Banner

Banner

Rarity	Colored Banners Common Ominous Banner Ominous‌[Java Edition only]
Transparent	Yes
Luminance	No
Blast resistance	5
Hardness	1
Tool
Renewable	Yes
Stackable	Yes (16)
Flammable	No
Catches fire from lava	Yes
Drops	Itself
Block entity ID	See § Data values
Data values	See § Data values
Namespaced ID	See § Data values

Banners are tall decorative blocks, featuring a field that is highly customizable using dyes.

Natural generation

Name	Location	Appearance	Design
Magenta Banner	Outside of end cities.		Magenta Banner Black Inverted Chevron Black Chevron
Gray Banner	In banner room in woodland mansions.		Gray Banner
Light Gray Banner	In master bedroom in woodland mansions.		Light Gray Banner White Flower Charge
Ominous Banner‌[JE only] Illager Banner‌[BE & PS4 only]	Carried by raid captains. Located in pillager outposts.		White Banner‌[JE & PS4 only] Cyan Lozenge Light Gray Base Gray Pale Light Gray Bordure Black Fess Light Gray Per Fess Light Gray Roundel Black Bordure Separate type entirely‌[BE only]
Brown Banner	Outside of some houses, meeting points, and pillar fountains in savanna villages.		Brown Banner
Black Banner	In altar room in woodland mansions.		Black Banner

Obtaining

Banners can be broken with or without a tool, but an axe is fastest.

Block	Banners
Hardness	1
Tool
Breaking time
Hand	1.5
Wooden	0.75
Stone	0.4
Iron	0.25
Diamond	0.2
Golden	0.15

A banner will also break and drop itself as an item if the block the banner is attached to is moved, removed, or destroyed.

Crafting

Banners can be crafted from wool and a stick.

Name	Ingredients	Crafting recipe	Description
Banner	Matching Wool + Stick
White Banner	Any Banner + Bleach		Bleach can be used to remove the color of a banner, resulting in a white banner. This includes removing patterns from a white banner.‌[Bedrock and Education editions only]

Trading

Expert-level Cartographer villagers will always sell 1 or 2 blank banners of a random color for 3 emeralds. Expert-level Shepherd villagers have a ²⁄₇ chance of offering the same trade.‌^{[Java Edition only]}

Expert-level Cartographer and shepherd villagers sell one of 16 blank banners for 3 emeralds as part of their trades.‌^{[Bedrock Edition only]}

Creative menu

Illager banner can be obtained in creative inventory‌^{[Bedrock Edition only]}.

Drops

Illagers that spawn carrying an ominous banner‌^{[JE only]} or illager banner‌^{[BE only]} will always drop it upon death.

Usage

Overlapping block on a banner.

Overlapping on a wall mounted banner.

There are 16 colored blank banners, and numerous patterns each available in each of the 16 colors. A banner can feature up to 6 different patterns. The top layer of a banner (or the last pattern added) can be washed off by using it on a cauldron containing water.

Banners, much like signs, can be placed both on the ground facing in any direction, or on a wall. Banners have no collision mask as they are completely non-solid, so items and mobs can move through them.

Other blocks (including other banners) can be placed on any edge of a banner's hitbox, which, despite appearing as two blocks tall, only fills the bottom block on one placed on the ground. This makes it possible to overlap another solid block on the top half of a banner.

When a banner is placed on a vertical block, its position is set by the top block, and it is possible to place it so it appears half buried.

Banners can also be placed in item frames, where they simply appear as their item model.

Water and lava will flow around banners. In Bedrock and Legacy Console editions, banners can be waterlogged.

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  Water can be placed below wall banners

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  Water flows past a banner on the ground

Lava can create fire in air blocks next to banners as if the banners were flammable, but the banners will not burn up (and can't be burned by other methods, either). Banners also cannot be moved by pistons.

If a banner is renamed on an anvil, it will retain its name when a pattern is added, but not when a pattern is removed.

Copying

Banners can be copied with a blank banner to make multiple identical banners.

