One tipthat applies to real life andMinecraftis that everyone needs to sleep –even villagers. However, you may’t simply create acool houseand sleep on the floor. That’s bad for your virtual back, for starters. Instead, we will show you how to make a bed in so you can quickly pass the time while the skeletons roam outside your door.

Beds aren’t just for skipping to a newday inMinecraft, however. They serve as spawn points too, overriding your realm’s default spawning location. You’ll appear within a few blocks of your bed unless something blocks the spawn point, forcing you to reemerge in the world’s default location — which could be miles away.

Difficulty

What You Need

Dye (optional)

How to make a bed

This method is based on white wool. If you want a colorful bed, move on to the next section in this guide.

Step 1:Open your Crafting Table and drag one wood block from your inventory to any of the nine squares in the crafting grid.

Step 2:Drag the resulting four wood plank blocks into your inventory. You’ll need three wood plank blocks to create a bed.

Step 3:Place one wood plank block each into the bottom three squares in the crafting grid, as shown above.

Step 4:Place one wool block each of the same color into the middle three squares in the crafting grid.

Step 5:Drag your new bed into your inventory.

How to make colorful beds

Sheep are typically black, white, gray, light gray, and brown. If you want purple or blue sheets, you’ll need to dye the wool first. That means gathering items and combining them in the Crafting Table or Furnace.

Here is the current color palette, what you need to create each dye, and how to create them. Remember to drag the resulting dye down into your inventory so you’re able to apply it to wool later. Note that green is the only dye that requires the Furnace.

Black (Crafting Table)

Blue – Light (Crafting Table)

Blue – Normal (Crafting Table)

  • One Lapis Lazuli or Cornflower in the first box

Brown (Crafting Table)

Cyan (Crafting Table)

  • One Blue Dye in the first box and one Green Dye in the second box

Gray – Dark (Crafting Table)

Gray – Light (Crafting Table)

Green (Furnace)

  • One Fuel and one Cactus

Lime (Crafting Table)

Magenta (Crafting Table)

Orange (Crafting Table)

Pink (Crafting Table)

Purple (Crafting Table)

  • One Blue Dye in the first box and one Red Dye in the second box

Red (Crafting Table)

White (Crafting Table)

  • One Bone Meal or Lily of the Valley in the first box

Yellow (Crafting Table)

Step 1:Once you have your dye place a block of wool in the first box on the bottom row and your dye next to it in the second box, as shown above. The base color of your wool doesn’t matter, as the wool changes to the color of your dye.

Step 2:Use your colored wool to make a bed exactly as you did in the first section to make a colored bed.