How to make Light Gray Concrete Powder in Minecraft

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

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

light gray concrete powder

Let's explore how to make light gray concrete powder.

Supported Platforms

Light 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 Light Gray Concrete Powder in Creative Mode

Required Materials to make Light Gray Concrete Powder

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

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

How to craft Light 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 Light Gray Concrete Powder

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

When making light gray concrete powder, it is important that the sand, gravel and light 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 light 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 light gray concrete powder.

Crafting recipe for light gray concrete powder

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

light gray concrete powder

3. Move the Light Gray Concrete Powder to Inventory

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

Completed light gray concrete powder

Congratulations, you have made light gray concrete powder in Minecraft!

Item ID and Name

Block States for Light Gray Concrete Powder

Give Command for Light Gray Concrete Powder

Things to Make with Light Gray Concrete Powder

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