Convert item.cg files into item.json

data/minecraft/items/apple/item.json

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+{
+    "description": "Apples are a food item which are rarely dropped from decaying [[Oak Leaves]] (about a 10% chance).  They restore 2 food points (one full shank on the hunger meter)."
+}

data/minecraft/items/baked_potato/item.json

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+{
+    "description": "Baked Potato is a food item created by cooking raw potatoes. As a food item, it restores 5 hunger points (2 1/2 shanks): quite a lot more than the 1 food point restored by a raw potato!  For more on cultivating potatoes, see: [[Potato]]."
+}

data/minecraft/items/bed/item.json

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+{
+    "description": "When right-clicked after dark, the bed causes the player to \"sleep\" and \"wake up\" the next morning.  While sleeping, time passes\ninstantly from the moment the player sleeps until the next morning.  If there are monsters within 5m of the player, you won't be\nable to sleep.  Be careful where you place your bed, though: you'll bump your head painfully if you don't have at least 3m in the\nroom where your bed is.\n\nIn addition to passing the night, sleeping also changes the player's spawn point.  The next time the player dies, so long as the\nbed hasn't been broken, the player will spawn next to the bed."
+}

data/minecraft/items/bedrock/item.json

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+{
+    "description": "Bedrock makes up the bottom most layers of the Minecraft world.  It is the only block which absolutely cannot be destroyed by normal means (e.g., pickaxe, TNT, etc.)."
+}

data/minecraft/items/blaze_rod/item.json

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+{
+    "description": "Blaze Rods can be obtained by killing Blazes in the Nether. Blazes only spawn within Nether Fortresses, and are most easily found by locating a Blaze spawner.\n\n|                        |\n|:----------------------:|\n| ![](blaze-spawner.png) |\n\nThe primary use of Blaze Rods is to create a [[Brewing Stand]], and then to create [[Blaze Powder]] for use in making [[Magma Cream]]s for potions or in crafting an [[Eye of Ender]] from [[Ender Pearl]]s."
+}

data/minecraft/items/bone/item.json

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+{
+    "description": "Bones are obtained by killing Skeletons.  In addition to be craftable into [[Bone Meal]], they can be used to tame wolves into dogs.  Simply right-click a wolf with a bone, and you'll have a small chance to convert it into a dog.  It usually takes around 10 bones to \"tame\" a wolf.  When tamed, hearts will spring up from the wolf, and it will obtain a colored collar."
+}

data/minecraft/items/bone_meal/item.json

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+{
+    "description": "Bone Meal is used both as white dye and to fertilize growing plants. Fertilizing is done by right-clicking the plant with the bone meal.  Nearly any plant in the game from [[Wheat]] and [[Carrot]]s all the way up to [[Jungle Sapling]]s can be fertilized. Each time some is used, green particles will emanate from the plant, and it will advance somewhat toward maturity (though often not all the way)."
+}

data/minecraft/items/bowl/item.json

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+{
+    "description": "The bowl is an item used for making mushroom soup.  This can either be done by a crafting recipe (see: [[Mushroom Soup]]) or by right-clicking a Mooshroom with the bowl in hand.\n\nWhile both bowls and mushrooms stack, soup does not.  So, it's wise to carry mushrooms and bowls separately and only make soup when needed."
+}

data/minecraft/items/bread/item.json

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+{
+    "description": "Bread is a food item made from wheat which restores 5 hunger points (2 1/2 shanks) when eaten.  In addition to being craftable, it is also commonly found in dungeon chests."
+}

data/minecraft/items/cactus/item.json

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+{
+    "description": "Cactus is a plant which naturally grows in hot, arid climates (e.g., desert biomes and the like).  When placed on sand, it will grow up to 3m tall.  When harvested, any cactus blocks above the one harvested will also pop off and become items.\n\nCactus blocks cannot be placed directly next to any other block.  If a cactus plant should grow such that the new segment is directly next to a block, the new segment will automatically pop off. By arranging cactus to grow next to another block and surrounding it with running [[Water]] which leads to a [[Hopper]], one can make a fully-automated cactus farm, even in vanilla Minecraft.  Cactus need neither light nor water to grow.\n\nBoth mobs and items which come in contact with a cactus sustain damage.  For mobs, this does 1 point (half a heart) of damage.  For items, it will destroy them instantly."
+}

