Concrete is a block in Minecraft that is mostly used for decoration and building houses. It has more hardness and less blast resistance than stone. Concrete can have 16 different dye colors. In this article, we will show you how to make Concrete in Minecraft in different colors.

Concrete blocks in Minecraft

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How to make Concrete powder in Minecraft

In general, players need to collect concrete powder and find a water source to make concrete in Minecraft. However, not all water sources will work as you cannot use rain, water bottles, or filled cauldron. You can use rivers, lakes, ponds. An alternative way to do this is by digging a hole and fill water in.

Regarding Concrete Powder, it doesn't generated naturally in Minecraft. Thus, you must craft to obtain Concrete Powder. In order to make Concrete Powder in Minecraft, you will need these items:
  • 4 Sand
  • 4 Gravel
  • 1 Dye
  • Crafting Table

Gravel and Sand can be found in many biomes in Minecraft, typically near lakes, ponds, or beaches.

As for Dyes, you will have to craft, smelt, or trade to get them. There are various Dye recipes in Minecraft with different colors. Whichever color you use will result in Concrete with the same color.
Concrete Powder recipe

How to make Concrete Powder in Minecraft? In order to craft Concrete, put all the required materials into the Crafting Table. You don't need to follow any formation at all as long as all the material is there. Players will get 8 Concrete blocks from this recipe.

How to make Concrete in Minecraft

Make sure you have prepared Concrete Powder and a working water source to make concrete. Please note that the color of your Concrete will be determined by the color of your Concrete Powder.

How to make Concrete powder into concrete

To make Concrete in Minecraft from the powder, all you have to do is to touch Concrete Powder with Water. There are many ways to do this. You can use a Water Bucket to pour water on Concrete Powder or drop Concrete Powder into rivers, ponds, etc.

After the Concrete is generated, you need to break them with a Pickaxe to put them in your inventory. This is important because if you break them with anything else, nothing will drop.

You can just simply pour water on Concrete Power to make Concrete.

Concrete making machine in Minecraft

Making Concrete in Minecraft from concrete powder is simple but rather slow if you want to make a large number of Concrete blocks. So how to make Concrete in Minecraft fast? You will need to build this Concrete Making Machine designed by the Minecraft YouTuber Shulkercraft. By using this machine, you can make more than 10,000 Concrete per hour.

Here is the required material to build the Concrete Making Machine:

  • 13 Building blocks
  • 3 Temporary blocks
  • 2 Redstone
  • 2 Chest
  • 1 Hopper
  • 1 Sign
  • 1 Dropper
  • 1 Observer
  • 1 Wooden Stair

Follow these steps to build a Concrete Making Machine:

  • Step 1: Dig a 2x1 hole and put 2 Chests into the hole.
Dig a hole and put 2 chests in.
  • Step 2: Put a Hopper on top of 1 the chest
Add a Hopper on top of one chest.
  • Step 3: Surround the hole with Building blocks
Build walls around the hole.
  • Step 4: Add a stair aligned with the hole, on top of the Building blocks.
Add a stair to contain water.
  • Step 5: Put another layer of Building Blocks to make walls.
More wall for the machine.
  • Step 6: Put a Dropper on top of the entrance. You need a temporary block on top of the Building blocks to do this.
The Dropper is to provide more Concrete Power supplies.
  • Step 7: Add an Observer next to the Dropper, facing down the Hopper.
Add an Observer next to the Dropper.
  • Step 8: Put 2 Red Stone on top of the Observer and the Dropper.
Put Red Stone on to make them work.
  • Step 9: Add Water into the Stair. Now the Concrete Making Machine is basically done.
Add Water to the Stair.

How to operate the Concrete Making Machine

  • Add Concrete Powder into the Dropper so you don't run out of items when using the machine.
  • Hold Concrete Powder in your hand press F to move it to your left hand. Hold a Pickaxe with your right hand.
  • Go inside the machine, facing the water, and then hold down both left-click and right-click at the same time.
  • While holding both left-click and right-click, press F3 + T on the keyboard to make things auto.

How to make Concrete in Minecraft in Creative mode

You can generate Concrete in the Creative mode in Minecraft using the command:

/give @p (color)_concrete (number)

Use the command above with a specific color and number of Concrete blocks to generate Concrete in the Creative mode. For example, "/give @p black_concrete 1" command will generate 1 Black Concrete block.

FAQs on making concrete of different colors

Here is our list of common questions related to concrete crafting in the game. The brief answers will help you to get an overview of the entire process to get concrete in Minecraft in different colors.

1. How to make Concrete Powder in Minecraft?

Put 4 Sand, 4 Gravel, 1 Dye into the Crafting Table to make 8 Concrete Powder.

2. How to make Concrete Powder into Concrete?

Simply put Concrete Power next to a source of water will turn them into Concrete. Use a Pickaxe to break the Concrete and store them in your inventory.

3. How to make white Concrete in Minecraft?

To make white concrete in Minecraft, you use white dye to make white Concrete Powder then turn it into white Concrete. The recipe for white dye is bone meal and lily of the valley.

4. How to make light gray Concrete in Minecraft?

To get light gray concrete in Minecraft, you use light gray dye to make light gray Concrete Powder then turn it into concrete of the same color. The recipe for light gray dye is azure bluet, white tulips and oxeye daises.

5. How to make black Concrete in Minecraft?

To make black concrete in Minecraft, you use black dye to make red Concrete Powder then turn it into black Concrete. The recipe for black dye is ink sacs and wither roses.

6. How to make red Concrete in Minecraft?

To get red concrete in Minecraft, you put beetroot, roses, poppies and red tulips into the crafting table to make red dye first. Then, use it to make red Concrete Powder and turn it into red Concrete.

Other colored concrete can apply the same recipe but with different dyes in Minecraft. That's the end of our full guide on How to make concrete and concrete powder. Do come back to GuruGamer for more gaming tips.

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