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How to Craft White Bed in Minecraft

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

The recipe wants 3 White Wool and 3 Planks, and a Crafting Table to run it on. Copy this shape: three White Wool filling the top row and three Planks filling the bottom row. One go makes 1 White Bed. White Beds do not stack, so each one takes an inventory slot of its own.

White Bed Item ID and Give Command

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

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

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

Overview

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

Minecraft has used the name White 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 white wool (dye wool or shear white sheep) and planks (craft from logs).

The Stack Arithmetic

3 planks for 1 white bed scales to 21 out of a 64 stack. Have 63 white wool ready as well. That leaves 1 planks with no partner.

Materials Needed

ItemAmountWhere to Find
White Wool3xDye wool or shear white sheep
Planks3xCraft from logs

Collect 3x White Wool (dye wool or shear white sheep) and 3x Planks (craft from logs) first; the Crafting Table does the rest.

The Full Chain

12 String makes 3 White Wool, the one part of this you craft rather than gather. All in: 3 Planks and 12 String.

  1. 1
    StringString123White Woolrepeat 3x
  2. 2
    White Bedthis page

Gather this first

3PlanksStringString12String

Step-by-Step Instructions

  1. 1

    3x White Wool

  2. 2

    3x Planks

  3. 3

    White Bed

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

Tips & Notes

  • One craft costs 3x White Wool and 3x Planks. Start with the White Wool: dye wool or shear white sheep.

Uses for White Bed

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

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

Frequently Asked Questions

What do I need to craft a White Bed in Minecraft?
The list for a White Bed is short: 3 White Wool and 3 Planks, worked at a Crafting Table. The pattern above is exact, so match it square by square, and one craft produces one White Bed.
What do you need to make a White Bed from scratch?
Starting with nothing, a White Bed costs 3 Planks and 12 String. Everything else in the recipe is something you craft on the way there, over 2 crafts in total.
Where do you find the materials for a White Bed?
Each ingredient in a White Bed has its own source. White Wool: dye wool or shear white sheep. Planks: craft from logs.
How many White Beds do you get from one craft?
The White Bed recipe makes one White Bed per craft.
What is the item ID for White Bed in Minecraft?
White Bed is registered as minecraft:white_bed. Commands accept the short form white_bed as well, and Bedrock spells it the same. Checked against Java 26.2.
What is the give command for White Bed?
Use /give @p white_bed to put a White 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 White Bed?
Minecraft 1.12 is the oldest release that calls the white bed by that name. The recipe file cannot narrow that down, because recipes only became separate files in 1.12. The current release still makes a White Bed exactly that way.

Sources

Grid, ingredients and yield
3 White Wool and 3 Planks in, 1 White 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 White Bed per craft against the stack size.

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