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Wool

This article is about the block obtained from sheep. For rainbow type of wool exclusive in Minecraft Earth, see Rainbow Wool. For the unobtainable variant which showed the lilac placeholder texture and nether wart texture, see Invalid Data Value Wool.
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Wool is a block obtained from sheep that can be dyed in any of the sixteen different colors. It can be used as a crafting material and to block vibrations.

Obtaining

Breaking

Wool can be broken using any tool, but shears are the fastest tool to use.

Block Wool
Hardness 0.8
Breaking time (secs)
Default 1.2
Shears 0.25

Natural generation

Woodland Mansion

All wool colors (except magenta, light blue‌[BE only], pink, and purple) generate naturally as part of structures within woodland mansions.

Village

White and yellow wool generate in shepherd houses, fletcher houses, and meeting points in plains villages.

A block of light gray wool generates under the door in one type of small house in snowy tundra villages.

Pillager outpost

White wool generates as tents outside pillager outposts.

Ancient city

Gray wool appears on some walls and on the floors of long corridors at the corners of an ancient city. The wool damps vibrations, preventing activation of nearby sculk blocks. Ancient cities can also generate blue, cyan, and light blue wool.

Mob loot

Using shears on an adult sheep yields 1-3 wool. If unshorn, sheep drop 1 wool upon death. The wool dropped is the same color as the sheep. The drop rates are not affected by the Fortune or Looting enchantments. Baby sheep cannot be sheared.

White, light gray, gray, black, brown, and (rarely) pink wool can be found naturally on sheep. Getting a sheep of a different color requires dyeing the sheep.

Chest loot

Item Structure Container Quantity Chance
Java Edition
Black Wool Village Shepherd's chest 1–3 33%
Bedrock Edition
Black Wool Village Shepherd's chest 1–3 33%
Item Structure Container Quantity Chance
Java Edition
White Wool Village Shepherd's chest 1–8 55.8%
Bedrock Edition
White Wool Village Shepherd's chest 1–8 55.8%
Item Structure Container Quantity Chance
Java Edition
Gray Wool Village Shepherd's chest 1–3 23.3%
Bedrock Edition
Gray Wool Village Shepherd's chest 1–3 23.3%
Item Structure Container Quantity Chance
Java Edition
Light Gray Wool Village Shepherd's chest 1–3 23.3%
Bedrock Edition
Light Gray Wool Village Shepherd's chest 1–3 23.3%
Item Structure Container Quantity Chance
Java Edition
Brown Wool Village Shepherd's chest 1–3 23.3%
Bedrock Edition
Brown Wool Village Shepherd's chest 1–3 23.3%

Crafting

Name Ingredients Crafting recipe Description
White Wool String

Dyed Wool White Wool +
Matching Colored Dye


‌[Java Edition only]
Wool Any Wool +
Matching Dye


‌[Bedrock Edition and Minecraft Education only]
White Wool Any Dyed Wool +
Bleach


‌[Bedrock Edition and Minecraft Education only]
Ingredients Crafting recipe Description
Any Wool +
Bone Meal or
Lapis Lazuli or
Cocoa Beans or
Ink Sac


‌[Bedrock Edition and Minecraft Education only]

Trading

In Bedrock Edition, apprentice-level shepherd villagers have a 50% chance to sell one colored wool for an emerald, giving each wool color a 1⁄32 (3.125%) chance of being offered.

In Java Edition, apprentice-level shepherd villagers have a 2⁄7 chance of selling one or two colored wool for an emerald, giving each wool color a 1⁄56 (roughly 1.786%) chance of being offered.

Villager gifts

in Java Edition, a shepherd villager may throw a block of wool of random color at a player under the Hero of the Village effect.

Usage

Wool comes in sixteen colors, which are white, orange, magenta, light blue, yellow, lime, pink, gray, light gray, cyan, purple, blue, brown, green, red, and black. Unlike stained glass and terracotta, the white variant serves as the undyed block. Only white wool can be dyed, and the colored wools cannot be re-dyed.‌[JE only]

Wool is weak, highly flammable, and offers little resistance against explosions.

Trading

Novice-level Shepherd villagers offer to buy 18 wool for an emerald, with the color being sold chosen randomly from white, gray, brown, or black.

The villager has a 3⁄4 chance of offering the trade again with a different color.‌[JE only]

Sculk sensors

Wool can be used to block vibrations from nearby sculk sensors.

