Description
The carpet comes from two yellow wool blocks placed side by side on the crafting grid, returning three carpet pieces. Yellow wool is dyed from white wool or sheared from a yellow sheep, making the chain renewable from a single sheep farm. A finished carpet can also be re-dyed with another colour by combining it with the matching dye.
The block is one-sixteenth of a block thick and rests on top of fences, walls, slabs and stairs without gaps. That makes it the standard tool for hiding the post bumps on a fence-lined floor, softening transitions between half-slabs and decorating dog and llama backs. Carpet placed on top of a fence creates a one-block-tall barrier that the player can step over but most mobs cannot, useful for compact stables.
The block is flammable and burns from nearby lava and fire, but it cancels fall damage entirely when stepped onto from above, even from extreme heights. Combined with hay bales it lets builders create soft landing zones in elytra hubs and parkour resets without redstone.