Overview
Magenta Banner is one of the 16 variants of White Banner: same recipe, same hardness, same drops — only the look differs. The full write-up for the set is on the White Banner page.
In Minecraft 1.21.4, Magenta Banner is a coloured block. Magenta Banner has a crafting recipe, so it is renewable as long as you can source its ingredients. At a hardness of 1 it takes a moment to break but never slows a build down.
Any tool works, and so do bare hands. Mining it returns the block itself, so it is safe to relocate. It is transparent, which matters when you are managing light levels.
With a blast resistance of only 1 it will not survive an explosion. The stack limit is 16, so plan inventory space. The recipe calls for Magenta Wool and Stick.
It is not used in any crafting recipe.
About the magenta set
How long it takes to break
Magenta Banner has a hardness of 1. By hand that is 1.5 seconds per block; with the correct tool at netherite tier it is 0.2 seconds.
Iron manages 0.25 seconds and diamond 0.2, which makes iron the tier that changes how this block feels.
No particular tool tier is required: any tool, or none at all, still yields the drop, so the table below is about speed rather than about whether you get anything.
Efficiency contributes its level squared plus one to tool speed, which makes Efficiency V roughly 4 times faster than the plain tool.
| Tool | No enchantment | Efficiency III | Efficiency V |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hand | 1.5 s | 1.5 s | 1.5 s |
| Wooden | 0.75 s | 0.15 s | 0.1 s |
| Stone | 0.4 s | 0.15 s | instant |
| Iron | 0.25 s | 0.1 s | instant |
| Diamond | 0.2 s | 0.1 s | instant |
| Netherite | 0.2 s | 0.1 s | instant |
| Golden | 0.15 s | 0.1 s | instant |
Properties
Magenta Banner resists blasts at 1, which is not enough to survive anything explosive nearby. Light passes through it, and it emits none of its own. Stack size is 16. It catches easily (encouragement 60, burn 20), so keep lava and open flame well away from it and from anything next to it. An axe is fastest here; any other class mines it at bare-hand speed, because the bonus only applies to the class the block is tagged for.
- Transparent
- Yes
- Required tool
- Any
- Flammable
- Yes (60/20)
Crafting recipe
Crafting Table
Magenta Banner
Drops
Mined with any, Magenta Banner drops itself.
Guides and tools that cover this
Frequently asked questions
How do you get Magenta Banner in Minecraft?
Magenta Banner is crafted from Magenta Wool and Stick.
What tool do you need to break Magenta Banner?
No specific tool is required — Magenta Banner can be broken by hand.
Is Magenta Banner blast resistant?
Magenta Banner has a blast resistance of 1, so an explosion nearby will destroy it.
How many Magenta Banner fit in one stack?
Magenta Banner stacks to 16, so a single double chest holds 864 of them.
How long does Magenta Banner take to break?
0.2 seconds with a netherite-tier tool of the right class, or 1.5 seconds bare-handed.
The rest of the set
Magenta Banner is one of 16. Every other member behaves the same way:
