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How to Craft Purpur Pillar in Minecraft

Purpur Pillar in Minecraft, drawn from the game's own block model. Decorative End-themed pillar. Minecraft has used the name Purpur Pillar since 1.9.

A Purpur Pillar comes from 2 Purpur Slabs, worked on a Crafting Table. Its pattern is two Purpur Slabs filling the middle column. Each attempt hands back 1 Purpur Pillar.

Purpur Pillar Item ID and Give Command

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

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

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

Overview

Purpur Pillars are decorative pillars with a vertical line pattern found in End cities. Purpur Pillar uses a shaped recipe: the ingredients only work in the pattern shown.

Minecraft has used the name Purpur Pillar since 1.9, the oldest release whose language file lists it.

The materials come together from a few sources: you will be working with purpur slab (craft from purpur blocks).

What A Stack Yields

Empty a stack of 64 purpur slabs into this and 32 purpur pillars come back. Craft 32 takes the last purpur slabs, with nothing spare.

Materials Needed

ItemAmountWhere to Find
Purpur Slab2xCraft from purpur blocks

Collect 2x Purpur Slab (craft from purpur blocks) first; the Crafting Table does the rest.

Step-by-Step Instructions

  1. 1

    2x Purpur Slab

  2. 2

    Purpur Pillar

Minecraft crafting recipe for Purpur Pillar: 2 x Purpur Slab in a crafting table, making 1 Purpur Pillar.

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.
  • One craft costs 2x Purpur Slab. Start with the Purpur Slab: craft from purpur blocks.

Uses for Purpur Pillar

  • Decorative End-themed pillar

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

Frequently Asked Questions

What do I need to craft a Purpur Pillar in Minecraft?
2 Purpur Slabs at a Crafting Table: that is the whole shopping list for a Purpur Pillar. Arrange them in the exact grid pattern shown above, and one craft produces one Purpur Pillar.
Can you craft a Purpur Pillar without a crafting table?
Yes, you can make a Purpur Pillar in the 2x2 grid built into your inventory screen, no crafting table needed. It is laid out as two Purpur Slabs filling the middle column, which never leaves a 2x2 area.
Where do you find the materials for a Purpur Pillar?
Here is where each part of a Purpur Pillar comes from. Purpur Slab: craft from purpur blocks.
How many Purpur Pillars do you get from one craft?
The Purpur Pillar recipe makes one Purpur Pillar per craft.
What is the item ID for Purpur Pillar in Minecraft?
The Purpur Pillar item ID is minecraft:purpur_pillar, and in a command you can drop the namespace and write purpur_pillar on its own. Checked against Java 26.2.
Can you farm everything you need for a Purpur Pillar?
Purpur Pillar needs nothing you have to go find: purpur slab from purpur block. Set those up once and you can keep making purpur pillar.
What is the give command for Purpur Pillar?
Use /give @p purpur_pillar to put a Purpur Pillar in your own inventory, or /give @p purpur_pillar 64 for a full stack of 64. Cheats have to be on.
What version of Minecraft added the Purpur Pillar?
Minecraft 1.9 is the earliest release that spells out purpur pillar. 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
2 Purpur Slabs in, 1 Purpur Pillar out, Crafting Table. Java 26.2, .
How far back it goes
Minecraft Java 1.9 uses this name and the release before it does not. 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: 1 Purpur Pillar per craft against the stack size.

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