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How to Craft Red Bed in Minecraft

Red Bed in Minecraft, drawn from the game's own block model. Setting spawn point. Minecraft has used the name Red Bed since 1.12.

The recipe wants 3 Red Wool and 3 Planks, and a Crafting Table to run it on. Its pattern is three Red Wool filling the top row and three Planks filling the bottom row. Each attempt hands back 1 Red Bed. Red Beds do not stack, so each one takes an inventory slot of its own.

Red Bed Item ID and Give Command

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

Give yourself one
/give @p red_bed
Give several at once
/give @p red_bed 5
Give it to a named player
/give Steve red_bed 1

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

Overview

Red Beds set your respawn point and skip the night when slept in. They explode if used in the Nether or End. Red Bed uses a shaped recipe: the ingredients only work in the pattern shown.

Minecraft has used the name Red Bed since 1.12, the oldest release whose language file lists it.

The materials come together from a few sources: you will be working with red wool (dye wool or shear red sheep) and planks (craft from logs).

What A Stack Yields

21 crafts drain a stack: 64 planks become 21 red beds. You supply 63 red wool to go with it. That leaves 1 planks with no partner.

Materials Needed

ItemAmountWhere to Find
Red Wool3xDye wool or shear red sheep
Planks3xCraft from logs

To make Red Bed you will gather 3x Red Wool (dye wool or shear red sheep) and 3x Planks (craft from logs), and craft them at a Crafting Table.

Step-by-Step Instructions

  1. 1

    3x Red Wool

  2. 2

    3x Planks

  3. 3

    Red Bed

Minecraft crafting recipe for Red Bed: 3 x Red Wool, 3 x Planks in a crafting table, making 1 Red Bed.

Tips & Notes

  • Shopping list: 3x Red Wool and 3x Planks. Plan the Red Wool first: dye wool or shear red sheep.

Uses for Red Bed

  • Setting spawn point
  • Sleeping through the night
  • Explodes in the Nether and End

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

Frequently Asked Questions

What do I need to craft a Red Bed in Minecraft?
The list for a Red Bed is short: 3 Red Wool and 3 Planks, worked at a Crafting Table. Arrange them in the exact grid pattern shown above, and one craft produces one Red Bed.
Can you craft a Red Bed without a crafting table?
The inventory grid is too small for a Red Bed, so you need a table. It is laid out as three Red Wool filling the top row and three Planks filling the bottom row, and that takes 3 columns, more than the 2x2 grid in your inventory can hold.
Where do you find the materials for a Red Bed?
Here is where each part of a Red Bed comes from. Red Wool: dye wool or shear red sheep. Planks: craft from logs.
How many Red Beds do you get from one craft?
The Red Bed recipe makes one Red Bed per craft.
What is the item ID for Red Bed in Minecraft?
In Java 26.2 the Red Bed goes by minecraft:red_bed; red_bed without the namespace does the same job in a command.
What is the give command for Red Bed?
Use /give @p red_bed to put a Red Bed in your own inventory. Add a number on the end for more than one, and note that cheats have to be on.
What version of Minecraft added the Red Bed?
Minecraft 1.12 is the earliest release that spells out red bed. The recipe file cannot narrow that down, because recipes only became separate files in 1.12. The current release still makes a Red Bed exactly that way.

Sources

Grid, ingredients and yield
3 Red Wool and 3 Planks in, 1 Red Bed out, Crafting Table. Java 26.2, .
How far back it goes
Java 1.12 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: 1 Red Bed per craft against the stack size.

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