Minecraft currently has 16 different colors of dye. You can use these dyes to color various objects as well as some Mobs. Sheep can be dyed using any of the 16 different colors. However, there is a “Secret method” that involves coloring a sheep all 16 colors without using a single dye… so make sure to keep reading to find out how!

Quick Links

1. What can you dye into different colors in Minecraft
2. All current Colors of Dye in Minecraft
3. Not So Secret Rainbow Sheep

What can you dye into different colors in Minecraft

In Minecraft, you can use dye to color various objects and mobs. The list below showcases all objects and mobs that can currently be dyed in Minecraft:

• Wool and Sheep
• Pet Colars
• Terracotta
• Staining Glass
• Leather Armor
• Firework Stars
• Banner patterns
• Shulker Boxes
• Creating Concrete Powder
• Creating Balloons
• Creating Glow Sticks
• Beds
• Changing the color of water inside cauldrons
• Candles

Dyeing Wool and Sheep

Players can change the color of wool by using any of the 16 colored dyes. This is useful if you’re trying to use specific colors to decorate your builds.

JAVA Edition

White Wool + Matching Dye = Colored Wool

Bedrock Edition

Any Wool + Matching Dye = Colored Wool

Dyeing Pet Collars

If you’re tired of having the default pet collar color, you can easily change this by using your dye on your pets. You can use any of the 16 colors.

Please note that you’ll first need to tame a pet before it will have a collar.

Dyeing Terracotta

Dyed Terracotta is usually the block builders love using. You can easily dye Terracotta by placing 8 blocks of it around any colored dye of your choice. This will give you 8 pieces of Terracotta in the color you selected.

Dyeing Stained Glass

Dyeing Stained Glass is just the same as dying Terracotta. place 8 pieces of glass around any of the 16 dye colors within a crafting table.

Leather Armor

Only Leather Armor can be dyed:

JAVA Edition

• Crafting dyes with a piece of leather armor

Bedrock Edition

• In Bedrock Edition, you’ll need a Cauldron first. You’ll then need to fill the Cauldron with Water. Once there is Water inside the Cauldron, the next step would be to place Dye inside. Now you can dip any Leather Armor in the Cauldron to color it.

Colored Firework Stars

A Firework Star can have a single color or combination of up to eight colors when crafted with dyes.

Colored Banner Patterns

Dyes can be used within Banners to create custom-looking banners. This can add some personality to your base.

Colored Beds

In Java Edition only White Beds can be dyed into other colors, while in the Bedrock Edition any Bed can be dyed into a different color. All you’ll need is the bed and dye in the color you’d like the bed to be.

Dyeing Shulker Boxes

Shulker Boxes can be Organized a lot better when color-coded. Consider coloring your Shulker Boxes and then using specific colors to store certain types of materials. If you want to dye a Shulker Box, all you’ll need is to place the Shulker Box into a crafting table alongside any colored dye of your choice.

Creating Concrete Powder

When creating concrete powder in Minecraft, you can place a piece of dye for every 8 Blocks of concrete you make. You’ll need the regular Sand and Gravel Materials as well in order to craft the concrete.

*Crafting table required.

Changing the Color of Water inside Cauldrons

You can change the color of water within a Cauldron by simply “using” the item on a Cauldron that is filled with fresh Water.

Dyeing Candles

In the upcoming update 1.17 candles will be introduced into Minecraft. These Candles can be colored into any of the 16 available colors in Minecraft

All Current Colors of Dye in Minecraft

Below we have a list containing all of the different colors of dye in Minecraft (16 in Total). We display what ingredients you’ll need o craft each color of Dye. Green is the only color dye that cannot be crafted.

How to Craft Pink Dye in Minecraft?

The ingredients that you will need to craft Pink Dye are:

•  1x Red Dye
•  1x White Dye

How to Craft Purple Dye in Minecraft?

The ingredients that you will need to craft Purple Dye are:

•  1x Blue Dye
•  1x Red Dye

How to Craft Blue Dye in Minecraft?

The ingredients that you will need to craft Blue Dye are:

• 1x cornflower

How to Craft Light Blue Dye in Minecraft?

The ingredients that you will need to craft Light Blue Dye are:

• 1x Blue Orchid

How to Craft Cyan Dye in Minecraft?

The ingredients that you will need to craft Cyan Dye are:

• 1x Green Dye
• 1x Blue Dye

How to Craft Green Dye in Minecraft?

Unfortunately you cannot craft Green Dye in Minecraft.

How to Craft Lime Green Dye in Minecraft?

The ingredients that you will need to craft Lime Green Dye are:

• 1x Green Dye
• 1x White Dye

How to Craft Yellow Dye in Minecraft?

The ingredients that you will need to craft Yellow Dye are:

• 1x Dandelion

How to Craft Orange Dye in Minecraft?

The ingredients that you will need to craft Orange Dye are:

• 1x Orange Tulip

How to Craft Red Dye in Minecraft?

The ingredients that you will need to craft Red Dye are:

• 1x Red Tulip

How to Craft Brown Dye in Minecraft?

The ingredients that you will need to craft Brown Dye are:

• 1x Cocoa Beans

How to Craft Black Dye in Minecraft?

The ingredients that you will need to craft Black Dye are:

• 1x Ink Sack

How to Craft Gray Dye in Minecraft?

The ingredients that you will need to craft Gray Dye are:

• 1x Black Dye
• 1x White Dye

How to Craft Light Gray Dye in Minecraft?

The ingredients that you will need to craft Light Gray Dye are:

• 1x White Dye

How to Craft White Dye in Minecraft?

The ingredients that you will need to craft White Dye are:

• 1x Bone Meal

How to make a Sheep all 16 Colors?

• 1x Sheep
• 1x Name Tag
• 1x Anvil

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Previously in Minecraft, you used to be able to tame Ocelots in the same way you would now tame Cats. In the real world, taming Ocelots is probably something you shouldn’t try. Well, that is likely why Minecraft decided it would be better for players to learn how to tame cats instead.

Cats are friendly creatures in Minecraft and are just generally great to have around in your World. If you are curious to learn everything about the Minecraft Cats, you’ve come to the right place.

Quick Links

1. The Benefits of having Cats in Minecraft
2. How to Find Cats in Minecraft?
3. How to Tame Cats in Minecraft?
4. How to Breed Minecraft Cats?
5. What do Minecraft Cats love to Eat?
6. All Species of Minecraft Cats
7. What Mobs are afraid of Minecraft Cats?
8. Extra Information on Minecraft Cats

The Benefits of having Cats in Minecraft

Not only are cats adorable, in Minecraft cats will provide you will a number of benefits to assist your game-play.

Firstly, the hugest benefit to having a Minecraft cat is that they will scare away Creepers. Having Multiple Cats in your base will provide you with extra protection. Trust me, no one ever wants a Creeper to blow up in their base.

Cats will be loving and loyal once they are properly tamed. Something special cats will do is give you a gift when you wake up after resting in bed. These gifts can be a huge variety of items including: phantom membranes, raw chicken, feathers, rotten flesh, string, rabbits hide, & rabbits foot. Now, isn’t that just sweet?! Why wouldn’t you want a Minecraft Cat at this point?

Additionally, Cats are uncomplicated to take care of. They do not take fall damage and they do not die easily unless you attack them a bit by accident (unless it was not an accident then wow… the cruelty). Although this is great, cats do have a tendency to run around a lot… I mean A LOT. So, if you are planning to keep your cat in your base, place it in a nice little Minecart. It would be a shame if your cute cat just ran away forever.

Whether a cat is tamed or not, Minecraft Cats will never attack you. Cats in Minecraft are considered a Passive Mob, contrary to the Hostile Mobs you might find.

Now, if you happen to kill a cat… at least you will get some string and experience out of it. But that’s about it.

How to Find Cats in Minecraft?

There are a couple of places where you can find stray cats in Minecraft. You can either search around Villages or Witch Huts.

The best way to find cats though are to go from village to village until you see a stray cat.

How to Tame Cats in Minecraft?

Before venturing out to find stray cats, you’ll want to have some raw cod or raw salmon equipped.

Then, once you’ve taken the steps to finding a stray cat, walk towards the cat slowly. Naturally, if you move towards a stray cat too quickly, they will be scared and run away.

The cat will start coming closer to you when it notices the raw fish in your hand. Feed the cat raw fish until it is tamed. You are likely going to need more than one piece of raw fish.

