White Wool Wiki Guide
This Minecraft tutorial explains how to craft white wool with screenshots and step-by-step instructions.
In Minecraft, white wool is an important item in the game because you need it to craft a bed. There are 3 ways to add white wool to your inventory. You can craft it with a crafting table, kill a sheep or shear a sheep.
Let’s explore how to add white wool to your inventory.
Where to find White Wool in Creative Mode
Minecraft Java Edition (PC/Mac)
Here is where you can find white wool in the Creative Inventory menu:
| Platform | Version(s) | Creative Menu Location |
|---|---|---|
 Java Edition (PC/Mac) |
1.8 – 1.19 |  Building Blocks |
| Java Edition (PC/Mac) |
1.19.3 – 1.19.4 |  Colored Blocks |
| Java Edition (PC/Mac) |
1.19.3 – 1.19.4 |  Redstone Blocks |
- Platform is the platform that applies.
- Version(s)Â is the Minecraft version numbers where the item can be found in the menu location listed (we have tested and confirmed this version number).
- Creative Menu Location is the location of the item in the Creative Inventory menu.
Required Materials to make White Wool
In Minecraft, these are the materials you can use to craft white wool:
4 Strings
How to craft White Wool in Survival Mode
1. Open the Crafting Menu
First, open your crafting table so that you have the 3×3 crafting grid that looks like this:
2. Add Items to make White Wool
In the crafting menu, you should see a crafting area that is made up of a 3×3 crafting grid. To make white wool, place 4 string in the 3×3 crafting grid.
When making white wool, it is important that the string are placed in the exact pattern as the image below. In the first row, there should be 1 string in the first box and 1 string in the second box. In the second row, there should be 1 string in the first box and 1 string in the second box. This is the Minecraft crafting recipe for white wool.
Now that you have filled the crafting area with the correct pattern, the white wool will appear in the box to the right.
3. Move the White Wool to Inventory
Once you have crafted wool, you need to move the new item to your inventory.
Kill a Sheep to get Wool in Survival Mode
You can also add wool to your inventory in Survival mode by killing a sheep.
If you attack the sheep, it will turn pink and try to run away.
Continue to chase and attack the sheep. The sheep will disappear when it is killed.
When the sheep is killed, it will drop wool or raw mutton.
Make sure you pick up the dropped items before they disappear.
Shear a Sheep to get Wool in Survival Mode
You can also add wool to your inventory in Survival mode by shearing a sheep. Before you can do this, make sure you have shears in your inventory.
To shear a sheep, select your shears in the hotbar.
Next, use the shears on the sheep. The game control to use the shears depends on the version of Minecraft:
- For Java Edition (PC/Mac), right click on the sheep.
- For Pocket Edition (PE), you tap on the sheep.
- For Xbox 360 and Xbox One, press the LT button on the Xbox controller.
- For PS3 and PS4, press the L2 button on the PS controller.
- For Wii U, press the ZL button on the gamepad.
- For Nintendo Switch, press the ZL button on the controller.
- For Windows 10 Edition, right click on the sheep.
- For Education Edition, right click on the sheep.
When the sheep has been sheared, you will hear a snip sound and wool will appear next to the sheep.
Make sure you pick up the wool right away, because it will disappear after a while.
Congratulations, you have made white wool in Minecraft!
Item ID and Name
Minecraft Java Edition (PC/Mac)
In Minecraft, white wool has the following Name, ID and DataValue:
| Description (Minecraft ID Name) |
Data Value | Stack Size | Platform | Version(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| White Wool (minecraft: |
0 | 64 | Java |
1.8 – 1.12 |
| White Wool (minecraft: |
64 | Java |
1.13 – 1.19.4 |
- Description is what the item is called and (Minecraft ID Name) is the string value that is used in game commands.
- Data Value (or damage value) identifies the variation of the block if more than one type exists for the Minecraft ID.
- Stack Size is the maximum stack size for this item. While some items in Minecraft are stackable up to 64, other items can only be stacked up to 16 or 1. (NOTE: These stack sizes are for vanilla Minecraft only. If you are running a mod, some mods may change the stack size for an item.)
- Platform is the platform that applies.
- Version(s)Â is the Minecraft version numbers that the Minecraft ID and Name are valid for.
Give Command for White Wool
Give Command in Minecraft Java Edition (PC/Mac)
In Minecraft Java Edition (PC/Mac) 1.13, 1.14, 1.15, 1.16, 1.17, 1.18, 1.19 and 1.19.4, the /give command for White Wool is:
/give @p white_wool 1
In Minecraft Java Edition (PC/Mac) 1.8, 1.9, 1.10, 1.11 and 1.12, the /give command for White Wool is:
/give @p wool 1 0
Things to Make with White Wool
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