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Red Banner

Red Banner is a tall decorative red 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

red_banner

Red Banner at a glance

Red Banner comes from crafting, and Utility Blocks is where it sits as a block. A slot of Red Banner holds 16, nine slots hold 144, and 432 fill a chest. As fuel Red Banner is worth 1.5 smelts, so a stack of 16 smelts 24 items.

Red Banner owes its colour to red dye. A beetroot, a poppy or a red tulip each give one, and a rose bush gives two. Hardness 1 is what Red Banner is worth in the block data. Its blast resistance repeats that 1, so Red Banner offers no shelter. The game files it under an axe, without a minimum tier attached to Red Banner. It sits between Quartz Stairs and Red Bed in Utility Blocks, number 263 of 340 there.

Crafting recipe

Crafting
Red WoolRed Wool
Red WoolRed Wool
Red WoolRed Wool
Red WoolRed Wool
Red WoolRed Wool
Red WoolRed Wool
StickStick
Red BannerRed Banner

How to obtain

  • Crafting

Fuel value

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

Notes

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

Frequently asked questions about Red Banner

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

    How do you get Red Banner in Minecraft?

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

  2. The red dye that goes into Red Banner, beside Red Banner itself

    What dye does Red Banner need?

    Red dye is what Red Banner needs. A beetroot, a poppy or a red tulip each give one, and a rose bush gives two for Red Banner.

  3. Red Banner on its own, since nothing in the game is crafted from it

    What is Red Banner used for?

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

  4. How long does Red Banner take to break?

    Red Banner answers to 1 hardness, and it answers to 1 when something explodes. Equal values mean Red Banner was never built as a blast wall, whatever else it is good for. The game files it under an axe, without a minimum tier attached to Red Banner. Java 26.2 publishes Red Banner this way, and we print it the same.

  5. 16 Red Banner drawn together, the full slot the answer counts

    How many Red Banner can you stack?

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

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

    Can Red Banner be used as fuel?

    Red Banner burns for 15 seconds, so a single one in a furnace smelts 1.5 items. It is made from Red Wool and Stick, 15 seconds a piece, so burning it spends Red Wool and Stick. Red Wool alone burns 5 seconds, and Red Banner carries that heat forward.

Building with it

A Red Banner is the most-used flag colour in the game: six red wool over a stick, with poppies or beetroot behind the dye. Red carries furthest against stone and snow, which is why it marks entrances, and it is the base most crest designs start from.