How to make Yellow Concrete Powder in Minecraft

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

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

yellow concrete powder

Let's explore how to make yellow concrete powder.

Supported Platforms

Yellow 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 Yellow Concrete Powder in Creative Mode

Required Materials to make Yellow Concrete Powder

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

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

How to craft Yellow 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 Yellow Concrete Powder

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

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

Crafting recipe for yellow concrete powder

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

yellow concrete powder

3. Move the Yellow Concrete Powder to Inventory

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

Completed yellow concrete powder

Congratulations, you have made yellow concrete powder in Minecraft!

Item ID and Name

Block States for Yellow Concrete Powder

Give Command for Yellow Concrete Powder

Things to Make with Yellow Concrete Powder

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