Green Dye
"Cactus Green" redirects here. For the plant, see Cactus.
Green Dye

| Rarity tier |
Common |
|---|---|
| Renewable |
Yes |
| Stackable |
Yes (64) |
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},
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"label": "(link to Renewable resource article, displayed as Renewable)"
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"field": "Yes (64)",
"label": "Stackable"
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"Green Dye.png"
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Green dye is one of the sixteen available dyes.
Obtaining
Generated loot
| Item | Structure | Container | Quantity | Chance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Java Edition and Bedrock Edition | ||||
| Desert house chest | 1 | 14.3%{ "item": "Green Dye", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.14254173828500694, "structure": "Village", "container": "Desert house chest" }
| ||
Smelting
| Name | Ingredients | Smelting recipe | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Green Dye | Cactus + Any fuel |
[Java Edition only][1] | |
| Green Dye | Cactus + Any fuel |
[Bedrock Edition only] |
Trading
Wandering traders may sell 3 green dye for an emerald.
| Villager | Probability | Villager wants | Player receives | Trades in stock | Villager experience | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JE | BE | ||||||
| Ordinary | 1.4% | 1.4% | 3 × | 12 | — | ||
Usage
Like all other dyes, green dye can be:
- Applied to sheep to dye their wool, which can then be sheared for 1–3 blocks of green wool.
- Applied to tamed wolves to dye their collars.
- Applied to tamed cats to dye their collars.
- Used to dye or stain wool, leather armor, beds, glass, terracotta, shulker boxes, candles, and harnesses.
- Combined with gunpowder to make a firework star.
- Combined with a firework star to create a fade-to-color effect.
- Used to add patterns to banners.
- Used to dye shulkers in Bedrock Edition and Minecraft Education.
- Used to dye water contained in cauldrons in Bedrock Edition and Minecraft Education.
- Combined with sand and gravel to craft concrete powder.
- Combined with compounds to craft balloons or glow sticks in Bedrock Edition and Minecraft Education.
- Used to change the color of text on signs or hanging signs.
Crafting ingredient
Loom ingredient
Trading
| Villager | Probability | Villager wants | Player receives | Trades in stock | Villager experience | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JE | BE | ||||||
| 1.7% | 1.7% | 12 × | 16 | 30 | |||
Data values
ID
| Name | Identifier | Form | Translation key |
|---|---|---|---|
green_dye | Item | item |
| Name | Identifier | Alias ID | Numeric ID | Form | Translation key |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
green_dye | dye / 2 | 397 | Item | item |
Video
History
| Java Edition Beta | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.2 | |||||||
| Java Edition | |||||||
| 1.3.1 | 1.3 | ||||||
| 1.4.2 | 12w34a | Added the ability to dye leather armor and wolf collars. | |||||
| 1.4.6 | 12w49a | Cactus green can be crafted with gunpowder to create a firework star. | |||||
| 1.6.1 | 13w19a | Stained clay can now be crafted. | |||||
| 1.7.2 | 13w41a | Stained glass can now be crafted. | |||||
| 1.8 | 14w30a | Added banners, which can be dyed. | |||||
| 1.11 | 16w39a | Added the ability to dye shulker boxes. | |||||
| 1.12 | 17w06a | Cactus green can now be used to craft green concrete powder. | |||||
| 17w15a | Added the ability to dye beds. | ||||||
| 1.14 | 18w43a | "Cactus Green" has been renamed to "Green Dye". | |||||
| 18w44a | Green dye can now change the text color on signs to green. | ||||||
