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How to Craft Magenta Stained Glass in Minecraft

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

With a Crafting Table placed, 8 Glass and 1 Magenta Dye are what Magenta Stained Glass needs. Read it row by row: three Glass, then two Glass in the outer columns and a Magenta Dye in the middle column, then three Glass. One go makes 8 Magenta Stained Glass.

Magenta Stained Glass Item ID and Give Command

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

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

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

Overview

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

Minecraft has used the name Magenta 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 magenta dye (craft from various materials).

The Stack Arithmetic

Bring 64 glass, leave with 64 magenta stained glass, after 8 rounds of 8 for 8. Bring 8 magenta dye along for the ride. Down to the last glass, nothing spare.

Materials Needed

ItemAmountWhere to Find
Glass8xSmelt sand
Magenta DyeMagenta DyeMagenta Dye1xCraft from various materials

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

The Full Chain

Magenta Dye, then Glass, then the Magenta Stained Glass. All in: 8 Sand and 1 Allium or lilac.

  1. 1
    Allium or lilacAllium or lilacMagenta DyeMagenta DyeMagenta Dye
  2. 2
    88GlassFurnace, repeat 8x
  3. 3
    Magenta Stained Glassthis page

Gather this first

8SandAllium or lilacAllium or lilacAllium or lilac

Step-by-Step Instructions

  1. 1

    8x Glass

  2. 2

    Magenta DyeMagenta DyeMagenta Dye

  3. 3

    8x Magenta Stained Glass

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

Tips & Notes

  • Line up 8x Glass and 1x Magenta Dye before you open the Crafting Table. Glass: smelt sand.
  • The recipe returns 8 Magenta Stained Glass at a time.

Uses for Magenta Stained Glass

  • Colored transparent windows
  • Decorative building

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

Frequently Asked Questions

What do I need to craft Magenta Stained Glass in Minecraft?
Magenta Stained Glass asks for 8 Glass and 1 Magenta Dye, and the work happens at a Crafting Table. The pattern above is exact, so match it square by square, and one craft produces 8 Magenta Stained Glass.
What do you need to make Magenta Stained Glass from scratch?
Starting with nothing, Magenta Stained Glass costs 8 Sand and 1 Allium or lilac. 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 Magenta Stained Glass?
Each ingredient in Magenta Stained Glass has its own source. Glass: smelt sand. Magenta Dye: craft from various materials.
What should I craft first for Magenta Stained Glass?
For Magenta Stained Glass, start with a Magenta Dye: 1 Allium or lilac gives you 1 Magenta Dye. After that the order is Glass, and then the Magenta Stained Glass itself.
How much Magenta Stained Glass do you get from one craft?
The Magenta Stained Glass recipe makes 8 Magenta Stained Glass in a single craft.
Can you farm everything you need for Magenta Stained Glass?
Magenta Stained Glass needs nothing you have to go find: glass from sand and magenta dye from allium. Set those up once and you can keep making magenta stained glass.
What is the item ID for Magenta Stained Glass in Minecraft?
The Magenta Stained Glass item ID is minecraft:magenta_stained_glass, and in a command you can drop the namespace and write magenta_stained_glass on its own. Checked against Java 26.2.
What is the give command for Magenta Stained Glass?
/give @p magenta_stained_glass gives you Magenta 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 Magenta Stained Glass recipe the same in Java and Bedrock Edition?
It is the same recipe on both: 8 Glass and 1 Magenta Dye at a Crafting Table gives you Magenta Stained Glass, in the layout shown above, 8 at a time.
How many crafting steps does Magenta Stained Glass take?
Magenta Stained Glass takes 3 crafts once you count the parts: Magenta Dye and Glass, and then the Magenta Stained Glass. The chain section above walks through them in order.
What version of Minecraft added Magenta Stained Glass?
Minecraft 1.7.2 is the oldest release that calls the magenta 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 Magenta Dye in, 8 Magenta Stained Glass out, Crafting Table. Java 26.2, .
That Bedrock agrees
Bedrock 1.26.40.05, same 2 ingredients.
How far back it goes
Java 1.7.2 is the earliest release that calls it this. 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 Magenta Stained Glass per craft against the stack size.

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