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Purple Bed

Purple Bed is a purple 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

purple_bed

Purple Bed at a glance

Minecraft files Purple Bed under Utility Blocks: a block you get from crafting. It does not stack, so every one you carry costs a full inventory slot, and nine of them fill a hotbar row.

Purple Bed owes its colour to purple dye. It has no plant of its own: mixing one blue dye with one red dye makes two. Purple Bed has a hardness of 0.2. That number is also what Purple Bed is worth against a blast. It sits between Purple Banner and Purple Carpet in Utility Blocks, number 254 of 340 there.

Crafting recipe

Crafting
Purple BedPurple 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 Purple Bed

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

    How do you get Purple Bed in Minecraft?

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

  2. The purple dye that goes into Purple Bed, beside Purple Bed itself

    What dye does Purple Bed need?

    Purple dye is what Purple Bed needs. It has no plant of its own: mixing one blue dye with one red dye makes two for Purple Bed.

  3. How long does Purple Bed take to break?

    Purple Bed answers to 0.2 hardness, and it answers to 0.2 when something explodes. Nothing separates the two figures on Purple Bed, so there is no explosive trick around it. The game lists no preferred tool for Purple Bed, so your hand on it is as good as any. Java 26.2 lists Purple Bed exactly this way, which is how it is printed here.

  4. One Purple Bed, the whole of what a single inventory slot holds

    How many Purple Bed can you stack?

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

  5. Purple Bed on its own, since nothing in the game is crafted from it

    What is Purple Bed used for?

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

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

    When was Purple Bed added to Minecraft?

    Purple Bed was added in version 1.12.

Building with it

A Purple Bed needs three purple wool, and purple has no plant of its own: every dye is blue mixed with red. That makes it a bed you craft on purpose rather than by accident, and it is the usual choice for an enchanting room or any build leaning on the End's colours.