Looking for a way to track time or decorate your home? Follow this comprehensive guide to obtain a clock in Minecraft.

In Minecraft, players can experience a vast and ever-changing Overworld. Also, the game features several tools to smoothen your journey. One such tool is the clock, which helps you keep track of the in-game day and night cycle. Apart from its essential use, you can use the clock as a decorative item as well. You can easily craft a clock using a crafting table.
This article covers everything you need to know about the clock in Minecraft.
Ingredients Needed To Obtain Clock in Minecraft

You will need the following ingredients to get a clock:
- 4x Gold Ingots
- 1x Redstone Dust
Here is how you can obtain these items:
- Gold Ingots: To obtain gold ingots, you need to mine raw gold first. Once you get raw gold, place it in a furnace to collect gold ingots. Alternatively, you can gather gold ingots by looting chests at different locations or trading with certain villagers.
- Redstone Dust: You can collect redstone dust by mining redstone ore with an iron pickaxe or better, typically found from levels below Y=15. Additionally, you can obtain it from the villagers in exchange for an emerald.
Crafting Clock in Minecraft

Follow these detailed step-by-step instructions to craft a clock in Minecraft:
- Head to the Crafting Table to locate a 3×3 grid.
- Place Redstone dust in the center grid of the middle row. Now, put one gold ingot directly above it (center of the top row) and another directly below it (center of the bottom row). Then, place one gold ingot to the left (first slot of the middle row) and one to the right (last slot of the middle row) of the Redstone dust.
- If you successfully put the ingredients in the correct order, you will obtain a clock in the adjacent box.
- Next, drag the clock to your inventory.
Similar to the ancient clocks, the clock in Minecraft tracks the movement of the sun to guide you with the exact time.
That was everything about Clock in Minecraft.
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