Wool

Wool is a block obtained from sheep that can be dyed in any of the sixteen different colors. It can be used as a crafting material and to block vibrations.

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.

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	Description
White Wool	String
Wool	Any Wool + Matching Dye
White Wool	Any Dyed Wool + Bleach	‌^{[Bedrock Edition and Minecraft Education 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 comes in sixteen colors, which are white, orange, magenta, light blue, yellow, lime, pink, gray, light gray, cyan, purple, blue, brown, green, red, and black. Unlike stained glass and terracotta, the white variant serves as the undyed block. Wool of any color can be re-dyed into any other color.

Wool is weak, highly flammable, and offers little resistance against explosions.

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]}

Vibration occlusion[]

Wool can be used to block vibrations from reaching nearby sculk sensors. If a wool block is placed between a sensor and a vibration source, the sensor is not able to detect vibrations behind it. Similarly, if a wool block is placed between a sensor and a sculk shrieker, the sensor is unable to alert the shrieker.

Sculk sensors are not able to detect the placing and breaking of wool, as well as entities walking, sprinting, or jumping on top of it. They are also unable to detect items dropped on wool, or wool itself dropped in item form.

Similar to sculk sensors, wardens are also unable to detect everything wool-related as listed above.

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

Ingredients	Crafting recipe
Leather + Glass + Matching 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:

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
Block placed	Blocks	When the block is placed	`block.wool.place`	`subtitles.block.generic.place`	1.0	0.8	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
None^{[sound 1]}	Entity-Dependent	Falling on the block with fall damage	`block.wool.fall`	None^{[sound 1]}	0.5	0.75	16
Footsteps	Entity-Dependent	Walking on the block	`block.wool.step`	`subtitles.block.generic.footsteps`	0.15	1.0	16

↑ ^a ^b MC-177082

Bedrock Edition:

Source	Description	Resource location	Volume	Pitch
Blocks	Once the block has broken	`dig.cloth`	1.0	0.8-1.0
Blocks	When the block is placed	`dig.cloth`	1.0	0.8-1.0
Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	`hit.cloth`	0.35	0.5
Players	Falling on the block with fall damage	`fall.cloth`	0.4	1.0
Players	Walking on the block	`step.cloth`	0.3	1.0
Players	Jumping from the block	`jump.cloth`	0.12	1.0
Players	Falling on the block without fall damage	`land.cloth`	0.18	1.0

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	Alias ID	Numeric ID	Form	Item ID^{[i 1]}	Item tags (JE)	Translation key
White Wool	`white_wool`	`wool / 0`	`35`	Block & Giveable Item^{[i 2]}	Identical^{[i 3]}	`minecraft:wool` `minecraft:vibration_damper`	`tile.wool.white.name`
Orange Wool	`orange_wool`	`wool / 1`	`-557`	Block & Giveable Item^{[i 2]}	Identical^{[i 3]}	`minecraft:wool` `minecraft:vibration_damper`	`tile.wool.orange.name`
Magenta Wool	`magenta_wool`	`wool / 2`	`-565`	Block & Giveable Item^{[i 2]}	Identical^{[i 3]}	`minecraft:wool` `minecraft:vibration_damper`	`tile.wool.magenta.name`
Light Blue Wool	`light_blue_wool`	`wool / 3`	`-562`	Block & Giveable Item^{[i 2]}	Identical^{[i 3]}	`minecraft:wool` `minecraft:vibration_damper`	`tile.wool.lightBlue.name`
Yellow Wool	`yellow_wool`	`wool / 4`	`-558`	Block & Giveable Item^{[i 2]}	Identical^{[i 3]}	`minecraft:wool` `minecraft:vibration_damper`	`tile.wool.yellow.name`
Lime Wool	`lime_wool`	`wool / 5`	`-559`	Block & Giveable Item^{[i 2]}	Identical^{[i 3]}	`minecraft:wool` `minecraft:vibration_damper`	`tile.wool.lime.name`
Pink Wool	`pink_wool`	`wool / 6`	`-566`	Block & Giveable Item^{[i 2]}	Identical^{[i 3]}	`minecraft:wool` `minecraft:vibration_damper`	`tile.wool.pink.name`
Gray Wool	`gray_wool`	`wool / 7`	`-553`	Block & Giveable Item^{[i 2]}	Identical^{[i 3]}	`minecraft:wool` `minecraft:vibration_damper`	`tile.wool.gray.name`
Light Gray Wool	`light_gray_wool`	`wool / 8`	`-552`	Block & Giveable Item^{[i 2]}	Identical^{[i 3]}	`minecraft:wool` `minecraft:vibration_damper`	`tile.wool.silver.name`
Cyan Wool	`cyan_wool`	`wool / 9`	`-561`	Block & Giveable Item^{[i 2]}	Identical^{[i 3]}	`minecraft:wool` `minecraft:vibration_damper`	`tile.wool.cyan.name`
Purple Wool	`purple_wool`	`wool / 10`	`-564`	Block & Giveable Item^{[i 2]}	Identical^{[i 3]}	`minecraft:wool` `minecraft:vibration_damper`	`tile.wool.purple.name`
Blue Wool	`blue_wool`	`wool / 11`	`-563`	Block & Giveable Item^{[i 2]}	Identical^{[i 3]}	`minecraft:wool` `minecraft:vibration_damper`	`tile.wool.blue.name`
Brown Wool	`brown_wool`	`wool / 12`	`-555`	Block & Giveable Item^{[i 2]}	Identical^{[i 3]}	`minecraft:wool` `minecraft:vibration_damper`	`tile.wool.brown.name`
Green Wool	`green_wool`	`wool / 13`	`-560`	Block & Giveable Item^{[i 2]}	Identical^{[i 3]}	`minecraft:wool` `minecraft:vibration_damper`	`tile.wool.green.name`
Red Wool	`red_wool`	`wool / 14`	`-556`	Block & Giveable Item^{[i 2]}	Identical^{[i 3]}	`minecraft:wool` `minecraft:vibration_damper`	`tile.wool.red.name`
Black Wool	`black_wool`	`wool / 15`	`-554`	Block & Giveable Item^{[i 2]}	Identical^{[i 3]}	`minecraft:wool` `minecraft:vibration_damper`	`tile.wool.black.name`

↑ ID of block's direct item form, which is used in savegame files and addons.
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p Available with /give command.
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p The block's direct item form has the same id as the block.

Achievements[]

Icon		Achievement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)	Gamerscore earned	Trophy type (PS4)
PS4	Other	Achievement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)	Gamerscore earned	Trophy type (PS4)
		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.
0.0.20a					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.
0.28					Gray and light gray cloth are now darker.
Java Edition Indev
0.31		20100201-1			Cloth can now be crafted using nine string.
20100212-1					Sheep now drop 1-3 white, gray, and light gray cloth upon being hit.
20100218					Light gray cloth can now be used to craft cloth armor.
20100223					Light gray cloth is now used to craft paintings.
20100223					Sheep now drop only light gray cloth.
Java Edition Infdev
20100624					All cloth colors have been removed, except white cloth.
20100624					Sheep now drop white cloth instead of light 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 right clicking 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, due to the fact that colored beds didn't exist yet, red is the only available color.
1.3					Wool can be used in any combination to craft the bed.
1.4					Brown and pink sheep now rarely spawn, dropping the corresponding colored wool making brown wool obtainable in the game without hacks.
1.4					Cocoa beans now generate in dungeon chests making brown wool obtainable in another way.
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.
1.7					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.
1.1		11w49a			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.
1.3.1		12w21a			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 and all type of horse armor.
1.6.1		13w18a			Wool is no longer used all type of horse armor.
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.
		17w15a			With the addition of colored beds, wool can no longer be used in any combination to craft beds, it must now be the same color.
		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 generate in shepherd houses, fletcher houses, and meeting points in plains villages.
		18w49a			Light gray wool now generates in one type of house^{[more information needed]} in the new snowy tundra villages.
		18w49a			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 as well as white wool.
		19w11a			Only 1 or 2 colors of wool are available for^[verify] 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.
1.19		Deep Dark Experimental Snapshot 1			Gray wool now generates as part of ancient city structures.
1.19		22w13a			Blue, light blue and cyan wool now generate as part of ancient city structures.
1.20		23w18a			Jumping or landing on the edge of wool no longer creates a vibration.^[1]
1.20		Pre-release 1			Wool of any color can now be dyed into any other color.
1.21.6		25w15a			Wool can be used to craft Harnesses
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.
v0.2.0					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 1			The saturation of wool has been tweaked, making wool blocks slightly darker than before.
v0.8.0		build 4			Red wool can now be used to craft red carpets.
v0.9.0		build 1			Black wool now naturally spawns in villages.
v0.9.0		build 1			The remaining carpet colors can now be crafted using wool.
v0.9.3					Wool now has smooth lighting.
v0.11.0		build 1			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.
1.2.0		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.
		beta 1.11.0.4			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.
Wild Update (Experimental)		beta 1.18.30.22			Wool can now be used to block vibrations from sculk sensors.
1.21.80		Preview 1.21.80.25			Wool can be used to craft Harnesses
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.

A zombie holding a piece of wool.^[2]
All classic wool colors.
The four iterations of the wool block.
A tunnel of wool.
Wool receding into the distance.

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 Infdev
Minecraft Infdev	20100624	All cloth blocks have been removed except the block with ID 35, which now has been changed to be white wool. The remaining IDs eventually became populated with newer blocks in later versions; for a full list, refer to Java Edition removed blocks.
Java Edition
1.13	17w47a	The different block states for the `wool` ID have now been split up into their own IDs.
1.13	17w47a	Prior to The Flattening, this block's numeral ID was 35.
Bedrock Edition
1.19.70	beta 1.19.70.20	The different block states for the `wool` ID have now been split up into their own IDs.