The survival recipe book contains items that cannot be crafted, such as ores, and items that outright cannot be obtained in survival, such as spawn eggs. The following is a complete list of items that should not be present in the survival recipe book. Items in bold are items that are completely unobtainable.

• Glass
• Cracked Stone Bricks
• Cobblestone
• Nether Quartz
• Concrete (all colors...)
• Terracotta
• Glazed Terracotta (all colors...)
• Dirt
• Grass Block
• Podzol
• Mycelium
• Stone
• Ores (all types...)
• Gravel
• Sand
• Red Sand
• Cactus
• Logs (all types...)
• Leaves (all types...)
• Saplings (all types...)
• Seeds
• Beetroot Seeds
• Beetroot
• Potato
• Poisonous Potato
• Carrot
• Apple
• "Enchanted Apple"
• Pumpkin
• Fern
• Large Fern
• Grass
• Double Tallgrass
• Flowers (all types...)
• Double Flowers (all types...)
• Ink Sac
• Cactus Green
• Cocoa Beans
• Vine
• Lily Pad
• Dead Bush
• Ice
• Packed Ice
• Raw Meats (all types...)
• Cooked Meats (all types...)
• Baked Potato
• Mushrooms (both types...)
• Mushroom Blocks (all types...)
• Egg
• Sugar Canes
• Monster Spawner!
• Monster Eggs! (all types...)
• Dragon Egg
• Spawn Eggs! (all types...)
• Obsidian
• Bedrock!
• Soul Sand
• Netherrack
• Nether Wart
• End Stone
• Chorus Flower
• Chorus Plant!
• Chorus Fruit
• Popped Chorus Fruit
• Sponge
• Wet Sponge
• Rotten Flesh
• Bone
• Cobweb
• Chain Armor (all types...)
• Saddle
• Horse Armor (all types except "leather"...)
• Elytra "Wings"
• Snowball
• Totem of Undying
• Bottle o' Enchanting
• Potions (all types...)
• Glowstone Dust
• Anvil (slightly & very damaged...)
• "Stonecutter"!
• Music Discs (all types...)
• Skulls (all types...)
• End Portal!
• Milk
• Water Bucket
• Lava Bucket
• Feather
• Flint
• Gunpowder
• Rabbit Hide
• Rabbit's Foot
• Blaze Rod
• Spider Eye
• Dragon's Breath
• Shulker Shell
• Ghast Tear
• Ender Pearl
• Nether Star
• Enchanted Books (all types...)
• Charcoal
• Brick
• Nether Brick
• Clay
• Prismarine Shard
• Prismarine Crystals
• Name Tag