Items are objects that, excluding string and redstone dust, can't be placed. They can, however, be placed in item frames and may be usable (such as weapons and tools), used in crafting, or as an unprepared or ready-to-eat source of food.
Source[]
Items are collected by either running over them where they hover on the ground, picked up from a chest, or when a player crafts the items themselves. Items are stored in a player's inventory until they use the item, drop it upon death, or store it in a container such as a chest.
Discarding Items[]
To drop an item in the PC version of Minecraft, a player can press Q (default), while holding the item in their hand (CTRL+Q for an entire stack).
In Minecraft: Pocket Edition, this can be done by pressing and holding down on the item's icon on the action bar for a few seconds. This can also be done by going into your inventory, tapping the item you wish to drop, and tapping the bottom left corner. This is much quicker and efficient. A dropped item will remain on the ground where it was dropped, before despawning after five minutes of being picked up again.
Tools/Weapons[]
- Arrow
- Axe
- Bow
- Bucket
- Carrot on a Stick
- Clock
- Compass
- Crossbow
- Exploration Map
- Fire Charge
- Fishing Rod
- Flint and Steel
- Glass Bottle
- Dragon's Breath
- Hoe
- Lead
- Map
- Pickaxe
- Shears
- Shield
- Shovel
- Sword
- Saddle
- Spyglass
- Totem of Undying
Food/effect items[]
- Raw Chicken
- Chorus Fruit
- Clownfish
- Cookie
- Egg
- Raw Cod
- Melon Slice
- Milk
- Mushroom
- Raw Mutton
- Porkchop
- Potato
- Potions (various)
- Pufferfish
- Pumpkin Pie
- Raw Rabbit
- Rotten Flesh
- Salmon
- Sugar
- Sweet Berries
Materials/Other Items[]
- Blaze Powder
- Blaze Rod
- Bone
- Book
- Bowl
- Brick
- Clay
- Coal
- Cocoa Beans
- Copper Ingot
- Diamond
- Dyes (various)
- Emerald
- Ender Pearl
- Eye of Ender
- Feather
- Spider Eye
- Flint
- Ghast Tear
- Glistering Melon
- Glowstone Dust
- Gold Ingot
- Gunpowder
- Ink Sac
- Iron Ingot
- Lapis Lazuli
- Leather
- Magma Cream
- Music Disc (various)
- Name Tag
- Nether Bricks
- Paper
- Popped Chorus Fruit
- Prismarine Crystal
- Prismarine Shard
- Rabbit's Foot
- Rabbit Hide
- Redstone
- Seeds
- Slimeball
- Snowball
- Spawn Egg (various)
- Stick
- String
- Wheat
- Netherite Ingot