You’ll know the cat is tamed the red hearts appear around the cat. The tamed cat will follow you wherever you go.

Make sure to not confuse a cat with an Ocelot. They look very similar but Ocelots are unable to be tamed.

Note: Tamed Cats will have a Collar.

How to Breed Minecraft Cats?

If you want more cats, breeding 2 Cats together is the easiest & quickest way.

Firstly, you will need 2 tamed cats.

Then, make an enclosed space for the 2 cats to be near each other.

Next, feed the cats until red hearts appear over their heads. When both cats have these red hearts, they will automatically start mating.

Bam! You’ll get a cute baby kitten. For this baby kitten to start breeding itself, you’ll have to first feed it to be an adult. As you might expect, baby kittens do not breed.

What do Minecraft Cats love to Eat?

Cats do not have an exceptionally broad diet. They only eat Raw Salmon & Raw Cod, nothing else.

You can get Raw Salmon & Raw Cod by killing fish in the sea or fishing.

All Species of Minecraft Cats

There are 10 Species of Cats on Minecraft. These species are:

• Tabby
• Red Tabby
• Black
• Siamese
• British Shorthair
• Calico
• Persian
• Ragdoll
• White
• Jellie

Each species has their unique features.

Note: The Black Cat also comes with Amber Eyes.

What Mobs are afraid of Minecraft Cats?

Even though cats do not look scary at all to some of us, there are a handful of Mobs who think otherwise.

Creepers & Phantoms are terrified of cats! They will 100% keep a distance of at least 16 blocks away from cats of any species.

Other from that, Cats will attack rabbits and turtles but these Mobs aren’t necessarily afraid of cats.

Extra Information on Minecraft Cats

• You can dye a Cat’s Collar, with any dye you have.

• If tamed cats are too far away from you, as you’re walking they’ll teleport towards you.

• When walking in a Dessert Biome, make sure your cat doesn’t walk into a prickly cactus because they’ll get hurt.

• Cats love to sit on random items like Beds & Chests.

If you’ve found this post helpful, have any questions, suggestions, or problems at all, please feel free to comment below.

Turtles are a Passive Mob in Minecraft. Many players do not know this, but turtles are pretty useful and can even be used for equipment. Baby Turtles are one of the smallest Mobs in Minecraft but Adult Turtles are quite huge.

Quick Links

1. How to Find Turtles in Minecraft?
2. How to Tame Minecraft Turtles?
3. How to Breed Minecraft Turtles?
4. How long does it take for a Minecraft Turtle Egg to Hatch?
5. How to relocate a Turtle Egg in Minecraft?
6. How to create a Turtle Farm?
7. How to Craft a Turtle Shell Helmet?
8. The Benefits of having a Turtle Shell Helmet
9. What Happens when you Kill a Turtle in Minecraft?
10. What Mobs will Attack Turtles?
11. Additional Information on Turtle Eggs & Baby Turtles

How to Find Turtles in Minecraft?

To search for Turtles, it is recommended to look near the shores of an Ocean. Note that these shores must be sandy shores because turtles won’t spawn on stone shores or at cold & snowy biomes. Just like in real life, the turtles will be located at relatively warm areas.

You will typically find these turtles in groups of 3-5. Adult Turtles will be easy to see from far away because they are quite large.

Baby Turtles have a 10% chance of spawn but they even more hard to find considering how small baby turtles are. 

For Minecraft Java Edition: Turtles need an 8+ Light Level to Spawn.

For Minecraft Bedrock Edition: Turtles need a 7+ Light Level to Spawn.

How to Tame Minecraft Turtles

Taming Stray Turtles is simply something you cannot do in Minecraft.

Although you won’t be able to Tame Turtles you can still lure Turtles by feeding them Seagrass and having Seagrass equipped in your hand.

You can find Seagrass in an Underwater Biome.

How to Breed Minecraft Turtles?

To Breed Turtles you will need, 2 Adult Turtles & Seagrass.

First, Bring the Turtles into an enclosed space.

Then, feed the turtles Seagrass until they both have red hearts around them.

After, the Adult Turtles will automatically mate and lay a turtle egg.

Keep this turtle egg protected and the egg will hatch on its own to let out a tiny baby turtle.

How long does it take for a Minecraft Turtle Egg to Hatch?

