Brown Wool
Brown Wool is a brown dyeable block obtained by shearing brown sheep or by dyeing white wool with Brown Dye. It is used to craft beds, banners and carpets.
Stack Size
Stack Size64
Durability
DurabilityN/A
Category
CategoryUtility Blocks
Version Added
Version Added1.0
Item ID
Item IDbrown_wool
Overview
Brown Wool is a block in the Utility Blocks category of Minecraft, obtained through shearing brown sheep, applying Brown Dye to white wool, and killing brown sheep. A single inventory slot holds a full stack of 64 Brown Wool. It burns in a furnace, though it takes 2 of them to smelt a single item.
Brown Wool is also a hub ingredient, feeding into 3 different recipes in this catalogue, so keeping a stock on hand unlocks a wide range of crafts. Brown Wool has a hardness of 0.8. For Brown Wool the blast resistance is not separate: it is 0.8 as well. Generated chests only ever hold Brown Wool in one place: village shepherd chests (about 23%, 1 to 3 at a time).
Used to Craft
Brown Wool is a crafting ingredient for 3 other items in Minecraft. Each one links to its own recipe and details page.
Brown BannerHow to Obtain
- Shearing brown sheep
- Applying Brown Dye to white wool
- Killing brown sheep
Fuel Value
Burns for 5 seconds (100 ticks), so 2 of them smelt one item
Notes
Craft by combining a White Wool block with Brown Dye (any wool color may be re-dyed). This dyeing recipe is not in the crafting data, so no recipe is listed here.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do you get Brown Wool in Minecraft?
Brown Wool is obtained through shearing brown sheep, applying Brown Dye to white wool, and killing brown sheep. Brown Wool is not craftable, but it is an ingredient in 3 recipes.
What is Brown Wool used for?
Brown Wool is a crafting ingredient used to make Brown Banner, Brown Bed, and Brown Carpet.
How many Brown Wool can you stack?
Brown Wool stacks up to 64 per inventory slot, so a full stack is 64 and a double chest holds 3,456 of them.
How long does Brown Wool take to break?
Look up Brown Wool and you get 0.8 hardness against 0.8 blast resistance. A block with matching values is as easy to blow up as it is to mine. You will not find Brown Wool under pickaxe, axe, shovel or hoe. The values come from the game files for Java 26.2.
Where do you find Brown Wool in chests?
Brown Wool is chest loot in exactly one place: village shepherd chests (about 23%, 1 to 3 at a time). No other generated chest in the game lists it, so that structure is the only place worth searching.
Can Brown Wool be used as fuel?
Yes. Brown Wool burns for 5 seconds, and a furnace needs 10 seconds per item, so 2 of them smelt one item. The furnace carries the leftover time over rather than wasting it.