data/minecraft/items/cake/item.json

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+{
+    "description": "A Cake is a food item which can be placed in the world as a solid block, and then eaten one slice at a time.  Each of the seven slices restore 2 hunger points (1 shank).  It cannot be eaten as an item from your hotbar like other foods."
+}

data/minecraft/items/chest/item.json

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+{
+    "description": "A chest is a block which can hold other items. A single chest placed by itself can hold 27 stacks. When two chests are placed\nside-by-side, they merge into a double chest capable of holding 54 stacks.  When broken, a chest will drop all the items it\ncontains.  Because of this, it is impossible to move a chest with its items intact in vanilla Minecraft.  However, the [[Dolly]]\nfrom JABBA is able to pick up a chest with all the items intact and place it back down again somewhere else."
+}

data/minecraft/items/clock/item.json

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+{
+    "description": "A clock is an item which tells you the current time in Minecraft.  When viewed, it will show either a blue sky with a sun or a black sky with a moon.  These accurately reflect the current state of the actual time-of-day in the game no matter whether viewed in the players hand, in the hot-bar, or just in an inventory.  Unfortunately, since the Nether doesn't have a notion of day and night, it spins uselessly while traveling there."
+}

data/minecraft/items/cocoa_beans/item.json

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+{
+    "description": "Cocoa beans can be found growing on jungle trees."
+}

data/minecraft/items/crafting_table/item.json

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+{
+    "description": "Used in the creation of all but the most simple recipes, the crafting table is one of the most important blocks in the game. In fact, this is commonly the first item you'll want to craft when you start the game."
+}

data/minecraft/items/dirt/item.json

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+{
+    "description": "Dirt provides the basis for much of the overworld biomes.  When placed next to either [[Grass]] or [[Mycelium]], the neighboring plant life will slowly convert the dirt.\n\nWhen right-clicked with a hoe, the dirt will be transformed into tilled dirt, capable of growing plants.  However, such tilled dirt will revert to being plain dirt before long if not within 4 blocks of a water block on the same level as itself."
+}

data/minecraft/items/egg/item.json

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+{
+    "description": "Eggs are periodically dropped by Chickens (about every 5 minutes).  In addition to crafting various food items (e.g., [[Cake]] and [[Pumpkin Pie]]), they can be used to hatch new chickens (about a 1 in 16 chance for each egg).  Thus, to have a 100% chance to get a pair of chickens (enough to start breeding), you'll need at least 32 eggs.  Finally, when thrown at a mob, eggs cause a very minor knockback effect (similar to a [[Snowball]])."
+}

data/minecraft/items/emerald/item.json

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+{
+    "description": "The Emerald is a rare gemstone found around the same depth as [[Gold Ore]], but only under Extreme Hills (or similar) biomes.  However, its primary value is as a currency for trading with Villagers. In fact, it's pretty easy to acquire a bunch of them by trading simple things like [[Wheat]], [[Wool]], or [[Coal]].\n"
+}

data/minecraft/items/furnace_fuel/item.json

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+{
+    "description": "Generic Item representing anything that can be used as fuel in a furnace."
+}

data/minecraft/items/grass_block/item.json

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+{
+    "description": "Grass Blocks make up the surface layer of most temperate biomes.  They can be harvested with or without a special tool (the shovel being the most efficient), but only a [[Dirt]] block will be received unless you use a tool which has the Silk Touch enchantment (or the equivalent).\n\nGrass Blocks also have the interesting property that they will convert nearby [[Dirt]] blocks into grass blocks.  It happens slowly, but eventually an entire dirt patch can be converted by a single grass block.  This happens even without being directly in sight of the sky.\n\nWhen right-clicked with [[Bone Meal]], Grass Blocks will sprout both tall grass and various kinds of native Minecraft flowers ([[Poppy]], [[Dandelion]], [[Allium]], etc.).  Since these flowers cannot be cultivated like crops, this is the only way to produce more.\n\nLike [[Dirt]], Grass Blocks can be turned into tilled soil suitable for farming by right-clicking with a hoe.  Just as with dirt, the tilled soil made from grass will revert to being plain dirt if left too long without a water block nearby (within 4m)."
+}

