The Minecraft game offers you with several customization options to personalise your character as well as your surroundings. You can decorate your house, create colouring clothes for your avatar, and do a lot of different buildings if you want. There is no end to customization and personalization in Minecraft. One such customization option that the Minecraft gameplay offers is building chains in order to use them as materials for decoration or to hand other items on them. Making chains in Minecraft is a simple process. Before we get into that let’s take a look at the uses of chains in Minecraft and how they can come in handy for you. 

Chains in Minecraft

Chains are metallic blocks of decoration in Minecraft. You can mine chains using a pickaxe. If you don’t use a pickaxe then you won’t get the chain droppings that you want. Chains also generate naturally in bastion remnants as well as in ruined portals which generate in Nether. Chains can also sometimes be generated in mine shafts on the sides of a wooden bridge, when the distance between the bridge and the highest block below is greater than the distance between the bridge and the lowest block below. 

How to Make A Chain in Minecraft?

You can use these chain items for various things in Minecraft. Lets highlight a few uses: 

• Chains in Minecraft do not require a supporting block to be placed besides it if it is on top or at the bottom. It can exist freely suspended in mid-air without any support and it can be rotated as well.
• Chains are perfect for building bridges in Minecraft. Due to their flexibility and their durability using chains for making bridges is one of the best options that you have. 
• You should know that you can also walk on chains if you want. This is helpful when you want to cross one place and get to the other place but don’t want to construct a full-blown bridge because it will take more time. You can simply use chains to carefully navigate yourself from one point to the other. 
• You can also hand mobs from the ceiling using a chain. This may come in handy as a creepy decoration stunt or to get rid of a mob that is troubling you a lot. You can also use chains to hang different decoration items such as lanterns, bells, and soul lamps. You can use this method to create beautiful chandeliers in your house to give it a more cosy and personal effect. 

This being said, you must remember that chains can only connect horizontally or vertically and not across different orientations. For example, a chain with ‘N’ orientation cannot connect with a chain with ‘E’ orientation. Moreover, chains can be pushed by pistons without breaking them or causing them any damage. 

Now that we know the uses and importance of chains in Minecraft, let us learn how to make chains in Minecraft on your own using a few necessary items and your crafting grid. 

How to Make Chain in Minecraft

In order to make chains in Minecraft you will need one iron ingot and two iron nuggets. If you don’t have these items then you can craft them easily, too. Here are the steps that you need to follow in order to make an iron ingot: 

• You can make iron ingots using iron ores. However, you will need a pickaxe to extract iron ores. 
• To make a pickaxe you will need three blocks of cobblestones and two sticks. 
• Make a pickaxe by placing three cobblestones in the top three boxes of the crafting table and two sticks in the middle boxes of the second and third row. 
• Once you have a pickaxe you must find blocks or irons that you can collect using your pickaxe. 
• Once you have the iron ores the next step is to make iron ingots. This can be done using a furnace. 
• Open the furnace, place one block of iron ore in the top empty box and a fuel of your choice in the bottom empty box. You can use objects such as a wooden block for fuel purposes. 
• Once the process is finished you will have an iron ingot. 

If you want to make iron nuggets then remember that placing one iron ingot in the crafting table will give you nine iron nuggets. 

Now that you have all the necessary material to make a chain, let’s look at the process of making a chain in Minecraft. 

Making a chain in Minecraft is very easy once you have all the materials at your disposal. Simply open your crafting table and place two iron nuggets and one iron ingot in the three middle boxes of the grid. Once the crafting is done you will see the chain appear next to the grid. You can then transfer the chain into your inventory and use it in any way you like. 

Another option that you have to obtain a chain in Minecraft is through the command option. This command for chains is available on Java edition, Pocket edition, Xbox, Nintendo Switch, and Windows 10. To use the chain command open your chat box and enter the below mentioned command: 

• For Java edition use: /give @p a chain 1
• For Xbox, Nintendo, Windows and PE use: /give @p chain 1 0

Conclusion

As you just saw, making a chain in Minecraft is not that hard and anyone can do it very, very easily by following the steps highlighted in this article above. If you are one of those people who likes to decorate and personalise your Minecraft gameplay then chains are definitely a great item for you to use. You will be able to do wonders with it. Give it a shot and see for yourself!