Minecraft

How to Craft a Carpet in Minecraft

To craft a carpet in Minecraft you need two matching wool. Put them side by side in the inventory 2×2, and three carpets come out. Below are the items, the recipe, and where that wool comes from.

Inventory (2×2)
Wool
Wool
Carpet ×3
Materials
Item Qty Where to get it
Wool 2 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.

Carpet specs

Difficulty
Early game
Where it lives
Craft. Sheep pastures in the Overworld.
Where to get it
Craft two wool of the same color in a short row. White wool from a sheep is the first color.
Item ID
minecraft:white_carpet
Numerical ID
171
Stackable
Yes
Max stack
64
Renewable
Yes
Hardness
0.1
Blast resistance
0.1
Material
Wool
Diggable
Yes
Give command
/give @p minecraft:white_carpet 1
Time to break
ItemTime to break
Hand 0.15s

Ingredient specs

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

Inventory (2×2)
String
String
String
String
Wool

Shapeless: the slots can sit anywhere on the grid.

Two wool of the same color

Shear an adult sheep for one to three wool, or kill one for a single block. Two white wool cover one craft and pay three carpets. Four string also make one white wool if the pasture is empty. Dye the wool first if you want another color on the floor.

Side by side in the 2×2

Open the inventory 2×2. Put wool in the top-left and top-right, a short row. Three carpets appear on the right; take them. The same two wool work on a Crafting Table.

A thin floor, a llama seat

Place it on a block; the layer is one pixel thick so you still walk at full height. Drop a carpet on a llama and it sits as a seat. Three matching wool plus three planks still make a bed, and six wool in two rows make a banner.

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