Wool

This article is about decorative block. For rainbow type of wool exclusive in Minecraft Earth, see Rainbow Wool.

Wool

Renewable	Yes
Stackable	Yes (64), same color only
Tool
Blast resistance	0.8
Hardness	0.8
Luminant	No
Transparent	No
Flammable	Yes (30)
Catches fire from lava	Yes

Wool is a block obtained from sheep that can be dyed in any of the 16 different colors, which are white, orange, magenta, light blue, yellow, lime, pink, gray, light gray, cyan, purple, blue, brown, green, red, and black. Unlike blocks such as terracotta, there is no undyed wool variant.

Obtaining

Breaking

Wool can be broken using any tool, but shears are the fastest tool to use.

Block	Wool
Hardness	0.8
Breaking time (secs)
Default	1.2
Shears	0.25

Natural generation

Woodland Mansion

All wool colors (except magenta, light blue‌^{[BE only]}, pink, and purple) generate naturally as part of structures within woodland mansions.

Village

White and yellow wool generate in shepherd houses, fletcher houses, and meeting points in plains villages.

A block of light gray wool generates under the door in one type of small house in snowy tundra villages.

Pillager outpost

White wool generates as tents outside pillager outposts.

Ancient city

Gray wool appears on some walls and on the floors of long corridors at the corners of an ancient city. The wool damps vibrations, preventing activation of nearby sculk blocks. Ancient cities can also generate blue, cyan, and light blue wool.‌^{[upcoming: JE 1.19]}

Mob loot

Using shears on an adult sheep yields 1-3 wool. If unshorn, sheep drop 1 wool upon death. The wool dropped is the same color as the sheep. The drop rates are not affected by the Fortune or Looting enchantments. Baby sheep cannot be sheared.

White, light gray, gray, black, brown, and (rarely) pink wool can be found naturally on sheep. Getting a sheep of a different color requires dyeing the sheep.

Chest loot

Item	Structure	Container	Quantity	Chance
Java Edition
Black Wool	Village	Shepherd's chest	1–3	33%
Bedrock Edition
Black Wool	Village	Shepherd's chest	1–3	33%

Item	Structure	Container	Quantity	Chance
Java Edition
White Wool	Village	Shepherd's chest	1–8	55.8%
Bedrock Edition
White Wool	Village	Shepherd's chest	1–8	55.8%

Item	Structure	Container	Quantity	Chance
Java Edition
Gray Wool	Village	Shepherd's chest	1–3	23.3%
Bedrock Edition
Gray Wool	Village	Shepherd's chest	1–3	23.3%

Item	Structure	Container	Quantity	Chance
Java Edition
Light Gray Wool	Village	Shepherd's chest	1–3	23.3%
Bedrock Edition
Light Gray Wool	Village	Shepherd's chest	1–3	23.3%

Item	Structure	Container	Quantity	Chance
Java Edition
Brown Wool	Village	Shepherd's chest	1–3	23.3%
Bedrock Edition
Brown Wool	Village	Shepherd's chest	1–3	23.3%

Crafting

Name	Ingredients	Crafting recipe	Description
White Wool	String
Dyed Wool	White Wool + Matching Colored Dye		‌[Java Edition only]
Wool	Any Wool + Matching Dye		‌[Bedrock and Education editions only]
White Wool	Any Dyed Wool + Bleach		‌[Bedrock and Education editions only]

Ingredients	Crafting recipe	Description
Any Wool + Bone Meal or Lapis Lazuli or Cocoa Beans or Ink Sac		‌[Bedrock and Education editions only]

Trading

In Bedrock Edition, apprentice-level shepherd villagers have a 50% chance to sell one colored wool for an emerald, giving each wool color a ¹⁄₃₂ (3.125%) chance of being offered.

In Java Edition, apprentice-level shepherd villagers have a ²⁄₇ chance of selling one or two colored wool for an emerald, giving each wool color a ¹⁄₅₆ (roughly 1.786%) chance of being offered.

Villager gifts

in Java Edition, a shepherd villager may throw a block of wool of random color at a player under the Hero of the Village effect.

Usage

Wool blocks are weak, highly flammable, and offer little resistance against explosions. Their primary usage is as a decorative block.

Trading

Novice-level Shepherd villagers offer to buy 18 wool for an emerald, with the color being sold chosen randomly from white, gray, brown, or black.

The villager has a ³⁄₄ chance of offering the trade again with a different color.‌^{[JE only]}

Sculk sensors

Wool can be used to block vibrations from nearby sculk sensors.

Note blocks

Wool blocks can be placed under note blocks to produce guitar sounds.‌

Crafting ingredient

Any color of wool or wood can be used for paintings but it has no effect on the product's final appearance.

