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This feature is exclusive to Java Edition, Bedrock Edition and Legacy Console Edition. 

Banners, are tall decorative blocks, featuring a field that is highly customizable using dyes.

Obtaining

Banners can be broken with any tool, or without a tool, but an axe is fastest.

Block Banners
Hardness 1
Tool
Breaking time[A]
Default 1.5
Wooden 0.75
Stone 0.4
Iron 0.25
Diamond 0.2
Netherite 0.2
Golden 0.15
  1. Times are for unenchanted tools as wielded by players with no status effects, measured in seconds. For more information, see Breaking § Speed.

A banner will also break and drop itself as an item if the block the banner is attached to is moved, removed, or destroyed.

Crafting

Banners can be crafted from wool and a stick.

Name Ingredients Crafting recipe Description
Banner Matching Wool +
Stick

White Banner Any Banner +
Bleach


Bleach can be used to remove the color of a banner, resulting in a white banner. This includes removing patterns from a white banner.‌[Bedrock Edition and Minecraft Education only]

Natural generation

Name Location Appearance Design
Magenta Banner Outside of end cities. End City Banner Magenta Banner
  • Black Inverted Chevron
  • Black Chevron
Black Banner
Gray Banner
woodland mansions. Woodland Mansion Banner Black Banner
Gray Banner
Light Gray Banner In master bedroom in woodland mansions. Master Bedroom Banner Light Gray Banner
  • White Flower Charge
Illager Banner Carried by the illager patrol leader.‌[upcoming: Lua error in Module:Version_link at line 112: attempt to concatenate local 'text' (a nil value).]
Outside of pillager outpost watchtowers.‌[upcoming: Lua error in Module:Version_link at line 112: attempt to concatenate local 'text' (a nil value).]
Illager Banner White Banner
  • Cyan Lozenge
  • Light Gray Base
  • Gray Pale
  • Light Gray Bordure
  • Black Fess
  • Light Gray Per Fess
  • Light Gray Roundel
Brown Banner Outside of some houses, meeting points, and pillar fountains in new savanna villages.‌[upcoming: Lua error in Module:Version_link at line 112: attempt to concatenate local 'text' (a nil value).] Savanna Village Banner Brown Banner

Usage

Getting started

There are 16 colored blank banners, and numerous patterns each available in each of the 16 colors. A banner can feature up to 6 different patterns. The top layer of a banner (or the last pattern added) can be washed off by using it on a cauldron containing water.

Banners, much like signs, can be placed both on the ground, facing different directions, and on walls. Banners have no collision mask (they are completely non-solid), so items and mobs can move through banners. Other blocks (including other banners) can be placed on any edge of a banner's hitbox; which, despite appearing as two blocks tall, it only fills the bottom block (or the top block for banners on walls). Banners can also be placed in item frames, where they simply appear as their item model.

Water and lava will flow around banners. Lava can create fire in air blocks next to banners as if the banners were flammable, but the banners will not burn up (and can't be burned by other methods, either). Banners also cannot be moved by pistons.

Copying

Banners can be copied with a blank banner to make multiple identical banners.

Ingredients Crafting recipe Description
Matching Banner


Copies pattern; both banners must have the same base color, and the one that will have patterns printed onto it must have no preexisting patterns.

Patterns

A banner may have up to six patterns, which are overlaid with the last-crafted on top.

Any color banner can be used, the color will just be overlayed with the pattern. As of 18w43a,‌[upcoming: Lua error in Module:Version_link at line 112: attempt to concatenate local 'text' (a nil value).], a loom will be used to make patterns instead.

Stripes

[until Lua error in Module:Version_link at line 112: attempt to concatenate local 'text' (a nil value).]

Name Ingredients Crafting recipe Description
Base Banner Any Banner +
Matching Dye


Emblazons a base (bottom third colored)
Chief Banner Any Banner +
Matching Dye


Emblazons a chief (top third colored)
Pale Dexter Banner Any Banner +
Matching Dye


Emblazons a pale dexter (left third colored)
Pale Sinister Banner Any Banner +
Matching Dye


Emblazons a pale sinister (right third colored)
Pale Banner Any Banner +
Matching Dye


Emblazons a pale (center vertical line)
Fess Banner Any Banner +
Matching Dye


Emblazons a fess (center horizontal line)
Bend Banner Any Banner +
Matching Dye


Emblazons a bend (line from upper-left to lower-right)
Bend Sinister Banner Any Banner +
Matching Dye


Emblazons a bend sinister (line from upper-right to lower-left)
Paly Banner Any Banner +
Matching Dye


Emblazons a paly (vertical pinstripes)
Saltire Banner Any Banner +
Matching Dye


Emblazons a saltire ('X' shape)
Cross Banner Any Banner +
Matching Dye


Emblazons a cross

Halves

[until Lua error in Module:Version_link at line 112: attempt to concatenate local 'text' (a nil value).]

