Overview
Red 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.
Red Banner is a coloured block in Minecraft Java Edition 1.21.4. Red Banner is made at a crafting table. Hardness 1 puts it in the middle of the pack for mining speed.
No specific tool is required to collect it. Broken correctly, it drops itself. Because it is transparent it does not block light.
A blast resistance of 1 means a single creeper will clear it away. It stacks only to 16. You make it with Red Wool and Stick.
No recipe takes it as an ingredient.
About the red set
How long it takes to break
Red 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.
You are looking at 0.25 seconds on iron and 0.2 on diamond — the iron step is where the time actually falls.
Nothing here needs a minimum tier: whatever you swing, the block still drops, and the only difference is how long it takes.
Each Efficiency level adds level² + 1 to the tool's speed, so a level V tool clears this about 4 times faster than an unenchanted one.
| 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
With 1 blast resistance Red Banner goes down to any nearby explosion. It is transparent to light and produces no light. Stack size is 16. Flammable, at encouragement 60 and burn 20: build with it away from lava, and do not use it as a wall you care about. 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
Red Banner
Drops
Mined with any, Red Banner drops itself.
Guides and tools that cover this
Frequently asked questions
How do you get Red Banner in Minecraft?
Red Banner is crafted from Red Wool and Stick.
What tool do you need to break Red Banner?
No specific tool is required — Red Banner can be broken by hand.
Is Red Banner blast resistant?
Red Banner has a blast resistance of 1, so an explosion nearby will destroy it.
How many Red Banner fit in one stack?
Red Banner stacks to 16, which puts 864 of them in a double chest.
How long does Red 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
Red Banner is one of 16. Every other member behaves the same way:
