Lime Wool
Lime Wool is a vivid green wool block made by dyeing any wool with lime dye and used for lime beds, banners, and carpets.
Description
In crafting, a lime bed takes three Lime Wool and three planks of any kind, two Lime Wool make three lime carpets, and a lime banner combines six Lime Wool with one stick. A painting assembles eight sticks around one wool of any color, and the wool color never changes the painting's look. Lime Wool is highly flammable, burns away in lava, and serves as furnace fuel only in Java Edition, smelting 0.5 items per block. Placed Lime Wool also blocks vibrations: sculk sensors cannot detect movement behind wool, footsteps on wool stay silent to sculk sensors and the Warden, and wool walls mute note block sounds.
Block properties
| Item ID |
minecraft:lime_wool
|
|---|---|
| /give command |
/give @p minecraft:lime_wool
|
| Stackable | Yes (64) |
| Best tool | Shears |
| Renewable | Yes |
| Hardness | 0.8 |
| Blast resistance | 0.8 |
Guide
How to get Lime Wool in Minecraft
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1
Craft shears from two iron ingots
Place two iron ingots diagonally on the crafting grid to make shears, the fastest tool for harvesting wool from sheep.
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2
Shear an adult sheep for 1–3 wool
Use the shears on an adult sheep to collect 1–3 wool of the sheep's color; sheep regrow wool after eating grass, so one flock becomes a permanent wool farm.
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3
Make lime dye
Craft one green dye with one white dye to produce two lime dye, or smelt a sea pickle in a furnace.
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4
Dye any wool into Lime Wool
Put one wool of any color together with one lime dye on the crafting grid; the output is one Lime Wool, and re-dyeing colored wool works at the same 1:1 ratio.
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5
Dye a sheep for repeat harvests
Use lime dye directly on a sheep to turn the animal lime; every shearing then drops 1–3 Lime Wool, and the lime color survives shearing and regrowth.
Placed Lime Wool blocks vibrations, so sculk sensors cannot detect movement behind the wool and the Warden hears no footsteps on wool; ancient cities generate wool for exactly that purpose.
How to craft this block
Used in crafts
- Lime Wool Stairs
- Lime Wool Slab
- Lime Banner
- Lime Carpet
Frequently asked questions
Do lime sheep spawn naturally in Minecraft?
No. Sheep spawn naturally white, black, brown, light gray, gray, and rarely pink, so Lime Wool always comes from dye — either wool on the crafting grid or a dye applied to a sheep.
Do Fortune and Looting enchantments increase wool drops?
No. Shearing an adult sheep always yields 1–3 wool, and wool drop rates ignore Fortune and Looting; baby sheep cannot be sheared at all.
Can villagers give Lime Wool as a gift?
In Java Edition, a shepherd villager under the Hero of the Village effect may toss wool of a random color to the player, a wool source beyond shearing.
What does a sheep named jeb_ drop?
A sheep named jeb_ cycles through every dye color as a visual effect, but shearing still drops the sheep's true original color, never rainbow wool.
Is Lime Wool found in ancient cities?
No. Ancient cities generate only gray, blue, cyan, and light blue wool; the natural structure holding Lime Wool is the woodland mansion.
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