The Spyglass is a new craftable item introduced in version 1.17 of Minecraft. Once you craft a spyglass, you can equip it and use it to temporarily “zoom in” on scenery in the distance to get a closer look. Users of the Optifine mod have had this ability for years, but the Spyglass is the first time that zooming is available in the vanilla Minecraft game.
So you want to make your very own Spyglass? You’ll need to assemble a few new materials available from the Caves and Cliffs update (v 1.17), including the Amethyst Shard and Copper ingot. Follow along for step-by-step instructions for creating your very own Spyglass in Minecraft.
Step-by-Step Guide to Craft a Spyglass
- First, assemble the materials you need. A Spyglass requires one Amethyst Shard and two Copper ingots. The shard can be found growing on amethyst clusters, which are found deep underground in amethyst geodes. The copper ingots are made by smelting raw copper.
- Using a crafting table, combine the amethyst shard and the copper ingots into a spyglass.
- To use the spyglass, equip it in your hotbar and then use it (right-click) to temporarily zoom your viewport to see items and objects far in the distance.
