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Loom

Loom

A loom is a block used to apply customizable and layerable designs to banners using dyes. Some designs require banner patterns to apply. It also serves as…

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Contents (23)
  1. Obtaining
  2. Breaking
  3. Natural generation
  4. Crafting
  5. Usage
  6. Applying banner patterns
  7. Profession
  8. Fuel
  9. Sounds
  10. Generic
  11. Unique
  12. Data values
  13. ID
  14. Block states
  15. History
  16. Java Edition
  17. Bedrock Edition
  18. PlayStation 4 Edition
  19. Issues
  20. Gallery
  21. Renders
  22. In other media
  23. External links
Not to be confused with Weaving.
Loom
Loom (S).png: Infobox image for Minecraft block 'Loom'
Invicon Loom.png: Inventory sprite for Loom in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Loom
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Item description‌[BE only] Decorate banners
Renewable Yes
Stackable Yes (64)
Tool SlotSprite Axe Required.png: Sprite image for Axe Required in Minecraft
Blast resistance 2.5
Hardness 2.5
Luminous No
Transparent No
Flammable No
Catches fire
from lava 		Yes
Map color
 13 WOOD
Note block instrument Bass

A loom is a block used to apply customizable and layerable designs to banners using dyes. Some designs require banner patterns to apply. It also serves as a shepherd's job site block.

Obtaining

Breaking

A loom can be mined using any tool or by hand, but axes are the quickest. It always drops as an item.

Block Loom
Hardness 2.5
Tool
Breaking time (sec)[A]
Default 3.75 (JE)
3.75 (BE)
ItemSprite wooden-axe.png: Sprite image for wooden-axe in MinecraftWooden 1.9 (JE)
1.9 (BE)
ItemSprite stone-axe.png: Sprite image for stone-axe in MinecraftStone 0.95 (JE)
0.95 (BE)
ItemSprite copper-axe.png: Sprite image for copper-axe in MinecraftCopper 0.75 (JE)
0.75 (BE)
ItemSprite iron-axe.png: Sprite image for iron-axe in MinecraftIron 0.65 (JE)
0.65 (BE)
ItemSprite diamond-axe.png: Sprite image for diamond-axe in MinecraftDiamond 0.5 (JE)
0.5 (BE)
ItemSprite netherite-axe.png: Sprite image for netherite-axe in MinecraftNetherite 0.45 (JE)
0.45 (BE)
ItemSprite golden-axe.png: Sprite image for golden-axe in MinecraftGolden 0.35 (JE)
0.35 (BE)
Legend
  • incorrect tool, drops nothing
  • correct tool, drops nothing or something other than the block itself
  • correct tool, drops the block itself
  • italicized can be instant mined
  1. ↑ These durations ignore any other influential factors (e.g., Mining Fatigue) and are measured in seconds. For more information, see Breaking § Mining efficiency.

Natural generation

Looms can be found in village shepherd houses. Looms can also generate in trail ruins.

