How to Make Concrete in Minecraft?

Minecraft has established a high position in the gaming industry. It became the center of attraction between people for many reasons. The virtual world of the game attracted the people most, where players can create and explore new things. 

The game starts with a virtual world, but the player has no tools in the beginning, and making all these tools make it more interesting. 

In this post, we are going to discuss how to make concrete in Minecraft. You can create any color of concrete according to your choice, such as Grey concrete, pink concrete, blue concrete, black concrete, and so on. There are forms of concrete first concrete powder and second solid concrete. Solid concrete is made up of concrete powder and little amount of water. First, you have to make concrete powder and then convert it into solid concrete. 

Here are several platforms of Minecraft that supports concrete creation.

Platform	Supported version	Creative menu location
Java edition (PC, Mac)	1.2 - 1.17	Building blocks
Pocket edition (PE)	1.1 - 1.1.3, 1.2 - 1.16.20	Decorations, Constructions
Xbox 360	TU35-TU69	Decorations
Xbox one	CU43, 1.2.5-1.16.20	Decorations, construction
PS3	1.48 - 1.76	Decorations
PS4	1.49 - 1.91, 1.14.0 - 1.16.20	Decorations, construction
Wii U	Patch 23 - Patch 38	Decorations
Nintendo Switch	1.04 - 1.11, 1.5.0 - 1.16.20	Decorations, construction
Education Edition	1.0.18, 1.0.21 - 1.14.31	Decorations, construction

 

Follow these steps to make concrete in the survival mode of Minecraft:

1.      Required material to make concrete:

You will have to collect some materials to make concrete powder:

    a)      Four pieces of sand

    b)      Four pieces of gravel

    c)      One black dye (You can choose any color of dye according to your choice)

2.   Open the crafting menu to make concrete powder:

    a)      First, open your crafting table, where you will see a 3x3 crafting grid that looks like this:

 

3.   Add items in the crafting grid to make concrete powder:

In the crafting menu, you will have a 3x3 crafting table, place all the necessary material in this grid to make concrete power.  

Remember that all the items should have placed in a proper way to make concrete powder. In the first row put gravels in the first and third box and put sand in the second box. In the second row put two pieces of sands in the first and third boxes and one piece of dye in the second box. In the third row put two pieces of gravel in the first and third box and one piece of sand in the second box. After placing all the materials in the exact pattern, the concrete powder will appear on the right side. 

4.  Move the concrete powder in the inventory.

5.  Every item created by any player have some unique id’s, data values according to the platform and versions let’s take look:

Description	Minecraft Id	Minecraft data value	Platform	Version
Gray Concrete Powder	252	7	Java edition PC, MAC	1.12
Gray Concrete Powder			Java edition PC, MAC	1.13-1.17
Gray Concrete Powder	252	7	Pocket edition	1.1 - 1.16.201
Gray Concrete Powder	252	7	Xbox one	1.6.0 - 1.16.201
Gray Concrete Powder	252	7	Nintendo switch	1.6.0 - 1.16.201
Gray Concrete Powder	252	7	PS4	1.14.0 - 1.16.201
Gray Concrete Powder	252	7	Education edition	1.0.18 - 1.14.31
Gray Concrete Powder	252	7	Windows 10 edition	1.1 - 1.16.201

• Description/ Minecraft ID name: It is the name of those items like book, saddle, concrete, etc. The name of an item is the string value of the item used in game commands.
• Minecraft ID: Minecraft id is the internal number of any item.
• Minecraft data value/ Damage value: It identifies the variation of the block for any item if more than one type of item exists for the Minecraft ID.
• Platform: The supported platform.
• Version: Different versions of different platforms.

6.     Apart from these processes you can also make a book in Minecraft using commands: 

• Commands for Java edition PC, MAC:

Version	Command
1.13, 1.14, 1.15, 1.16, 1.16.5, 1.17	/give @p gray_concrete_powder 1
1.12	/give @p concrete_powder 1 7

• Commands for Pocket edition(PE):

Version	Command
0.16.0, 1.0, 1.1, 1.2, 1.4.0, 1.5.0, 1.6.0, 1.7.0, 1.8.0, 1.9.0, 1.10.0, 1.11.0, 1.12.0, 1.13.0, 1.14.0, 1.16.0, 1.16.201	/give @p concretepowder 1 7

• Commands for Xbox one:

Version	Command
1.6.0, 1.7.0, 1.8.0, 1.9.0, 1.10.0, 1.11.0, 1.12.0, 1.13.0, 1.14.0, 1.16.0, 1.16.201	/give @p concretepowder 1 7

• Commands for PS4:

Version	Command
1.14.0, 1.16.0, 1.16.201	/give @p concretepowder 1 7

• Commands for Nintendo switch:

Version	Command
1.6.0, 1.7.0, 1.8.0, 1.9.0, 1.10.0, 1.11.0, 1.12.0, 1.13.0, 1.14.0, 1.16.0, 1.16.201	/give @p concretepowder 1 7

• Commands for Windows 10 edition:

Version	Command
0.16.0, 1.0, 1.1, 1.2, 1.4.0, 1.5.0, 1.6.0, 1.7.0, 1.8.0, 1.9.0, 1.10.0, 1.11.0, 1.12.0, 1.13.0, 1.14.0, 1.16.0, 1.16.201	/give @p concretepowder 1 7

• Commands for Education edition

Version	Command
0.14.2, 1.0.18, 1.0.21, 1.4.0, 1.7.0, 1.9.0, 1.12.0, 1.12.60, 1.14.31	/give @p concretepowder 1 7

7.     Turn concrete powder into solid concrete:

To turn concrete powder into solid concrete, the concrete powder needs to come in contact with water. This whole process requires a source block or running water. The concrete powder becomes solid as soon as it is placed next to the water. Remember that This water should not of rain, cauldrons, and bottled water. After placing it into the water it will immediately turn into solid concrete. After this process, the block appears much less grainy and with a brighter color.

Summing-up:

In Minecraft, you can make up to 16 colors of concrete using different colors of dye. Unlike all tools, concrete is also an important tool of this game.  

Concrete is a bright solid block that is used to make new buildings. Apart from this, it can also be used as a decorative material in Minecraft. Its hardness is slightly higher than that of stone, so it is much better than stones for fortification. But at the same time, its explosion resistance is less than that of stones. 

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