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How to Craft Black Stained Glass in Minecraft

Black Stained Glass in Minecraft, drawn from the game's own block model. Colored transparent windows. Minecraft has used the name Black Stained Glass since 1.7.2.

Black Stained Glass comes from 8 Glass and 1 Black Dye, worked on a Crafting Table. From the top down: three Glass; then two Glass in the outer columns and a Black Dye in the middle column; then three Glass. A single craft gives you 8 Black Stained Glass.

Black Stained Glass Item ID and Give Command

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

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

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

Overview

Black Stained Glass is a colored transparent block for windows and decoration. Black Stained Glass uses a shaped recipe: the ingredients only work in the pattern shown.

Minecraft has used the name Black Stained Glass since 1.7.2, 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 stained glass, so check the grid above rather than the video.

The materials come together from a few sources: you will be working with glass (smelt sand) and black dye (craft from various materials).

The Yield Per Stack

8 glass for 8 black stained glass scales to 64 out of a 64 stack. The recipe wants 8 black dye beside it. Down to the last glass, nothing spare.

Materials Needed

ItemAmountWhere to Find
Glass8xSmelt sand
Black DyeBlack DyeBlack Dye1xCraft from various materials

Collect 8x Glass (smelt sand) and Black Dye (craft from various materials) first; the Crafting Table does the rest.

The Full Chain

Black Dye, then Glass, then the Black Stained Glass. All in: 8 Sand and 1 Ink sac or wither rose.

  1. 1
    Ink sac or wither roseInk sac or wither roseBlack DyeBlack DyeBlack Dye
  2. 2
    88GlassFurnace, repeat 8x
  3. 3
    Black Stained Glassthis page

Gather this first

8SandInk sac or wither roseInk sac or wither roseInk sac or wither rose

Step-by-Step Instructions

  1. 1

    8x Glass

  2. 2

    Black DyeBlack DyeBlack Dye

  3. 3

    8x Black Stained Glass

Minecraft crafting recipe for Black Stained Glass: 8 x Glass, 1 x Black Dye in a crafting table, making 8 Black Stained Glass.

Tips & Notes

  • Line up 8x Glass and 1x Black Dye before you open the Crafting Table. Glass: smelt sand.
  • You get 8 Black Stained Glass per craft, so divide whatever you need by 8 to know how many times to repeat it.

Uses for Black Stained Glass

  • Colored transparent windows
  • Decorative building

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

Frequently Asked Questions

What do I need to craft Black Stained Glass in Minecraft?
To craft Black Stained Glass you need 8 Glass and 1 Black Dye at a Crafting Table. The pattern above is exact, so match it square by square, and one craft produces 8 Black Stained Glass.
What do you need to make Black Stained Glass from scratch?
Starting with nothing, Black Stained Glass costs 8 Sand and 1 Ink sac or wither rose. Everything else in the recipe is something you craft on the way there, over 3 crafts in total.
Where do you find the materials for Black Stained Glass?
The parts of Black Stained Glass do not all come from one place. Glass: smelt sand. Black Dye: craft from various materials.
What should I craft first for Black Stained Glass?
For Black Stained Glass, start with a Black Dye: 1 Ink sac or wither rose gives you 1 Black Dye. After that the order is Glass, and then the Black Stained Glass itself.
How much Black Stained Glass do you get from one craft?
The Black Stained Glass recipe makes 8 Black Stained Glass in a single craft.
What is the item ID for Black Stained Glass in Minecraft?
The Black Stained Glass item ID is minecraft:black_stained_glass, and in a command you can drop the namespace and write black_stained_glass on its own. Checked against Java 26.2.
What is the give command for Black Stained Glass?
/give @p black_stained_glass gives you Black Stained Glass. Swap @p for a player name to hand it to someone else, and put 64 on the end for a whole stack.
Is the Black Stained Glass recipe the same in Java and Bedrock Edition?
Yes, the Black Stained Glass recipe is the same in both editions. Java and Bedrock both build Black Stained Glass from 8 Glass and 1 Black Dye at a Crafting Table, in the same layout, 8 at a time.
How many crafting steps does Black Stained Glass take?
Black Stained Glass takes 3 crafts once you count the parts: Black Dye and Glass, and then the Black Stained Glass. The chain section above walks through them in order.
What version of Minecraft added Black Stained Glass?
Minecraft 1.7.2 is the oldest release that calls the black stained glass by that name. The recipe file cannot narrow that down, because recipes only became separate files in 1.12. Nothing about it has changed since: the pattern above is today's.

Sources

Grid, ingredients and yield
8 Glass and 1 Black Dye in, 8 Black Stained Glass out, Crafting Table. Java 26.2, .
That Bedrock agrees
Bedrock 1.26.40.05, same 2 ingredients.
How far back it goes
The name appears in Minecraft Java 1.7.2 and in nothing older. 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.
That the ingredients come back
What drops, what villagers trade and what farms regrow in Minecraft Java, followed through the recipes to see what those ingredients can be turned into.
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 Stained Glass per craft against the stack size.

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