How to make Brown Concrete Powder in Minecraft

This Minecraft tutorial explains how to craft brown concrete powder with screenshots and step-by-step instructions.

In Minecraft, brown concrete powder is one of the many building blocks that you can make. The crafting process will create 8 blocks of brown concrete powder at a time.

brown concrete powder

Let's explore how to make brown concrete powder.

Supported Platforms

Brown concrete powder is available in the following versions of Minecraft:

PlatformSupported (Version*)
Java Edition (PC/Mac) Java Edition (PC/Mac)Yes (1.12)
Pocket Edition (PE) Pocket Edition (PE)Yes (1.1)
Xbox 360 Xbox 360Yes (TU53)
Xbox One Xbox OneYes (CU43)
PS3 PS3Yes (1.48)
PS4 PS4Yes (1.49)
Wii U Wii UYes (Patch 23)
Nintendo Switch Nintendo SwitchYes (1.03)
Windows 10 Edition Windows 10 EditionYes (1.1)
Education Edition Education EditionYes (1.0.18)

* The version that it was added or removed, if applicable.
NOTE: Pocket Edition (PE), Xbox One, PS4, Nintendo Switch, and Windows 10 Edition are now called Bedrock Edition. We will continue to show them individually for version history.

Where to find Brown Concrete Powder in Creative Mode

Required Materials to make Brown Concrete Powder

In Minecraft, these are the materials you can use to craft brown concrete powder:

TIP: In many versions of Minecraft, you can use red sand instead of sand to craft brown concrete powder (Note: you still can not craft brown concrete powder with red sand in PC/Mac).

How to craft Brown Concrete Powder in Survival Mode

1. Open the Crafting Menu

First, open your crafting table so that you have the 3x3 crafting grid that looks like this:

3x3 crafting area

2. Add Items to make Brown Concrete Powder

In the crafting menu, you should see a crafting area that is made up of a 3x3 crafting grid. To make brown concrete powder, place 4 sand, 4 gravel and 1 brown dye in the 3x3 crafting grid.

When making brown concrete powder, it is important that the sand, gravel and brown dye are placed in the exact pattern as the image below. In the first row, there should be 1 brown dye in the first box, 1 sand in the second box, and 1 sand in the third box. In the second row, there should be 1 sand in the first box, 1 sand in the second box, and 1 gravel in the third box. In the third row, there should be 3 gravel. This is the Minecraft crafting recipe for brown concrete powder.

New Recipe

Crafting recipe for brown concrete powder

Old Recipe

Crafting recipe for brown concrete powder

Now that you have filled the crafting area with the correct pattern, the brown concrete powder will appear in the box to the right.

brown concrete powder

3. Move the Brown Concrete Powder to Inventory

Once you have crafted brown concrete powder, you need to move the new item to your inventory.

Completed brown concrete powder

Congratulations, you have made brown concrete powder in Minecraft!

Item ID and Name

Block States for Brown Concrete Powder

Give Command for Brown Concrete Powder

Things to Make with Brown Concrete Powder

You can use brown concrete powder to make items in Minecraft such as: