Minecraft
How to Craft a Bed in Minecraft
To craft a bed in Minecraft you need three wool of the same color and three wooden planks. On the Crafting Table lay the wool in a row and put the planks in the row right under them. Below are the items, the recipe, and where the wool comes from.
WoolWoolWool
Wooden PlanksWooden PlanksWooden Planks
Bed| Item | Qty | Where to get it |
|---|---|---|
| Wool |
3 | Shear an adult sheep for 1–3 wool, or kill one for a single block. Four string also craft one white wool. This ingredient is crafted too — station below. |
| Wooden Planks |
3 | Punch or axe a log, then convert the log to planks in the 2×2 inventory grid. Oak, birch, spruce and the rest all count. This ingredient is crafted too — station below. |
Bed specs
- Difficulty
- Early game
- Where it lives
- Crafted. Also in village houses. Needs two floor blocks to place.
- Where to get it
- Craft on a Crafting Table with three matching wool and three planks. White wool from sheep is the usual first bed.
- Item ID
-
minecraft:white_bed - Numerical ID
-
355 - Stackable
- No
- Max stack
- 1
- Renewable
- Yes
- Hardness
- 0.2
- Blast resistance
- 0.2
- Material
- Wood
- Diggable
- Yes
- Give command
-
/give @p minecraft:white_bed 1
| Item | Time to break |
|---|---|
| Hand | 0.3s |
Ingredient specs
Wooden Planks
Early game- Where to get it
- Punch or axe a log, then convert the log to planks in the 2×2 inventory grid. Oak, birch, spruce and the rest all count.
- Where it lives
- Overworld trees. Any wood biome.
- Item ID
minecraft:oak_planks- Legacy item ID
minecraft:planks- Numerical ID
5- Stackable
- Yes
- Max stack
- 64
- Renewable
- Yes
- Hardness
- 2
- Blast resistance
- 2
- Material
- Wood
- Diggable
- Yes
Oak Log
Early game- Where to get it
- Punch or axe an oak tree. Any overworld log type also converts to its matching planks.
- Where it lives
- Oak trees in forests, plains, and villages in the Overworld.
- Item ID
minecraft:oak_log- Legacy item ID
minecraft:log- Numerical ID
17- Stackable
- Yes
- Max stack
- 64
- Renewable
- Yes
- Hardness
- 2
- Blast resistance
- 2
- Material
- Wood
- Diggable
- Yes
String
Early game- Where to get it
- Kill spiders or cave spiders (0–2). Break cobwebs with a sword. Cats can drop string too.
- Where it lives
- Overworld night spawns, mineshaft cobwebs, spider spawners.
- Item ID
minecraft:string- Numerical ID
287- Stackable
- Yes
- Max stack
- 64
- Renewable
- Yes
- Material
- Item
- Diggable
- No
Wool
Early game- Where to get it
- Shear an adult sheep for 1–3 wool, or kill one for a single block. Four string also craft one white wool.
- Where it lives
- Overworld pastures. White sheep are the common spawn.
- Item ID
minecraft:white_wool- Legacy item ID
minecraft:wool- Numerical ID
35- Stackable
- Yes
- Max stack
- 64
- Renewable
- Yes
- Hardness
- 0.8
- Blast resistance
- 0.8
- Material
- wool
- Diggable
- Yes
How to craft these materials
Wool
StringStringStringStringWoolShapeless: the slots can sit anywhere on the grid.
Wooden Planks
Oak LogWooden Planks ×4Shapeless: the slots can sit anywhere on the grid.
Three wool, three planks
Find sheep on grass in the Overworld. Shear an adult for one to three wool and leave it alive so it eats grass and grows more; killing it drops a single block. White sheep are the common spawn, so a white bed is the usual first night. Punch a log and turn it into planks in the inventory 2×2 — one log already covers the three planks.
Wool over the wood
Open the Crafting Table. Put wool in the left, middle, and right of the middle row, then planks in the three squares under that. The top row can stay empty. One bed appears on the right. The three wool have to match; the planks can mix oak with birch or whatever you have.
Two blocks on the floor
Place the bed on two clear floor blocks. Use it at night or in a thunderstorm to skip to morning and set your spawn there. Keep a solid roof over it so a mob cannot stand on the pillow. If you move camp, pick the bed up and place it again before you sleep.