Ingredients	Crafting recipe	Description
Matching Banner		Copies pattern; both banners must have the same base color, and the one that will have patterns printed onto it must have no preexisting patterns.

Crafting ingredient

Shields can have patterns applied to them using banners. The shield pattern has a smaller resolution than the banner pattern, causing them to look different or offset.

Name	Ingredients	Crafting recipe	Description
Shield	Shield + Matching Banner		Applies the banner pattern to the shield. The banner is consumed. The shield must have no preexisting patterns. Does not change existing durability or enchantments on the shield.

Fuel

Banners can be used as a fuel in furnaces, smelting 1.5 items per banner.

Renaming

A banner can be given a custom name which remains as the banner is placed and retrieved.‌^{[Java Edition only]} The player can use an anvil to rename the banner item, or may change the CustomName tag using the /data command on the banner block.

Map Marker

Right-clicking on a banner with a map selected will place a marker of the banner's position on that map ‌^{[Java Edition only]}, and right-clicking again will remove it. The marker will have the same color as the banner's base, and will not have any decorations. The marker will be removed if the banner is destroyed unless the map is locked using the cartography table. If the banner is renamed, the name will show above the marker.‌^{[Java Edition only]}

Patterns

A banner may have up to six patterns, which are overlaid with the last-crafted on top. A banner can have up to 16 patterns with the use of commands.

Any color banner can be used, the color will just be overlayed with the pattern. In Java Edition a loom is used to make patterns. However, in Bedrock Edition, the patterns can be made in loom or in crafting table.

Loom recipes

Main article: Banner/Banner pattern loom recipes

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Crafting recipes

Main article: Banner/Banner pattern crafting recipes

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Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Banner	Namespaced ID	Item form
White	white_banner	Yes
Orange	orange_banner
Magenta	magenta_banner
Light blue	light_blue_banner
Yellow	yellow_banner
Lime	lime_banner
Pink	pink_banner
Gray	gray_banner
Light gray	light_gray_banner
Cyan	cyan_banner
Purple	purple_banner
Blue	blue_banner
Brown	brown_banner
Green	green_banner
Red	red_banner
Black	black_banner
White on a wall	white_wall_banner	No
Orange on a wall	orange_wall_banner
Magenta on a wall	magenta_wall_banner
Light blue on a wall	light_blue_wall_banner
Yellow on a wall	yellow_wall_banner
Lime on a wall	lime_wall_banner
Pink on a wall	pink_wall_banner
Gray on a wall	gray_wall_banner
Light gray on a wall	light_gray_wall_banner
Cyan on a wall	cyan_wall_banner
Purple on a wall	purple_wall_banner
Blue on a wall	blue_wall_banner
Brown on a wall	brown_wall_banner
Green on a wall	green_wall_banner
Red on a wall	red_wall_banner
Black on a wall	black_wall_banner
Block entity	banner	-

Bedrock Edition:

Banner	Namespaced ID	Numeric ID
Standing	standing_banner	176
On a wall	wall_banner	177
Item	banner	425
Block entity	Banner	-

Block data

See also: data values and Bedrock Edition data values

in Bedrock Edition, banner blocks use the following data values:

Standing

Bits	Description
0x1 0x2 0x4 0x8	A four-bit field storing a value from 0 to 15 specifying the block's orientation: 0: south 1: south-southwest 2: southwest 3: west-southwest 4: west 5: west-northwest 6: northwest 7: north-northwest 8: north 9: north-northeast 10: northeast 11: east-northeast 12: east 13: east-southeast 14: southeast 15: south-southeast

Wall

Bits	Description
0x1 0x2 0x4	A three-bit field storing a value from 2 to 5 specifying the block's orientation: 2: north 3: south 4: west 5: east
0x8	(unused)

Item data

in Bedrock Edition, banner items use the following data values:

DV	Banner color
0	black
1	red
2	green
3	brown
4	blue
5	purple
6	cyan
7	light gray
8	gray
9	pink
10	lime
11	yellow
12	light blue
13	magenta
14	orange
15	white

Block states

See also: Block states

Java Edition:
Floor

Name	Default value	Allowed values	Description
rotation	0	0	The block is facing south.
		1	The block is facing south-southwest.
		2	The block is facing southwest.
		3	The block is facing west-southwest.
		4	The block is facing west.
		5	The block is facing west-northwest.
		6	The block is facing northwest.
		7	The block is facing north-northwest.
		8	The block is facing north.
		9	The block is facing north-northeast.
		10	The block is facing northeast.
		11	The block is facing east-northeast.
		12	The block is facing east.
		13	The block is facing east-southeast.
		14	The block is facing southeast.
		15	The block is facing south-southeast.