Note blocks

Wool blocks can be placed under note blocks to produce guitar sounds.‌

Crafting ingredient

Any color of wool or wood can be used for paintings but it has no effect on the product's final appearance.

Name Ingredients Crafting recipe Description
Banner Matching Wool +
Stick

Once the banner is crafted, its base color cannot be changed.‌[Java Edition only]
Bed Matching Wool +
Any Planks

The wool color must match. The planks can be different.
Carpet Matching Wool
Painting Stick +
Any Wool

Fuel

In Java Edition, wool can be used as fuel in furnaces and their variants, smelting 0.5 items per wool block.

Sounds

Java Edition:

SoundSubtitlesSourceDescriptionResource locationTranslation keyVolumePitchAttenuation
distance
Block brokenBlocksOnce the block has brokenblock.wool.breaksubtitles.block.generic.break1.00.816
Block placedBlocksWhen the block is placedblock.wool.placesubtitles.block.generic.place1.00.816
Block breakingBlocksWhile the block is in the process of being brokenblock.wool.hitsubtitles.block.generic.hit0.250.516
None[sound 1]Entity-DependentFalling on the block with fall damageblock.wool.fallNone[sound 1]0.50.7516
FootstepsEntity-DependentWalking on the blockblock.wool.stepsubtitles.block.generic.footsteps0.151.016
  1. ↑ a b MC-177082

Bedrock Edition:

SoundSourceDescriptionResource locationVolumePitch
BlocksOnce the block has brokendig.cloth1.00.8-1.0
BlocksWhen the block is placeddig.cloth1.00.8-1.0
BlocksWhile the block is in the process of being brokenhit.cloth0.350.5
PlayersFalling on the block with fall damagefall.cloth0.41.0
PlayersWalking on the blockstep.cloth0.31.0
PlayersJumping from the blockjump.cloth0.121.0
PlayersFalling on the block without fall damageland.cloth0.181.0

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

NameIdentifierFormBlock tagsItem tagsTranslation key
White Woolwhite_woolBlock & Itemwool
occludes_vibration_signals		wool
occludes_vibration_signals		block.minecraft.white_wool
Orange Woolorange_woolBlock & Itemwool
occludes_vibration_signals		wool
occludes_vibration_signals		block.minecraft.orange_wool
Magenta Woolmagenta_woolBlock & Itemwool
occludes_vibration_signals		wool
occludes_vibration_signals		block.minecraft.magenta_wool
Light Blue Woollight_blue_woolBlock & Itemwool
occludes_vibration_signals		wool
occludes_vibration_signals		block.minecraft.light_blue_wool
Yellow Woolyellow_woolBlock & Itemwool
occludes_vibration_signals		wool
occludes_vibration_signals		block.minecraft.yellow_wool
Lime Woollime_woolBlock & Itemwool
occludes_vibration_signals		wool
occludes_vibration_signals		block.minecraft.lime_wool
Pink Woolpink_woolBlock & Itemwool
occludes_vibration_signals		wool
occludes_vibration_signals		block.minecraft.pink_wool
Gray Woolgray_woolBlock & Itemwool
occludes_vibration_signals		wool
occludes_vibration_signals		block.minecraft.gray_wool
Light Gray Woollight_gray_woolBlock & Itemwool
occludes_vibration_signals		wool
occludes_vibration_signals		block.minecraft.light_gray_wool
Cyan Woolcyan_woolBlock & Itemwool
occludes_vibration_signals		wool
occludes_vibration_signals		block.minecraft.cyan_wool
Purple Woolpurple_woolBlock & Itemwool
occludes_vibration_signals		wool
occludes_vibration_signals		block.minecraft.purple_wool
Blue Woolblue_woolBlock & Itemwool
occludes_vibration_signals		wool
occludes_vibration_signals		block.minecraft.blue_wool
Brown Woolbrown_woolBlock & Itemwool
occludes_vibration_signals		wool
occludes_vibration_signals		block.minecraft.brown_wool
Green Woolgreen_woolBlock & Itemwool
occludes_vibration_signals		wool
occludes_vibration_signals		block.minecraft.green_wool
Red Woolred_woolBlock & Itemwool
occludes_vibration_signals		wool
occludes_vibration_signals		block.minecraft.red_wool
Black Woolblack_woolBlock & Itemwool
occludes_vibration_signals		wool
occludes_vibration_signals		block.minecraft.black_wool

Bedrock Edition:

NameIdentifierAlias ID Numeric ID FormItem ID[i 1]Item tags (JE)Translation key
White Woolwhite_woolwool / 0?Block & Giveable Item[i 2]Identical[i 3]minecraft:wool
minecraft:vibration_damper		tile.wool.white.name
Orange Woolorange_woolwool / 1?Block & Giveable Item[i 2]Identical[i 3]minecraft:wool
minecraft:vibration_damper		tile.wool.orange.name
Magenta Woolmagenta_woolwool / 2?Block & Giveable Item[i 2]Identical[i 3]minecraft:wool
minecraft:vibration_damper		tile.wool.magenta.name
Light Blue Woollight_blue_woolwool / 3?Block & Giveable Item[i 2]Identical[i 3]minecraft:wool
minecraft:vibration_damper		tile.wool.light_blue.name
Yellow Woolyellow_woolwool / 4?Block & Giveable Item[i 2]Identical[i 3]minecraft:wool
minecraft:vibration_damper		tile.wool.yellow.name
Lime Woollime_woolwool / 5?Block & Giveable Item[i 2]Identical[i 3]minecraft:wool
minecraft:vibration_damper		tile.wool.lime.name
Pink Woolpink_woolwool / 6?Block & Giveable Item[i 2]Identical[i 3]minecraft:wool
minecraft:vibration_damper		tile.wool.pink.name
Gray Woolgray_woolwool / 7?Block & Giveable Item[i 2]Identical[i 3]minecraft:wool
minecraft:vibration_damper		tile.wool.gray.name
Light Gray Woollight_gray_woolwool / 8?Block & Giveable Item[i 2]Identical[i 3]minecraft:wool
minecraft:vibration_damper		tile.wool.silver.name
Cyan Woolcyan_woolwool / 9?Block & Giveable Item[i 2]Identical[i 3]minecraft:wool
minecraft:vibration_damper		tile.wool.cyan.name
Purple Woolpurple_woolwool / 10?Block & Giveable Item[i 2]Identical[i 3]minecraft:wool
minecraft:vibration_damper		tile.wool.purple.name
Blue Woolblue_woolwool / 11?Block & Giveable Item[i 2]Identical[i 3]minecraft:wool
minecraft:vibration_damper		tile.wool.blue.name
Brown Woolbrown_woolwool / 12?Block & Giveable Item[i 2]Identical[i 3]minecraft:wool
minecraft:vibration_damper		tile.wool.brown.name
Green Woolgreen_woolwool / 13?Block & Giveable Item[i 2]Identical[i 3]minecraft:wool
minecraft:vibration_damper		tile.wool.green.name
Red Woolred_woolwool / 14?Block & Giveable Item[i 2]Identical[i 3]minecraft:wool
minecraft:vibration_damper		tile.wool.red.name
Black Woolblack_woolwool / 15?Block & Giveable Item[i 2]Identical[i 3]minecraft:wool
minecraft:vibration_damper		tile.wool.black.name
  1. ↑ ID of block's direct item form, which is used in savegame files and addons.
  2. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p Available with /give command.
  3. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p The block's direct item form has the same id with the block.

Block states

See also: Block states

In Bedrock Edition, wool use the following block states:

Bedrock Edition:

NameMetadata Bits Default value Allowed valuesValues for
Metadata Bits		 Description
color0x1
0x2
0x4
0x8		white white0
orange1
magenta2
light_blue3
yellow4
lime5
pink6
gray7
silver8
cyan9
purple10
blue11
brown12
green13
red14
black15

Achievements

Icon Achievement In-game description Actual requirements (if different) Gamerscore earned Trophy type (PS4)
PS4 Other
Rainbow CollectionGather all 16 colors of wool.All the colors of wool do not have to be in the inventory at the same time, but must have been picked up by the player at least once.30GSilver