Name Ingredients Crafting recipe Description
Per Bend Sinister Banner Any Banner +
Matching Dye


Emblazons a per bend sinister (upper-left half colored)
Per Bend Banner Any Banner +
Matching Dye


Emblazons a per bend (upper-right half colored)
Per Bend Inverted Banner Any Banner +
Matching Dye


Emblazons a per bend inverted (lower-left half colored)
Per Bend Sinister Inverted Banner Any Banner +
Matching Dye


Emblazons a per bend sinister inverted (lower-right half colored)
Per Pale Banner Any Banner +
Matching Dye


Emblazons a per pale (left half colored)
Per Pale Inverted Banner Any Banner +
Matching Dye


Emblazons a per pale inverted (right half colored)
Per Fess Banner Any Banner +
Matching Dye


Emblazons a per fess (top half colored)
Per Fess Inverted Banner Any Banner +
Matching Dye


Emblazons a per fess inverted (bottom half colored)

Shapes

[until Lua error in Module:Version_link at line 112: attempt to concatenate local 'text' (a nil value).]

Name Ingredients Crafting recipe Description
Base Dexter Canton Banner Any Banner +
Matching Dye


Emblazons a base dexter canton (square in lower-left corner)
Base Sinister Canton Banner Any Banner +
Matching Dye


Emblazons a base sinister canton (square in lower-right corner)
Chief Dexter Canton Banner Any Banner +
Matching Dye


Emblazons a chief dexter canton (square in upper-left corner)
Chief Sinister Canton Banner Any Banner +
Matching Dye


Emblazons a chief sinister canton (square in upper-right corner)
Chevron Banner Any Banner +
Matching Dye


Emblazons a chevron (triangle at bottom)
Inverted Chevron Banner Any Banner +
Matching Dye


Emblazons an inverted chevron (triangle at top)
Base Indented Banner Any Banner +
Matching Dye


Emblazons a base indented (scallop shapes at bottom)
Chief Indented Banner Any Banner +
Matching Dye


Emblazons a chief indented (scallop shapes at top)
Roundel Banner Any Banner +
Matching Dye


Emblazons a roundel (circle in center)
Lozenge Banner Any Banner +
Matching Dye


Emblazons a lozenge (rhombus in center)

Borders

[until Lua error in Module:Version_link at line 112: attempt to concatenate local 'text' (a nil value).]

Name Ingredients Crafting recipe Description
Bordure Banner Any Banner +
Matching Dye

Emblazons a bordure (border)
Dyed Bordure Indented Banner Any Banner +
Matching Dye +
Vines


Emblazons a dyed bordure indented (fancy border)

Backgrounds

[until Lua error in Module:Version_link at line 112: attempt to concatenate local 'text' (a nil value).]

Name Ingredients Crafting recipe Description
Dyed Field Masoned Banner Any Banner +
Matching Dye +
Bricks


Emblazons a dyed field masoned (brick pattern)

Gradients

[until Lua error in Module:Version_link at line 112: attempt to concatenate local 'text' (a nil value).]

Name Ingredients Crafting recipe Description
Gradient Banner Any Banner +
Matching Dye


Emblazons a gradient (color at top)
Base Gradient Banner Any Banner +
Matching Dye


Emblazons a base gradient (color at bottom)

Symbols/Icons

Name Ingredients Crafting recipe Description
Dyed Creeper Charge Banner Any Banner +
Matching Dye +
Creeper Head


Emblazons a dyed creeper charge (creeper face)
Dyed Skull Charge Banner Any Banner +
Matching Dye +
Wither Skeleton Skull


Emblazons a dyed skull charge (skull and crossbones)
Dyed Flower Charge Banner Any Banner +
Matching Dye +
Oxeye Daisy


Emblazons a dyed flower charge (flower icon)
Dyed Thing Banner Any Banner +
Matching Dye +
Enchanted Golden Apple
Enchanted Golden Apple

Emblazons a dyed Thing (Mojang logo)

Loom ingredient



Crafting ingredient

Shields can have patterns applied to them using banners. The shield pattern has a smaller resolution than the banner pattern, causing them to look different or offset.

Name Ingredients Crafting recipe Description
Shield or
Ominous Shield
Shield +
Matching Banner


Applies the banner pattern to the shield. The banner is consumed.
The shield must have no preexisting patterns.
Does not change existing durability or enchantments on the shield.

