How to Craft Loom in Minecraft

Loom in Minecraft, drawn from the game's own block model. Applying patterns to banners. The recipe first appears in the game's files in Minecraft 1.14.

On a Crafting Table, 2 String and 2 Planks turns into a Loom. The pattern to copy is two String side by side in the top row and two Planks side by side in the bottom row. A single craft gives you 1 Loom. It doubles as fuel at 300 ticks apiece, so 43 Looms will smelt 64 items.

Loom Item ID and Give Command

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

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

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

Overview

The Loom applies patterns to banners using dyes and optional banner patterns. It is the job site block for shepherd villagers. Loom uses a shaped recipe: the ingredients only work in the pattern shown.

This recipe first appears in the game's own data files in Minecraft 1.14, and not in the release before it.

The materials come together from a few sources: you will be working with string (kill spiders) and planks (craft from logs).

The Yield Per Stack

64 planks is 32 crafts here, or 32 looms once the grid stops. You supply 64 string to go with it. Craft 32 takes the last planks, with nothing spare.

Materials Needed

Item	Amount	Where to Find
StringString	2x	Kill spiders
Planks	2x	Craft from logs

Collect 2x String (kill spiders) and 2x Planks (craft from logs) first; the Crafting Table does the rest.

Step-by-Step Instructions

1
String2x String
2
2x Planks
3
Loom

Minecraft crafting recipe for Loom: 2 x String, 2 x Planks in a crafting table, making 1 Loom.

Tips & Notes

No Crafting Table needed for this one: the layout never leaves a 2x2 area, which is exactly what the inventory grid gives you.
Shopping list: 2x String and 2x Planks. Plan the String first: kill spiders.

Uses for Loom

Applying patterns to banners
Shepherd villager job site

View detailed item stats, durability and properties for Loom on the Astroworld Items Database.

Frequently Asked Questions

What do I need to craft a Loom in Minecraft?

To craft a Loom you need 2 String and 2 Planks at a Crafting Table. The pattern above is exact, so match it square by square, and one craft produces one Loom.

Where do you find the materials for a Loom?

Each ingredient in a Loom has its own source. String: kill spiders. Planks: craft from logs.

How many Looms do you get from one craft?

The Loom recipe makes one Loom per craft.

What is the item ID for Loom in Minecraft?

Loom is registered as minecraft:loom. Commands accept the short form loom as well, and Bedrock spells it the same. Checked against Java 26.2.

Can you farm everything you need for a Loom?

Loom needs nothing you have to go find: string from spiders and planks from trees you can replant. Set those up once and you can keep making loom.

What is the give command for Loom?

The command for Loom is /give @p loom. Add a number for more than one, so /give @p loom 64 hands you a full stack, and it only runs with cheats enabled.

Is the Loom recipe the same in Java and Bedrock Edition?

It is the same recipe on both: 2 String and 2 Planks at a Crafting Table gives you a Loom, in the layout shown above, one at a time.

What version of Minecraft added the Loom?

The recipe for loom ships in Minecraft 1.14 and in none of the releases before it. The current release still makes a Loom exactly that way.

Sources

Grid, ingredients and yield: 2 String and 2 Planks in, 1 Loom out, Crafting Table. Java 26.2, 17 August 2026.
That Bedrock agrees: Bedrock 1.26.40.05, same 2 ingredients.
How far back it goes: Present in Minecraft Java 1.14, missing from the release immediately before. 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, burn time: 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: 1 Loom per craft against the stack size.

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