data/minecraft/items/gunpowder/item.json

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+{
+    "description": "Gunpowder is often dropped by Creepers when killed before actually exploding.  It can be used to make any potion into an equivalent splash potion, or to create TNT."
+}

data/minecraft/items/lapis_lazuli/item.json

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+{
+    "description": "Lapis Lazuli is a semi-rare precious stone found deep underground.  It naturally breaks up into 2-4 chunks when harvested.  In fact, this is generally better than using a silk touch pickaxe to get the ore as the ore only gives you a single chunk when smelted.\n\nIn addition to serving as a blue dye, Lapis Lazuli is principally used with the [[Enchantment Table]].  Each enchantment can use 1, 2, or 3 chunks of lapis along with 1, 2, or 3 levels of experience.  Sacrificing more lapis & experience will result in higher-level enchantments."
+}

data/minecraft/items/lever/item.json

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+{
+    "description": "Levers are a used to create a permanent redstone signal on demand.  When the switch is placed on a wall, it will be \"off\" when in the up position, and \"on\" when in the down position.  When \"on\", it generates a redstone signal equivalent to a [[Redstone Torch]].  It is also the cheapest way to generate a redstone signal, requiring just a stick and a chunk of cobblestone."
+}

data/minecraft/items/magma_cream/item.json

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+{
+    "description": "Magma Cream is a drop from Magma Cubes which is, itself, a rare creature found in the Nether.  Since they are so hard to find, and since they don't always drop Magma Cream, it is often easiest simply to make Magma Cream rather than to harvest it as a mob drop."
+}

data/minecraft/items/melon/item.json

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+{
+    "description": "Melon wedges are a food item which restores 2 food points (or a single shank).  When converted to [[Glistering Melon]], they can also be an ingredient in potions.\n\nIn vanilla Minecraft, they can only be obtained by trading with villagers for seeds, or, rarely, by finding them in dungeon chests. Various mods (e.g., Biomes O'Plenty), add [[Melon (block)]]s as wildly occurring plants."
+}

data/minecraft/items/melon_block/item.json

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+{
+    "description": "Melons are grown from [[Melon Seeds]].  When harvested, they break up into between 3 to 7 [[Melon]] items.  These may be crafted back into a melon block, or the melon may be harvested with a tool enchanted with silk touch."
+}

data/minecraft/items/nether_brick/item.json

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+{
+    "description": "The Nether Brick is a crafting component to make the [[Nether Brick (block)]]."
+}

data/minecraft/items/nether_portal/item.json

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+{
+    "description": "A Nether Portal is a multi-block structure which allows the player to teleport to the Nether.  After being constructed as shown below, the player must right click on the inside surface of it with a [[Flint and Steel]] in order to activate the portal.  After stepping in and waiting a few seconds, the player will materialize in a similar portal in the Nether.\n\nSuch a journey is dangerous, though, so it's advised that you bring along certain supplies:\n\n  * a complete set of iron armor\n  * a [[Flint and Steel]]\n  * at least 10 pieces of [[Obsidian]]\n  * plenty of food\n  * a stack of [[Torch]]es\n  * a stack (or two) of [[Cobblestone]]\n  * a [[Diamond Pickaxe]]\n\nUpon arriving, have a quick look around for some cover, and get the lay of land around you. If your portal is too much out in the open, it is in danger of Ghast attacks, and it would be advisable to build a new portal in a safer location and destroy the old one."
+}

data/minecraft/items/nether_star/item.json

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+{
+    "description": "The Nether Star is dropped by the Wither when it is defeated.  The Wither is extremely powerful, flys, and is capable of destroying blocks, so be well armed and armored before attempting to defeat one.\n\nUnlike most other monsters, the Wither doesn't live anywhere in the Minecraft world.  Instead, it is built as a multi-block structure which transforms into the mob.  To create one, create a T-shape of [[Soul Sand]] (one block with three on top of it) surmounted by three [[Wither Skeleton Skull]]s.  Then, stand back!  The Wither will instantly appear and go into a period of \"charging up\".  After which, it will violently explode and start attacking anything and everything nearby."
+}

