How do you get Black Stained Glass in Minecraft?

Black Stained Glass is crafted from Glass and Black Dye at a Crafting Table, and each craft returns 8.

What dye does Black Stained Glass need?

Black dye is what Black Stained Glass needs. An ink sac or a wither rose each give one for Black Stained Glass.

When was Black Stained Glass added to Minecraft?

Black Stained Glass was added in version 1.7.

How long does Black Stained Glass take to break?

Mining Black Stained Glass works against 0.3; explosions on it work against 0.3. Matching numbers put Black Stained Glass in the ordinary group, the group creepers get through, and it is no exception. Being untagged, Black Stained Glass drops the same whatever you hold while breaking it. Java 26.2 holds Black Stained Glass at exactly those figures, timing on it aside.

How many Black Stained Glass can you stack?

64 Black Stained Glass fills a slot, and that slot costs 64 Glass and 8 Black Dye, since each one returns 8, which is 8 crafts at the crafting table.

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Black Stained Glass

Black Stained Glass is a transparent black block used for colored windows and decoration. Like ordinary glass it drops nothing when broken without Silk Touch.

Stack Size

Durability

N/A

Black Stained Glass at a glance

Black Stained Glass, a block out of crafting, sits under Utility Blocks. Carrying Black Stained Glass is cheap: 64 to a slot, 576 across the hotbar, 1728 in a chest.

Black Stained Glass owes its colour to black dye. An ink sac or a wither rose each give one. The game rates Black Stained Glass at 0.3 hardness. It holds up against explosions exactly as well as it does against a pickaxe, and no better. It sits between Black Concrete Powder and Black Wool in Utility Blocks, number 40 of 340 there.

Crafting recipe

Crafting
Glass
Glass
Glass
Glass
Black Dye
Glass
Glass
Glass
Glass
Black Stained Glass8
Recipe data from Astroworld Crafting, where Black Stained Glass has the grid for Black Stained Glass

How to obtain

Crafting

Notes

Eight glass surrounding one dye yield eight stained glass. Can be crafted into stained glass panes.

Frequently asked questions about Black Stained Glass

How do you get Black Stained Glass in Minecraft?
Black Stained Glass is crafted from Glass and Black Dye at a Crafting Table, and each craft returns 8.
What is Black Stained Glass used for?
Black Stained Glass is a transparent black block used for colored windows and decoration. Like ordinary glass it drops nothing when broken without Silk Touch.
What dye does Black Stained Glass need?
Black dye is what Black Stained Glass needs. An ink sac or a wither rose each give one for Black Stained Glass.
When was Black Stained Glass added to Minecraft?
Black Stained Glass was added in version 1.7.
How long does Black Stained Glass take to break?
Mining Black Stained Glass works against 0.3; explosions on it work against 0.3. Matching numbers put Black Stained Glass in the ordinary group, the group creepers get through, and it is no exception. Being untagged, Black Stained Glass drops the same whatever you hold while breaking it. Java 26.2 holds Black Stained Glass at exactly those figures, timing on it aside.
How many Black Stained Glass can you stack?
64 Black Stained Glass fills a slot, and that slot costs 64 Glass and 8 Black Dye, since each one returns 8, which is 8 crafts at the crafting table.

Building with it

Black Stained Glass is nearly opaque from outside and still see-through from within, which is exactly what a lookout window wants. Ink sacs or wither roses supply the dye, eight glass around one of them give eight blocks, and a beacon beam passing through this pane comes out black.

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