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How To Craft Concrete and Concrete Powder in Minecraft (1.12 Update)

By mythicpencil October 13, 2017 0 Comments

Concrete is a new type of Minecraft block added on June 7, 2017 as part of the World of Color Update (1.12). The blocks are more intensely and uniformly colored than wool or terracotta and can be crafted in the same 16 dye colors. In order to craft concrete, you will have to first make concrete powder then later mix it with water. This tutorial will teach you everything you need to know about concrete in Minecraft!

Crafting Concrete Powder

Concrete powder is made by placing 4 sand, 4 gravel, and 1 color dye into a crafting table. The color dye you use will determine the color of your powder. For example, if you use bonemeal as shown in the photo below, you will get white concrete powder.

Crafting Tip: The gravel, sand, and dye do not need to be in any specific order when making powder. As long as you have 4 sand, 4 gravel, and a dye in the crafting table, you can craft concrete powder!

I have made a list of the 16 color dyes you can use for concrete and how to get them below. Many of them can be crafted from flowers! More information on dyes can be found on Minecraft Wiki.

Minecraft Dye Colors

Color	Dye Item Name	Source
White	Bonemeal	Crafted from Bones
Gray	Gray Dye	Combining Ink Sack + Bonemeal
Light Gray	Light Gray Dye	Combining Bone Meal + Gray Dye, or 2 Bone Meal + 1 Ink Sack
Black	Ink Sack	Drops naturally from squids
Brown	Coco Beans	Found in Jungle biomes
Red	Rose Red	Crafted from red flowers or beetroots
Yellow	Dandelion Yellow	Crafted from dandelions or sunflowers
Orange	Orange Dye	Crafted from orange tulips or combining rose red and dandelion yellow
Green	Cactus Green	Crafted from cooking cactus blocks in a furnace
Lime	Lime Dye	Combining cactus green and bone meal
Cyan	Cyan Dye	Combining lapis lazuli and cactus green
Blue	Lapis Lazuli	Found naturally while mining
Light Blue	Light Blue Dye	Crafted from blue orchids or combining lapis lazuli with bonemeal
Purple	Purple Dye	Crafted by combining rose red and lapis lazuli
Pink	Pink Dye	Crafted from peonies, pink tulips, or by combining rose red with bonemeal
Magenta	Magenta Dye	Crafted from liliacs, alliums, or by combining 2 rose reds with lapis lazuli and bonemeal. Can also be made by combining purple and pink dyes.

Crafting Concrete

Physically placing your powder next to water will instantly transform it into concrete. If the powder falls into water, it will also turn into concrete once it lands in the water.

Concrete FAQs

Does flowing water work for crafting concrete?

Yes! If powder is placed next to flowing water, it will change the powder into concrete!
Which tool should I use to mine or break concrete?

A pickaxe must be used, otherwise the concrete block will not drop. For powder, a shovel may be used.
How do I prevent concrete powder from falling down?

Powder follows the same gravity mechanics as sand or gravel, meaning it will fall down when there are no blocks underneath it. You will have to put something under the powder to prevent it from falling.