Name	Ingredients	Crafting recipe	Description
Banner	Matching Wool + Stick		Once the banner is crafted, its base color cannot be changed.‌[Java Edition only]
Bed	Matching Wool + Any Planks		The wool color must match. The planks can be different.
Carpet	Matching Wool	3333333333333333
Painting	Stick + Any Wool

Fuel

In Java Edition, wool can be used as fuel in furnaces and their variants, smelting 0.5 items per wool block.

Sounds

Java Edition:

Sound	Subtitles	Source	Description	Resource location	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	Block broken	Blocks	Once the block has broken	block.wool.break	subtitles.block.generic.break	1.0	0.8	16
	None	Blocks	Falling on the block with fall damage	block.wool.fall	None	0.5	0.75	16
	Block breaking	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	block.wool.hit	subtitles.block.generic.hit	0.25	0.5	16
	Block placed	Blocks	When the block is placed	block.wool.place	subtitles.block.generic.place	1.0	0.8	16
	Footsteps	Blocks	Walking on the block	block.wool.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.cloth	1.0	0.8
?	Blocks	Falling on the block with fall damage	fall.cloth	0.4	1.0
?	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	hit.cloth	0.35	0.5
?	Blocks	Jumping from the block	jump.cloth	0.12	1.0
?	Blocks	Falling on the block without fall damage	land.cloth	0.18	1.0
?	Blocks	Walking on the block	step.cloth	0.3	1.0
?	Blocks	When the block is placed	dig.cloth	1.0	0.8

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Form	Block tags	Item tags	Translation key
White Wool	white_wool	Block & Item	wool occludes_vibration_signals	wool occludes_vibration_signals	block.minecraft.white_wool
Orange Wool	orange_wool	Block & Item	wool occludes_vibration_signals	wool occludes_vibration_signals	block.minecraft.orange_wool
Magenta Wool	magenta_wool	Block & Item	wool occludes_vibration_signals	wool occludes_vibration_signals	block.minecraft.magenta_wool
Light Blue Wool	light_blue_wool	Block & Item	wool occludes_vibration_signals	wool occludes_vibration_signals	block.minecraft.light_blue_wool
Yellow Wool	yellow_wool	Block & Item	wool occludes_vibration_signals	wool occludes_vibration_signals	block.minecraft.yellow_wool
Lime Wool	lime_wool	Block & Item	wool occludes_vibration_signals	wool occludes_vibration_signals	block.minecraft.lime_wool
Pink Wool	pink_wool	Block & Item	wool occludes_vibration_signals	wool occludes_vibration_signals	block.minecraft.pink_wool
Gray Wool	gray_wool	Block & Item	wool occludes_vibration_signals	wool occludes_vibration_signals	block.minecraft.gray_wool
Light Gray Wool	light_gray_wool	Block & Item	wool occludes_vibration_signals	wool occludes_vibration_signals	block.minecraft.light_gray_wool
Cyan Wool	cyan_wool	Block & Item	wool occludes_vibration_signals	wool occludes_vibration_signals	block.minecraft.cyan_wool
Purple Wool	purple_wool	Block & Item	wool occludes_vibration_signals	wool occludes_vibration_signals	block.minecraft.purple_wool
Blue Wool	blue_wool	Block & Item	wool occludes_vibration_signals	wool occludes_vibration_signals	block.minecraft.blue_wool
Brown Wool	brown_wool	Block & Item	wool occludes_vibration_signals	wool occludes_vibration_signals	block.minecraft.brown_wool
Green Wool	green_wool	Block & Item	wool occludes_vibration_signals	wool occludes_vibration_signals	block.minecraft.green_wool
Red Wool	red_wool	Block & Item	wool occludes_vibration_signals	wool occludes_vibration_signals	block.minecraft.red_wool
Black Wool	black_wool	Block & Item	wool occludes_vibration_signals	wool occludes_vibration_signals	block.minecraft.black_wool

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID	Form	Item ID	Translation key
Wool	wool	35	Block & Giveable Item	Identical	tile.wool.black.name tile.wool.red.name tile.wool.green.name tile.wool.brown.name tile.wool.blue.name tile.wool.cyan.name tile.wool.silver.name tile.wool.gray.name tile.wool.pink.name tile.wool.lime.name tile.wool.yellow.name tile.wool.lightBlue.name tile.wool.magenta.name tile.wool.orange.name tile.wool.white.name

Block states

See also: Block states

In Bedrock Edition, wool use the following block states:

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Metadata Bits	Default value	Allowed values	Values for Metadata Bits	Description
color	0x1 0x2 0x4 0x8	white	white	0
			orange	1
			magenta	2
			light_blue	3
			yellow	4
			lime	5
			pink	6
			gray	7
			silver	8
			cyan	9
			purple	10
			blue	11
			brown	12
			green	13
			red	14
			black	15