Wall

Name	Default value	Allowed values	Description
facing	north	east north south west	The direction the block is facing. For example, a block facing east is attached to a block to its west. Opposite from the direction a player faces when placing the block.

Block entity

See also: Block entity format

A banner has a block entity associated with it that holds additional data about the block.

• Block entity data
  • Tags common to all block entities see Template:Nbt inherit/blockentity/template
  •  CustomName: Optional. The name of this banner in JSON text component, which appears when added as markers on maps.
  •  Patterns: List of all patterns applied to the banner.
    • : An individual pattern.
      •  Color: Color of the section.
      •  Pattern: The banner pattern code the color is applied to.

Pattern color

Main article: Banner/DV

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Pattern pattern

Main article: Banner/Patterns

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Achievements

Main article: Achievements

Icon	Achievement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)	Availability				Xbox points earned	Trophy type (PS)
				Xbox	PS	Bedrock	Nintendo
	Fruit on the Loom	Make a banner using a enchanted apple stencil.	Make a banner using an enchanted apple.	Yes	PS4	Yes	No	20G	Bronze

Advancements

Main article: Advancements

Icon	Advancement	In-game description	Parent	Actual requirements (if different)	Internal ID
	Voluntary Exile	Kill a raid captain. Maybe consider staying away from villages for the time being...	Adventure	Obtain an Ominous Banner, whether from a Pillager Outpost or from a Raid Captain.	minecraft:adventure/voluntary_exile

History

Java Edition
1.8		July 21, 2014			Jeb posted a picture of banners, and stated that he is working on them.
		14w30a			Added banners.
		14w30c			Added four additional patterns: Cross (+), Border, Curly Border and Thing (Mojang logo).
		14w31a			Added five additional patterns: Inverted Halves and Base Gradient.
					The banner pattern terminology has now been changed based on vexillology advice Jeb received from his Reddit post.
					Banners can now be used as a fuel in furnaces.
		?			Banners have now been changed to render the model as an item.
1.8.8		pre			The number of layers attainable by using commands is now limited to 16 per banner.
1.9		15w31a			Magenta banners with a black chevron and inverted chevron are now naturally generated on the outside walls of end cities.
		15w33c			Banners can be used to apply patterns to shields.
1.11		16w33a			Banners will now require a dye when applying a pattern that uses a non-dye item, such as a creeper head or enchanted golden apple. Previously, the lack of a dye would have applied the black variant of the pattern.
		16w39a			Black and gray banners, and light gray banners with a white flower charge are now naturally generated in rooms of woodland mansions.
1.12		January 24, 2017			Jeb tweets a screenshot of the changes to the banner color palette.
		17w06a			The banners' palette changes have now been added.
		pre6			"Chief fess" and "base fess" banners are now just "chief" and "base" banners.
1.13		17w47a			The colors for the banner, wall_banner and standing_banner ID have been split up into their own IDs.
					Prior to The Flattening, these blocks' numeral IDs were 176 and 177, and the item's 425.
		18w10a			Using a map on a banner will now mark the spot of the banner on the map.
1.14		18w43a			Loom added to edit banners more easily.
					All recipes for banner patterns have now been removed.
		18w45a			Added illager patrols, where the leader of an illager patrol will carry an illager banner.
		Pre-Release 2			Renamed illager banners to ominous banners.
Bedrock Edition
1.2.0		beta 1.2.0.2			Added banners.
					Magenta banners with a black chevron and inverted chevron are now naturally generated on the outside walls of end cities.
					Black and gray banners, and light gray banners with a white flower charge are now naturally generated in rooms of woodland mansions.
1.4.0		beta 1.2.20.1			The white banner can now be crafted from a colored banner and bleach, which also removes all patterns, if used on a white banner.
1.10.0		beta 1.10.0.3			Loom added to edit banners more easily.
					Brown banners now generate in new savanna villages.
					Black banners now generate in pillager outpost watchtowers.
1.11.0		beta 1.11.0.1			Gray banners now generate in pillager outpost watchtowers, instead of black banners.
					Added illager captains, which drop an illager banner upon death.
		beta 1.11.0.3			Illager banners now generate in pillager outpost watchtowers, instead of gray banners.
		beta 1.11.0.4			Banners can now be bought from cartographer and shepherd villagers.
Legacy Console Edition
TU43	CU33	1.36	Patch 13		Added banners.

