This Minecraft tutorial explains how to craft gray concrete powder with screenshots and step-by-step instructions.
In Minecraft, gray concrete powder is one of the many building blocks that you can make. The crafting process will create 8 blocks of gray concrete powder at a time.
Let’s explore how to make gray concrete powder.
Where to find Gray Concrete Powder in Creative Mode
Minecraft Java Edition (PC/Mac)
Here is where you can find gray concrete powder in the Creative Inventory menu:
Platform
Version(s)
Creative Menu Location
Java Edition (PC/Mac)
1.12 – 1.19
Building Blocks
Java Edition (PC/Mac)
1.19.3 – 1.20
Colored Blocks
Platform is the platform that applies.
Version(s) is the Minecraft version numbers where the item can be found in the menu location listed (we have tested and confirmed this version number).
Creative Menu Location is the location of the item in the Creative Inventory menu.
Required Materials to make Gray Concrete Powder
In Minecraft, these are the materials you can use to craft gray concrete powder:
4 Sand 4 Gravel 1 Gray Dye
TIP: In many versions of Minecraft, you can use red sand instead of sand to craft white concrete powder (Note: you still can not craft white concrete powder with red sand in PC/Mac).
How to craft Gray Concrete Powder in Survival Mode
1. Open the Crafting Menu
First, open your crafting table so that you have the 3×3 crafting grid that looks like this:
2. Add Items to make Gray Concrete Powder
In the crafting menu, you should see a crafting area that is made up of a 3×3 crafting grid. To make gray concrete powder, place 4 sand, 4 gravel and 1 gray dye in the 3×3 crafting grid.
When making gray concrete powder, it is important that the sand, gravel and gray dye are placed in the exact pattern as the image below. In the first row, there should be 1 gravel in the first box, 1 sand in the second box, and 1 gravel in the third box. In the second row, there should be 1 sand in the first box, 1 gray dye in the second box, and 1 sand in the third box. In the third row, there should be 1 gravel in the first box, 1 sand in the second box, and 1 gravel in the third box. This is the Minecraft crafting recipe for gray concrete powder.
Now that you have filled the crafting area with the correct pattern, the gray concrete powder will appear in the box to the right.
3. Move the Gray Concrete Powder to Inventory
Once you have crafted gray concrete powder, you need to move the new item to your inventory.
Congratulations, you have made gray concrete powder in Minecraft!
Item ID and Name
Minecraft Java Edition (PC/Mac)
In Minecraft, gray concrete powder has the following Name, ID and DataValue:
Description is what the item is called and (Minecraft ID Name) is the string value that is used in game commands.
Data Value (or damage value) identifies the variation of the block if more than one type exists for the Minecraft ID.
Stack Size is the maximum stack size for this item. While some items in Minecraft are stackable up to 64, other items can only be stacked up to 16 or 1. (NOTE: These stack sizes are for vanilla Minecraft only. If you are running a mod, some mods may change the stack size for an item.)
Platform is the platform that applies.
Version(s) is the Minecraft version numbers that the Minecraft ID and Name are valid for.
Block States for Gray Concrete Powder
Minecraft Pocket Edition (PE)
In Minecraft Pocket Edition (PE), the block states for Gray Concrete Powder are:
Block State
Value
Default
Required
Example
Description
color
gray
No
Yes
[“color”:“gray”]
Item is gray in color
Block State is the internal name for the block state.
Value is the value for the block state.
Default indicates that it is the default, if omitted.
Required indicates that it must be included in command to properly identify this item/block.
Example shows how to format the block state to be used in the /fill, /setblock, /clone, or /testforblock command.
Give Command for Gray Concrete Powder
Give Command in Minecraft Java Edition (PC/Mac)
In Minecraft Java Edition (PC/Mac) 1.13, 1.14, 1.15, 1.16, 1.17, 1.18, 1.19 and 1.20, the /give command for Gray Concrete Powder is:
/give @p gray_concrete_powder 1
In Minecraft Java Edition (PC/Mac) 1.12, the /give command for Gray Concrete Powder is:
/give @p concrete_powder 1 7
Things to Make with Gray Concrete Powder
You can use gray concrete powder to make items in Minecraft such as: