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

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 certain blocks such as terracotta, there exists no undyed wool variant (even the white wool doesn't count as an 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

All wool colors (except magenta, pink, and purple) generate naturally as part of structures within woodland mansions.

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

White wool generates as the roof of tents in pillager outposts.

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 Edition and Minecraft Education only]
White Wool Any Dyed Wool +
Bleach


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


[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 132 (3.125%) chance of being offered.

In Java Edition, apprentice-level Shepherd villagers have a 27 chance of selling one or two colored wool for an emerald, giving each wool color a 156 (roughly 1.786%) chance of being offered.

Usage

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

Trades

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 34 chance of offering the trade again with a different color.‌[JE only]

Sculk Sensors

Crafting Table
This article describes content that may be included in a future update. 
This content has appeared in development versions, but the full update containing it has not been released yet.

Wool can be used to block vibrations nearby sculk sensor.[more information needed]

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

Java Edition:

SoundSubtitlesSourceDescriptionResource locationTranslation keyVolumePitchAttenuation
distance
Block brokenBlocksOnce the block has brokenblock.wool.breaksubtitles.block.generic.break1.00.816
Block placedBlocksWhen the block is placedblock.wool.placesubtitles.block.generic.place1.00.816
Block breakingBlocksWhile the block is in the process of being brokenblock.wool.hitsubtitles.block.generic.hit0.250.516
None[sound 1]Entity-DependentFalling on the block with fall damageblock.wool.fallNone[sound 1]0.50.7516
FootstepsEntity-DependentWalking on the blockblock.wool.stepsubtitles.block.generic.footsteps0.151.016
  1. a b MC-177082

Bedrock Edition:

SoundSourceDescriptionResource locationVolumePitch
BlocksOnce the block has brokendig.cloth1.00.8-1.0
BlocksWhen the block is placeddig.cloth1.00.8-1.0
BlocksWhile the block is in the process of being brokenhit.cloth0.350.5
PlayersFalling on the block with fall damagefall.cloth0.41.0
PlayersWalking on the blockstep.cloth0.31.0
PlayersJumping from the blockjump.cloth0.121.0
PlayersFalling on the block without fall damageland.cloth0.181.0

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

NameIdentifierBlock tags (JE)Item tags (JE)Translation key
White Woolwhite_woolwoolwoolblock.minecraft.white_wool
Orange Woolorange_woolwoolwoolblock.minecraft.orange_wool
Magenta Woolmagenta_woolwoolwoolblock.minecraft.magenta_wool
Light Blue Woollight_blue_woolwoolwoolblock.minecraft.light_blue_wool
Yellow Woolyellow_woolwoolwoolblock.minecraft.yellow_wool
Lime Woollime_woolwoolwoolblock.minecraft.lime_wool
Pink Woolpink_woolwoolwoolblock.minecraft.pink_wool
Gray Woolgray_woolwoolwoolblock.minecraft.gray_wool
Light Gray Woollight_gray_woolwoolwoolblock.minecraft.light_gray_wool
Cyan Woolcyan_woolwoolwoolblock.minecraft.cyan_wool
Purple Woolpurple_woolwoolwoolblock.minecraft.purple_wool
Blue Woolblue_woolwoolwoolblock.minecraft.blue_wool
Brown Woolbrown_woolwoolwoolblock.minecraft.brown_wool
Green Woolgreen_woolwoolwoolblock.minecraft.green_wool
Red Woolred_woolwoolwoolblock.minecraft.red_wool
Black Woolblack_woolwoolwoolblock.minecraft.black_wool

Bedrock Edition:

NameIdentifierNumeric ID Translation key
Woolwool35tile.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 data

In Bedrock Edition, wool uses the following data values:

Data value Description Color Code[note 1]
Dec Hex old new
0 0x0 White wool
 #DDDDDD

 #E9ECEC
1 0x1 Orange wool
 #DB7D3E

 #F07613
2 0x2 Magenta wool
 #B350BC

 #BD44B3
3 0x3 Light blue wool
 #6B8AC9

 #3AAFD9
4 0x4 Yellow wool
 #B1A627

 #F8C627
5 0x5 Lime wool
 #41AE38

 #70B919
6 0x6 Pink wool
 #D08499

 #ED8DAC
7 0x7 Gray wool
 #404040

 #3E4447
8 0x8 Light gray wool
 #9AA1A1

 #8E8E86
9 0x9 Cyan wool
 #2E6E89

 #158991
10 0xA Purple wool
 #7E3DB5

 #792AAC
11 0xB Blue wool
 #2E388D

 #35399D
12 0xC Brown wool
 #4F321F

 #724728
13 0xD Green wool
 #35461B

 #546D1B
14 0xE Red wool
 #963430

 #A12722
15 0xF Black wool
 #191616

 #141519
  1. Wool has a mottled pattern. These are the average RGB color values for the default texture.

