Black Wool in Minecraft
QUICK ANSWER
To craft Black Wool, combine 1 Black Dye and 1 Blue Wool in a crafting table.
- Type
- Block
- Stack size
- Up to 64
- Craftable
- Yes
- Best tool
- Any tool or your hand
- Blast resistance
- 0.8
How to craft Black Wool
You need a crafting table for this recipe. Place the ingredients exactly as shown.
🧺 Shapeless recipe — put these anywhere in the crafting grid: Black Dye + Blue Wool
How to mine Black Wool
The best tool for Black Wool is the Any tool or your hand. To get the block as a drop you need any tool (or even your hand). With a hardness of 0.8, it is very quick to break.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Best tool | Any tool or your hand |
| Hardness | 0.8 |
| Blast resistance | 0.8 |
| Light level | None |
| Transparent | No |
Low blast resistance — explosions destroy it easily.
What is Black Wool used for?
Black Wool is an ingredient in 20 crafting recipes:
- Black Banner
- Black Bed
- Black Carpet
- Black Harness
- Blue Wool
- Brown Wool
- Cyan Wool
- Gray Wool
- Green Wool
- Light Blue Wool
- Light Gray Wool
- Lime Wool
- Magenta Wool
- Orange Wool
- Painting
- Pink Wool
- Purple Wool
- Red Wool
- White Wool
- Yellow Wool
Data for Minecraft Java Edition 26.1, based on the open minecraft-data project. Some details can differ in Bedrock Edition. Spotted a mistake? Tell us.
Frequently asked questions
How do you craft Black Wool in Minecraft?
Combine 1 Black Dye and 1 Blue Wool in a crafting table.
What tool do you need to mine Black Wool?
Any tool works.
What can you make with Black Wool?
Black Wool is used to craft Black Banner, Black Bed, Black Carpet, Black Harness and Blue Wool and more.