How do you get Black Dye in Minecraft?

Black Dye is crafted from Ink Sac at a Crafting Table, in a single step.

How many Black Dye can you stack?

64 Ink Sac is what 64 Black Dye costs, so filling a single slot is 64 crafts. A double chest of Black Dye comes to 3,456, spread over 54 slots.

When was Black Dye added to Minecraft?

Black Dye was added in the 1.0 full release.

What is Black Dye used for?

Black Dye is a crafting ingredient, and it goes into Black Concrete Powder, Black Stained Glass, Dark Prismarine, and Gray Dye.

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Black Dye

Black Dye is a black dye used to color wool, leather armor, beds, glass, terracotta, concrete powder, candles, banners and more. It is made from an ink sac or wither rose.

Stack Size

Durability

N/A

Black Dye at a glance

Miscellaneous holds Black Dye: an item out of crafting from flowers/materials. Stack Black Dye 64 high: 576 across a hotbar, 1728 in a shulker box, and 3456 in a double chest.

Black Dye is also a hub ingredient, feeding 4 different recipes in this catalogue, so a stock in a chest unlocks that many crafts at once. It sits between Beetroot Seeds and Blaze Powder in Miscellaneous, number 4 of 147 there.

Crafting recipe

Crafting
Ink Sac
Black Dye
Recipe data from Astroworld Crafting, where Black Dye has the grid for Black Dye

Used to craft

From Black Concrete Powder to Gray Dye, 4 recipes use Black Dye, and 3 of those sit in Utility Blocks. Each link below opens that recipe with Black Dye in the grid.

How to obtain

Crafting from flowers/materials

Notes

Crafting from a single flower/material yields 1 dye.

Frequently asked questions about Black Dye

How do you get Black Dye in Minecraft?
Black Dye is crafted from Ink Sac at a Crafting Table, in a single step.
How many Black Dye can you stack?
64 Ink Sac is what 64 Black Dye costs, so filling a single slot is 64 crafts. A double chest of Black Dye comes to 3,456, spread over 54 slots.
When was Black Dye added to Minecraft?
Black Dye was added in the 1.0 full release.
What is Black Dye used for?
Black Dye is a crafting ingredient, and it goes into Black Concrete Powder, Black Stained Glass, Dark Prismarine, and Gray Dye.

Building with it

Black dye comes from an ink sac or from a wither rose. Squid supply ink endlessly in any ocean or river, which makes black one of the cheapest dyes to gather in bulk, and it is half of both gray and light gray.

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