History

Java Edition Classic
May 21, 2009Notch shows interest in adding multiple colors of cloth.
June 12, 2009Notch responds to a player request regarding colored blocks.
0.0.20aRed Cloth.png Orange Cloth.png Yellow Cloth.png Chartreuse Cloth.png Green Cloth.png Spring Green Cloth.png Cyan Cloth.png Capri Cloth.png Ultramarine Cloth.png Violet Cloth.png Purple Cloth.png Magenta Cloth.png Rose Cloth.png Dark Gray Cloth JE1.png Light Gray Cloth JE1.png White Cloth.png Added cloth in 16 different colors.
Cloth has white, light gray, gray, 12 colors from the hue cycle, with an additional purple.
0.0.22aAdded sounds. Cloth uses grass sounds for breaking and footsteps.
0.28Added sheep, which drop white cloth.
Light Gray Cloth.png Dark Gray Cloth.png Gray and light gray cloth are now darker.
Java Edition Indev
0.3120100201-1Cloth can now be crafted using nine string.
20100212-1Sheep now drop 1-3 white, gray, and light gray cloth upon being hit.
20100218Light gray cloth can now be used to craft cloth armor.
20100223Light gray cloth is now used to craft paintings.
Sheep now drop only light gray cloth.
Java Edition Infdev
20100624All cloth colors have been removed, except white cloth.
Sheep now drop white cloth instead of light gray.
Java Edition Alpha
v1.0.8The crafting recipe of cloth/leather armor has been changed from cloth to leather.
Java Edition Beta
1.0Cloth is now called "wool", shown in the newly-introduced item tooltips.
1.2Light Gray Wool JE1 BE1.png Gray Wool JE1 BE1.png Black Wool JE1 BE1.png Brown Wool JE1 BE1.png Red Wool JE1 BE1.png Orange Wool JE1 BE1.png Yellow Wool JE1 BE1.png Lime Wool JE1 BE1.png Green Wool JE1 BE1.png Cyan Wool JE1 BE1.png Light Blue Wool JE1 BE1.png Blue Wool JE1 BE1.png Purple Wool JE1 BE1.png Magenta Wool JE1 BE1.png Pink Wool JE1 BE1.png Re-added colored wool with a new spectrum.
Added 16 dyes; white sheep can now be dyed by using on them while holding any dye.
Light gray, gray, and black sheep now rarely spawn, dropping the corresponding colored wool.
Brown wool is currently impossible to obtain in the game without inventory editing.
1.3Wool is now used to craft red beds, due to the fact that colored beds didn't exist yet, red is the only available color.
Wool can be used in any combination to craft the bed.
1.4Brown and pink sheep now rarely spawn, dropping the corresponding colored wool making brown wool obtainable in the game without hacks.
Cocoa beans now generate in dungeon chests making brown wool obtainable in another way.
1.6.6The crafting recipe of wool has been changed, reducing the amount of string required from 9 to 4 pieces.
1.7Added shears, to shear sheep without hurting them, dropping 2-4 wool.
Sheep no longer drop wool when hit, albeit they drop one wool when being killed when they are unsheared.
1.8Pre-releaseVillages now generate with lamp posts containing black wool.
Java Edition
1.111w49aSheep now graze grass blocks and eat grass to regain their wool, keeping the color they had before shearing.
As a counterbalance, shearing sheep now yields 1-3 wool instead of 2-4.
1.2.4Light Gray Wool JE2 BE2.png Gray Wool JE2 BE2.png Black Wool JE2 BE2.png Brown Wool JE2 BE2.png Red Wool JE2 BE2.png Orange Wool JE2 BE2.png Yellow Wool JE2 BE2.png Lime Wool JE2 BE2.png Green Wool JE2 BE2.png Cyan Wool JE2 BE2.png Light Blue Wool JE2 BE2.png Blue Wool JE2 BE2.png Purple Wool JE2 BE2.png Magenta Wool JE2 BE2.png Pink Wool JE2 BE2.png The saturation of wool has been tweaked, making wool blocks slightly darker than before.
1.3.112w21a54 orange wool and 1 blue wool now naturally generate as part of desert temples.
Wool of any color can now be sold to farmer villagers, at 14–21 wool for 1 emerald.
1.6.113w16aWool is now used to craft carpets and all type of horse armor.
13w18aWool is no longer used all type of horse armor.
1.814w02aTrading has been changed: shepherd villagers now buy 16–22 white wool for 1 emerald. They also sell 1 wool for 1–2 emeralds, 1 offer for each color. Farmer villagers no longer trade wool.
14w03aDesert temples now generate with stained clay instead of wool.
14w30aWool is now used to craft banners.
1.1116w33aWool can now be used to fuel furnaces.
16w39aVarious wool colors now generate within structures inside woodland mansions.
16w44aWhite wool is now called "White Wool" rather than just "Wool".
1.12January 23, 2017Jeb tweets a preview of changes to the wool color palette, adding that "the texture itself may need work."
January 27, 2017Jeb tweets another screenshot of further changes to the wool colors, alongside the new concrete blocks. "The noise needs some tweaking," he adds.
17w06aWhite Wool JE2 BE2.png Light Gray Wool JE3 BE3.png Gray Wool JE3 BE3.png Black Wool JE3 BE3.png Brown Wool JE3 BE3.png Red Wool JE3 BE3.png Orange Wool JE3 BE3.png Yellow Wool JE3 BE3.png Lime Wool JE3 BE3.png Green Wool JE3 BE3.png Cyan Wool JE3 BE3.png Light Blue Wool JE3 BE3.png Blue Wool JE3 BE3.png Purple Wool JE3 BE3.png Magenta Wool JE3 BE3.png Pink Wool JE3 BE3.png The color spectrum has been changed for a second time, resulting in new textures for all wool and wool-related items.
17w15aWith the addition of colored beds, wool can no longer be used in any combination to craft beds, it must now be the same color.
17w17aWool can now be used to play the guitar, if they are under note blocks.
1.1317w47aThe IDs of wool have now been split up into their own IDs.
Prior to The Flattening, this block's numerical ID was 35.
1.1418w47aWhite wool now generates as woolen tents outside the new pillager outposts.
18w48aWhite and yellow wool now generate in shepherd houses, fletcher houses, and meeting points in plains villages.
18w49aLight gray wool now generates in one type of house[more information needed] in the new snowy tundra villages.
Black, white, gray, light gray and brown wool can now be found in chests in village shepherd houses.
19w11aShepherd villagers now buy black, brown and gray wool as well as white wool.
Only 1 or 2 colors of wool are available for[verify] each shepherd villager, instead of all 16 colors.
19w13aShepherd villagers now give wool to players under the Hero of the Village effect.
1.1720w49aWool can now be used to block vibrations from sculk sensors.
1.19Deep Dark Experimental Snapshot 1Gray wool now generates as part of ancient city structures.
22w13aBlue, light blue and cyan wool now generate as part of ancient city structures.
Pocket Edition Alpha
Pre-releaseWhite Wool JE1 BE1.png Light Gray Wool JE1 BE1.png Gray Wool JE1 BE1.png Black Wool JE1 BE1.png Brown Wool JE1 BE1.png Red Wool JE1 BE1.png Orange Wool JE1 BE1.png Yellow Wool JE1 BE1.png Lime Wool JE1 BE1.png Green Wool JE1 BE1.png Cyan Wool JE1 BE1.png Light Blue Wool JE1 BE1.png Blue Wool JE1 BE1.png Purple Wool JE1 BE1.png Magenta Wool JE1 BE1.png Pink Wool JE1 BE1.png
White Wool (texture) JE1 BE1.png Light Gray Wool (texture) JE1 BE1.png Gray Wool (texture) JE1 BE1.png Black Wool (texture) JE1 BE1.png Brown Wool (texture) JE1 BE1.png Red Wool (texture) JE1 BE1.png Orange Wool (texture) JE1 BE1.png Yellow Wool (texture) JE1 BE1.png Lime Wool (texture) JE1 BE1.png Green Wool (texture) JE1 BE1.png Cyan Wool (texture) JE1 BE1.png Light Blue Wool (texture) JE1 BE1.png Blue Wool (texture) JE1 BE1.png Purple Wool (texture) JE1 BE1.png Magenta Wool (texture) JE1 BE1.png Pink Wool (texture) JE1 BE1.png Added wool in the 16 different colors. White wool is unobtainable.
v0.1.0White Wool (inventory) BE1.png Light Gray Wool (inventory) BE1.png Gray Wool (inventory) BE1.png Black Wool (inventory) BE1.png Brown Wool (inventory) BE1.png Red Wool (inventory) BE1.png Orange Wool (inventory) BE1.png Yellow Wool (inventory) BE1.png Lime Wool (inventory) BE1.png Green Wool (inventory) BE1.png Cyan Wool (inventory) BE1.png Light Blue Wool (inventory) BE1.png Blue Wool (inventory) BE1.png Purple Wool (inventory) BE1.png Magenta Wool (inventory) BE1.png Pink Wool (inventory) BE1.png The inventory icons for wool have been changed to textures of blocks renders.
Black Wool 2 (inventory) BE1.png Second item of black wool with id 35 can be obtained using third-party software. It's identical to the first item but has a separate texture of the inventory icon.[more information needed]
Black, orange, and magenta wool removed from inventory, making them unobtainable.
v0.2.0Added sheep, which drop light gray wool. Dropped light gray wool cannot be picked up as there is an infinite amount of it available in inventory.
Black wool is once again available in the inventory.
v0.2.1Sheep now drop white wool. Dropped white wool is removed when picked up as it is not available in inventory.
v0.3.0Added empty slots to inventory in which white wool can be picked up, making white wool available for the first time in survival mode.
Orange and magenta wool are once again available in the creative inventory.
Survival players no longer start out with an infinite amount of the previously available wool colors in the inventory.
v0.4.0White wool is now available in the creative inventory.
A crafting recipe for wool has been added.
Wool is now used to craft beds.
v0.5.0Wool is now used to craft paintings.