Block states

See also: Block states

In Bedrock Edition, wool use the following block states:

Wool/BS

Achievements

Icon Achievement In-game description Actual requirements (if different) Gamerscore earned Trophy type (PS4)
PS4 Other
Rainbow CollectionGather 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.30GSilver

History

classic
May 21, 2009Notch shows interest in adding multiple colors of cloth.
0.0.20aWhite Cloth Light Gray Cloth JE1 Dark Gray Cloth JE1 Red Cloth Orange Cloth Yellow Cloth Chartreuse Cloth Green Cloth Spring Green Cloth Cyan Cloth Capri Cloth Ultramarine Cloth Violet Cloth Purple Cloth Magenta Cloth Rose Cloth Added cloth in 16 different colors, very likely based on Paint.NET's default color scheme.
Cloth has white, light gray, gray, 12 colors from the hue cycle, with an additional purple.
They used the breaking sounds of grass.
0.28Added sheep, which drop white cloth.
Light Gray Cloth Dark Gray Cloth Gray cloth is now darker.[verify]
indev
0.3120100201-1Cloth can now be crafted using nine string.
20100212-1Sheep now drop white, gray, and light gray cloth.
20100218Cloth can now be used to craft armor.
20100223Cloth is now used to craft paintings.
Sheep now drop only gray cloth.
infdev
20100624All cloth colors have now been removed, except white cloth.
Sheep now drop white cloth instead of gray.
alpha
v1.0.8The crafting recipe of cloth/leather armor has now been changed from cloth to leather.
beta
1.0Cloth is now called "wool", shown in the newly-introduced item tooltips.
1.2Light Gray Wool JE1 BE1 Gray Wool JE1 BE1 Black Wool JE1 BE1 Brown Wool JE1 BE1 Red Wool JE1 BE1 Orange Wool JE1 BE1 Yellow Wool JE1 BE1 Lime Wool JE1 BE1 Green Wool JE1 BE1 Cyan Wool JE1 BE1 Light Blue Wool JE1 BE1 Blue Wool JE1 BE1 Purple Wool JE1 BE1 Magenta Wool JE1 BE1 Pink Wool JE1 BE1 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 obtain in the game without hacks.
1.3Wool is now used to craft beds.
1.4Brown and pink sheep now rarely spawn, dropping the corresponding colored wool making brown wool obtainable in the game without hacks.
1.6.6The crafting recipe of wool has now been changed, reducing the amount of string required from 9 to 4 pieces.
1.7Added 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.
1.8Pre-releaseVillages now generate with lamp posts containing black wool.
Java Edition
1.111w49aSheep 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.
1.2.4Light Gray Wool JE2 BE2 Gray Wool JE2 BE2 Black Wool JE2 BE2 Brown Wool JE2 BE2 Red Wool JE2 BE2 Orange Wool JE2 BE2 Yellow Wool JE2 BE2 Lime Wool JE2 BE2 Green Wool JE2 BE2 Cyan Wool JE2 BE2 Light Blue Wool JE2 BE2 Blue Wool JE2 BE2 Purple Wool JE2 BE2 Magenta Wool JE2 BE2 Pink Wool JE2 BE2 The saturation of wool has now been tweaked, making wool blocks slightly darker than before.
1.3.112w21a54 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.
1.6.113w16aWool is now used to craft carpets.
1.814w02aTrading has now 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.
14w03aDesert temples now generate with stained clay instead of wool.
14w30aWool is now used to craft banners.
1.1116w33aWool can now be used to fuel furnaces.
16w39aVarious wool colors now generate within structures inside woodland mansions.
16w44aWhite wool is now called "White Wool" rather than just "Wool".
