How to make a Custom Shield in Minecraft

This Minecraft tutorial explains how to craft a custom shield with screenshots and step-by-step instructions.

In Minecraft, once you have a shield, you can customize it with solid colors, borders, stripes, gradients and many other patterns just by adding a banner. This decorative shield can still be used to protect a player against attacks.

Let's explore how to make a custom shield.

Supported Platforms

A custom shield is available in the following versions of Minecraft:

Platform	Supported (Version*)
Java Edition (PC/Mac)	Yes (1.9)
Pocket Edition (PE)	No
Xbox 360	No
Xbox One	No
PS3	No
PS4	No
Wii U	No
Nintendo Switch	No
Windows 10 Edition	No
Education Edition	No

* The version that it was added or removed, if applicable.
NOTE: Pocket Edition (PE), Xbox One, PS4, Nintendo Switch, and Windows 10 Edition are now called Bedrock Edition. We will continue to show them individually for version history.

Required Materials to make a Custom Shield

In Minecraft, these are the materials you can use to craft a custom shield:

Shield

First, you will need a shield:

Banner

Next, you will need any one of these banners:

How to craft a Custom Shield in Survival Mode

1. Open the Crafting Menu

First, open your crafting table so that you have the 3x3 crafting grid that looks like this:

2. Add Items to make a Custom Shield

In the crafting menu, you should see a crafting area that is made up of a 3x3 crafting grid. To make a custom shield, place 1 shield and 1 banner in the 3x3 crafting grid.

When making a custom shield, it is important that the shield and banner are placed in the exact pattern as the image below. In the second row, there should be 1 banner in the first box and 1 shield in the second box. This is the Minecraft crafting recipe for a custom shield.

Now that you have filled the crafting area with the correct pattern, the custom shield will appear in the box to the right.

3. Move the Custom Shield to Inventory

Once you have crafted a custom shield, you need to move the new item to your inventory.

Congratulations, you have made a custom shield in Minecraft!

Enchantments for Custom Shield

In Minecraft, you can enchant a custom shield with the following enchantments:

Enchantment	Description
Curse of Vanishing	Cursed item will disappear after player dies
Mending	Uses xp to mend your tools, weapons and armor
Unbreaking	Increases durability of item, in effect, by decreasing the chance of the tool, weapon, or armor taking durability damage when used

See a complete list of Minecraft Enchantments that is interactive and searchable.

Things to Do with Custom Shields

Here are some activities that you can do with custom shields in Minecraft:

Command Generators

If you need help, you can use this tool to automatically generate custom shield commands for you: