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.
Contents
Obtaining[]
Breaking[]
Wool can be broken using any tool, but shears are the fastest tool to use.
Block | Wool | |
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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 |
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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] |
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 | ||
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[]
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[sound 1] | Blocks | Falling on the block with fall damage | block.wool.fall | None[sound 1] | 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 |
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[]
Name | Identifier | Form | Block tags | Item tags | Translation key |
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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 |
Name | Identifier | Numeric ID | Form | Item ID[i 1] | Translation key |
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Wool | wool | 35 | Block & Giveable Item[i 2] | Identical[i 3] | 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[]
In Bedrock Edition, wool use the following block states:
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 | |||||
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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 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ||||
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. | ||||
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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 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ||||
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 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ||||
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 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ||||
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 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ||||
v0.1.0 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ||||
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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 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | |||
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 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ||||
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 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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TU9 | Sheep can now regrow their wool by eating grass or tall grass. | ||||
TU53 | CU43 | 1.49 | Patch 23 | 1.0.3 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
New Nintendo 3DS Edition | |||||
0.1.0 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
The four iterations of the wool block.
Data history[]
Java Edition Classic | |||||
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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.
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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[]
A pile of wool generated in a woodland mansion.
Naturally occurring wool with torches on it.
Wool in Zombie's hand