Blue Dye

Blue dye is one of the sixteen available dyes.

Blue Dye

Rarity tier	Common
Renewable	Yes
Stackable	Yes (64)

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    "rows": [
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            "field": "Common",
            "label": "(link to Rarity article, displayed as Rarity tier)"
        },
        {
            "field": "Yes",
            "label": "(link to Renewable resource article, displayed as Renewable)"
        },
        {
            "field": "Yes (64)",
            "label": "Stackable"
        }
    ],
    "invimages": [
        "Blue Dye"
    ],
    "images": [
        "Blue Dye JE1 BE1.png"
    ]
}

Obtaining

Crafting

Name	Ingredients	[hide]Crafting recipe
Blue Dye	Lapis Lazuli
Blue Dye	Cornflower

Generated loot

Item	Structure	Container	Quantity	[hide]Chance
Java Edition
Blue Dye	Trail Ruins	Suspicious gravel	1	4.4% { "item": "Blue Dye", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.0444444444444444, "structure": "Trail Ruins", "container": "Suspicious gravel" }
Bedrock Edition
Blue Dye	Trail Ruins	Suspicious gravel	1	4.3% { "item": "Blue Dye", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.04347826086956519, "structure": "Trail Ruins", "container": "Suspicious gravel" }

Trading

Wandering traders have a chance to trade 3 blue dyes for 1 emerald.

Usage

Like all other dyes, blue dye can be:

• Applied to sheep to dye their wool, which can then be sheared for 1–3 blocks of blue 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 Edition and Minecraft Education.
• Used to dye water contained in cauldrons in Bedrock Edition and Minecraft Education.
• Combined with sand and gravel to craft concrete powder.
• Combined with compounds to craft balloons or glow sticks in Bedrock Edition and Minecraft Education.
• Used to change the color of text on signs or hanging signs.

Crafting ingredient

Name	Ingredients	Crafting recipe	[hide]Description
Blue Balloon	Latex + Blue Dye + Helium + Lead		‌
Blue Bed	Any Bed + Blue Dye		A bed of any color can be re-dyed using dyes.
Blue Bundle	Any Bundle + Matching Dye
Blue Candle	Candle + Blue Dye
Blue Carpet	Any Carpet + Blue Dye		‌
Blue Carpet	White Carpet + Blue Dye	8	‌
Blue Concrete Powder	Blue Dye + Sand + Gravel	8	Red sand cannot be used in place of sand.
Blue Firework Star	Gunpowder + Matching Dye + Extra ingredients (optional)		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.
Blue Glow Stick	Polyethylene + Hydrogen Peroxide + Matching Dye + Luminol		‌
Blue Harness	Any Harness + Matching Dye		​
Dyed Shulker Box	Any Shulker Box + Matching Dye		The shulker box retains its contents. If it is renamed on an anvil, it also retains its name.
Blue Stained Glass Pane	Glass Pane + Blue Dye	8
Blue Stained Glass	Glass + Blue Dye	8
Stained Terracotta	Terracotta + Blue Dye	8
Blue Wool	Any Wool + Blue Dye
Cyan Dye	Blue Dye + Green Dye	2
Light Blue Dye	Blue Dye + White Dye	2
Light Blue Dye	Blue Dye + Bone Meal or White Dye	2	‌
Magenta Dye	Blue Dye + Red Dye + Pink Dye	3
Magenta Dye	Blue Dye + Red Dye + White Dye	4
Magenta Dye	Blue Dye + Red Dye + Bone Meal or White Dye	4	‌
Purple Dye	Blue Dye + Red Dye	2
Blue Banner pattern	Blue Dye + Banner
Blue Banner image	Blue Dye + Banner + Vines or Bricks or Creeper Head or Wither Skeleton Skull or Oxeye Daisy or Enchanted Golden Apple

Loom ingredient

Name	Ingredients	[hide]Loom recipe
Blue Banner pattern	White Banner + Blue Dye
Blue Banner image	White Banner + Blue Dye + Banner Pattern

Trading

Villager	Probability		Villager wants	Player receives
	JE	BE
Expert Shepherd	9%	17%	12 × Blue Dye	Emerald

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Form	[hide]Translation key
Blue Dye	blue_dye	Item	item.minecraft.blue_dye

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Alias ID	Numeric ID	Form	[hide]Translation key
Blue Dye	blue_dye	dye / 18	399	Item	item.dye.blue_new.name

History

[hide]Java Edition
1.14			18w43a				Added blue dye, prior to this update, lapis lazuli was used as the blue variant of dye.
			18w44a				Blue dyes can now change the text color on signs to blue.
							Blue dye can now be used to dye tamed cat collars to blue.
			19w05a				Added the wandering trader, which sell blue dyes.
			19w11a				Blue dyes can now be bought by shepherd villagers.
1.17			20w45a				Blue dyes can now be used to craft the newly added blue candles.
			21w19a				Blue dyes can no longer be used to craft blue candles.
			Pre-release 1				Blue dyes can once again be used to craft blue candles.
1.19.3 Experiment Update 1.20			22w42a				Blue dyes can now change the text color on hanging signs to blue.
1.20			23w12a				Blue dye can now be found in suspicious gravel and suspicious sand in trail ruins.
			23w16a				Blue dye no longer generates in suspicious sand in trail ruins.
							Due to the split of the archaeological loot tables for the suspicious gravel within the trail ruins, blue dye now is in the common loot.
[hide]Bedrock Edition
1.8.0			beta 1.8.0.10				Added blue dye, lapis lazuli continues to be usable as dye.
1.9.0			beta 1.9.0.0				Added cornflowers, which can be used to craft blue dye.
1.10.0			beta 1.10.0.3				Blue dye can now be used to dye white carpets and uncolored glass panes.
1.11.0			beta 1.11.0.4				Blue dye can now be sold to shepherd villagers.
[hide]PlayStation 4 Edition
1.83							Added blue dye.
1.88							Added cornflowers, which can be used to craft blue dye.
1.90							Blue dye can now be used to dye white carpets and uncolored glass panes.

Data history

[hide]Bedrock Edition
1.16.100			beta 1.16.100.56				The ID of blue dye has been changed from dye/18 to blue_dye.

Issues

Issues relating to "Blue Dye" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.