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Green Banner

Green Banner is a tall decorative green block that can display up to six layered patterns applied with a loom. It can also mark locations on maps.

Stack Size

16

Durability

N/A

Category

Utility Blocks

Version Added

1.8

Item ID

green_banner

Green Banner at a glance

Green Banner comes from crafting, and Utility Blocks is where it sits as a block. A slot of Green Banner holds 16, nine slots hold 144, and 432 fill a chest. A furnace takes Green Banner too: 1.5 smelts apiece, 24 per full stack.

Green Banner owes its colour to green dye. Smelting a cactus gives one. Green Banner has a hardness of 1. Mining Green Banner and blowing it up both run into 1. Use an axe on Green Banner to speed it up; no particular tier is required. It sits between Gray Wool and Green Bed in Utility Blocks, number 144 of 340 there.

Crafting recipe

Crafting
StickStick
Green BannerGreen Banner

How to obtain

  • Crafting

Fuel value

Green Banner burns for 15 seconds (300 ticks), which is 1.5 items per Green Banner

Notes

Crafted from 6 matching-color wool and 1 stick. Patterns are added at a loom using dyes.

Frequently asked questions about Green Banner

  1. Green Wool, Stick going into Green Banner, the recipe this answer describes

    How do you get Green Banner in Minecraft?

    Green Banner is crafted from Green Wool and Stick at a Crafting Table, in a single step.

  2. How long does Green Banner take to break?

    For Green Banner the game keeps hardness at 1, and it holds blast resistance 1. Equal values mean Green Banner was never built as a blast wall, whatever else it is good for. Use an axe on Green Banner to speed it up; no particular tier is required. Java 26.2 keeps Green Banner on file as printed, which is what it shows here.

  3. The green dye that goes into Green Banner, beside Green Banner itself

    What dye does Green Banner need?

    Green dye is what Green Banner needs. Smelting a cactus gives one for Green Banner.

  4. 16 Green Banner drawn together, the full slot the answer counts

    How many Green Banner can you stack?

    16 Green Banner fill one slot, and filling it costs 96 Green Wool and 16 Stick: 16 crafts. A double chest of Green Banner comes to 864, spread over 54 slots.

  5. Green Banner on its own, since nothing in the game is crafted from it

    What is Green Banner used for?

    Green Banner is a tall decorative green block that can display up to six layered patterns applied with a loom. It can also mark locations on maps.

  6. Green Banner beside a furnace, which is where its 15 seconds of burning go

    Can Green Banner be used as fuel?

    Green Banner burns for 15 seconds, so a single one in a furnace smelts 1.5 items. Set against its recipe, Green Banner carries the heat that Green Wool and Stick would have given. Stick alone burns 5 seconds, and Green Banner carries that heat forward.

Building with it

A Green Banner costs six green wool, dyed by smelting a cactus. It sits well against leaves and moss, so it is the usual flag for a forest base or a farm. Loom patterns go on in up to six layers, and a cauldron takes the top one back off again.