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What is the ID for wool in Minecraft?

By: Author Color With Leo

What is the ID for wool in Minecraft?

Wool is one of the most basic building blocks in Minecraft. It comes from sheep and can be dyed into different colors using dyes. Each color of wool has a unique data value ID that is used to spawn or specify that color in commands and the creative inventory menu.

Wool ID List

Here is a list of all the wool IDs in Minecraft:

Wool Color ID
White 0
Orange 1
Magenta 2
Light Blue 3
Yellow 4
Lime 5
Pink 6
Gray 7
Light Gray 8
Cyan 9
Purple 10
Blue 11
Brown 12
Green 13
Red 14
Black 15

As you can see, each color of wool has an ID value from 0-15 that corresponds to that specific color. White wool, which is the default color that sheep drop, has an ID of 0. Black wool has an ID of 15.

Using Wool IDs

There are a couple main ways wool IDs are used in Minecraft:

  • Spawning colored wool with commands – Using the /setblock or /give commands, you can spawn wool of any color by specifying its ID value along with the wool item ID (35).
  • Selecting colored wool in Creative Mode – In the creative inventory, you can switch between the different wool colors by cycling through their ID values.
  • Crafting recipes – Some crafting recipes like banners and beds specify certain color wool IDs as ingredients.
  • Sheep coloring – Feeding a sheep a dye will change their wool to the corresponding color. The wool they drop will have that color’s ID.

So in summary, the main use of wool color IDs is to specify exactly which color of wool you want when using commands, menus, crafting, or interacting with sheep. Each ID value 0-15 precisely identifies one color.

Examples

Here are some examples of using wool IDs in Minecraft:

Setblock Command

To spawn blue wool at position x=10, y=5, z=15 using the /setblock command:

/setblock 10 5 15 minecraft:wool 11

This will place a blue wool block with ID 11 at those coordinates.

Give Command

To give yourself a stack of red wool using the /give command:

/give @p minecraft:wool 1 64 14

This gives you 64 red wool blocks with data value 14 in your inventory.

Creative Inventory

In the creative wool selection menu, scrolling through the numbers 0-15 will cycle through the different wool colors based on their IDs.

Crafting Recipe

A magenta colored bed recipe specifies magenta wool with ID 2 as an ingredient:

wool-2    wool-2
wool-2    wool-2  
planks     planks

This ensures the bed crafted will be magenta colored.

Sheep Coloring

Feeding a sheep red dye will change its wool to red, ID 14. When sheared, that red sheep will drop red wool blocks.

Conclusion

Knowing the ID values for different wool colors allows for precise control over the type of wool used in Minecraft commands, crafting, and interactions. Whether you want to set colored wool with a command, give yourself a specific dye wool for building, select the right color for a recipe, or customize the color of your sheep’s wool, using the 0-15 ID values will ensure you get the exact right color output.

So in summary:

  • White Wool ID: 0
  • Orange Wool ID: 1
  • Magenta Wool ID: 2
  • Light Blue Wool ID: 3
  • Yellow Wool ID: 4
  • Lime Wool ID: 5
  • Pink Wool ID: 6
  • Gray Wool ID: 7
  • Light Gray Wool ID: 8
  • Cyan Wool ID: 9
  • Purple Wool ID: 10
  • Blue Wool ID: 11
  • Brown Wool ID: 12
  • Green Wool ID: 13
  • Red Wool ID: 14
  • Black Wool ID: 15

Using the correct ID for the color of wool you want allows you to get exactly the right wool output for your needs in Minecraft.