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White Banner

White Banner is a tall decorative white 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

white_banner

White Banner at a glance

White Banner comes from crafting, and Utility Blocks is where it sits as a block. Carrying White Banner is cheap: 16 to a slot, 144 across the hotbar, 432 in a chest. A furnace takes White Banner too: 1.5 smelts apiece, 24 per full stack.

White is the colour the game starts from: sheep grow white wool on their own, so White Banner needs no dye at all, and white dye (bone meal or a lily of the valley) exists to lighten the other fifteen. It has a hardness of 1. Blast resistance on White Banner is that same 1. An axe shortens the job on White Banner, and no minimum material applies. It sits between Wet Sponge and White Bed in Utility Blocks, number 325 of 340 there.

Crafting recipe

Crafting
White WoolWhite Wool
White WoolWhite Wool
White WoolWhite Wool
White WoolWhite Wool
White WoolWhite Wool
White WoolWhite Wool
StickStick
White BannerWhite Banner

How to obtain

  • Crafting

Fuel value

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

Notes

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

Frequently asked questions about White Banner

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

    How do you get White Banner in Minecraft?

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

  2. The white dye that goes into White Banner, beside White Banner itself

    What dye does White Banner need?

    None. White Banner is white wool, and sheep grow that without any dye.

  3. How long does White Banner take to break?

    The two numbers behind White Banner are 1 for mining and 1 against explosions. Since neither figure on White Banner is raised, it behaves the same under a pickaxe and under a blast. An axe shortens the job on White Banner, and no minimum material applies. Java 26.2 sets White Banner at these values, and we copied them onto it.

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

    What is White Banner used for?

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

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

    Can White Banner be used as fuel?

    One White Banner keeps a furnace running for 15 seconds, which is 1.5 items for each one burnt. Set against its recipe, White Banner carries the heat that White Wool and Stick would have given. White Wool alone burns 5 seconds, and White Banner carries that heat forward.

  6. 16 White Banner drawn together, the full slot the answer counts

    How many White Banner can you stack?

    96 White Wool and 16 Stick is what 16 White Banner costs, so filling a single slot is 16 crafts.

Building with it

A White Banner is the blank canvas of the set: six white wool over a stick, and every pattern in the game shows up on it clearly. Most players keep one white banner in a loom and dye the patterns on rather than starting from a coloured base, since a white background is the only one where a dark pattern reads at full contrast.

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