v0.8.0build 2Light Gray Wool JE2 BE2.png Gray Wool JE2 BE2.png Black Wool JE2 BE2.png Brown Wool JE2 BE2.png Red Wool JE2 BE2.png Orange Wool JE2 BE2.png Yellow Wool JE2 BE2.png Lime Wool JE2 BE2.png Green Wool JE2 BE2.png Cyan Wool JE2 BE2.png Light Blue Wool JE2 BE2.png Blue Wool JE2 BE2.png Purple Wool JE2 BE2.png Magenta Wool JE2 BE2.png Pink Wool JE2 BE2.png The saturation of wool has been tweaked, making wool blocks slightly darker than before.
Red wool can now be used to craft red carpets.
v0.9.0build 1Black wool now naturally spawns in villages.
The remaining carpet colors can now be crafted using wool.
v0.9.3Wool now has smooth lighting.
?Renamed Blue Light Wool to Light Blue Wool
Pocket Edition
1.0.4alpha 1.0.4.0Shepherd villagers now buy 16–22 white wool for 1 emerald. They also sell 1 wool for 1–2 emeralds, 1 offer for each color.
1.1.0January 27, 2017Jeb tweets a picture of new wool textures beside the concrete blocks mentioning that they are a work in progress for Pocket Edition 1.1.
alpha 1.1.0.0White Wool JE2 BE2.png Light Gray Wool JE3 BE3.png Gray Wool JE3 BE3.png Black Wool JE3 BE3.png Brown Wool JE3 BE3.png Red Wool JE3 BE3.png Orange Wool JE3 BE3.png Yellow Wool JE3 BE3.png Lime Wool JE3 BE3.png Green Wool JE3 BE3.png Cyan Wool JE3 BE3.png Light Blue Wool JE3 BE3.png Blue Wool JE3 BE3.png Purple Wool JE3 BE3.png Magenta Wool JE3 BE3.png Pink Wool JE3 BE3.png The color spectrum has been changed, resulting in new textures for all wool and wool-related items.
Added beds in 16 colors. As a result, the wool has to match in order for the bed to be crafted.
Various wool colors now generate within structures inside woodland mansions.
Bedrock Edition
1.2.0beta 1.2.0.2Wool can now used to craft banners.
beta 1.2.0.7Any color of wool can now be dyed.
1.4.0beta 1.2.20.1Bleach can now be used to make colored wool turn into white wool.
1.9.0beta 1.9.0.0Regular "Wool" has been renamed to "White Wool".
1.10.0beta 1.10.0.3Wool now generates in plains villages and pillager outpost tents.
1.11.0beta 1.11.0.1Wool can now be found in village shepherd chests.
beta 1.11.0.4Trading has been changed, shepherd villagers now have a 1⁄32 (3.125%) chance to sell one of 16 colored wool for an emerald.
Shepherd villagers now have a 25% chance to buy 18 white wool for an emerald, a 25% chance to buy 18 gray wool for an emerald, a 25% chance to buy 18 black wool for an emerald, and a 25% chance to buy 18 brown wool for an emerald as part of their first tier trades.
1.13.0beta 1.13.0.9Wool can now be used to play the guitar, if they are under note blocks.
Wild Update (experimental)beta 1.18.30.22Wool can now be used to block vibrations from sculk sensors.
1.19.70beta 1.19.70.20The ID's of the wools have now been split up into their own ID's.
Legacy Console Edition
TU1CU1 1.0 Patch 11.0.1White Wool JE1 BE1.png Light Gray Wool JE1 BE1.png Gray Wool JE1 BE1.png Black Wool JE1 BE1.png Brown Wool JE1 BE1.png Red Wool JE1 BE1.png Orange Wool JE1 BE1.png Yellow Wool JE1 BE1.png Lime Wool JE1 BE1.png Green Wool JE1 BE1.png Cyan Wool JE1 BE1.png Light Blue Wool JE1 BE1.png Blue Wool JE1 BE1.png Purple Wool JE1 BE1.png Magenta Wool JE1 BE1.png Pink Wool JE1 BE1.png Added wool.
? Light Gray Wool JE2 BE2.png Gray Wool JE2 BE2.png Black Wool JE2 BE2.png Brown Wool JE2 BE2.png Red Wool JE2 BE2.png Orange Wool JE2 BE2.png Yellow Wool JE2 BE2.png Lime Wool JE2 BE2.png Green Wool JE2 BE2.png Cyan Wool JE2 BE2.png Light Blue Wool JE2 BE2.png Blue Wool JE2 BE2.png Purple Wool JE2 BE2.png Magenta Wool JE2 BE2.png Pink Wool JE2 BE2.png Dyed wool textures have been updated.
TU9Sheep can now regrow their wool by eating grass or tall grass.
TU53CU43 1.49 Patch 231.0.3White Wool JE2 BE2.png Light Gray Wool JE3 BE3.png Gray Wool JE3 BE3.png Black Wool JE3 BE3.png Brown Wool JE3 BE3.png Red Wool JE3 BE3.png Orange Wool JE3 BE3.png Yellow Wool JE3 BE3.png Lime Wool JE3 BE3.png Green Wool JE3 BE3.png Cyan Wool JE3 BE3.png Light Blue Wool JE3 BE3.png Blue Wool JE3 BE3.png Purple Wool JE3 BE3.png Magenta Wool JE3 BE3.png Pink Wool JE3 BE3.png The color spectrum has been changed, resulting in new textures for all wool and wool-related items.
New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0White Wool JE1 BE1.png Light Gray Wool JE2 BE2.png Gray Wool JE2 BE2.png Black Wool JE2 BE2.png Brown Wool JE2 BE2.png Red Wool JE2 BE2.png Orange Wool JE2 BE2.png Yellow Wool JE2 BE2.png Lime Wool JE2 BE2.png Green Wool JE2 BE2.png Cyan Wool JE2 BE2.png Light Blue Wool JE2 BE2.png Blue Wool JE2 BE2.png Purple Wool JE2 BE2.png Magenta Wool JE2 BE2.png Pink Wool JE2 BE2.png Added wool.