Issues

Issues relating to "Banner" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.

Trivia

• When Banners are placed in the Overworld, they gently sway, as if affected by the wind.
• With 16 blank banners, 38 patterns of 16 colors each (608 uniquely-colored patterns), and 0 to 6 patterns per banner, the number of uniquely crafted banners is 16 × (608⁰ + 608¹ + 608² + 608³ + 608⁴ + 608⁵ + 608⁶) ≈ 809 quadrillion (809,573,616,779,945,488). The number of visually distinct banners is smaller, because one or more patterns may completely cover other patterns, or the entire banner, or be duplicated due to the symmetric set of patterns (e.g. field or (yellow) + per pale azure (blue) = field azure + per pale or inverted).
• If a banner has over 6 patterns, only the six bottommost patterns are displayed when hovered over in the inventory.
• The Mojang Logo is called "Thing" ingame, which could be considered an alternate translation for mojäng. If you use Google Translate, it translates to "thingys" or "contraption".
  • In the Swedish translation of the game, this pattern is, in fact, called mojäng.
• Banner textures are located in \assets\minecraft\textures\entity\banner.
  • There are 40 monochrome textures, each containing all 6 sides of the banner.
  • The texture of the back side is the mirrored texture of the front side.
  • Compared to the texture files, textures' colors are inverted in-game due to them acting as masks for the re-colored base texture, base.png. That means white is visible, while black is transparent.
• There are two unused item textures for the banner. Instead, the banner displays itself as if it were a block.
• In the Legacy Console Edition, the icon for the banner is turned the other way, but the patterns are not mirrored.
• In Bedrock Edition, banners are considered as items. Dropping a banner on the ground will reveal that the item entity does not rotate like the item entity of a block. This is because the banner previously had an item sprite, and items never rotate when idle.
• The Ominous Banner's‌^{[Java Edition only]} design uses 8 patterns. Because of this, it cannot be crafted.
  • Because the Illager Banner is a separate type of banner‌^{[Bedrock Edition only]}, you cannot add patterns to it or even put it in the banner slot of a Loom.

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Gallery

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  The first image of banners, as tweeted by Jens Bergensten.

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  Banners in the official 1.8 poster.

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  An image, tweeted by Jeb, showcasing the changes he made to the banner color palette in the 1.12 update.

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  The result of using gradient different numbers of times, each time increasing the level of gradient by 1.

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  All positions and rotations of a banner

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  A banner with the Mojang logo in an item frame.

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  Banners floating outside of an End city tower.

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  Banners hanging above the doorway of a woodland mansion master bedroom.

Example designs

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  Example of three types of banners, representing the flags of the United Kingdom, United States and Russia.

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  Example of banners designed to look like the flags of various countries (as well as a Jolly Roger and a Mojang cape).

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  Examples of banners designed as flags of European countries.

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  Examples of various cross flags including the Union Jack. All flags are technically incorrect but are the closest possible.

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  Koinobori made with banners in Minecraft.

Commands

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  Example of a banner with more than 6 patterns, a result of using the /give command.

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  Banner put in the helmet slot by using the command /replaceitem.

Blocks

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