data/minecraft/items/note_block/item.json

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+{
+    "description": "Note Blocks play a note when left clicked."
+}

data/minecraft/items/potato/item.json

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+{
+    "description": "Potato is a food item which can be cultivated from a potato plant. As food, they only restore 1 hunger point (half a shank on the hunger meter), but when cooked in a furnace, they become [[Baked Potato]]s which restore 5 times as many hunger points.\n\nPotatoes are somewhat difficult to find as they don't appear naturally in the game except in village farms. Apart from that, they are (very) rarely dropped by Zombies or found in dungeons, temples, or strongholds.\n\nTo start a simple potato farm, follow these steps:\n\n1. Craft a [[Wooden Hoe]]\n2. Till some dirt within 4 blocks of a water block (at the same height as the water)\n3. Right-click the tilled soil with the potato\n4. Wait until the potato is fully grown (you can see the white poking out of the ground)\n5. Left-click the plant to dig up 2-4 potatoes. If you harvest the plant prematurely, you'll generally only get 1 potato back.\n"
+}

data/minecraft/items/powered_rail/item.json

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+{
+    "description": "Powered Rails provide a way to control the motion [[Minecart]]s passing over them.  When provided with a redstone signal, these rails will speed up any cart passing by.  Without a signal, they will slow a cart down.  This can be used to automatically propel minecarts over long distances at considerable speed.  Unlike regular [[Track]], however, they cannot go around curves.\n\nThe [Railcraft](/browse/railcraft) mod adds a lot of options for high-speed minecart and trail travel. See the following  pages to see Railcraft's high-speed options: [[H.S. Track]], [[H.S. Transition Track]], [[H.S. Booster Track]], [[Reinforced Track]] and [[Reinforced Booster Track]]"
+}

data/minecraft/items/pufferfish/item.json

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+{
+    "description": "Pufferfish can be caught using a [[Fishing Rod]] in any body of water.  It is not a particularly common catch, so some patience is required."
+}

data/minecraft/items/redstone_torch/item.json

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+{
+    "description": "Redstone torches are one of the simplest way to generate a redstone signal.  When placed in the world, a redstone torch will emit a redstone signal with strength 15. They also emit slightly less light than a regular torch (light level 7 instead of 15)."
+}

data/minecraft/items/seeds/item.json

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+{
+    "description": "Seeds are primarily used to grow wheat or to breed Chickens.  They can be obtained either by breaking [[Grass]] (sometimes), or by breaking wheat plants (most of the time).\n\nFor details on using seeds in farming, see: [[Wheat]]"
+}

data/minecraft/items/string/item.json

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+{
+    "description": "String is commonly dropped by Spiders or from [[Cobweb]]s which have been hacked apart with a sword."
+}

data/minecraft/items/wheat/item.json

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+{
+    "description": "Wheat is a crop obtained from planting [[Seeds]] on a tilled [[Dirt]] block.  It can be used to make a variety of food items (including [[Bread]] and [[Cake]]) and to breed Cows and Sheep.  The seeds can be used to breed Chickens.\n\nExcept for villages, wheat doesn't naturally appear in the game on its own.  Here are some steps for a very early-game wheat farm:\n\n1. Break a bunch of [[Grass]] blocks to obtain seeds (they only drop occasionally)\n2. Craft a [[Wooden Hoe]], and use it by right-clicking on dirt blocks near a source of water (i.e., within 4m of a water source block). These will turn into tilled dirt blocks.\n3. Right-click the tilled dirt with the seeds, and tiny, immature wheat plants will appear. These will slowly grow when given enough light until they are completely mature.\n4. Harvest the wheat by left-clicking the plant. Fully mature plants will drop a wheat item as well as some more seeds.  Immature plants will only drop seeds.\n5. Use the seeds you recover to re-plant your farm."
+}