Minecraft crafting guide

How to craft White Dye in Minecraft

To craft a white dye in Minecraft, place 1× Bone Meal in any arrangement using either your inventory grid or a crafting table to craft 1 white dye

White Dye crafting recipe

Produces 1× White Dye.

Bone Meal
minecraft:white_dye
  • This is a shapeless recipe, meaning the items can be placed in any way on the grid.
  • White Dye can be crafted directly in your inventory or in a crafting table.

About White Dye

White Dye is one of the basic dyes in Minecraft, and you cannot make it by mixing other dyes together. It is mainly a crafting ingredient for white versions of blocks such as wool, concrete powder, terracotta, stained glass, and shulker boxes.

You can also use it directly on a sheep or a tamed wolf's collar to turn them white. Since white is a common building colour, it is useful to keep some on hand for decorating and colour-coding.

How to get White Dye

You can craft White Dye from one bone meal or one lily of the valley. Bone meal is usually the easiest option, since bones drop from skeletons and can be turned into bone meal immediately. Wandering traders can also sell white dye, but crafting is the simplest repeatable method.

Materials needed

Ingredient amounts for one craft, producing 1× White Dye.

Materials required for one craft
MaterialPer craftAccepted items
1Exact item

Quantity table

Crafts are rounded up when a recipe produces more than one item.

Ingredient quantities for common target amounts
WantedCraftsProducedBone Meal
1111
16161616
32323232
64646464

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