Crafting

Ingredients Crafting recipe
String +
Any Planks
Invicon String.png: Inventory sprite for String in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to String with description: StringInvicon String.png: Inventory sprite for String in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to String with description: StringInvicon Oak Planks.png: Inventory sprite for Oak Planks in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Oak Planks with description: Oak PlanksInvicon Spruce Planks.png: Inventory sprite for Spruce Planks in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Spruce Planks with description: Spruce PlanksInvicon Birch Planks.png: Inventory sprite for Birch Planks in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Birch Planks with description: Birch PlanksInvicon Jungle Planks.png: Inventory sprite for Jungle Planks in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Jungle Planks with description: Jungle PlanksInvicon Acacia Planks.png: Inventory sprite for Acacia Planks in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Acacia Planks with description: Acacia PlanksInvicon Dark Oak Planks.png: Inventory sprite for Dark Oak Planks in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Dark Oak Planks with description: Dark Oak PlanksInvicon Mangrove Planks.png: Inventory sprite for Mangrove Planks in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Mangrove Planks with description: Mangrove PlanksInvicon Cherry Planks.png: Inventory sprite for Cherry Planks in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Cherry Planks with description: Cherry PlanksInvicon Pale Oak Planks.png: Inventory sprite for Pale Oak Planks in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Pale Oak Planks with description: Pale Oak PlanksInvicon Poplar Planks.png: Inventory sprite for Poplar Planks in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Poplar Planks with description: Poplar PlanksInvicon Bamboo Planks.png: Inventory sprite for Bamboo Planks in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Bamboo Planks with description: Bamboo PlanksInvicon Crimson Planks.png: Inventory sprite for Crimson Planks in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Crimson Planks with description: Crimson PlanksInvicon Warped Planks.png: Inventory sprite for Warped Planks in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Warped Planks with description: Warped PlanksInvicon Oak Planks.png: Inventory sprite for Oak Planks in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Oak Planks with description: Oak PlanksInvicon Spruce Planks.png: Inventory sprite for Spruce Planks in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Spruce Planks with description: Spruce PlanksInvicon Birch Planks.png: Inventory sprite for Birch Planks in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Birch Planks with description: Birch PlanksInvicon Jungle Planks.png: Inventory sprite for Jungle Planks in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Jungle Planks with description: Jungle PlanksInvicon Acacia Planks.png: Inventory sprite for Acacia Planks in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Acacia Planks with description: Acacia PlanksInvicon Dark Oak Planks.png: Inventory sprite for Dark Oak Planks in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Dark Oak Planks with description: Dark Oak PlanksInvicon Mangrove Planks.png: Inventory sprite for Mangrove Planks in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Mangrove Planks with description: Mangrove PlanksInvicon Cherry Planks.png: Inventory sprite for Cherry Planks in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Cherry Planks with description: Cherry PlanksInvicon Pale Oak Planks.png: Inventory sprite for Pale Oak Planks in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Pale Oak Planks with description: Pale Oak PlanksInvicon Poplar Planks.png: Inventory sprite for Poplar Planks in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Poplar Planks with description: Poplar PlanksInvicon Bamboo Planks.png: Inventory sprite for Bamboo Planks in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Bamboo Planks with description: Bamboo PlanksInvicon Crimson Planks.png: Inventory sprite for Crimson Planks in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Crimson Planks with description: Crimson PlanksInvicon Warped Planks.png: Inventory sprite for Warped Planks in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Warped Planks with description: Warped Planks
Invicon Loom.png: Inventory sprite for Loom in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Loom

Usage

Applying banner patterns

Interface for the loom in Java Edition.
Interface for the loom in Bedrock Edition.

Using on a loom opens its interface. It has three slots for a banner, a dye, and an optional banner pattern item. When a banner is put in, a list of patterns appears in the center part. Ten patterns require the following banner patterns: Flower Charge, Creeper Charge, Skull Charge, Thing, Snout, Globe, Field Masoned, Bordure Indented, Flow, and Guster. Putting a banner pattern in its respective slot makes the loom show only that pattern.

Selecting a pattern or using a banner pattern on the list shows the preview of the banner after applying, if a dye is present. To finish, the player must take the banner in the slot beneath the preview. The original banner and the dye disappear from their respective slots, but the banner pattern is not consumed.

Items being used in the loom interface in Java Edition.

Profession

Main article: Job site block

If a loom has not been claimed by a villager, any nearby unemployed villager has a chance to change their profession to shepherd and claim the loom as their job site block.

Fuel

A loom can be used as fuel in a furnace to smelt 1.5 items.

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Sounds

Generic

Java Edition:

BlockSprite oak-planks.png: Sprite image for oak-planks in Minecraft wood sound type
SoundClosed captionsSourceDescriptionIdentifierTranslation keyVolumePitchAttenuation
distance
​Block brokenBlocksOnce the block has brokenblock.wood.breaksubtitles.block.generic.break​1.00.816
​Block placed​[until: JE 26.4]BlocksWhen the block is placedblock.wood.placesubtitles.block.generic.place​1.00.816
​Block breakingBlocksWhile the block is in the process of being brokenblock.wood.hitsubtitles.block.generic.hit​0.250.516
​Something falls on a blockEntity-DependentFalling on the block with fall damageblock.wood.fallsubtitles.block.generic.fall​0.50.7516
​FootstepsEntity-DependentWalking on the blockblock.wood.stepsubtitles.block.generic.footsteps​0.151.016

Bedrock Edition:

BlockSprite oak-planks.png: Sprite image for oak-planks in Minecraft wood sound type
SoundClosed captionsSourceDescriptionIdentifierTranslation keyVolumePitch
​Block brokenBlocksOnce the block has brokendig.woodsubtitles.block.generic.break​1.00.8–1.0
​Block placedBlocksWhen the block is placedplace.woodsubtitles.block.generic.place​1.00.8
​Axe stripsBlocksWhen an axe strips a log or wood block [sound 1]use.woodsubtitles.block.generic.hit​1.00.8
​Block breakingBlocksWhile the block is in the process of being brokenhit.woodsubtitles.block.generic.hit​0.230.5
​FootstepsPlayersFalling on the block with fall damagefall.woodsubtitles.block.generic.footsteps​0.41.0
​FootstepsPlayersWalking on the blockstep.woodsubtitles.block.generic.footsteps​0.31.0
​FootstepsBlocksJumping from the blockjump.woodsubtitles.block.generic.footsteps​0.121.0
​FootstepsBlocksFalling on the block without fall damageland.woodsubtitles.block.generic.footsteps​0.181.0
  1. ↑ MCPE-189879

Unique

Java Edition:

Sounds
SoundClosed captionsSourceDescriptionIdentifierTranslation keyVolumePitchAttenuation
distance
None​[sound 2]​UIWhen a pattern is selectedui.loom.select_patternNone​[sound 2]​1.01.016
​Loom used​[until: JE 26.4]BlocksWhen a banner is taken from the resultui.loom.take_result​[sound 1]​subtitles.ui.loom.take_result​0.51.016
​Shepherd worksFriendly MobsRandomly while a shepherd is workingentity.villager.work_shepherdsubtitles.entity.villager.work_shepherd​0.50.8–1.216
  1. ↑ MC-312315
  2. ↑ a b ​MC-238729​

Bedrock Edition:

Sounds
SoundClosed captionsSourceDescriptionIdentifierTranslation keyVolumePitch
​ ?BlocksWhen a pattern is selectedui.loom.select_pattern​ ?1.01.0
​ ?BlocksWhen a banner is taken from the resultui.loom.take_result​ ?0.651.0
​ ?BlocksRandomly while a shepherd is workingblock.loom.use​ ?0.751.0

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

NameIdentifierForm Translation key
BlockSprite loom.png: Sprite image for loom in Minecraft LoomloomBlock & Item block.minecraft.loom

Bedrock Edition:

NameIdentifierNumeric ID FormItem ID[i 1] Translation key
BlockSprite loom.png: Sprite image for loom in Minecraft Loomloom459Block & Giveable Item[i 2]Identical[i 3] tile.loom.name
  1. ↑ ID of block's direct item form, which is used in savegame files and addons.
  2. ↑ Available with /give command.
  3. ↑ The block's direct item form has the same ID as the block.

Block states

See also: Block states

Java Edition:

Name Default value Allowed values Description
facingnortheast
north
south
west		The direction the loom is facing.
Opposite from the direction the player faces when placing a loom.

Bedrock Edition:

NameMetadata Bits Default value Allowed valuesValues for
Metadata Bits		 Description
direction0x1
0x2		00
1
2
3		0
1
2
3		The direction the loom is facing.
  • 0: South facing loom
  • 1: West facing loom
  • 2: North facing loom
  • 3: East facing loom
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History

Java Edition

Java Edition
1.1418w43a Added looms.
18w48a Looms now generate in the updated plains villages.
18w49a Looms now generate in the updated savanna villages and the new snowy tundra villages.
18w50a Looms now generate in the updated desert and taiga villages.
19w11a Looms now serve as shepherd villagers' job site block.
pre1 The top texture has flipped.
1.1620w06a Crimson planks and warped planks can now be used to craft looms.
1.1922w11a Mangrove planks can now be used to craft looms.
1.19.3
Experiment
Update 1.20		22w42a Bamboo planks can now be used to craft looms.
1.19.4
Experiment
Update 1.20		23w07a Cherry planks can now be used to craft looms.
1.21.224w33a Now requires Field Masoned Banner Pattern and Bordure Indented Banner Pattern to craft corresponding banners.
1.21.2
Experiment
Winter Drop		24w40a Pale oak planks can now be used to craft looms.
1.21.6pre3 The pattern selection sound is now controlled by the "UI" source.

Bedrock Edition

Bedrock Edition
1.10.0beta 1.10.0.3 Added looms.

PlayStation 4 Edition

PlayStation 4 Edition
1.90 Added looms.
1.91 Looms now generate in villages.

Issues

Issues relating to "Loom" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.

Renders

  • A loom facing west
    A loom facing west
  • A loom facing north
    A loom facing north
  • A loom facing east
    A loom facing east

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