Black dye is one of the sixteen available dyes.
Obtaining
Crafting
| Ingredients | Crafting recipe |
|---|---|
| Ink Sac | |
| Wither Rose |
Trading
Wandering traders have a chance to trade 3 black dyes for an emerald.
| Villager | Probability | Villager wants | Player receives | Trades in stock | Villager experience | Price multiplier | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JE | BE | |||||||
| Ordinary | 6% | 6% | 3 × | 12 | — | — | ||
Mob loot
In Bedrock Edition, wandering traders have a chance of 25% (increased by 1% per level of Looting) to drop 3 black dyes when killed while showing the item as trade offer, if the player holds an emerald.
Usage
Like all other dyes, black dye can be:
- Applied to sheep to dye their wool, which can then be sheared for 1–3 blocks of black wool.
- Applied to tamed wolves to dye their collars.
- Applied to tamed cats to dye their collars.
- Used to dye or stain wool, leather armor, beds, glass, terracotta, shulker boxes, candles, and harnesses.
- Combined with gunpowder to make a firework star.
- Combined with a firework star to create a fade-to-color effect.
- Used to add patterns to banners.
- Used to dye shulkers in Bedrock Edition and Minecraft Education.
- Used to dye water contained in cauldrons in Bedrock Edition and Minecraft Education.
- Combined with sand and gravel to craft concrete powder.
- Combined with compounds to craft balloons or glow sticks in Bedrock Edition and Minecraft Education.
- Used to change the color of text on signs or hanging signs.
Crafting ingredient
Loom ingredient
Trading
Data values
ID
| Name | Identifier | Form | Item tags | Translation key |
|---|---|---|---|---|
black_dye | Item | dyes |
item |
| Name | Identifier | Alias ID | Numeric ID | Form | Translation key |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
black_dye | dye / 16 | 395 | Item | item |
History
Java Edition
| Java Edition | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.14 | 18w43a | ||||||
| 18w44a | Black dyes now can change the text color on the signs to black. | ||||||
| Black dye can now be used to dye cat collars. | |||||||
| 19w05a | Added the wandering trader, which sell black dyes. | ||||||
| 19w11a | Black dyes can now be bought by shepherd villagers. | ||||||
| 1.15 | pre1 | Black dye can now be used to craft dark prismarine, to match Bedrock Edition. | |||||
| 1.17 | 20w45a | Black dyes can now used to craft newly added black candles. | |||||
| 21w19a | Black dyes can no longer used to craft black candles. | ||||||
| pre1 | Black dyes can once again used to craft black candles. | ||||||
| 1.19.3 Experiment | 22w42a | Black dyes now can change the text color on hanging signs to black. | |||||
| 1.20.5 | 24w09a | Black dye can now used to dye wolf armor. | |||||
| 1.21.2 | 24w38a | Black dye can now used to dye bundles. | |||||
| 1.21.6 | 25w15a | Added harnesses, which can be dyed using black dye. | |||||
| 1.21.9 | 25w31a | ||||||
| 26.1 | snap5 | Black dye is now included in the item tag dyes. | |||||
Bedrock Edition
| Bedrock Edition | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.8.0 | beta 1.8.0.10 | ||||||
| 1.11.0 | beta 1.11.0.4 | Black dye can now be sold to shepherd villagers. | |||||
| 1.13.0 | beta 1.13.0.9 | Black dye can now be crafted from wither roses. | |||||
| 1.20.30 | Preview 1.20.20.21 | Wandering traders now sell black dye instead of ink sacs. | |||||
| 1.21.111 | Preview 1.21.110.20 | ||||||
PlayStation 4 Edition
| PlayStation 4 Edition | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.83 | |||||||
Data history
| Bedrock Edition | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.16.100 | beta 1.16.100.56 | The ID of black dye has been changed from dye/16 to black_dye. | |||||
Issues
Issues relating to "Black Dye" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.






