How to Use a Bed in Minecraft

This Minecraft tutorial explains how to use a bed with screenshots and step-by-step instructions.

In Minecraft, you will use a bed to sleep through the night to avoid mobs spawning. Sleeping in a bed is a great way to set your spawn point (spawnpoint) so that you know where you will respawn when you die. Let's explore how to use a bed.

Required Materials

In Minecraft, you can choose one of the following beds:

1 White Bed

1 Orange Bed

1 Magenta Bed

1 Light Blue Bed

1 Yellow Bed

1 Lime Bed

1 Pink Bed

1 Gray Bed

1 Light Gray Bed

1 Cyan Bed

1 Purple Bed

1 Blue Bed

1 Brown Bed

1 Green Bed

1 Red Bed

1 Black Bed

Steps to Use a Bed

1. Place a Bed

It is most common for you to sleep in your bed at night during your game. If you don't have a bed in your inventory, you can quickly make one with a crafting recipe for a bed.

Add the bed to your hotbar and make sure that it is the selected item in the hotbar.

Next, position your pointer (the plus sign) on the block where you want to place your bed. You need at least two blocks to place your bed. You should see the block become highlighted in your game window.

The game control to place the bed depends on the version of Minecraft:

• For Java Edition (PC/Mac), right click on the block.
• For Pocket Edition (PE), you tap on the block.
• For Xbox 360 and Xbox One, press the LT button on the Xbox controller.
• For PS3 and PS4, press the L2 button on the PS controller.
• For Wii U, press the ZL button on the gamepad.
• For Nintendo Switch, press the ZL button on the controller.
• For Windows 10 Edition, right click on the block.
• For Education Edition, right click on the block.

You should see your bed appear on the block that you selected. Congratulations, you have somewhere to sleep at night.

2. Sleep in the Bed

Now that you have placed your bed in your Minecraft world, you need to wait for night (or use a cheat to change to night).

Now that it is night, you can sleep in the bed.

The game control to sleep in the bed depends on the version of Minecraft:

• For Java Edition (PC/Mac), right click on the bed.
• For Pocket Edition (PE), you tap on the bed.
• For Xbox 360 and Xbox One, press the LT button on the Xbox controller.
• For PS3 and PS4, press the L2 button on the PS controller.
• For Wii U, press the ZL button on the gamepad.
• For Nintendo Switch, press the ZL button on the controller.
• For Windows 10 Edition, right click on the bed.
• For Education Edition, right click on the bed.

While you are sleeping, you will see a Leave Bed button appear. If you click this button, it will return you to your world while it is still night.

If you wait, it will turn to morning and you will automatically wake up standing next to your bed.

Now that you have slept in your bed, your spawn point will be reset. If you die in the game, you will respawn in this location. That is a great way to not get lost in your Minecraft world.

Congratulations, you just learned how to use a bed in Minecraft.