1. **Gather Materials**: You'll need four iron ingots and one redstone dust.
2. **Crafting Table**: Open your crafting table. If you don't have one, create it by placing four wooden planks in a 2x2 crafting grid.
3. **Crafting**: Place the iron ingots in a square pattern, leaving the center space empty. Then, place the redstone dust in the center space. It should look like this:
```
[ Iron ] [ Iron ] [ Iron ]
[ Iron ] [Redstone] [ Iron ]
[ Iron ] [ Iron ] [ Iron ]
```
4. **Retrieve**: Once crafted, you'll see the compass in the result box. Simply drag it into your inventory.
5. **Use**: When you hold the compass, it will point towards the world spawn point, not your current location. However, if you've slept in a bed, it will point to the last place you slept.
That's it! You've successfully crafted a compass in Minecraft. Now you can use it to navigate and find your way around the world.