How do you make brown dye in minecraft

Brown dye is a primary color dye derived from cocoa beans.

Obtaining[]

Crafting[]

IngredientsCrafting recipe
Cocoa Beans

Usage[]

Like all other dyes, brown dye can be:

  • Applied to sheep to dye their wool, which can then be sheared for 1–3 blocks of brown 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 and shulker boxes.
  • 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 and Education editions.
  • Used to dye water contained in cauldrons in Bedrock and Education editions.
  • Combined with sand and gravel to craft concrete powder.
  • Combined with compounds to craft balloons or glow sticks in Bedrock and Education editions.

Crafting ingredient[]

NameIngredientsCrafting recipeDescription
Brown BalloonLatex +
Brown Dye +
Helium +
Lead
‌[Bedrock and Education editions only]
Brown BedWhite Bed +
Brown Dye
White beds can be re-dyed using dyes.‌[Java Edition only]
Brown BedAny Bed +
Brown Dye
A bed of any color can be re-dyed using dyes.‌[Bedrock and Education editions only]
Brown CandleCandle +
Brown Dye
Brown CarpetWhite Carpet +
Brown Dye


8

Brown Concrete PowderBrown Dye +
Sand +
Gravel


8

Brown Firework StarGunpowder +
Brown Dye +
Head or
Gold Nugget or
Feather or
Fire Charge +
Glowstone Dust +
Diamond
Up to eight dyes can be added.
One head, gold nugget, feather, or fire charge can be added.
Both the diamond and the glowstone dust can be added with any of the other ingredients.
Brown Glow StickPolyethylene +
Hydrogen Peroxide +
Brown Dye +
Luminol
‌[Bedrock and Education editions only]
Brown Shulker BoxShulker Box or
Any Shulker Box +
Brown Dye
The shulker box retains its contents. If it is renamed on an anvil, it also retains its name.
Brown Stained GlassGlass +
Brown Dye


8

Brown Stained Glass PaneGlass Pane +
Brown Dye


8

Brown TerracottaTerracotta +
Brown Dye


8

Brown WoolWhite Wool +
Brown Dye
‌[Java Edition only]
Brown WoolAny Wool +
Brown Dye
‌[Bedrock and Education editions only]
Brown Banner pattern Brown Dye +
Banner
Brown Banner image Brown Dye +
Banner +
Vines or
Bricks or
Creeper Head or
Wither Skeleton Skull or
Oxeye Daisy or
Enchanted Golden Apple

How do you make brown dye in minecraft


Loom ingredient[]

Trading[]

Apprentice-level Shepherd villagers have a 20% chance to buy 12 brown dye for an emerald.‌‌[Bedrock Edition only]

Expert-level Shepherd villagers have a 2⁄7 chance to buy 12 brown dye for an emerald.‌[Java Edition only]

Data values[]

ID[]

Java Edition:

NameIdentifierFormTranslation key
Brown Dye brown_dye Item item.minecraft.brown_dye

Bedrock Edition:

NameIdentifierAlias ID Numeric ID FormTranslation key
Brown Dye brown_dye dye / 17 398 Item item.dye.brown_new.name

History[]

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Instructions: item textures and more from a development video on twitter by bartek

Java Edition
1.1418w43a
How do you make brown dye in minecraft
Added brown dye.
Bedrock Edition
1.8.0beta 1.8.0.10
How do you make brown dye in minecraft
Added brown dye.
1.11.0beta 1.11.0.4Brown dye can now be sold to shepherd villagers.
1.16.100beta 1.16.100.56The ID of brown dye has been changed from dye/17 to brown_dye.
PlayStation 4 Edition
1.83
How do you make brown dye in minecraft
Added brown dye.

Issues[]

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Is there any other way to make brown dye in Minecraft?

In the crafting menu, you should see a crafting area that is made up of a 3x3 crafting grid. To make brown dye, place 1 cocoa beans in the 3x3 crafting grid.

How do you make brown wool?

To make brown wool, place 1 wool and 1 brown dye in the 3x3 crafting grid. When making brown wool, it is important that the wool and brown dye are placed in the exact pattern as the image below. In the first row, there should be 1 brown dye in the first box and 1 wool in the second box.