How to Make Green Dye in Minecraft
Dyes are set of items that commonly used to change the color of any items. Those items such as wool, terracotta, leather armor, banners, boxes, glass, beds, etc.
Especially for a green dye, it looks different that other color. Green Dye is a basic color you can obtain by smelting cactus in a furnace.
Due to its purpose, here we give you tutorial about how to make green dye in Minecraft you can do by your own.
Supported Platforms
Platform | Supported |
---|---|
Java Edition (PC/Mac) | Yes |
Pocket Edition (PE) | Yes |
Xbox 360 | Yes |
Xbox One | Yes |
PS3 | Yes |
PS4 | Yes |
Wii U | Yes |
Nintendo Switch | Yes |
Windows 10 Edition | Yes |
Education Edition | Yes |
Required Materials to make Green Dye
There are many functions of green dye. This item can be sheared for 1 until 3 blocks of green wool if it’s applied to sheep in order to dye their wool.
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It also can dye the collars as well as it’s applied to tame the wolves. Further, if it’s combined with gunpowder, it can be used to make a firework star.
In a process of crafting green dye, there are several materials you need to prepare at first before begin the process:
- 1 Cactus
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Green dye can be considered as one of the various dyes any players can make. Instead of using crafting table, this item can only be made with utilizing a furnace.
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However, this tutorial explains you how to make green dye or cactus green in a step by step instruction. So, let’s find out the way and get into the details down below.
1. Open the Furnace Menu
After entering the Minecraft game, now you need to open the furnace as a first step before going to the next step.
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There you will find the crafting menu grid that is very useful in the next step and all the whole process.
2. Add Fuel to the Furnace
Then let’s move to the next step. The next step is about adding fuel to the bottom fuel box in the furnace. In the process of making a green dye, we suggest you to use coal as a fuel. It’s recommended because it’s really easy to find.
3. Add Item to make Green Dye

Go ahead with put the block of cactus on the top box of the furnace. Make sure you’ve seen the flames cooking that block of cactus.
As well as the cactus is cooked inside the furnace, the green dye you wanted before will be appearing in the box to the right.
4. Move the Green Dye to Inventory
So congratulations, now you got the green dye item you have made before by following instructions explained up above.
The last step you need to consider is about moving that item to the inventory. The item you wanted should be perfectly kept in the inventory because it may be really useful to make other stuff while playing this game.
One of the essential items while playing Minecraft can be a green dye. But If you have no idea how to make this item, just try to follow instructions about how to make green dye in Minecraft we explained up above.
Item ID and Name
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Command for Green Dye
Command Java Edition (PC/Mac)
Java Edition (PC/Mac) 1.14, 1.15, 1.16, 1.16.4
/give @p green_dye 1
Java Edition (PC/Mac) 1.13
/give @p cactus_green 1
Java Edition (PC/Mac) 1.8, 1.9, 1.10, 1.11, 1.12
/give @p dye 1 2
Command Pocket Edition (PE)
Pocket Edition (PE) 0.16.0, 1.0, 1.1, 1.2, 1.4.0, 1.5.0, 1.6.0, 1.7.0, 1.8.0, 1.9.0, 1.10.0, 1.11.0, 1.12.0, 1.13.0, 1.14.0, 1.16.0, 1.16.50
/give @p dye 1 2
Command Xbox One
Xbox One 1.6.0, 1.7.0, 1.8.0, 1.9.0, 1.10.0, 1.11.0, 1.12.0, 1.13.0, 1.14.0, 1.16.0, 1.16.40
/give @p dye 1 2
Command PS4
PS4 1.14.0, 1.16.0, 1.16.40
/give @p dye 1 2
Command Nintendo Switch
Nintendo Switch 1.6.0, 1.7.0, 1.8.0, 1.9.0, 1.10.0, 1.11.0, 1.12.0, 1.13.0, 1.14.0, 1.16.0, 1.16.40
/give @p dye 1 2
Command Windows 10 Edition
Windows 10 Edition 0.16.0, 1.0, 1.1, 1.2, 1.4.0, 1.5.0, 1.6.0, 1.7.0, 1.8.0, 1.9.0, 1.10.0, 1.11.0, 1.12.0, 1.13.0, 1.14.0, 1.16.0, 1.16.40
/give @p dye 1 2
Command Education Edition
Education Edition 0.14.2, 1.0, 1.0.18, 1.0.21, 1.4.0, 1.7.0, 1.9.0, 1.12.0, 1.12.60, 1.14.31
/give @p dye 1 2