How to Make a Fence in Minecraft

Fences are a useful block for many reasons in Minecraft. They are useful for building certain structures, like creating enclosures for animals or other purposes, adding decorative features, and keeping animals on a leash with lead.

This article will explain how to craft a fence (particularly wooden fences), the different types of fences in the game, and the features they have in Minecraft.

How to Craft a Fence

Crafting a fence is simple. You will need two sticks and four wooden planks. Place the two sticks vertically in the middle column, and then two planks on either side of those sticks. In return, you will receive 3 fences.

The best way to have a steady supply of wood for fences is by having trees or saplings growing near your base. This way, you can collect ample amounts of wood that can be used to craft fences and other wood blocks and materials.

The type of wooden planks you place into the crafting table to make the fences will change the type of fence you create. This means that there are oak, birch, spruce, jungle, acacia, dark oak, and other types of fences corresponding to the wood used. This enables more creative opportunities for designing structures in your Minecraft world.

Why Fences Are Useful

Fences are typically used to create a boxed-off area. Commonly, players use these areas to store animals so they don't run off and can continue to farm them.

When creating animal farms and boxed-off areas, it is also typical to create fence gates that allow you to enter a fenced-off area while opening and closing a gate. Using fence gates with redstone can create either a semi- or fully automatic entrance and exit system.

Players and animals are unable to jump over fence blocks because they are technically one and a half blocks high, unlike standard blocks. This makes fences ideal to use as a barrier for stairs, bridges, or balconies you might create. Also, this means mobs like creepers and zombies can't get over and past fences, ensuring a sense of protection for you and your base.

Using different types of wooden fences that can be created allows for increased creativity with what fences can be used for in structure design, not just for boxing off areas. For example, because of the shape of the block, fences can be used as table legs for furniture in your house, such as a kitchen table. Also, light posts along walk paths or near a building can be created by placing two fences on top of each other and then a glowstone block, or another type of light source, at the top.

Another use for fences in Minecraft is to keep animals on a leash with a lead. A lead is an in-game item you use by attaching it to an animal you'd like to keep on a leash. You can craft a lead with string and a slime ball. You can tie the lead to a fence block to secure the animal in place instead of holding the other side of the lead in your hand.

It is also important to consider other types of fences or similar blocks in the game such as nether brick fences and cobblestone walls. These have different properties and involve different crafting methods, however, so they are not included in this article.

There are many different kinds of fences and various uses that make fences an important part of the game. With the help of this article, you are now able to make fences in Minecraft and try them out.