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The specific instructions are: Animated banners with the wind effect
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 | |
- ↑ 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. |
|
Magenta Banner
|
| Black Banner Gray Banner |
woodland mansions. |
|
Black Banner Gray Banner |
| Light Gray Banner | In master bedroom in woodland mansions. |
|
Light Gray Banner
|
| Illager Banner [upcoming: Lua error in Module:Version_link at line 112: attempt to concatenate local 'text' (a nil value).] | Carried by the illager patrol leader. Outside of pillager outpost watchtowers. |
|
White Banner
|
| 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).] |
|
Brown Banner |
Usage
Overlapping block on a banner.
Overlapping on a wall mounted banner.
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 in any direction, or on a wall. Banners have no collision mask as they are completely non-solid, so items and mobs can move through them.
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 on one placed on the ground. This makes it possible to overlap another solid block on the top half of a banner.
When a banner is placed on a vertical block it's position is set by the top block, and it is possible to place it so it appears half buried.
Banners can also be placed in item frames, where they simply appear as their item model.
Water and lava will flow around banners. in Bedrock and Legacy Console editions, banners can be waterlogged.
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
[until Lua error in Module:Version_link at line 112: attempt to concatenate local 'text' (a nil value).]
| 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 |
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
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:
|
- Wall
| Bits | Description |
|---|---|
| 0x1 0x2 0x4 |
A three-bit field storing a value from 2 to 5 specifying the block's orientation:
|
| 0x8 | (unused) |
Block states
Java Edition:
Floor
| Name | Default value | Allowed values | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| rotation | 0
| 0 | The block is facing south. |
1 | The block is facing south-southwest. | ||
2 | The block is facing southwest. | ||
3 | The block is facing west-southwest. | ||
4 | The block is facing west. | ||
5 | The block is facing west-northwest. | ||
6 | The block is facing northwest. | ||
7 | The block is facing north-northwest. | ||
8 | The block is facing north. | ||
9 | The block is facing north-northeast. | ||
10 | The block is facing northeast. | ||
11 | The block is facing east-northeast. | ||
12 | The block is facing east. | ||
13 | The block is facing east-southeast. | ||
14 | The block is facing southeast. | ||
15 | The block is facing south-southeast. |
Wall
| Name | Default value | Allowed values | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| facing | north | eastnorthsouthwest | 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. |
- Standing
| Name | Metadata Bits | Default value | Allowed values | Values for Metadata Bits |
Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ground_sign_direction | 0x10x20x40x8 | 0
| 0 | 0 | The block is facing south. |
1 | 1 | The block is facing south-southwest. | |||
2 | 2 | The block is facing southwest. | |||
3 | 3 | The block is facing west-southwest. | |||
4 | 4 | The block is facing west. | |||
5 | 5 | The block is facing west-northwest. | |||
6 | 6 | The block is facing northwest. | |||
7 | 7 | The block is facing north-northwest. | |||
8 | 8 | The block is facing north. | |||
9 | 9 | The block is facing north-northeast. | |||
10 | 10 | The block is facing northeast. | |||
11 | 11 | The block is facing east-northeast. | |||
12 | 12 | The block is facing east. | |||
13 | 13 | The block is facing east-southeast. | |||
14 | 14 | The block is facing southeast. | |||
15 | 15 | The block is facing south-southeast. |
- Wall
| Name | Metadata Bits | Default value | Allowed values | Values for Metadata Bits |
Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| facing_direction | 0x10x20x4 | 0 | 2345 | 2345 | The direction the block is facing. For example, a block facing east is attached to a block to its west.
|
01 | 01 | 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.
- : An individual pattern.
Pattern
Video
Banner/video
History
| Java Edition | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.8 | July 21, 2014 | Jeb posts a picture of banners and states that he is working on them. | |||
| 14w30a | File:Old banner sprite.png Added banners. | ||||
| 14w30c | Added four additional patterns: Cross (+), Border, Curly Border and Thing (Mojang logo). | ||||
| 14w31a | Added 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. | |||||
| ? | |||||
| 1.8.8 | pre | The number of layers attainable by using commands is now limited to 16 per banner. | |||
| 1.9 | 15w31a | Magenta banners with a black chevron and inverted chevron are now naturally generated on the outside walls of end cities. | |||
| 15w33c | Banners can be used to apply patterns to shields. | ||||
| 1.11 | 16w33a | Banners 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. | |||
| 16w39a | Black and gray banners, and light gray banners with a white flower charge are now naturally generated in rooms of woodland mansions. | ||||
| 1.12 | January 24, 2017 | Jeb tweets a screenshot of the changes to the banner color palette. | |||
| 17w06a | |||||
| pre6 | "Chief fess" and "base fess" banners are now just "chief" and "base" banners. | ||||
| 1.13 | 17w47a | The 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. | |||||
| 18w10a | Using a map on a banner will now mark the spot of the banner on the map. | ||||
| Upcoming Java Edition | |||||
| 1.14 | 18w43a | Loom added to edit banners more easily. | |||
| All recipes for banner patterns have now been removed. | |||||
| 18w45a | Added illager patrols, where the leader of an illager patrol will carry an illager banner. | ||||
| Bedrock Edition | |||||
| 1.2 | beta 1.2.0.2 | ||||
| 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. | |||||
| 1.4 | beta 1.2.20.1 | The 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 | |||||
| TU43 | CU33 | 1.36 | Patch 13 | ||
Issues
Issues relating to "Banner" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.
Trivia
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.
- However, banners lie still when not in the Overworld.
- 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
- Showing a banner in a item frame.png
A banner with the Mojang logo in an item frame.
Banners floating outside of an End city tower.
Banners hanging above the doorway of a woodland mansion master bedroom.
Example designs
- Banners of US UN and Russia.png
Example of three types of banners, representing the flags of the United Kingdom, United States and Russia.
- Banner example.png
Examples of various cross flags including the Union Jack. All flags are technically incorrect but are the closest possible.
- Koinobori In Minecraft.png
Koinobori made with banners in Minecraft.
- IsraelBannerAndWool.png
The Israel flag created with a banner (and wool).
Commands
Example of a banner with more than 6 patterns, a result of using the
/givecommand.Banner put in the helmet slot by using the command
/replaceitem.

















