Minecraft
How to Craft Concrete in Minecraft
To craft concrete in Minecraft you need four sand, four gravel, and one white dye. On the Crafting Table dump those nine pieces in any squares, and eight concrete powder come out. Place a powder block next to water and it hardens. Below are the items, the recipe, and where those pieces come from.
SandSandSandSand
White Dye
GravelGravelGravelGravel
Concrete Powder ×8Shapeless: the slots can sit anywhere on the grid.
| Item | Qty | Where to get it |
|---|---|---|
| Sand |
4 | Dig sand with a shovel in deserts, beaches and river shallows. Red sand from badlands also counts. |
| Gravel |
4 | Dig gravel with a shovel. Some blocks drop flint instead; keep digging for the gravel itself. |
| White Dye |
1 | Put one bone meal in any crafting square. Lily of the valley also makes white dye. |
Concrete Powder specs
- Difficulty
- Early game
- Where it lives
- Crafted. Place the powder against water to harden it.
- Where to get it
- Craft on a Crafting Table: four sand, four gravel, and one dye in any squares.
- Item ID
-
minecraft:white_concrete_powder - Numerical ID
-
252 - Stackable
- Yes
- Max stack
- 64
- Renewable
- Yes
- Hardness
- 0.5
- Blast resistance
- 0.5
- Material
- Sand
- Diggable
- Yes
- Give command
-
/give @p minecraft:white_concrete_powder 1
| Item | Time to break |
|---|---|
| Golden Shovel | 0.06s |
| Netherite Shovel | 0.08s |
| Diamond Shovel | 0.09s |
| Iron Shovel | 0.13s |
| Stone Shovel | 0.19s |
| Wooden Shovel | 0.38s |
| Hand | 0.75s |
Ingredient specs
Sand
Early game- Where to get it
- Dig sand with a shovel in deserts, beaches and river shallows. Red sand from badlands also counts.
- Where it lives
- Deserts, beaches, riverbanks and ocean floors. Gravity pulls it down if the block under it is gone.
- Item ID
minecraft:sand- Numerical ID
12- Stackable
- Yes
- Max stack
- 64
- Renewable
- Yes
- Hardness
- 0.5
- Blast resistance
- 0.5
- Material
- Sand
- Diggable
- Yes
White Dye
Early game- Where to get it
- Put one bone meal in any crafting square. Lily of the valley also makes white dye.
- Where it lives
- Craft. Skeletons drop bones; grind one into three bone meal.
- Item ID
minecraft:white_dye- Stackable
- Yes
- Max stack
- 64
- Renewable
- Yes
- Material
- Item
- Diggable
- No
Gravel
Early game- Where to get it
- Dig gravel with a shovel. Some blocks drop flint instead; keep digging for the gravel itself.
- Where it lives
- Riverbeds, caves, oceans, and some mountains. Gravity pulls it down.
- Item ID
minecraft:gravel- Numerical ID
13- Stackable
- Yes
- Max stack
- 64
- Renewable
- Yes
- Hardness
- 0.6
- Blast resistance
- 0.6
- Material
- Sand
- Diggable
- Yes
Sand, gravel, one white dye
Dig four sand with a shovel in a desert or on a beach. Regular sand only; red sand stays out of this mix. Dig four gravel in a riverbed or a cave; the same shovel works, and some blocks drop flint instead, so keep digging until you have four gravel. One bone meal in any inventory square becomes one white dye. Green dye swaps the color if you want green powder instead.
Nine pieces, any squares
Open the Crafting Table. Put the dye, the four sand, and the four gravel in any of the nine squares. Eight concrete powder appear on the right; take them. This mix fills the 3×3, so the inventory 2×2 cannot hold it.
Powder against water
Place the powder next to a water source or in flowing water. It hardens into concrete on contact. The powder falls like sand if nothing sits under it. A shovel breaks the hardened block fastest.
