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How to Make a Bed in Minecraft

Use 3 Wood Planks and 3 Wool of any color to craft your refuge from the night

By Robert Earl Wells III Updated on August 23, 2022 Tweet Share Email Tweet Share Email

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Expand Jump to a Section How to Craft a Bed How to Use a Bed Required Materials What Sleeping Does How to Make Beds of Different Colors Frequently Asked Questions It's important to know how to make a bed in Minecraft before night falls. That way, you have a safe refuge from aggressive mobs that only come out in the dark.
Information in this article applies to Minecraft on all platforms. 2:36

How to Make a Bed in Minecraft

How to Craft a Bed in Minecraft

Before you can build a bed, you'll need to collect some wool from sheep: Craft Shears. Arrange 2 Iron Ingots diagonally in the crafting grid.
To make Iron Ingots, smelt iron ore using a Furnace. Find some sheep. Sheep can be found in most biomes, usually in clearings with few trees.
Collect 3 Wool. Equip your Shears and interact with a sheep to shear it. How you do this depends on your platform: PC/Mac: Right-clickXbox: LTPlayStation: L2Switch: ZLPocket Edition: Tap and hold Sheep drop 1-3 wool with each shearing. After that, you must wait for them to graze for a little while before you can collect more wool. You can also get wool by killing sheep, but using Shears allows you to have an endless supply of wool from the same sheep. Open a Crafting Table a place 3 Wool in the top row and 3 Wood Planks in the middle row to craft a Bed. If you don't have a Crafting Table, make one using 4 Wood Planks of any type. You can craft Wood Planks out of Wood blocks.

How Do I Use a Bed in Minecraft

Equip your bed and set it on the ground. Interact with it to go to sleep until morning. You can only sleep in a bed at nighttime.
If you try to sleep in a bed while in the Nether, it will explode. Only use beds in the Overworld.

What Do I Need to Make a Bed in Minecraft

All you need to make a bed is the following materials: 3 Wool of any color3 Wood Planks of any type

What Does Sleeping in a Bed Do in Minecraft

Sleeping in a bed allows you to skip through the night in Minecraft. Going to bed also resets your spawn point, or where you reappear if you're killed. When you're trying to cure a zombie villager, you can sleep in a bed to speed up the process.
If you fall from a great height and land on a bed, you'll bounce and take only half the damage as you would from a normal block.

How Do I Make Beds of Different Colors in Minecraft

To craft a bed of a different color, combine your wool with a dye, and then use the dyed wool to make your bed. Make dyes by crafting or smelting certain materials or even by combining other colors: Dye Materials Method Black Ink Sac or Lily of the Valley Crafting Blue Lapis Lazuli or Cornflower Crafting Brown Cocoa Beans Crafting Cyan Blue+Green Dye Crafting Gray White+Black Dye Crafting Green Cactus Smelting Light Blue Blue Orchid or Blue+White Dye Crafting Lime Sea Pickle or Green+White Dye Smelting Orange Orange Tulip or Red+Yellow Dye Crafting Pink Pink Tulip, Peony, or Red Dye+White Dye Crafting Purple Blue+Red Dye Crafting Red Poppy, Red Tulip, Rose Bush, or Beetroot Crafting White Bone Meal or Lily of the Valley Crafting Yellow Dandelion or Sunflower Crafting How to Make Green Dye in Minecraft FAQ How do I make a bunk bed in Minecraft? A bunk bed isn't a normal item you make on your Crafting Table, but you can put one together with some creativity. One way is to make a U shape four blocks wide and two blocks tall, and then place a Bed in the middle. Then, destroy the blocks below the Bed, which will leave it hanging in mid-air. You can then place another Bed below that one to finish the bunk bed. How do I teleport to my bed in Minecraft? You can teleport to your bed using Minecraft's teleport Command. You may need to enable cheats for your world, but then you can usually open the chat box and enter /tp [Your Name] [X Y Z] where "X Y Z" are the coordinates of your bed. Was this page helpful? Thanks for letting us know! Get the Latest Tech News Delivered Every Day Subscribe Tell us why! Other Not enough details Hard to understand Submit More from Lifewire How to Make Green Dye in Minecraft How to Make Terracotta in Minecraft How to Make a Campfire in Minecraft How to Make Smooth Stone in Minecraft How to Find Amethyst in Minecraft How to Make an Invisibility Potion in Minecraft How to Breed Villagers in Minecraft How to Make a Pickaxe in Minecraft How to Make a Beacon in Minecraft How to Make Concrete in Minecraft How to Make Fireworks in Minecraft How to Get Honey From a Beehive in Minecraft How to Make a Water Breathing Potion in Minecraft How to Make Paper in Minecraft How to Make a Fence in Minecraft How to Find Netherite in Minecraft Newsletter Sign Up Newsletter Sign Up Newsletter Sign Up Newsletter Sign Up Newsletter Sign Up By clicking “Accept All Cookies”, you agree to the storing of cookies on your device to enhance site navigation, analyze site usage, and assist in our marketing efforts. Cookies Settings Accept All Cookies