed the default key bindings, you can press Esc, click Options, and then click Controls to review your computer's Minecraft controls.
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Locate the quick-crafting area. It's the two-by-two grid of squares in the top-right corner of the Inventory window.
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Click a wood block, then click the crafting area. You should have a stack of two blocks of wood with which to do so.
- If you chopped your two blocks of wood from two different types of trees, you'll have to turn these blocks into planks separately of one another.
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Click the stack of four planks. This icon will appear to the right of the quick crafting area once you drop the wood blocks in.
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Right-click each square in the crafting area. Doing so will place each of your four planks in each box of the crafting area.
- On Mac, you'll use two fingers to click if you're using your computer's track pad.
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Click the crafting table icon. It's to the right of the crafting area.
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Click your hotbar. It's the row of boxes at the bottom of the screen. This will place your crafting table in your hand.
- You may have to scroll up or down with your mouse to select the table.
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Press E again. This will close your inventory.
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Select the crafting table, then right-click the ground. Doing so will place it on the ground in front of you.
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Right-click the crafting table. This will open the crafting window.
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Place a stack of four planks in the crafting table. Simply click the stack of planks and then click any box in the bottom or middle row of the crafting table's interface to do so.
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Right-click your stack of planks, then click a box above it. This will halve your stack of planks and place the second half above the first, which will allow you to craft sticks.
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Click twice the stick icon. It's on the right side of the crafting area. You should now have sticks on your cursor.
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Place your sticks to create the rod. To do this, you'll right-click the bottom-left box in the crafting area, the middle box, and the top-right box. You should have a diagonal line of sticks after doing so.
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Place the remaining sticks in your inventory, then click the string. Doing so will select the string.
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Place the string to create the fishing line. To do this, you'll right-click the two empty boxes on the far-right side of the crafting grid.
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Click the fishing pole icon. It's to the right of the crafting area. Doing this will craft your fishing pole and place it on your cursor.
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Click your inventory to save the fishing pole. You can also click your hotbar to have it as an equippable item.

Part 3

Part 3 of 3:

Minecraft Console Edition

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Open Minecraft on your Xbox or PlayStation.
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Select Play and press A (Xbox) or X (PS). Doing so will take you to Minecraft's main menu.
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Select a saved game and press A or X. This game must be in Survival mode.
- You can also create a new world in the tab to the right of the current one.
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Select Load and press A or X. Doing this will load your game.
- If you're creating a new world, instead select Create New World.
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Gather the resources needed to build a fishing rod. To build a fishing rod, you will first need to build a crafting table. The total list of resources needed is as follows:
- Two blocks of wood - Chop two blocks from any tree trunk. You'll use these to create wooden planks, which you'll then use to make the crafting table and the sticks for the rod.
- Two balls of string - Kill spiders. Spiders, which drop string, can typically be found in the shade or in caves, though they actively come out at night. If you choose to fight spiders at night, make sure you have a safe place to which you can retreat.
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Press X or the square button. Doing this will open the crafting menu.
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Press A or X twice. Since the crafting menu will automatically load to the wooden plank option, doing this will craft eight wooden planks in total.
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Select the stick icon and press A or X once. The stick icon is one item right of the plank icon. Doing this will create four sticks, of which you need three for the fishing rod.
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Scroll over to the crafting table icon and press A or X. It's three spaces over from the stick icon. You should now have a crafting table in your hotbar.
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Press B or the circle button. Doing so will exit the crafting menu.
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Select your crafting table, then press the left trigger. You can select the crafting table by using your controller's shoulder buttons (the buttons above the triggers). Your crafting table should now be on the ground in front of you.
- If your crafting table ends up in the inventory and not in your hotbar, first press Y or the triangle button, select the crafting table and press A or X, and move it to your hotbar.
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Place the cursor over the crafting table and press the left trigger. Doing so will open the crafting table interface.
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Press the right shoulder button once. This will take you to the "Tools and Weapons" tab of the crafting table.
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Scroll right to select the fishing pole. It's six spaces to the right of the space on which you start when you open this tab.
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Press A or X. Doing so will craft your fishing pole and place it in your hotbar if there's room for it.
- If there isn't room, your fishing pole will be placed in your inventory.

Community Q&A

Question

Do I actually have to spawn fish in Minecraft?

Community Answer

No, just wait for the fishing rod's little thing at the end of the rope to dip in the water, then click/tap to get it.
Question

Where can I find a dog in Minecraft PE?

Community Answer

Check an extreme mountain biome, there are tons of wolves there. Tame them with bones.
Question

How can I find mine shafts without falling into them?

Rtao

Community Answer

Be careful while mining, never mine straight down.

Warnings

If there's no more room for your fishing pole in both your hotbar and your inventory, you'll need to drop something before you can create the fishing pole.

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Unlike some tools in Minecraft, your fishing pole does not double as an effective weapon.

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