How to make Red Concrete Powder in Minecraft

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

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

red concrete powder

Let's explore how to make red concrete powder.

Supported Platforms

Red 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 Red Concrete Powder in Creative Mode

Required Materials to make Red Concrete Powder

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

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

How to craft Red 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 Red Concrete Powder

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

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

Crafting recipe for red concrete powder

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

red concrete powder

3. Move the Red Concrete Powder to Inventory

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

Completed red concrete powder

Congratulations, you have made red concrete powder in Minecraft!

Item ID and Name

Block States for Red Concrete Powder

Give Command for Red Concrete Powder

Things to Make with Red Concrete Powder

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