How to make a loom minecraft

A loom is used to apply patterns on banners. It is also used as a shepherd's job site block that is found in villages.

Obtaining[]

A loom can be mined and obtained with or without any tool, but axes are the quickest. It always drops as an item.

Block Loom
Hardness 2.5
Tool
Breaking time[A]
Default 3.75
Wooden 1.9
Stone 0.95
Iron 0.65
Diamond 0.5
Netherite 0.45
Golden 0.35

  1. Times are for unenchanted tools as wielded by players with no status effects, measured in seconds. For more information, see Breaking § Speed.

Crafting[]

Ingredients Crafting recipe
String +
Any Planks

Natural generation[]

Looms can be found in village shepherd houses.

Usage[]

Applying banner patterns[]

How to make a loom minecraft

Interface for the loom in Java Edition, using a white banner and black dye.

Using on a loom opens its GUI. It has 3 slots for a banner, a dye and an optional banner pattern item. When a banner is put in, a list of patterns appears in the center part. 6‌[Java Edition only] or 8 patterns require the following banner patterns: Flower Charge, Creeper Charge, Skull Charge, Thing, Snout, Globe, Field Masoned,‌[Bedrock Edition only] and Bordure Indented.‌[Bedrock Edition only] Putting a banner pattern in its respective slot makes the loom show only that pattern.

Selecting a pattern or using a banner pattern on the list shows the preview of the banner after applying, if a dye is present. To finish, the player must take the banner in the slot beneath the preview. The original banner and the dye disappear from their respective slots, but the banner pattern is not consumed.

Changing profession[]

If a village has a loom that has not been claimed by a villager, any villager who hasn't already chosen a job site block has a chance to change their profession to shepherd.

Fuel[]

A loom can be used as fuel in a furnace to smelt 1.5 items.

Note Blocks[]

Looms can be placed under note blocks to produce "bass" sound.

Sounds[]

Generic[]

Java Edition:

Bedrock Edition:

SoundSubtitlesSourceDescriptionResource locationTranslation keyVolumePitchAttenuation
distance
??BlocksOnce the block has brokendig.wood?1.00.8?
??BlocksFalling on the block with fall damagefall.wood?0.41.0?
??BlocksWhile the block is in the process of being brokenhit.wood?0.230.5?
??BlocksJumping from the blockjump.wood?0.121.0?
??BlocksFalling on the block without fall damageland.wood?0.181.0?
??BlocksWalking on the blockstep.wood?0.31.0?
??BlocksWhen the block is placeduse.wood?1.00.8?

Unique[]

Java Edition:

Data values[]

ID[]

Java Edition:

NameIdentifierFormTranslation key
LoomloomBlock & Itemblock.minecraft.loom

Bedrock Edition:

  1. ID of block's direct item form, which is used in savegame files and addons.
  2. Available with /give command.
  3. The block's direct item form has the same id with the block.

Block states[]

Java Edition:

Name Default value Allowed values Description
facingnortheast
north
south
west
The direction the loom is facing.
Opposite from the direction the player faces when placing a loom.

Bedrock Edition:

NameMetadata Bits Default value Allowed valuesValues for
Metadata Bits
Description
direction0x1
0x2
00
1
2
3
0
1
2
3
The direction the loom is facing.
  • 0: South facing loom
  • 1: West facing loom
  • 2: North facing loom
  • 3: East facing loom

History[]

Issues[]

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