Description
A loom is a crafting station used to add patterns to banners and to copy and apply designs using dyes. It is a small simple block that helps players make clean banner art quickly and without complex crafting recipes. The loom provides a user friendly interface that shows pattern previews and helps combine base colours with patterns and with banner shapes. Use a loom to experiment with designs and to save crafting steps when creating custom flags, signs and decorative cloth panels. It is handy in role playing servers and in team bases where banner art signals identity and where consistent symbols are needed. The loom is easy to craft and it also allows you to copy patterns from one banner to another which saves time when you want several identical banners. The block is useful in creative and in survival play and it makes the process of designing banner art accessible to more players.
What is Loom?
A loom is a workstation that you use to design banners and to apply patterns. It simplifies the process of decorating banners by giving previews and by combining dyes with pattern templates making banner design faster and more intuitive.
Where to find Loom
Looms do not naturally generate. Players craft looms and place them where they need systemized banner design. In villages you may find looms in some houses depending on the world generation and version. They are a common item to include in crafting areas and workshop rooms.
How to get Loom
Craft a loom at a crafting table using wooden planks and additional components. Once placed use dyes a banner and pattern templates or a banner to create and copy patterns. The loom offers a graphical interface to preview the results before you commit to the design.
Release Information
First introduced: Added to help with easier banner design and pattern copying
Give Command
/give @p minecraft:loom 64
How to use Loom
Place the loom in a workshop area and open its interface. Put a banner in the loom, add dyes and select patterns to apply. Use copies of patterns to make consistent sets of banners and use templates to create symbols for teams and towns. The loom is best used when you want several matching banners or when you want to trial patterns quickly before finalizing them.
Recipes for Loom
Shaped Crafting Items must be placed in a specific pattern in a crafting table
String
String
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Oak Planks
Oak Planks
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