Creative Categories

Creative categories are the categories that determine where an item or block will appear inside of the creative inventory.

For Items #

Item categories applied with the item description direct it to a more broad field in the creative category, individual tabs. They need to be the same tab as the component creative_category. Such would be applied like the following example:

{
	"format_version": "1.16.100",
	"minecraft:item": {
		"description": {
			"identifier": "wiki:dagger",
			"category": "equipment"
		}
	}
}

Item categories applied with the item component creative_category direct it exactly where to go. Such would be applied like the following example:

{
	"minecraft:creative_category": {
		"parent": "itemGroup.name.sword"
	}
}

For Blocks #

Block Categories are defined via menu_category, your custom block will not show up in the Creative Inventory if you don't have this, here's an example:

{
	"format_version": "1.19.50",
	"minecraft:block": {
		"description": {
			"identifier": "wiki:balsa",
			"menu_category": {
				"category": "nature",
				"group": "itemGroup.name.wood"
			}
		}
	}
}

As you can see, menu_category accepts 2 optional children, the category child & the group child. A list of groups & categories can be found below. You can also use is_hidden_in_commands to make the block not show in commands.

List of Creative Tabs #

For use with description parameter, category

List of Creative Categories #

For use with the group parameter

Last updated for 1.19.80