  • A zombie holding a piece of wool.[1]

  • JE 1.12 Dev Wool.jpg
  • JE 1.12 Dev Wool and concrete.jpg

  • The four iterations of the wool block.

Data history

Java Edition Classic
0.0.20aThe IDs for cloth blocks were 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35 and 36 respectively.
Java Edition Infdev
Minecraft Infdev20100624All cloth blocks have been removed except the block with ID 35, which now has been changed to be white wool. The remaining IDs eventually became populated with newer blocks in later versions; for a full list, refer to Java Edition removed blocks.
Java Edition
1.1317w47aThe different block states for the wool ID have been split up into their own IDs.
Prior to The Flattening, this block's numeral ID was 35.

  • A list of data values for cloths in Infdev

Issues

Issues relating to "Wool" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.

Trivia

Gallery

  • Orange Wool.png
  • Magenta Wool.png
  • Light Blue Wool.png
  • Yellow Wool.png
  • Lime Wool.png
  • Pink Wool.png
  • Gray Wool.png
  • Light Gray Wool.png
  • Cyan Wool.png
  • Purple Wool.png
  • Blue Wool.png
  • Brown Wool.png
  • Green Wool.png
  • Red Wool.png
  • Black Wool.png

Screenshots

  • A pile of wool generated in a woodland mansion.

  • Naturally occurring wool with torches on it.

  • Wool in a zombie's hand.

  • Hi-text from Cyan, Purple and Red Wool.

References

  1. ↑ https://twitter.com/jeb_/status/240381873480687616

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