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Blue Bed

Blue Bed is a blue bed that lets a player sleep through the night and sets their respawn point. It explodes if used in the Nether or the End.

Stack Size

1

Durability

N/A

Category

Utility Blocks

Version Added

1.12

Item ID

blue_bed

Blue Bed at a glance

Crafting gives you Blue Bed, a block filed under Utility Blocks. It does not stack, so every one you carry costs a full inventory slot, and nine of them fill a hotbar row.

Blue Bed owes its colour to blue dye. A cornflower or lapis lazuli each give one. Blue Bed is a 0.2-hardness block. Blast resistance on Blue Bed is that same 0.2. It sits between Blue Banner and Blue Carpet in Utility Blocks, number 52 of 340 there.

Crafting recipe

Crafting
Blue BedBlue Bed

How to obtain

  • Crafting

Notes

Requires 3 matching-color wool and 3 planks (any wood). Colored beds were added in 1.12; before that only the default (white) bed existed.

Frequently asked questions about Blue Bed

  1. Blue Wool, Planks going into Blue Bed, the recipe this answer describes

    How do you get Blue Bed in Minecraft?

    Blue Bed is crafted from Blue Wool and Planks at a Crafting Table, in a single step.

  2. The blue dye that goes into Blue Bed, beside Blue Bed itself

    What dye does Blue Bed need?

    Blue dye is what Blue Bed needs. A cornflower or lapis lazuli each give one for Blue Bed.

  3. How long does Blue Bed take to break?

    The block data for Blue Bed holds 0.2 for hardness on it and 0.2 for blast resistance. The pair on Blue Bed being level means it has no hidden strength against explosives. It has no listed tool, so what you hold against it is your own choice. Java 26.2 defines Blue Bed here, so no timing of our own went into it.

  4. Blue Bed on its own, since nothing in the game is crafted from it

    What is Blue Bed used for?

    Blue Bed is a blue bed that lets a player sleep through the night and sets their respawn point. It explodes if used in the Nether or the End.

  5. One Blue Bed, the whole of what a single inventory slot holds

    How many Blue Bed can you stack?

    One Blue Bed per slot, since Blue Bed does not stack, and every one then costs 3 Blue Wool and 3 Planks. A double chest holds 54 Blue Bed, one to a slot.

  6. Blue Bed coming forward out of the past, in the game since 1.12

    When was Blue Bed added to Minecraft?

    Blue Bed was added in version 1.12.

Building with it

A Blue Bed uses three blue wool, dyed from a cornflower or a piece of lapis lazuli, so both a flower field and a mineshaft can supply it. Sleeping in it skips the night and sets your spawn, and the deep blue works in a build that already uses dark oak or deepslate.

In practice

Blue wool needs lapis or a cornflower, and using lapis for a bed is a decision worth thinking about, since the same lapis enchants a tool. Cornflowers make the whole thing free, which is why a small flower patch near the base pays for itself quickly.