How to Craft Pink Stained Glass in Minecraft

Pink Stained Glass is a colored transparent block for windows and decoration.

Overview

Pink Stained Glass is a colored transparent block for windows and decoration. Pink Stained Glass uses a shaped recipe, meaning the ingredients must sit in the exact pattern shown in the grid above; placing them in the wrong cells will not produce the item. A Crafting Table gives you the full 3x3 grid, which you need for any recipe larger than 2x2. You can craft one from four planks, and most bases keep one near the furnaces.

The recipe was added in Minecraft 1.7 and still works the same way in version 1.21. Each craft yields 8 Pink Stained Glass, so factor that multiplier in when you are batching the recipe for a project.

The materials come together from a few sources: you will be working with glass (smelt sand) and pink dye (craft from various materials). If any of those are not already in your stores, gather them first, because the craft itself takes only a moment once everything is in the grid. With the ingredients on hand and a Crafting Table placed, Pink Stained Glass is one of the quicker things to add to your inventory.

Crafting Recipe

Crafting Table

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Materials Needed

Item	Amount	Where to Find
Glass	8	Smelt sand
Pink Dye	1	Craft from various materials

To make Pink Stained Glass you will gather 8x Glass (smelt sand) and Pink Dye (craft from various materials). Lining these up before you open the Crafting Table saves a trip back to storage, especially if you plan to craft several at once.

Step-by-Step Instructions

Open your Crafting Table to access the 3x3 crafting grid.
Arrange the ingredients in the crafting grid following the pattern shown above.
Place Glass in: row 1, column 1; row 1, column 2; row 1, column 3; row 2, column 1; row 2, column 3; row 3, column 1; row 3, column 2; row 3, column 3.
Place Pink Dye in: row 2, column 2.
Collect your Pink Stained Glass (x8) from the output slot.

Tips & Notes

If the output slot stays empty, double-check the pattern against the grid above; a shaped recipe fails silently when even one ingredient is in the wrong cell.
Since one craft produces 8 Pink Stained Glass, divide the quantity you need by 8 to work out how many times to repeat the recipe.

Uses for Pink Stained Glass

Colored transparent windows
Decorative building

How Pink Stained Glass Fits Your World

Building blocks are the backbone of construction, and the variant you choose changes both the look and the behaviour of a build. Stairs and slabs let you shape rooflines and half-steps, glass and stained glass let light through, and decorative stone and concrete give you a consistent palette for large projects. Many of these blocks are also craftable in bulk, which matters when a single build can swallow thousands of them. For Pink Stained Glass specifically, that means it is most valuable for colored transparent windows and decorative building.

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

Frequently Asked Questions

What do I need to craft Pink Stained Glass?

You need 8 Glass, 1 Pink Dye, made at a Crafting Table. Gather all of the materials first, then arrange them in the exact grid pattern shown above to produce 8 Pink Stained Glass.

How many Pink Stained Glass does the recipe produce?

Each craft produces 8 Pink Stained Glass at once, so to make a specific amount, divide the total you need by 8 to find how many times to repeat the recipe.

What is Pink Stained Glass used for?

Pink Stained Glass is used for several things: Colored transparent windows; Decorative building.

What version of Minecraft added Pink Stained Glass?

Pink Stained Glass was added in Minecraft 1.7 and works the same way in the current 1.21 release. Recipes for it are identical across Java and Bedrock Edition unless noted otherwise.

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