| Green dye can now be used to dye cat collars. | |||||||
| 18w50a | Green dye can now be found in chests in desert village houses. | ||||||
| 19w05a | Added the wandering trader, which sells green dye. | ||||||
| 19w11a | Green dye can now be bought by shepherd villagers. | ||||||
| 1.17 | 20w45a | Green dye can now be used to craft green candles. | |||||
| 21w19a | Green dye can no longer be used to craft green candles. | ||||||
| Pre-release 1 | Green dye can once again be used to craft green candles. | ||||||
| 1.19.3 Experiment | 22w42a | Green dye can now change the text color on hanging signs to green. | |||||
| 1.21.9 | 25w31a | ||||||
| Pocket Edition Alpha | |||||||
| v0.3.0 | |||||||
| v0.3.2 | Cactus green is now obtainable by smelting cacti in a furnace. It still has no usage. | ||||||
| v0.4.0 | Cactus green can now be used to craft cyan dye, lime dye, and green wool. | ||||||
| v0.8.0 | build 1 | ||||||
| v0.14.0 | build 1 | Cactus green can now be used to dye water in cauldrons. | |||||
| Pocket Edition | |||||||
| 1.0.0 | alpha 0.17.0.1 | Cactus green can now be used to dye shulkers. | |||||
| 1.1.0 | alpha 1.1.0.0 | Cactus green can now be used to dye beds, shulker boxes, and craft concrete powder. | |||||
| Bedrock Edition | |||||||
| 1.2.0 | beta 1.2.0.2 | Cactus green can now be used to craft stained glass, patterns on banners, and firework stars. | |||||
| 1.4.0 | beta 1.2.20.1 | Cactus green can now be used to craft balloons and glow sticks. | |||||
| 1.8.0 | beta 1.8.0.10 | "Cactus Green" has been renamed to "Green Dye". | |||||
| 1.10.0 | beta 1.10.0.3 | Green dye is now sold by wandering traders. | |||||
| 1.11.0 | beta 1.11.0.1 | Green dye can now be found in desert village house chests. | |||||
| beta 1.11.0.4 | Green dye can now be sold to shepherd villagers. | ||||||
| 1.21.111 | Preview 1.21.110.20 | ||||||
| Legacy Console Edition | |||||||
| Xbox 360 | Xbox One | PS3 | PS4 | PS Vita | Wii U | Switch | |
| TU1 | CU1 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | Patch 1 | ||
| TU14 | 1.04 | 1.0.1 | Added the ability to dye leather armor and wolf collars. | ||||
| TU19 | CU7 | 1.12 | 1.12 | 1.12 | Cactus green can be crafted with gunpowder to create a firework star. | ||
| Stained clay can now be crafted. | |||||||
| TU25 | CU14 | 1.17 | 1.17 | 1.17 | Stained glass can now be crafted. | ||
| TU43 | CU33 | 1.36 | 1.36 | 1.36 | Patch 13 | Added banners, which can be dyed. | |
| TU53 | CU43 | 1.49 | 1.50 | 1.49 | Patch 23 | 1.0.3 | Added the ability to dye shulker boxes. |
| Cactus green can now be used to craft green concrete powder. | |||||||
| TU54 | CU44 | 1.52 | 1.52 | 1.52 | Patch 24 | 1.0.4 | Added the ability to dye beds. |
| TU60 | CU51 | 1.64 | 1.64 | 1.64 | Patch 30 | 1.0.11 | Cactus green can now be used to dye leather horse armor. |
| Cactus green can now be used to dye water in a cauldron. | |||||||
| 1.83 | "Cactus Green" has been renamed to "Green Dye". | ||||||
| Green dye can now be used to dye cat collars. | |||||||
| 1.90 | |||||||
| 1.91 | Added the wandering trader, which sells green dye. | ||||||
| New Nintendo 3DS Edition | |||||||
| 0.1.0 | |||||||
Data history
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| Java Edition | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.13 | 17w47a | The different data values for the dye ID have now been split up into their own IDs.
| |||||
| Prior to The Flattening, this item's numeral ID was 351. | |||||||
| Bedrock Edition | |||||||
| 1.16.100 | beta 1.16.100.56 | The ID of green dye has been changed from dye/2 to green_dye. | |||||
Issues
Issues relating to "Green Dye" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.