Fuel

Banners can be used as a fuel in furnaces, smelting 1.5 items per banner.

Renaming

A banner can be given a custom name which remains as the banner is placed and retrieved. The player can use an anvil to rename the banner item, or may change the CustomName tag using the /data command on the banner block.

Data values

ID

Banner/ID

Block data

See also: data values

In Bedrock Edition, banners use the following data values:

Standing
Bits Description
0x1
0x2
0x4
0x8
A four-bit field storing a value from 0 to 15 specifying the block's orientation:
  • 0: south
  • 1: south-southwest
  • 2: southwest
  • 3: west-southwest
  • 4: west
  • 5: west-northwest
  • 6: northwest
  • 7: north-northwest
  • 8: north
  • 9: north-northeast
  • 10: northeast
  • 11: east-northeast
  • 12: east
  • 13: east-southeast
  • 14: southeast
  • 15: south-southeast
Wall
Bits Description
0x1
0x2
0x4
A three-bit field storing a value from 2 to 5 specifying the block's orientation:
  • 2: north
  • 3: south
  • 4: west
  • 5: east
0x8 (unused)

Block states

See also: Block states

Java Edition:
Floor

Name Default value Allowed values Description
rotation0 0The block is facing south.
1The block is facing south-southwest.
2The block is facing southwest.
3The block is facing west-southwest.
4The block is facing west.
5The block is facing west-northwest.
6The block is facing northwest.
7The block is facing north-northwest.
8The block is facing north.
9The block is facing north-northeast.
10The block is facing northeast.
11The block is facing east-northeast.
12The block is facing east.
13The block is facing east-southeast.
14The block is facing southeast.
15The block is facing south-southeast.

Wall

Name Default value Allowed values Description
facingnortheast
north
south
west
The direction the block is facing. For example, a block facing east is attached to a block to its west.
Opposite from the direction a player faces when placing the block.

Bedrock Edition:

Standing
NameMetadata Bits Default value Allowed valuesValues for
Metadata Bits
Description
ground_sign_direction0x1
0x2
0x4
0x8
0 00The block is facing south.
11The block is facing south-southwest.
22The block is facing southwest.
33The block is facing west-southwest.
44The block is facing west.
55The block is facing west-northwest.
66The block is facing northwest.
77The block is facing north-northwest.
88The block is facing north.
99The block is facing north-northeast.
1010The block is facing northeast.
1111The block is facing east-northeast.
1212The block is facing east.
1313The block is facing east-southeast.
1414The block is facing southeast.
1515The block is facing south-southeast.
Wall
NameMetadata Bits Default value Allowed valuesValues for
Metadata Bits
Description
facing_direction0x1
0x2
0x4
02
3
4
5
2
3
4
5
The direction the block is facing. For example, a block facing east is attached to a block to its west.
  • 2: north
  • 3: south
  • 4: west
  • 5: east
0
1
0
1
Unused

Block entity

A banner has a block entity associated with it that holds additional data about the block.

  • Block entity data
    • Tags common to all block entities
    •  CustomName: Optional. The name of this beacon in JSON text component, which appears when attempting to open it, while it is locked.
    •  Patterns: List of all patterns applied to the banner.
      • : An individual pattern.
        •  Color: Color of the section.
        •  Pattern: The banner pattern code the color is applied to.

Pattern color

Main article: Banner/DV
[edit]

Pattern

Main article: Banner/Patterns
[edit]