1.12January 23, 2017Jeb tweets a preview of changes to the wool color palette, adding that "the texture itself may need work."
January 27, 2017Jeb tweets another screenshot of further changes to the wool colors, alongside the new concrete blocks. "The noise needs some tweaking," he adds.
17w06aWhite Wool JE2 BE2 Light Gray Wool JE3 BE3 Gray Wool JE3 BE3 Black Wool JE3 BE3 Brown Wool JE3 BE3 Red Wool JE3 BE3 Orange Wool JE3 BE3 Yellow Wool JE3 BE3 Lime Wool JE3 BE3 Green Wool JE3 BE3 Cyan Wool JE3 BE3 Light Blue Wool JE3 BE3 Blue Wool JE3 BE3 Purple Wool JE3 BE3 Magenta Wool JE3 BE3 Pink Wool JE3 BE3 The color spectrum has been changed for a second time, resulting in new textures for all wool and wool-related items.
17w17aWool can now be used to play the guitar, if they are under note blocks.
1.1317w47aThe 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.
1.1418w47aWhite wool can now generate as woolen tents in pillager outposts.[verify]
18w48aWhite and yellow wool can now generate in shepherd houses, fletcher houses, and meeting points in plains villages.[verify]
White, black, gray, light gray and brown wool can now generate in shepherd's chests in plains villages.[verify]
Upcoming Java Edition
1.1720w49aWool can now be used to block vibrations from sculk sensors.
Pocket Edition Alpha
Pre-releaseWhite Wool JE1 BE1 Light Gray Wool JE1 BE1 Gray Wool JE1 BE1 Black Wool JE1 BE1 Brown Wool JE1 BE1 Red Wool JE1 BE1 Orange Wool JE1 BE1 Yellow Wool JE1 BE1 Lime Wool JE1 BE1 Green Wool JE1 BE1 Cyan Wool JE1 BE1 Light Blue Wool JE1 BE1 Blue Wool JE1 BE1 Purple Wool JE1 BE1 Magenta Wool JE1 BE1 Pink Wool JE1 BE1
White Wool (texture) JE1 BE1 Light Gray Wool (texture) JE1 BE1 Gray Wool (texture) JE1 BE1 Black Wool (texture) JE1 BE1 Brown Wool (texture) JE1 BE1 Red Wool (texture) JE1 BE1 Orange Wool (texture) JE1 BE1 Yellow Wool (texture) JE1 BE1 Lime Wool (texture) JE1 BE1 Green Wool (texture) JE1 BE1 Cyan Wool (texture) JE1 BE1 Light Blue Wool (texture) JE1 BE1 Blue Wool (texture) JE1 BE1 Purple Wool (texture) JE1 BE1 Magenta Wool (texture) JE1 BE1 Pink Wool (texture) JE1 BE1 Added wool in the 16 different colors. White wool is unobtainable.
0.1.0White Wool (inventory) BE1 Light Gray Wool (inventory) BE1 Gray Wool (inventory) BE1 Black Wool (inventory) BE1 Brown Wool (inventory) BE1 Red Wool (inventory) BE1 Orange Wool (inventory) BE1 Yellow Wool (inventory) BE1 Lime Wool (inventory) BE1 Green Wool (inventory) BE1 Cyan Wool (inventory) BE1 Light Blue Wool (inventory) BE1 Blue Wool (inventory) BE1 Purple Wool (inventory) BE1 Magenta Wool (inventory) BE1 Pink Wool (inventory) BE1 The inventory icons for wool have been changed to textures of blocks renders.
Black Wool 2 (inventory) BE1 Second item of black wool with id 35 be obtained using third-party software. It's indetical to first item but has separate texture of inventory icon.
Black, orange, and magenta wool removed from inventory, making them unobtainable.
0.2.0Added 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.
0.2.1Sheep now drop white wool. Dropped white wool is removed when picked up as it is not available in inventory.
0.3.0Added empty slots to inventory in which white wool can be picked up making white wool available for the first time in surviavl mode.
