Loom

Loom

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

A loom is used to apply patterns on banners. It is also used as a shepherd's job site block that is found in villages.

Obtaining

A loom can be mined and obtained with or without any tool, 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, using a white banner and black dye.

Using on a loom opens its GUI. 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^{[Java Edition only]} or 8 patterns require the following banner patterns: Flower Charge, Creeper Charge, Skull Charge, Thing, Snout, Globe, Field Masoned,‌^{[Bedrock Edition only]} and Bordure Indented.‌^{[Bedrock Edition only]} 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" sound.

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
	None	Blocks	Falling on the block with fall damage	block.wood.fall	None	0.5	0.75	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
	Block placed	Blocks	When the block is placed	block.wood.place	subtitles.block.generic.place	1.0	0.8	16
	Footsteps	Blocks	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
?	Blocks	Falling on the block with fall damage	fall.wood	0.4	1.0
?	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	hit.wood	0.23	0.5
?	Blocks	Jumping from the block	jump.wood	0.12	1.0
?	Blocks	Falling on the block without fall damage	land.wood	0.18	1.0
?	Blocks	Walking on the block	step.wood	0.3	1.0
?	Blocks	When the block is placed	use.wood	1.0	0.8

Unique

Java Edition:

Sound	Subtitles	Source	Description	Resource location	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	Select pattern	?	Plays when selecting pattern	block.loom.select pattern	subtitles.block.loom.select pattern	?	?	16

Sound	Subtitles	Source	Description	Resource location	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	Shepherd works	?	Plays when shepherd works	entity.villager.work_loom	subtitles.entity.villager.work_loom	?	?	16

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.
Bedrock Edition
1.10.0		beta 1.10.0.3			Added looms.
PlayStation 4 Edition
1.90					Added looms.

Issues

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