Loom

Loom
Renewable	Yes
Stackable	Yes (64)
Tool
Blast resistance	2.5
Hardness	2.5
Luminous	No
Transparent	No
Flammable	No
Catches fire from lava	Yes

A loom is used to apply patterns to banners. It also serves as a shepherd's job site block.

Obtaining

Breaking

A loom can be mined using any tool or by hand, but axes are the quickest. It always drops as an item.

Block	Loom
Hardness	2.5
Tool
Breaking time
Default	3.75
Wooden	1.9
Stone	0.95
Iron	0.65
Diamond	0.5
Netherite	0.45
Golden	0.35

Crafting

Ingredients	Crafting recipe
String + Any Planks

Natural generation

Looms can be found in village shepherd houses.

Usage

Applying banner patterns

Interface for the loom in Java Edition.

Interface for the loom in Bedrock Edition.

Using on a loom opens its interface. It has 3 slots for a banner, a dye and an optional banner pattern item. When a banner is put in, a list of patterns appears in the center part. 6‌ or 8 patterns require the following banner patterns: Flower Charge, Creeper Charge, Skull Charge, Thing, Snout, Globe, Field Masoned,‌ and Bordure Indented.‌ Putting a banner pattern in its respective slot makes the loom show only that pattern.

Selecting a pattern or using a banner pattern on the list shows the preview of the banner after applying, if a dye is present. To finish, the player must take the banner in the slot beneath the preview. The original banner and the dye disappear from their respective slots, but the banner pattern is not consumed.

Changing profession

If a village has a loom that has not been claimed by a villager, any villager who hasn't already chosen a job site block has a chance to change their profession to shepherd.

Fuel

A loom can be used as fuel in a furnace to smelt 1.5 items.

Note Blocks

Looms can be placed under note blocks to produce "bass" sounds.

Sounds

Generic

Java Edition:

Sound	Subtitles	Source	Description	Resource location	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	Block broken	Blocks	Once the block has broken	block.wood.break	subtitles.block.generic.break	1.0	0.8	16
	Block placed	Blocks	When the block is placed	block.wood.place	subtitles.block.generic.place	1.0	0.8	16
	Block breaking	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	block.wood.hit	subtitles.block.generic.hit	0.25	0.5	16
	None	Entity-Dependent	Falling on the block with fall damage	block.wood.fall	None	0.5	0.75	16
	Footsteps	Entity-Dependent	Walking on the block	block.wood.step	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps	0.15	1.0	16

Bedrock Edition:

Sound	Source	Description	Resource location	Volume	Pitch
	Blocks	Once the block has broken	dig.wood	1.0	0.8-1.0
	Blocks	When the block is placed	dig.wood	1.0	0.8
	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	hit.wood	0.23	0.5
	Players	Falling on the block with fall damage	fall.wood	0.4	1.0
	Players	Walking on the block	step.wood	0.3	1.0
	Players	Jumping from the block	jump.wood	0.12	1.0
	Players	Falling on the block without fall damage	land.wood	0.18	1.0

Unique

Java Edition:

Sound	Subtitles	Source	Description	Resource location	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	None	Master Volume	When a pattern is selected	ui.loom.select_pattern	None	1.0	1.0	16
	Loom used	Blocks	When a banner is taken from the result	ui.loom.take_result	subtitles.ui.loom.take_result	0.5	1.0	16
	Shepherd works	Friendly Creatures	Randomly while a shepherd is working	entity.villager.work_shepherd	subtitles.entity.villager.work_shepherd	0.5	0.8-1.2	16

Bedrock Edition:

Sound	Source	Description	Resource location	Volume	Pitch
	Blocks	Unused sound event	ui.loom.select_pattern	1.0	1.0
	Blocks	When a banner is taken from the result	ui.loom.take_result	0.65	1.0
	Blocks	Randomly while a shepherd is working	block.loom.use	0.75	1.0

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Form	Translation key
Loom	loom	Block & Item	block.minecraft.loom

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID	Form	Item ID	Translation key
Loom	loom	459	Block & Giveable Item	Identical	tile.loom.name

Block states

See also: Block states

Java Edition:

Name	Default value	Allowed values	Description
facing	north	east north south west	The direction the loom is facing. Opposite from the direction the player faces when placing a loom.

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Metadata Bits	Default value	Allowed values	Values for Metadata Bits	Description
direction	0x1 0x2	0	0 1 2 3	0 1 2 3	The direction the loom is facing. 0: South facing loom 1: West facing loom 2: North facing loom 3: East facing loom

History

Java Edition
1.14		18w43a			Added looms.
		18w48a			Looms now generate in the updated plains villages.
		18w49a			Looms now generate in the updated savanna villages and the new snowy tundra villages.
		18w50a			Looms now generate in the updated desert and taiga villages.
		19w11a			Looms now serve as shepherd villagers' job site block.
		Pre-Release 1			The top texture has flipped.
1.16		20w06a			Crimson planks and warped planks can now be used to craft looms.
1.19		22w11a			Mangrove planks can now be used to craft looms.
Bedrock Edition
1.10.0		beta 1.10.0.3			Added looms.
PlayStation 4 Edition
1.90					Added looms.

Issues

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

Gallery

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External Links

• Block of the Week: Loom – Minecraft.net on December 10, 2020