How to make Gray Concrete Powder in Minecraft

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

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

gray concrete powder

Let's explore how to make gray concrete powder.

Supported Platforms

Gray 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 Gray Concrete Powder in Creative Mode

Required Materials to make Gray Concrete Powder

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

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

How to craft Gray 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 Gray Concrete Powder

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

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

Crafting recipe for gray concrete powder

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

gray concrete powder

3. Move the Gray Concrete Powder to Inventory

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

Completed gray concrete powder

Congratulations, you have made gray concrete powder in Minecraft!

Item ID and Name

Block States for Gray Concrete Powder

Give Command for Gray Concrete Powder

Things to Make with Gray Concrete Powder

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