PDF download Download Article PDF download Download Article

It doesn't matter if you're an all-nighter type of player in Minecraft; you need a bed. Beds serve both as a way to pass through the night/rain in Minecraft and as a respawn point. Basically, if you're not the type of player who mines all night, you're going to be bored without a bed, and all players without beds won't be able to spawn at their home, forcing them to pretty much start all over again. Now, after all that hard work, that'd be annoying, so it's best that you learn how to make a bed, and soon!

  1. Head back to a Workbench/ Crafting table and craft Wooden Planks. Get your Wood out and simply put the Wood in any slot. [1] Take out the Wooden Planks.
    • Wood can be found by destroying trees. You can destroy trees with an axe but it is also possible to punch them to obtain wood, although this takes significantly longer.
  2. Wool can be found by shearing or killing sheep.
    • Shearing (which will not kill the sheep) requires shears, which are made by crafting together 2 iron ingots. Shearing can also give 1 - 3 wool, instead of the normal 1 wool produced when the sheep is killed.
    Advertisement
  3. After that, put the 3 Wooden Planks on all of the bottom slots. [2]
  4. Put 3 Wool in the middle of the three by three grid. Take your newly made bed.
    • You can make colored beds since the version 1.12 of Minecraft. [3] Follow these steps, but change the color of the wool you use.
  5. Place your bed in your house (or any place which keeps you safe) and sleep peacefully on your bed. This has the added bonus of creating a new spawn point, after which you will always spawn next to your bed after death.
    • Keep in mind that the wool has to be the same color since colored beds are now added.
    • After the village and pillage update of Minecraft, villagers began breeding based on the number of beds in the village. [4]
    • In the new version, villagers breed as long as there is an open bed within the village. [5]
    • Besides this, villagers also breed based on willingness, which the player can manipulate by giving the villagers specific food amounts. [6]
  6. Advertisement

Community Q&A

Search
Add New Question
  • Question
    How do I sleep in the bed?
    Nicolas
    Community Answer
    Just tap it at night.
  • Question
    How do I make chain armor?
    Banana Head
    Top Answerer
    Chainmail armor can't be crafted in normal survival mode, because it is made with fire. Creative users have it, but you need the "lots of items" mod to gain access to fire to make the chainmail armor.
  • Question
    What if my crafting table has only four boxes?
    Community Answer
    That means you're using the crafting table in your inventory. Punch down one block of wood from a tree, place that log in your inventory's crafting table, and then use the four wooden planks in each grid to make a crafting table. The physical block has a 9-grid pattern and you can make your bed easily.
See more answers
Ask a Question
      Advertisement

      Video

      Tips

      • Place the bed in a safe place, such as your house.
      • In Minecraft 1.8.9 and below, you can use different types of wool to make a bed. But in Minecraft 1.9 and above, you must use the same colored wool since the addition of multi-colored beds.
      • Since beds explode in the Nether and in the End, they're effective ways to kill the Ender dragon, and Nether mobs. However, it is suggested that you should have strong armor (iron at the least, diamond preferred) and that you only use it on the Ender dragon for maximum effectiveness.
      Show More Tips

      Tips from our Readers

      The advice in this section is based on the lived experiences of wikiHow readers like you. If you have a helpful tip you’d like to share on wikiHow, please submit it in the field below.
      • You can find stuff to make a bed within a villager's house! You might be even be able to find a bed that has already been made in a villager's house.
      • As of the 1.13 Java update (1.6 Bedrock update) Phantoms will now spawn if a player hasn’t slept for more than 3 in-game days.
      • Put your bed in a safe, well lit spot so monsters can't wake you.
      • You can shear sheep instead of killing sheep to get wool.
      Submit a Tip
      All tip submissions are carefully reviewed before being published
      Name
      Please provide your name and last initial
      Thanks for submitting a tip for review!
      Advertisement

      Warnings

      • Trying to sleep in a bed in the Nether And/or The End will cause it to explode.
      • If there are mobs (apart from slimes and passive mobs) nearby when you try to sleep, you will be unable to go to sleep.
      Advertisement

      Things You'll Need

      • Three wooden planks
      • Three same-colored wool
      • Crafting table
      • Flat 1x2 surface

      About This Article

      Article Summary X

      1. Open the crafting table.
      2. Place 3 wool on the center line.
      3. Fill the remaining squares with planks.
      4. Drag the bed to the inventory.

      Did this summary help you?
      Thanks to all authors for creating a page that has been read 442,689 times.

      Did this article help you?

      Advertisement