How to Get White Dye in Minecraft

Minecraft is abundant in resources that players can harvest to create various structures or items. Some of these things can be functional or purely for aesthetic purposes. Dyes are some of the most basic materials used for decorations. One of the most commonly used pigments in the game is White Dye. Players who like to beautify their bases and surroundings might need a ton of these materials. 

What Do You Use White Dyes For?

As mentioned before, dyes are mainly for decorative purposes. They are used for coloring materials such as Wool, gravel, texts on signs, and fireworks. White Dye is the most common and used among all these pigments, so knowing how to harvest them in abundance is a great way to ensure your supply doesn’t run out. 

How to Get White Dye?

White Dye is one of the most accessible coloring agents to acquire in Minecraft. There are two ways of harvesting them. The first and easiest way to obtain this item is to find Lily of the Valley flowers. These plants are easy to spot due to their white color. After receiving these ingredients, players just need to place them on the center block of a crafting table. 

The second and most efficient way of creating White Dye is via Bone Meals. These ingredients are produced by using a Bone on a crafting table. Afterward, the Bone Meal can be processed into White Dye by placing it in the middle of the crafting station. 

Crafting Recipes Using White Dye

This coloring agent has a lot of uses, especially in making other variants. Most of these craftables have no practical uses aside from the Bed. Here is everything that players can create with White Dye:

Java and Bedrock

• Gray Dye = Black Dye + White Dye
• Light Blue Dye = Blue Dye + White Dye
• Light Gray Dye = Black Dye + White Dye
• Light Gray Dye = Gray Dye + White Dye
• Lime Dye = Green Dye + White Dye
• Magenta Dye = Blue Dye + Red Dye + White Dye
• Pink Dye = Red Dye + White Dye
• White Candle = Candle + White Dye
• White Concrete Poder = Sand + Gravel + White Dye
• White Firework Star = Gunpowder + Head/Nugget/Feather/Fire Charge + Glowstone Dust + Diamond + White Dye
• White Shulker Box = Shulker Box or Any Shulker Box + White Dye
• White Stained Glass Pane = Glass Pane + White Dye
• White Terracotte = Terracotte + White Dye
• White Banner Pattern = Banner + White Dye
• White Banner Image = Banner + Vines/Bricks/Creeper Head/Wither Skeleton Skull/Oxeye Daisy/Enchanted Apple + White Dye

Bedrock Exclusive

• Gray Dye = Ink Sac + White Dye
• Light Blue Dye = Lapis Lazuli + White Dye
• Light Gray Dye = Ink Sac + White Dye
• Light Gray Dye = Bone Meal + White Dye
• Magenta Dye = Lapis Lazuli + Red Dye + White Dye
• White Balloon = Latex + Helium + Lead + White Dye
• White Bed = Any Bed + White Dye
• White Glow Stick = Polyethylene + Hydrogen Peroxide + Luminol + White Dye
• White Wool = Any Woll + White Dye

How To Make a White Dye Farm?

Hunting for White Dyes can be tedious, especially since you need tons of them. Scouring Lilies of the Valley can be pretty dull, while looking for Skeletons can be exhausting. The easiest way to farm this coloring agent is to create your own Skeleton Farm. 

Skeleton Farms can provide players with an endless supply of Bone Meal, exp, and other valuable items. To create a farm for this, gamers must locate a Skeleton Spawner, which they can usually discover in caverns and dungeons. Getting a mob generator can be quite dangerous since you have to defeat the monsters they spawn, so you won’t be interrupted or killed as you try to get the spawner. To prevent other Skeletons from generating as you obtain the block, you must provide sufficient lighting via torches in the room where the box is located.

When you have obtained the Skeleton Spawner, you can place the block in an area that is accessible to you. Setting the mob generator in an enclosed space is preferable to avoid the Skeletons wandering off. Create a hole in the room that is big enough for you to attack the monsters but small enough so they can’t escape. 

You also have the option to dig one block deep in one of the corners of the room and place a campfire there. Lure the Skeletons to fall into the pit, and they will take continuous damage from the flame while you deliver the finishing blow. You can integrate a hopper + chest system here to make item acquisition much more accessible.

What Else Can You Do with White Dyes?

By creating a Bone Meal farm, you might have a surplus of White Dyes in your hand. This can be annoying, mainly if you have limited storage slots. The best way to manage your supply of this coloring agent aside from destroying them via cacti is to sell them to merchants. Some Village NPCs or Shepherds will be willing to exchange some items for these dyes.