With both a coal item and a stick in the player's inventory the player is forced to manually place the items to make a torch into both the 2x2 and 3x3 crafting grids. After the torch is created/ obtained it is added to the 'craftables' section of the inventory.
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Have you crafted a stone pickaxe? See MCPE-178158.
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