Black Carpet Wiki Guide

This Minecraft tutorial explains how to craft black carpet with screenshots and step-by-step instructions.

In Minecraft, black carpets are an important decoration item in your inventory. There is more than one way to craft black carpet.

Let’s explore how to make black carpet.

Where to find Black Carpet in Creative Mode

Minecraft Java Edition (PC/Mac)

Here is where you can find black carpet in the Creative Inventory menu:

Platform	Version(s)	Creative Menu Location
Java Edition (PC/Mac)	1.8 – 1.19	Decoration Blocks
Java Edition (PC/Mac)	1.19.3 – 1.20	Colored Blocks

• Platform is the platform that applies.
• Version(s) is the Minecraft version numbers where the item can be found in the menu location listed (we have tested and confirmed this version number).
• Creative Menu Location is the location of the item in the Creative Inventory menu.

Required Materials to make Black Carpet

In Minecraft, these are the materials you can use to craft black carpet:

2 Black Wool
1 Black Dye
8 White Carpets

How to craft Black Carpet in Survival Mode

1. Open the Crafting Menu

First, open your crafting table so that you have the 3×3 crafting grid that looks like this:

2. Add Items to make Black Carpet

In the crafting menu, you should see a crafting area that is made up of a 3×3 crafting grid. To make black carpet, you will need to place specific items in the grid. It is important that the items are placed in the exact pattern as our example images. Changing the pattern of boxes that are filled will change the item that is crafted.

There are 2 patterns you can use as a crafting recipe for black carpet:

Pattern 1

In second row, there should be 1 black wool in the first box and 1 black wool in the second box.

Pattern 2

In the center box, there should be 1 black dye and 1 white carpet in every other box.

Now that you have filled the crafting area with the correct pattern, the black carpets will appear in the box to the right.

3. Move the Black Carpet to Inventory

Once you have crafted black carpet, you need to move the new items to your inventory.

Congratulations, you have made black carpet in Minecraft!

Item ID and Name

Minecraft Java Edition (PC/Mac)

In Minecraft, black carpet has the following Name, ID and DataValue:

Item	Description (Minecraft ID Name)	Data Value	Stack Size	Platform	Version(s)
	Black Carpet (minecraft:carpet)	15	64	Java	1.8 – 1.12
	Black Carpet (minecraft:black_carpet)		64	Java	1.13 – 1.20

• Description is what the item is called and (Minecraft ID Name) is the string value that is used in game commands.
• Data Value (or damage value) identifies the variation of the block if more than one type exists for the Minecraft ID.
• Stack Size is the maximum stack size for this item. While some items in Minecraft are stackable up to 64, other items can only be stacked up to 16 or 1. (NOTE: These stack sizes are for vanilla Minecraft only. If you are running a mod, some mods may change the stack size for an item.)
• Platform is the platform that applies.
• Version(s) is the Minecraft version numbers that the Minecraft ID and Name are valid for.

Block States for Black Carpet

Minecraft Pocket Edition (PE)

In Minecraft Pocket Edition (PE), the block states for Black Carpet are:

• Block State is the internal name for the block state.
• Value is the value for the block state.
• Default indicates that it is the default, if omitted.
• Required indicates that it must be included in command to properly identify this item/block.
• Example shows how to format the block state to be used in the /fill, /setblock, /clone, or /testforblock command.

Give Command for Black Carpet

Give Command in Minecraft Java Edition (PC/Mac)

In Minecraft Java Edition (PC/Mac) 1.13, 1.14, 1.15, 1.16, 1.17, 1.18, 1.19 and 1.20, the /give command for Black Carpet is:

/give @p black_carpet 1

In Minecraft Java Edition (PC/Mac) 1.8, 1.9, 1.10, 1.11 and 1.12, the /give command for Black Carpet is:

/give @p carpet 1 15

Things to Do with Black Carpet

Here are some activities that you can do with black carpet in Minecraft:

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