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How to Craft Black Concrete Powder in Minecraft

Black Concrete Powder in Minecraft, drawn from the game's own block model. Gravity-affected block. Minecraft has used the name Black Concrete Powder since 1.12.

Feed a Crafting Table 1 Black Dye, 4 Sand, and 4 Gravel and Black Concrete Powder comes back. That comes out as 8 Black Concrete Powder.

Black Concrete Powder Item ID and Give Command

The item ID for Black Concrete Powder is minecraft:black_concrete_powder. In commands the namespace may be left off, so black_concrete_powder works too. Checked against Minecraft Java 26.2.

Give yourself one
/give @p black_concrete_powder
Give a full stack of 64
/give @p black_concrete_powder 64
Give it to a named player
/give Steve black_concrete_powder 1

Cheats have to be on for Black Concrete Powder to appear this way, and the same command works on Bedrock Edition, where the name is written the same.

Overview

Black Concrete Powder turns into solid Black Concrete when it contacts water. It is gravity-affected like sand. Black Concrete Powder uses a shapeless recipe, so the ingredients can go in any cells of the grid as long as all of them are present.

Minecraft has used the name Black Concrete Powder since 1.12, the oldest release whose language file lists it. The recipe itself last changed in Minecraft 1.14. Guides written before that release show a different set of ingredients for the black concrete powder, so check the grid above rather than the video.

The materials come together from a few sources: you will be working with black dye (craft from flowers or other materials), sand (dig from beaches), and gravel (dig gravel).

Per Stack

16 crafts drain a stack: 64 gravel become 128 black concrete powder. The recipe wants 64 sand beside it. Craft 16 takes the last gravel, with nothing spare.

Materials Needed

ItemAmountWhere to Find
Black DyeBlack DyeBlack Dye1xCraft from flowers or other materials
Sand4xDig from beaches
Gravel4xDig gravel

Collect Black Dye (craft from flowers or other materials), 4x Sand (dig from beaches), and 4x Gravel (dig gravel) first; the Crafting Table does the rest.

The Full Chain

1 Ink sac or wither rose makes 1 Black Dye, the one part of this you craft rather than gather. All in: 4 Sand, 4 Gravel and 1 Ink sac or wither rose.

  1. 1
    Ink sac or wither roseInk sac or wither roseBlack DyeBlack DyeBlack Dye
  2. 2
    Black Concrete Powderthis page

Gather this first

4Sand4GravelInk sac or wither roseInk sac or wither roseInk sac or wither rose

Step-by-Step Instructions

  1. 1

    Black DyeBlack DyeBlack Dye4x Sand4x Gravel

  2. 2

    8x Black Concrete Powder

Minecraft crafting recipe for Black Concrete Powder: 1 x Black Dye, 4 x Sand, 4 x Gravel in a crafting table, making 8 Black Concrete Powder.

Tips & Notes

  • Because this one is shapeless, Black Dye, Sand, and Gravel can go in any cells you like. The grid only checks that they are all present.
  • Shopping list: 1x Black Dye, 4x Sand, and 4x Gravel. Plan the Black Dye first: craft from flowers or other materials.
  • You get 8 Black Concrete Powder per craft, so divide whatever you need by 8 to know how many times to repeat it.

Uses for Black Concrete Powder

  • Gravity-affected block
  • Place in water to form Black Concrete

View detailed item stats, durability and properties for Black Concrete Powder on the Astroworld Items Database.

Frequently Asked Questions

What do I need to craft Black Concrete Powder in Minecraft?
The list for Black Concrete Powder is short: 1 Black Dye, 4 Sand and 4 Gravel, worked at a Crafting Table. Any arrangement works as long as all of them are in the grid, and one craft produces 8 Black Concrete Powder.
What do you need to make Black Concrete Powder from scratch?
Gather 4 Sand, 4 Gravel and 1 Ink sac or wither rose and you have everything Black Concrete Powder needs. The in-between items are all crafted, 2 crafts from start to finish.
Where do you find the materials for Black Concrete Powder?
Here is where each part of Black Concrete Powder comes from. Black Dye: craft from flowers or other materials. Sand: dig from beaches. Gravel: dig gravel.
How much Black Concrete Powder do you get from one craft?
The Black Concrete Powder recipe makes 8 Black Concrete Powder in a single craft.
What is the item ID for Black Concrete Powder in Minecraft?
The Black Concrete Powder item ID is minecraft:black_concrete_powder, and in a command you can drop the namespace and write black_concrete_powder on its own. Checked against Java 26.2.
What is the give command for Black Concrete Powder?
The command for Black Concrete Powder is /give @p black_concrete_powder. Add a number for more than one, so /give @p black_concrete_powder 64 hands you a full stack, and it only runs with cheats enabled.
Is the Black Concrete Powder recipe the same in Java and Bedrock Edition?
No difference to worry about: Black Concrete Powder takes 1 Black Dye, 4 Sand and 4 Gravel at a Crafting Table on Java and on Bedrock alike, 8 at a time.
What version of Minecraft added Black Concrete Powder?
Minecraft 1.12 is the earliest release that spells out black concrete powder. The recipe file cannot narrow that down, because recipes only became separate files in 1.12. The current release still makes Black Concrete Powder exactly that way.

Sources

Grid, ingredients and yield
1 Black Dye and 4 Sand and 4 Gravel in, 8 Black Concrete Powder out, Crafting Table. Java 26.2, .
That Bedrock agrees
Bedrock 1.26.40.05, same 3 ingredients.
How far back it goes
Minecraft Java 1.12 uses this name and the release before it does not. From all 163 released Java clients, rd-132211 to 26.2.
When the recipe last changed
Compared release by release across 50 Java releases since 1.13; the last change to what it takes was in 1.14.
Stack size
The Astroworld Items Database, built from the same jar.
The recipe book unlock
What unlocks it in the recipe book. Java 26.2.
The stack sum
Counted, not played: 8 Black Concrete Powder per craft against the stack size.

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