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How to Craft Light Blue Stained Glass in Minecraft

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

You need 8 Glass and 1 Light Blue Dye, plus a Crafting Table to assemble them on. Read it row by row: three Glass, then two Glass in the left and right columns and a Light Blue Dye in the middle column, then three Glass. Each attempt hands back 8 Light Blue Stained Glass.

Light Blue Stained Glass Item ID and Give Command

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

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

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

Overview

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

Minecraft has used the name Light Blue Stained Glass since 1.7.2, the oldest release whose language file lists it.

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

What A Stack Yields

8 crafts drain a stack: 64 glass become 64 light blue stained glass. Bring 8 light blue dye along for the ride. Craft 8 takes the last glass, with nothing spare.

Materials Needed

ItemAmountWhere to Find
Glass8xSmelt sand
Light Blue DyeLight Blue DyeLight Blue Dye1xCraft from various materials

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

The Full Chain

Light Blue Dye, then Glass, then the Light Blue Stained Glass. All in: 8 Sand and 1 Blue orchid.

  1. 1
    Blue orchidBlue orchidLight Blue DyeLight Blue DyeLight Blue Dye
  2. 2
    88GlassFurnace, repeat 8x
  3. 3
    Light Blue Stained Glassthis page

Gather this first

8SandBlue orchidBlue orchidBlue orchid

Step-by-Step Instructions

  1. 1

    8x Glass

  2. 2

    Light Blue DyeLight Blue DyeLight Blue Dye

  3. 3

    8x Light Blue Stained Glass

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

Tips & Notes

  • Shopping list: 8x Glass and 1x Light Blue Dye. Plan the Glass first: smelt sand.
  • You get 8 Light Blue Stained Glass per craft, so divide whatever you need by 8 to know how many times to repeat it.

Uses for Light Blue Stained Glass

  • Colored transparent windows
  • Decorative building

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

Frequently Asked Questions

What do I need to craft Light Blue Stained Glass in Minecraft?
Light Blue Stained Glass asks for 8 Glass and 1 Light Blue Dye, and the work happens at a Crafting Table. Arrange them in the exact grid pattern shown above, and one craft produces 8 Light Blue Stained Glass.
What do you need to make Light Blue Stained Glass from scratch?
Gather 8 Sand and 1 Blue orchid and you have everything Light Blue Stained Glass needs. The in-between items are all crafted, 3 crafts from start to finish.
Where do you find the materials for Light Blue Stained Glass?
Each ingredient in Light Blue Stained Glass has its own source. Glass: smelt sand. Light Blue Dye: craft from various materials.
What should I craft first for Light Blue Stained Glass?
For Light Blue Stained Glass, start with a Light Blue Dye: 1 Blue orchid gives you 1 Light Blue Dye. After that the order is Glass, and then the Light Blue Stained Glass itself.
How much Light Blue Stained Glass do you get from one craft?
The Light Blue Stained Glass recipe makes 8 Light Blue Stained Glass in a single craft.
What is the item ID for Light Blue Stained Glass in Minecraft?
In Java 26.2 the Light Blue Stained Glass goes by minecraft:light_blue_stained_glass; light_blue_stained_glass without the namespace does the same job in a command.
Can you farm everything you need for Light Blue Stained Glass?
Light Blue Stained Glass needs nothing you have to go find: glass from sand and light blue dye from blue orchid. Set those up once and you can keep making light blue stained glass.
What is the give command for Light Blue Stained Glass?
/give @p light_blue_stained_glass gives you Light Blue 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 Light Blue Stained Glass recipe the same in Java and Bedrock Edition?
Java and Bedrock agree on Light Blue Stained Glass: both want 8 Glass and 1 Light Blue Dye at a Crafting Table in the layout above, and both give 8 at a time.
What version of Minecraft added Light Blue Stained Glass?
Minecraft 1.7.2 is the earliest release that spells out light blue stained glass. The recipe file cannot narrow that down, because recipes only became separate files in 1.12. What you see in the grid above is how it works in the current release.

Sources

Grid, ingredients and yield
8 Glass and 1 Light Blue Dye in, 8 Light Blue 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.
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 Light Blue Stained Glass per craft against the stack size.

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