Achievements

Icon		Achievement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)	Gamerscore earned	Trophy type (PS4)
PS4	Other platforms
		Rainbow Collection	Gather all 16 colors of wool.	All the colors of wool do not have to be in the inventory at the same time, but must have been picked up by the player at least once.	30G	Silver

History

Java Edition Classic
May 21, 2009					Notch shows interest in adding multiple colors of cloth.
June 12, 2009					Notch responds to a player request regarding colored blocks.
0.0.20a					Added cloth in 16 different colors.
					Cloth has white, light gray, gray, 12 colors from the hue cycle, with an additional purple.
0.0.22a					Added sounds. Cloth uses grass sounds for breaking and footsteps.
0.28					Added sheep, which drop white cloth.
					Gray cloth is now darker.
Java Edition Indev
0.31		20100201-1			Cloth can now be crafted using nine string.
20100212-1					Sheep now drop white, gray, and light gray cloth.
20100218					Cloth can now be used to craft cloth armor.
20100223					Cloth is now used to craft paintings.
					Sheep now drop only gray cloth.
Java Edition Infdev
20100624					All cloth colors have been removed, except white cloth.
					Sheep now drop white cloth instead of gray.
Java Edition Alpha
v1.0.8					The crafting recipe of cloth/leather armor has been changed from cloth to leather.
Java Edition Beta
1.0					Cloth is now called "wool", shown in the newly-introduced item tooltips.
1.2					Re-added colored wool with a new spectrum.
					Added 16 dyes; white sheep can now be dyed by using on them while holding any dye.
					Light gray, gray, and black sheep now rarely spawn, dropping the corresponding colored wool.
					Brown wool is currently impossible to obtain in the game without inventory editing.
1.3					Wool is now used to craft red beds.
1.4					Brown and pink sheep now rarely spawn, dropping the corresponding colored wool making brown wool obtainable in the game without hacks.
1.6.6					The crafting recipe of wool has been changed, reducing the amount of string required from 9 to 4 pieces.
1.7					Added shears, to shear sheep without hurting them, dropping 2-4 wool.
					Sheep no longer drop wool when hit, albeit they drop one wool when being killed when they are unsheared.
1.8		Pre-release			Villages now generate with lamp posts containing black wool.
Java Edition
1.1		11w49a			Sheep now graze grass blocks and eat grass to regain their wool, keeping the color they had before shearing.
					As a counterbalance, shearing sheep now yields 1-3 wool instead of 2-4.
1.2.4					The saturation of wool has been tweaked, making wool blocks slightly darker than before.
1.3.1		12w21a			54 orange wool and 1 blue wool now naturally generate as part of desert temples.
					Wool of any color can now be sold to farmer villagers, at 14–21 wool for 1 emerald.
1.6.1		13w16a			Wool is now used to craft carpets.
1.8		14w02a			Trading has been changed: shepherd villagers now buy 16–22 white wool for 1 emerald. They also sell 1 wool for 1–2 emeralds, 1 offer for each color. Farmer villagers no longer trade wool.
		14w03a			Desert temples now generate with stained clay instead of wool.
		14w30a			Wool is now used to craft banners.
1.11		16w33a			Wool can now be used to fuel furnaces.
		16w39a			Various wool colors now generate within structures inside woodland mansions.
		16w44a			White wool is now called "White Wool" rather than just "Wool".
1.12		January 23, 2017			Jeb tweets a preview of changes to the wool color palette, adding that "the texture itself may need work."
		January 27, 2017			Jeb tweets another screenshot of further changes to the wool colors, alongside the new concrete blocks. "The noise needs some tweaking," he adds.
		17w06a			The color spectrum has been changed for a second time, resulting in new textures for all wool and wool-related items.
		17w17a			Wool can now be used to play the guitar, if they are under note blocks.
1.14		18w47a			White wool now generates as woolen tents outside the new pillager outposts.
		18w48a			White and yellow wool now generates in shepherd houses, fletcher houses, and meeting points in plains villages.
		18w49a			Light gray wool now generates in one type of house in the new snowy tundra villages.
					Black, white, gray, light gray and brown wool can now be found in chests in village shepherd houses.
		19w11a			Shepherd villagers now buy black, brown and gray wool besides white wool.
					Now only 1 or 2 colors of wool is available for each shepherd villager, instead of all 16 colors.
		19w13a			Shepherd villagers now give wool to players under the Hero of the Village effect.
1.17		20w49a			Wool can now be used to block vibrations from sculk sensors.
Upcoming Java Edition
1.19		Deep Dark Experimental Snapshot 1			Grey wool now generate as part of ancient city.
		22w13a			Blue, light blue and cyan now generate as part of ancient city.
Pocket Edition Alpha
Pre-release					Added wool in the 16 different colors. White wool is unobtainable.
