Item frames show off any item, label your storage, feed redstone, and tile maps into a wall. One leather and eight sticks make one. Tap the frame below to rotate it.
rotation 0 · comparator 1
4 frames = 1 map wall
Frame any item, right-click to rotate it through 8 notches, or tile maps into a wall.
The recipe
One leather, ringed by eight sticks.
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Item Frame
What you can do with it
Display & label
Frame any item to show it off or to label chests, barrels and shulker boxes at a glance.
Rotate for redstone
Right-click the item to turn it through 8 fixed angles; a comparator reads the rotation as a signal.
Map walls
A map in a frame shows full size; line up frames and map sections into one giant wall map.
Glow frames
Add a glow ink sac to make a glow item frame: the item glows in the dark and the border vanishes.
The map wall trick
A map placed in an item frame shows the whole map flat on the wall. Put a grid of frames up and fill them with connecting map sections, and the maps line up into one giant wall map of your world.
Item frame vs glow item frame
Item frame
A visible wooden border around the item. The standard choice for labelling and redstone.
Glow item frame
Item frame plus a glow ink sac. The displayed item glows in the dark and the frame border disappears for a clean look.
Quick answers
How do you make an item frame?
Surround one piece of leather with eight sticks in the crafting grid. That gives you one item frame.
How do I rotate the item?
Right-click the item already in the frame. Each click turns it 45 degrees, through eight fixed positions.
How do I make a map wall?
Place item frames in a grid, then put connecting map sections in them. Aligned maps join into one big seamless wall map.
What is a glow item frame?
An item frame crafted with a glow ink sac. The item inside glows in the dark and the frame border is hidden, which looks great for displays.
Can a comparator read an item frame?
Yes. A comparator next to a filled frame outputs a signal based on the item and its rotation, so frames work as redstone inputs.
Where can I put one?
On the side of almost any block, or on walls, floors and ceilings. They are the classic way to label storage.
An item frame turns in eight steps and a comparator reads that rotation as a redstone level from one to eight. That makes a frame the cheapest analogue input in the game: no redstone dust, no button, just a player turning an item on a wall to pick one of eight states.
A map in a frame stops being an item
Put a filled map in an item frame and it renders full size on the wall instead of showing as a small icon. Line up several frames and the maps join into one continuous picture, which is how map walls are built, and the frames need to sit flat against the wall in the same orientation for the seams to disappear.
Glow frames and invisible frames
A glow item frame keeps the item lit and readable in a dark storage room. If you want the item to appear to float with no border at all, that is the invisible frame, and it needs the frame to be made invisible rather than a different item crafted.
Item Frame
Glow Item Frame
Redstone Dust
Shulker Box
Comparator
Redstone