0.4.0White wool is now available in the creative inventory.
A crafting recipe for wool has now been added.
Wool is now used to craft beds.
0.5.0Wool is now used to craft paintings.
0.8.0build 2Light Gray Wool JE2 BE2 Gray Wool JE2 BE2 Black Wool JE2 BE2 Brown Wool JE2 BE2 Red Wool JE2 BE2 Orange Wool JE2 BE2 Yellow Wool JE2 BE2 Lime Wool JE2 BE2 Green Wool JE2 BE2 Cyan Wool JE2 BE2 Light Blue Wool JE2 BE2 Blue Wool JE2 BE2 Purple Wool JE2 BE2 Magenta Wool JE2 BE2 Pink Wool JE2 BE2 The saturation of wool has now been tweaked, making wool blocks slightly darker than before.
Red wool can now be used to craft red carpets.
0.9.0build 1Black wool now naturally spawns in villages.
The remaining carpet colors can now be crafted using wool.
0.9.3Wool now has smooth lighting.
Pocket Edition
1.0.4alpha 1.0.4.0Shepherd villagers now buy 16–22 white wool for 1 emerald. They also sell 1 wool for 1–2 emeralds, 1 offer for each color.
1.1.0January 27, 2017Jeb 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 1.1.0.0White Wool JE2 BE2 Light Gray Wool JE3 BE3 Gray Wool JE3 BE3 Black Wool JE3 BE3 Brown Wool JE3 BE3 Red Wool JE3 BE3 Orange Wool JE3 BE3 Yellow Wool JE3 BE3 Lime Wool JE3 BE3 Green Wool JE3 BE3 Cyan Wool JE3 BE3 Light Blue Wool JE3 BE3 Blue Wool JE3 BE3 Purple Wool JE3 BE3 Magenta Wool JE3 BE3 Pink Wool JE3 BE3 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
1.2.0beta 1.2.0.2Wool can now used to craft banners.
beta 1.2.0.7Any color of wool can now be dyed.
1.4.0beta 1.2.20.1Bleach can now be used to make colored wool turn into white wool.
1.9.0beta 1.9.0.0Regular "Wool" has now been renamed to "White Wool".
1.10.0beta 1.10.0.3Wool now generates in plains villages and pillager outpost tents.
1.11.0beta 1.11.0.1Wool can now be found in village shepherd chests.
beta 1.11.0.4Trading has now been changed, shepherd villagers now have a 132 (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.
1.13.0beta 1.13.0.9Wool can now be used to play the guitar, if they are under note blocks.
Legacy Console Edition
TU1CU1 1.0 Patch 11.0.1White Wool JE1 BE1 Light Gray Wool JE1 BE1 Gray Wool JE1 BE1 Black Wool JE1 BE1 Brown Wool JE1 BE1 Red Wool JE1 BE1 Orange Wool JE1 BE1 Yellow Wool JE1 BE1 Lime Wool JE1 BE1 Green Wool JE1 BE1 Cyan Wool JE1 BE1 Light Blue Wool JE1 BE1 Blue Wool JE1 BE1 Purple Wool JE1 BE1 Magenta Wool JE1 BE1 Pink Wool JE1 BE1 Added wool.
TU9Sheep can now regrow their wool by eating grass or tall grass.
TU53CU43 1.49 Patch 231.0.3White Wool JE2 BE2 Light Gray Wool JE3 BE3 Gray Wool JE3 BE3 Black Wool JE3 BE3 Brown Wool JE3 BE3 Red Wool JE3 BE3 Orange Wool JE3 BE3 Yellow Wool JE3 BE3 Lime Wool JE3 BE3 Green Wool JE3 BE3 Cyan Wool JE3 BE3 Light Blue Wool JE3 BE3 Blue Wool JE3 BE3 Purple Wool JE3 BE3 Magenta Wool JE3 BE3 Pink Wool JE3 BE3 The color spectrum has been changed, resulting in new textures for all wool and wool-related items.
New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0White Wool JE1 BE1 Light Gray Wool JE2 BE2 Gray Wool JE2 BE2 Black Wool JE2 BE2 Brown Wool JE2 BE2 Red Wool JE2 BE2 Orange Wool JE2 BE2 Yellow Wool JE2 BE2 Lime Wool JE2 BE2 Green Wool JE2 BE2 Cyan Wool JE2 BE2 Light Blue Wool JE2 BE2 Blue Wool JE2 BE2 Purple Wool JE2 BE2 Magenta Wool JE2 BE2 Pink Wool JE2 BE2 Added wool.

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