v0.1.0					The inventory icons for wool have been changed to textures of blocks renders.
					Second item of black wool with id 35 can be obtained using third-party software. It's identical to the first item but has a separate texture of the inventory icon.[more information needed]
					Black, orange, and magenta wool removed from inventory, making them unobtainable.
v0.2.0					Added sheep, which drop light gray wool. Dropped light gray wool cannot be picked up as there is an infinite amount of it available in inventory.
					Black wool is once again available in the inventory.
v0.2.1					Sheep now drop white wool. Dropped white wool is removed when picked up as it is not available in inventory.
v0.3.0					Added empty slots to inventory in which white wool can be picked up, making white wool available for the first time in survival mode.
					Orange and magenta wool are once again available in the creative inventory.
					Survival players no longer start out with an infinite amount of the previously available wool colors in the inventory.
v0.4.0					White wool is now available in the creative inventory.
					A crafting recipe for wool has been added.
					Wool is now used to craft beds.
v0.5.0					Wool is now used to craft paintings.
v0.8.0		build 2			The saturation of wool has been tweaked, making wool blocks slightly darker than before.
					Red wool can now be used to craft red carpets.
v0.9.0		build 1			Black wool now naturally spawns in villages.
					The remaining carpet colors can now be crafted using wool.
v0.9.3					Wool now has smooth lighting.
?					Renamed Blue Light Wool to Light Blue Wool
Pocket Edition
1.0.4		alpha 1.0.4.0			Shepherd villagers now buy 16–22 white wool for 1 emerald. They also sell 1 wool for 1–2 emeralds, 1 offer for each color.
1.1.0		January 27, 2017			Jeb tweets a picture of new wool textures beside the concrete blocks mentioning that they are a work in progress for Pocket Edition 1.1.
		alpha 1.1.0.0			The color spectrum has been changed, resulting in new textures for all wool and wool-related items.
					Added beds in 16 colors. As a result, the wool has to match in order for the bed to be crafted.
					Various wool colors now generate within structures inside woodland mansions.
Bedrock Edition
1.2.0		beta 1.2.0.2			Wool can now used to craft banners.
		beta 1.2.0.7			Any color of wool can now be dyed.
1.4.0		beta 1.2.20.1			Bleach can now be used to make colored wool turn into white wool.
1.9.0		beta 1.9.0.0			Regular "Wool" has been renamed to "White Wool".
1.10.0		beta 1.10.0.3			Wool now generates in plains villages and pillager outpost tents.
1.11.0		beta 1.11.0.1			Wool can now be found in village shepherd chests.
		beta 1.11.0.4			Trading has been changed, shepherd villagers now have a 1⁄32 (3.125%) chance to sell one of 16 colored wool for an emerald.
					Shepherd villagers now have a 25% chance to buy 18 white wool for an emerald, a 25% chance to buy 18 gray wool for an emerald, a 25% chance to buy 18 black wool for an emerald, and a 25% chance to buy 18 brown wool for an emerald as part of their first tier trades.
1.13.0		beta 1.13.0.9			Wool can now be used to play the guitar, if they are under note blocks.
Upcoming Bedrock Edition
Wild Update (experimental)		beta 1.18.30.22			Wool can now be used to block vibrations from sculk sensors.
Legacy Console Edition
TU1	CU1	1.0	Patch 1	1.0.1	Added wool.
?					Dyed wool textures have been updated.
TU9					Sheep can now regrow their wool by eating grass or tall grass.
TU53	CU43	1.49	Patch 23	1.0.3	The color spectrum has been changed, resulting in new textures for all wool and wool-related items.
New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0					Added wool.

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  A list of data values for cloths in Infdev

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  A zombie holding a piece of wool.

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  The four iterations of the wool block.

Data history

Java Edition Classic
0.0.20a					The IDs for cloth blocks were 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35 and 36 respectively.
Java Edition
1.13		17w47a			The different block states for the wool ID have been split up into their own IDs.
					Prior to The Flattening, this block's numeral ID was 35.

Issues

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

Trivia

• In Bedrock Edition, the data values for wool and their respective dyes are the inverse of each other. This is also true for stained glass, terracotta, shulker boxes, beds, banners, concrete powder, and concrete.

Gallery

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  A pile of wool generated in a woodland mansion.

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  Naturally occurring wool with torches on it.

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  Wool in Zombie's hand

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  Hi-text from Cyan, Purple and Red Wool.