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Magenta Banner

Magenta Banner is a tall decorative magenta 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

magenta_banner

Magenta Banner at a glance

Crafting gives you Magenta Banner, a block filed under Utility Blocks. Carrying Magenta Banner is cheap: 16 to a slot, 144 across the hotbar, 432 in a chest. A furnace takes Magenta Banner too: 1.5 smelts apiece, 24 per full stack.

Magenta Banner owes its colour to magenta dye. An allium gives one, and a lilac gives two. Mixing one purple dye with one pink dye makes two. Two other mixes land on the same magenta. Magenta Banner is a 1-hardness block. An axe shortens the job on Magenta Banner, and no minimum material applies. Its blast resistance repeats that 1, so Magenta Banner offers no shelter. It sits between Loom and Magenta Bed in Utility Blocks, number 196 of 340 there.

Crafting recipe

Crafting
StickStick
Magenta BannerMagenta Banner

How to obtain

  • Crafting

Fuel value

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

Notes

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

Frequently asked questions about Magenta Banner

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

    How do you get Magenta Banner in Minecraft?

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

  2. The magenta dye that goes into Magenta Banner, beside Magenta Banner itself

    What dye does Magenta Banner need?

    Magenta dye is what Magenta Banner needs. An allium gives one, and a lilac gives two for Magenta Banner. Mixing one purple dye with one pink dye makes two for Magenta Banner.

  3. 16 Magenta Banner drawn together, the full slot the answer counts

    How many Magenta Banner can you stack?

    16 Magenta Banner fill one slot, and filling it costs 96 Magenta Wool and 16 Stick: 16 crafts. A full backpack of 36 inventory slots carries 576 at once.

  4. Magenta Banner on its own, since nothing in the game is crafted from it

    What is Magenta Banner used for?

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

  5. Magenta Banner beside a furnace, which is where its 15 seconds of burning go

    Can Magenta Banner be used as fuel?

    Magenta Banner burns for 15 seconds, so a single one in a furnace smelts 1.5 items. It is made from Magenta Wool and Stick, 15 seconds a piece, so burning it spends Magenta Wool and Stick. Before it becomes Magenta Banner, Stick burns 5 seconds by itself.

  6. How long does Magenta Banner take to break?

    For Magenta Banner the game keeps hardness at 1, and it holds blast resistance 1. Equal values mean Magenta Banner was never built as a blast wall, whatever else it is good for. An axe shortens the job on Magenta Banner, and no minimum material applies. Java 26.2 keeps Magenta Banner on file as printed, which is what it shows here.

Building with it

A Magenta Banner costs six magenta wool, which is one of the pricier wools to dye. It is rarely a whole-build colour, so most magenta banners exist as a single flag over an entrance, where the contrast against stone does the work. Patterns applied at a loom stack up to six layers on it, same as any banner.