User talk:ToThemyers

Power Dying
Power dying is a technique for dying wool, not used by many players because not only is it not widely known, but not commonly used because it takes up a bit of time. However, the time and energy required is well worth it if you need to be very conservative on your dyes.

The basic idea works upon the principle that sheep can be dyed by right clicking on them with a dye, and drop 1-3 blocks of wool when hit/sheared. So if a single dye is used on a sheep, you are most likely going going to get 2-3 blocks of dyed wool for every dye. Even if you only get one block, it is no loss of dye, as it is the same as on the crafting table. If you were to just craft it, you would get only one of each colored wool block for every dye. With the power dying technique, you can get about 2.5 times that amount on average.

There is just one disadvantage, and that's the time it takes to find a sheep. Depending on the location of your base, the inflow of sheep will be relatively stable, so this method of cloth dying is mainly for players who can play Minecraft in relatively stable blocks of time. An easier way to get more cloth is to make use of a bed, so as to skip to daytime, maximizing sheep amounts for minutes.