In Minecraft concrete is a colorful, solid building material that can be used to construct various structures in the game. Here is how to make concrete in Minecraft from concrete powder.
Where to find concrete powder in Minecraft
We can not find concrete power in the game but we can craft concrete powder by ourselves. Before crafting concrete powder ensure that we have the required materials. To craft concrete powder we need sand, gravel, and dye.
Sand can be collected from beaches, deserts, and rivers, gravel from caves, mountains, or underwater, and dye from various plants and flowers.
After gathering the required materials you can start crafting the concrete powder.
1. Open the three-by-three crafting table.
2. Place 4 sand, 4 gravel, and one dye(it will give color to your concrete) on the crafting table. You will get 8 units of concrete powder and that can be used to make 8 blocks of concrete.
How to make concrete in Minecraft from concrete powder
Now you are ready to make concrete from concrete powder. Make sure that there is a source of water because water is important to making concrete. Remember all water is not suitable for concrete only flowing, water source blocks and waterlogged blocks can be used.
Firstly You can directly put the concrete powder inside the water body, it will absorb water and be converted to concrete blocks.
Secondly, you can place the concrete powder on a dry surface, bring some water in a bucket, and pour the water on the concrete powder. Now you will get 8 concrete blocks that can be used to construct the required structure or house of your choice.
How to make different color concrete in Minecraft
Concrete can be of different colors, there are 16 different possible colors for concrete in Minecraft.
When crafting the concrete powder, you can decide what color of concrete you need. You have to place the specific dye on the crafting table to get the concrete of the required color. Suppose you want to make white color concrete you have to place the white dye on the crafting table with 4 sand, and 4 gravel.
Before using dyes we have to craft them, you can craft dyes by using the required ingredients. Here is the list of the ingredients for different dyes.
Bone Meal
obtained from bones dropped by skeletons
Cactus Green
Smelt cactus in a furnace.
Rose red
This dye can be Crafted from poppies, beetroot, or roses.
Dandelion Yellow
You can Craft this dye from dandelions or sunflowers.
Ink Sac
This can be obtained from squids
Cocoa Beans
This dye can be found in jungle or dungeon chests.
Purple Dye
Combine red and blue dye you will get Purple Dye.
Cyan Dye
This dye can be made by combining green and blue dye.
Light Gray Dye
combines white and black dye you will get this dye or you can get this from oxeye daisies, white tulips, or azure bluets.
Pink Dye
Craft by combining red dye and white dye, or from pink tulips or peonies.
Lime
Can be crafted by combining white and green dye.
Light Blue Dye
You can Craft this by combining blue dye and white dye, or from blue orchids.
Magenta Dye
Craft by combining purple dye and pink dye, or from lilacs or alliums.
Orange
Combine red dye and yellow it will result in Orange dye.
White
To craft white color you have to find the Lily of the Valley flower then you have to place that on the crafting table.
Black
Black color can be obtained from ink sacs
Once you gathered the necessary ingredients you can craft the required dye by pacing the ingredients on the crafting table.
How to mine concrete in Minecraft
Before using the concrete you have to mine that. To mine concrete, you need a pickaxe. You can use any (pickaxe wooden, stone, iron, gold, diamond, or netherite ) to mine concrete. Gold, diamond, or netherite pickaxe can be used to speed up the mining process.
Equip the pickaxe, aim at the concrete block, and hold the left mouse button to mine the concrete block
