Overview
Yellow 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.
Yellow Banner counts as a coloured block in Minecraft 1.21.4. Yellow 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 Yellow Wool and Stick.
No recipe takes it as an ingredient.
About the yellow set
How long it takes to break
At a hardness of 1, Yellow Banner takes 1.5 seconds to punch out and 0.2 seconds with a netherite-tier tool of the correct class.
An iron tool takes 0.25 seconds and a diamond one 0.2, so the jump that actually matters for this block is the one to iron.
The drop does not depend on the tool — bare hands work as well as anything — so the table below is purely about speed.
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
Blast resistance on Yellow Banner is 1, so any explosion nearby takes it out. It lets light pass and gives off no light. 16 fit in a slot. Fire takes to it quickly — encouragement 60, burn 20 — which makes it a poor neighbour for lava or a lit campfire. The block is tagged for axes, and only that class gets the speed bonus; everything else mines at bare-hand rate.
- Transparent
- Yes
- Required tool
- Any
- Flammable
- Yes (60/20)
Crafting recipe
Crafting Table
Yellow Banner
Drops
Mined with any, Yellow Banner drops itself.
Guides and tools that cover this
Frequently asked questions
How do you get Yellow Banner in Minecraft?
Yellow Banner is crafted from Yellow Wool and Stick.
What tool do you need to break Yellow Banner?
No specific tool is required — Yellow Banner can be broken by hand.
Is Yellow Banner blast resistant?
Yellow Banner has a blast resistance of 1, so an explosion nearby will destroy it.
How many Yellow Banner fit in one stack?
Yellow Banner stacks to 16, so a single double chest holds 864 of them.
How long does Yellow Banner take to break?
The correct netherite tool clears it in 0.2 seconds. Bare hands take 1.5.
The rest of the set
Yellow Banner is one of 16. Every other member behaves the same way:
