How to make the american flag in minecraft

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Displaying your countries flag in your Minecraft base is a great idea, especially if you’re playing on a towny or roleplaying server. In this guide, we’re going to show you how to create a Banner which contains the design of the American Flag. 

We’ve created more guides like this one for creating Minecraft Banners which you’re welcome to take a look at. We’re constantly adding more interesting and unique designs!

Step 1: Craft a Loom

To apply patterns to Banners in Minecraft, you are going to need a Loom. These can easily be crafted using 2 Planks and 2 String. Planks can be crafted from Logs, and String can be obtained from Spiders or Cobwebs.

How to make the american flag in minecraft
Recipe for Crafting a Loom

Alternatively, Looms can also be found in Villagers. They are a job site block, so there’s a chance for them to be found in Shepherds Houses which you can use or break to collect.

Step 2: Create a Red Flag

For the American Flag, we’ll use a Red Banner as the base, which we can later apply white strips to. 

How to make the american flag in minecraft
Red Banner Base Creation

Place 6 Red Wool inside a Crafting Table, with a Stick in the bottom center slot. Red Wool can be obtained by applying a Red Dye to any colored Wool, with Red Dye being made from Roses.

Step 3: Add White Stripes

Now it’s time to use the Loom. Open it up, place your Banner in the left slot, and White Dye in the dye slot. On the right hand side, you can see a list of patterns, look for ‘White Paly’.

How to make the american flag in minecraft
White Stripes

The White Paly pattern will apply the white stripes to your banner. You can take it out of the loom and into your inventory. 

Step 4: Blue Corner

Now that we have a red and white striped flag, we need to make it look like the American flag by adding a blue corner. Place the Banner back into the Loom with a single Blue Dye, which can be obtained from Lapis Lazuli.

How to make the american flag in minecraft
Blue Corner

Now just select the Blue Chief Dexter Canton pattern in the Loom, which looks like the image above. With all that finished, you should now have an American Flag Banner which you can apply to your Shield, or hang around your base!

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How to make the american flag in minecraft

Image via Mojang

Using a loom, more precise designs can be made for a banner. Some other specific items will be necessary to be able to make a red and white striped flag will the familiar blue square in the corner.

Items Needed

There are a few items needed before jumping into making the flag. Either a White or Red Banner must be made. Bonemeal can be made from bones obtained from Skeletons and then turned into White Dye. The Lily of the Valley flower can also be used to make White Dye and has a 1:1 ratio, whereas one bone will make three bonemeal to make three White Dyes.

Red and Blue Dye will be needed as well. Red Dye can be obtained using Poppies, Red Tulips, Beetroots, or Rose Bushes. Blue Dye can be obtained using Lapis Lazuli or Corn Flowers.

How to make the american flag in minecraft
Image via Mojang Studios

The last item required is the Loom and Banner to put everything together. The recipe for a Loom only requires two wooden planks and two pieces of string.

Related: How to create all Minecraft Dyes

Using The Loom

The banner used should be either red or white for the base. Whichever color banner is used will have that color's stripes on the top and bottom. Placing the banner into the Loom along with the opposite color dye will show the many patterns available. For the stripes, use the Paly pattern that will have the color of the Dye as a prefix so it will be either White Paly or Red Paly.

For the blue corner of the flag, use the pattern named Chief Dexter Canton in the Loom's menu. After the design is done, the flag should be complete and can be hung around or placed on a Shield. Players can even duplicate the banner with ease by making other blank banners and crafting them with the flag. Placing the American Flag in the center of the crafting grid, with another blank banner underneath will duplicate the design over the new banner.

For more guides regarding banner designs, check out How to Make All Banner Patterns in Minecraft on Pro Game Guides.

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Can you make custom flags in Minecraft?

To customize your banner you need to right click on the loom and place a banner along with a dye and in the top center you will find many different patterns. You can select any of the patterns of your choice and the result will be displayed on the top right as shown below.