Typically, turtle eggs hatch after 4-5 days but it varies. Also, Turtle Eggs only hatch in the Night Time. It’s especially important to keep your turtle egg protected because the eggs do in fact attract Zombie Mobs.

When your Turtle Eggs hatch, you are able to feed the baby turtles Seagrass if you want them to grow into adults faster.

How to relocate a Turtle Egg in Minecraft?

If you are looking to move the location of your turtle egg, you’ll first need a silk touch pickaxe. With this pickaxe, you can pick up the turtle egg and place it in your inventory without the egg breaking.

After, you can place the Turtle Egg wherever you’d like.

How to create a Turtle Farm?

To create a Turtle Farm, you will need these Materials:

• 17 Fence
• 5 Wooden Trapdoors
• 5 Signs
• 1 Water Bucket
• 1 Glass Block
• 1 Chest
• 5 Hoppers
• 15 Slabs
• 5 Carpet
• 64 of Any Solid Blocks
• 3 Torches
• Shears/Seagrass
• A tool with Silk Touch (Optional)
• 2 Turtles

Additional Materials for Sea Grass Farm:

• 2 Dispensers
• 1 Observer
• 8 of Any Solid Blocks
• 1 Stair
• 3 Redstone Dust
• 1 Sign
• 1 Wooden Trapdoor
• Water Bucket
• 1 Obsidian (Optional)
• Bonemeal
• 1 Lever
• Shears

Follow the Steps of this Youtube Video:

How to Craft a Turtle Shell Helmet?

To Craft a Turtle Shell Helmet, you are first going to need 5 Scutes.  

You would obtain Scutes by:

1. Breeding Turtles
2. Collecting Scutes that Drop from Baby Turtles as they grow up

Steps to Crafting the Turtle Shell Helmet:

1. Place Scutes in the Crafting Table as follows…

The Benefits of having a Turtle Shell Helmet

• The Best part of the Turtle Shell Helmet is that wearing this helmet helps you breathe under water for longer.
• The Turtle Shell Helmet has better durability than Iron Helmets.
• You can easily Repair a Turtle Shell Helmet with 1 Scute
• The Respiration Enchantment can help the “Water Breathing Effect” even more on the Helmet.

What Happens when you Kill a Turtle in Minecraft?

When a Turtle Dies it will drop:

1. Between 0-2 Seagrass. If you kill a Turtle with a Looting III Enchantment there is a chance of 0-5 Seagrass being dropped instead.
2. Between 1-3 Experience if the Turtle has been slayed by a player.
3. A Bowl if the Turtle was killed by Lightning. This is a rare occurence. 

Adult Turtles have 30 HP (Health Points).

Minecraft Turtle Behavior

Turtles naturally move freely on land and in water. Some Mobs will take damage in certain enviroments, but not Turtles. Even though Turtles can be on both land and water, Turtles move around much faster when they are in water. Turtles can be classified as an Aquatic Mob because they do not drown in water.

Turtles can be killed by a singular strike of Lightning. When they are attacked in other ways, they will flee until dead. 

To add on, Turtles can strangely be moved around by Minecarts & Boats. 

If you are planning to take care of a Turtle keep in mind that they feel safer if they are near a water source. Turtles love to roam around the water and swim in circles most of the time. 

What Mobs will Attack Turtles?

Adult Turtles, Baby Turtles, & Turtle Eggs can be attacked by Mobs.

The Minecraft Mobs that will attack are…

Note: Zombies Intentionally break Turtle Eggs but Withers can do it by accident if a Turtle Egg is in their way. These Mobs are different in that sense but they are still a danger to Turtle Eggs.

Additional Information on Turtle Eggs & Baby Turtles

Turtle Eggs only hatch on Sand so make sure that your Turtle Egg is placed on a Sand Block (assuming you want to hatch the egg). Otherwise, Turtle Eggs are placable on all Blocks but can’t be hatched on anything but Sand.

The Minecraft Turtle Eggs are very fragile. If they are stepped on, they could easily break. Adult Turtles cannot break Turtle Eggs though.

You’ll know if a Turtle Egg is close to Hatching when you see cracks in the Egg.

During the night, Eggs grow much faster than any other time.

Baby Turtles will suffocate if they walk on Soul Sand just like Silverfish & Endermites.

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