Video

Banner/video

History

Java Edition
1.8July 21, 2014Jeb posts a picture of banners and states that he is working on them.
14w30aFile:Old banner sprite.png Added banners.
14w30cAdded four additional patterns: Cross (+), Border, Curly Border and Thing (Mojang logo).
14w31aAdded five additional patterns: Inverted Halves and Base Gradient.
The banner pattern terminology has now been changed based on vexillology advice Jeb received from his Reddit post.
Banners can now be used as a fuel in furnaces.
?White Banner Revision 1Orange Banner Revision 1Magenta Banner Revision 1Light Blue Banner Revision 1Yellow Banner Revision 1Lime Banner Revision 1Pink Banner Revision 1Gray Banner Revision 1Light Gray Banner Revision 1Cyan Banner Revision 1Purple Banner Revision 1Blue Banner Revision 1Brown Banner Revision 1Green Banner Revision 1Red Banner Revision 1Black Banner Revision 1 Banners have now been changed to render the model as an item.
1.8.8preThe number of layers attainable by using commands is now limited to 16 per banner.
1.915w31aMagenta banners with a black chevron and inverted chevron are now naturally generated on the outside walls of end cities.
15w33cBanners can be used to apply patterns to shields.
1.1116w33aBanners will now require a dye when applying a pattern that uses a non-dye item, such as a creeper head or enchanted golden apple. Previously, the lack of a dye would have applied the black variant of the pattern.
16w39aBlack and gray banners, and light gray banners with a white flower charge are now naturally generated in rooms of woodland mansions.
1.12January 24, 2017Jeb tweets a screenshot of the changes to the banner color palette.
17w06aWhite BannerOrange BannerMagenta BannerLight Blue BannerYellow BannerLime BannerPink BannerGray BannerLight Gray BannerCyan BannerPurple BannerBlue BannerBrown BannerGreen BannerRed BannerBlack Banner The banners' palette changes have now been added.
pre6"Chief fess" and "base fess" banners are now just "chief" and "base" banners.
1.1317w47aThe colors for the banner, wall_banner and standing_banner ID have been split up into their own IDs.
Prior to The Flattening, these blocks' numeral IDs were 176 and 177, and the item's 425.
18w10aUsing a map on a banner will now mark the spot of the banner on the map.
Upcoming Java Edition
1.1418w43aLoom added to edit banners more easily.
All recipes for banner patterns have now been removed.
18w45aAdded illager patrols, where the leader of an illager patrol will carry an illager banner.
Bedrock Edition
1.2beta 1.2.0.2White BannerOrange BannerMagenta BannerLight Blue BannerYellow BannerLime BannerPink BannerGray BannerLight Gray BannerCyan BannerPurple BannerBlue BannerBrown BannerGreen BannerRed BannerBlack Banner Added banners.
Magenta banners with a black chevron and inverted chevron are now naturally generated on the outside walls of end cities
Black and gray banners, and light gray banners with a white flower charge are now naturally generated in rooms of woodland mansions.
1.4beta 1.2.20.1The white banner can now be crafted from a colored banner and bleach, which also removes all patterns, if used on a white banner.
Legacy Console Edition
TU43CU33 1.36 Patch 13White Banner Revision 1Orange Banner Revision 1Magenta Banner Revision 1Light Blue Banner Revision 1Yellow Banner Revision 1Lime Banner Revision 1Pink Banner Revision 1Gray Banner Revision 1Light Gray Banner Revision 1Cyan Banner Revision 1Purple Banner Revision 1Blue Banner Revision 1Brown Banner Revision 1Green Banner Revision 1Red Banner Revision 1Black Banner Revision 1 Added banners.

Issues

Issues relating to "Banner" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.

Trivia

File:Animated white banner.gif

How a banner will sway when in the Overworld.

  • A banner is 20 pixels on the bottom, and 40 pixels on the side.
  • Banners gently sway, as if swaying in the wind.
  • With 16 blank banners, 38 patterns of 16 colors each (608 uniquely-colored patterns), and 0 to 6 patterns per banner, the number of uniquely crafted banners is 16 × (6080 + 6081 + 6082 + 6083 + 6084 + 6085 + 6086) ≈ 809 quadrillion (809,573,616,779,945,488). The number of visually distinct banners is smaller, because one or more patterns may completely cover other patterns, or the entire banner, or be duplicated due to the symmetric set of patterns (e.g. field or (yellow) + per pale azure (blue) = field azure + per pale or inverted).
  • Although it is impossible to add more than 6 patterns to a banner through crafting, up to 16 can be added using commands. When hovered over such a banner in an inventory, only the six bottommost patterns are displayed.
  • The Mojang Logo is called "Thing" ingame, which could be considered an alternate translation for mojäng. If you use Google Translate, it translates to "thingys".
    • In the Swedish translation of the game, this pattern is, in fact, called mojäng.
  • Banner textures are located in \assets\minecraft\textures\entity\banner.
    • There are 34 monochrome textures, each containing all 6 sides of the banner.
    • The texture of the back side is mirrored texture of the front side.
    • Textures are inverted, that's because they're not used as textures. Instead, they act as masks for re-colored base texture, base.png. That means white is visible, while black is transparent.
  • There are two unused item textures for the banner. Instead, the banner displays itself as if it were a block.
  • In the Legacy Console Edition, the icon for the banner is turned the other way, but the patterns are not mirrored.
  • In Bedrock Edition, banners are considered as items because dropping it on the ground will reveal that the block does not rotate like normal blocks. This is because the banner had an item sprite and items never rotated when idle.

Gallery

Example designs

Commands

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