How to make composter in Minecraft

The composter in Minecraft is one of the most important blocks that can be used as an important resource in-game as well as to compost items. This block can also contribute to the growth of your village and help you farm bone meal, a critical item with a myriad of uses in-game. Introduced in the Village & Pillage update in 2019, this is a perfect accessory to scale your farming endeavors.

So, how can you make a composter in Minecraft? Read on to find out.

How to make composter in Minecraft

The composter in Minecraft can be crafted very easily. You just need a crafting table and a few basic resources. To craft the composter in Minecraft, you will need the following materials:

Crafting table
6 wood slabs

Here's how you can craft a composter in Minecraft:

Place six wood slabs in the format shown above to craft the composter (Image via Mojang Studios)

Open the crafting table and place six wood slabs in a U pattern to craft the composter. After the composter is crafted, transfer it to your inventory. You can now place the composter anywhere you wish to use it.

Place three wood logs as shown above to craft a wood slab (Image via Mojang Studios)

If you do not have wood slabs, place three wood logs on the crafting table to craft wood slabs. Place these slabs in the format shown above to craft the composter.

How to use composter in Minecraft

Place items inside the composter to generate bone meal (Image via Mojang Studios)

The primary use of the composter is in making bone meal. You can craft bone meal in the composter by composting items such as apples, moss blocks, baked potatoes, cake, and more.

Take the item(s) you wish to compost and place seven layers of it in the composter. After placing seven layers of the items, interact with the composter and place a final layer of the item(s) to get a bone meal as the output. Here is a list of compostable objects in Minecraft:

Probability of Compost	30%	50%	65%	85%	100%
Items	Beetroot Seeds	Cactus	Apple	Baked Potato	Cake
	Dried Kelp	Dried Kelp Block	Beetroot	Bread	Pumpkin Pie
	Grass	Melon Slice	Carrot	Cookie
	Kelp	Sugar Cane	Cocoa Beans	Hay Bale
	Leaves	Tall Grass	Ferns/Tall Grass	Mushroom Block
	Melon Seeds	Vines	Flowers
	Pumpkin Seeds		Lily Pad
	Saplings		Melon
	Sea Grass		Mushrooms
	Sweet Berries		Potato
	Wheat Seeds		Pumpkin
			Sea Pickle
			Wheat

Additionally, the composter can be used as a job site to turn unemployed villagers into farmers. These farmers will continually put compost material in the composter to generate bone meal which you can collect. The composter can also power a Redstone comparator when placed directly behind it. You can also use the composter as a fuel source to smelt 1.5 items.

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Minecraft Composter FAQ

What is the best thing to use in a composter in Minecraft?

The Cake and the pumpkin pie give a 100% chance of creating bone meal (Image via Mojang Studios)

Composting different items gives you different percentages of the probability of generating compost. Here are some of the best items to use in a composter:

Cake
Pumpkin Pie
Carrot
Potato
Pumpkin
Sea Pickle
Vines
Saplings

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How to get bone meal using composter in Minecraft

Compost items to get bone meal in Minecraft (Image via Mojang Studios)

You can get a bone meal by placing seven layers of compost material in the composter. Once done, interact with the composter to output the bone meal. Adding seven compost material will output one bone meal.

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What is the point of a composter in Minecraft?

Use the composter to farm bone meal (Image via Mojang Studios)

The primary use of the composter is to generate bone meal, which is one of the most important resources if you wish to expand your farming ventures in-game. Bone meal helps plants and crops grow and is also a requisite if you want to grow Pale Oak in Minecraft.

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