~ FREE DESIGN GALLERY ~

Minecraft Banner Designs

Every design here is buildable: six layers at most, real patterns, real dyes. Each one shows the loom sequence that makes it — the part a picture on Pinterest cannot give you — and opens in the editor if you want to change the colours.

Country flags

Minecraft has no thirds and no off-centre cross, so most flags are approximations — and each one says exactly where it bends. A few are exact: Japan, Poland, Ukraine, Scotland.

Japan

1 of 6 loom layers

Exact — a red roundel on white is one loom step.

Loom steps

Start with a White Banner.
1.Add Roundel in Red.

Give command (1.20.5+)

/give @p minecraft:white_banner[banner_patterns=[{pattern:"minecraft:circle",color:"red"}]]

Open in editor

Bangladesh

1 of 6 loom layers

Exact enough — the real roundel sits slightly left of centre.

Loom steps

Start with a Green Banner.
1.Add Roundel in Red.

Give command (1.20.5+)

/give @p minecraft:green_banner[banner_patterns=[{pattern:"minecraft:circle",color:"red"}]]

Open in editor

Poland

1 of 6 loom layers

Exact — white over red is a single horizontal half.

Loom steps

Start with a White Banner.
1.Add Per Fess Inverted in Red.

Give command (1.20.5+)

/give @p minecraft:white_banner[banner_patterns=[{pattern:"minecraft:half_horizontal_bottom",color:"red"}]]

Open in editor

Indonesia

1 of 6 loom layers

Exact — red over white, the inverse of Poland.

Loom steps

Start with a Red Banner.
1.Add Per Fess Inverted in White.

Give command (1.20.5+)

/give @p minecraft:red_banner[banner_patterns=[{pattern:"minecraft:half_horizontal_bottom",color:"white"}]]

Open in editor

Ukraine

1 of 6 loom layers

Exact — blue over yellow.

Loom steps

Start with a Blue Banner.
1.Add Per Fess Inverted in Yellow.

Give command (1.20.5+)

/give @p minecraft:blue_banner[banner_patterns=[{pattern:"minecraft:half_horizontal_bottom",color:"yellow"}]]

Open in editor

Switzerland

1 of 6 loom layers

Close — the game cross is thinner than the Swiss one. Denmark comes out as this same banner.

Loom steps

Start with a Red Banner.
1.Add Cross in White.

Give command (1.20.5+)

/give @p minecraft:red_banner[banner_patterns=[{pattern:"minecraft:straight_cross",color:"white"}]]

Open in editor

Denmark

1 of 6 loom layers

Approximate — a Nordic cross sits left of centre; the game only has a centred one, so this is the same banner as Switzerland.

Loom steps

Start with a Red Banner.
1.Add Cross in White.

Give command (1.20.5+)

/give @p minecraft:red_banner[banner_patterns=[{pattern:"minecraft:straight_cross",color:"white"}]]

Open in editor

Sweden

1 of 6 loom layers

Approximate — centred cross instead of the offset Nordic cross.

Loom steps

Start with a Blue Banner.
1.Add Cross in Yellow.

Give command (1.20.5+)

/give @p minecraft:blue_banner[banner_patterns=[{pattern:"minecraft:straight_cross",color:"yellow"}]]

Open in editor

Finland

1 of 6 loom layers

Approximate — centred cross instead of the offset Nordic cross.

Loom steps

Start with a White Banner.
1.Add Cross in Blue.

Give command (1.20.5+)

/give @p minecraft:white_banner[banner_patterns=[{pattern:"minecraft:straight_cross",color:"blue"}]]

Open in editor

Norway

3 of 6 loom layers

Approximate — centred cross, and the white outline is one layer thick.

Loom steps

Start with a Red Banner.
1.Add Cross in White.
2.Add Pale in Blue.
3.Add Fess in Blue.

Give command (1.20.5+)

/give @p minecraft:red_banner[banner_patterns=[{pattern:"minecraft:straight_cross",color:"white"},{pattern:"minecraft:stripe_center",color:"blue"},{pattern:"minecraft:stripe_middle",color:"blue"}]]

Open in editor

France

2 of 6 loom layers

Approximate — the game has no vertical thirds, so the white band is wide.

Loom steps

Start with a White Banner.
1.Add Pale Dexter in Blue.
2.Add Pale Sinister in Red.

Give command (1.20.5+)

/give @p minecraft:white_banner[banner_patterns=[{pattern:"minecraft:stripe_left",color:"blue"},{pattern:"minecraft:stripe_right",color:"red"}]]

Open in editor

Italy

2 of 6 loom layers

Approximate — wide white band, as with every vertical tricolour.

Loom steps

Start with a White Banner.
1.Add Pale Dexter in Green.
2.Add Pale Sinister in Red.

Give command (1.20.5+)

/give @p minecraft:white_banner[banner_patterns=[{pattern:"minecraft:stripe_left",color:"green"},{pattern:"minecraft:stripe_right",color:"red"}]]

Open in editor

Ireland

2 of 6 loom layers

Approximate — orange is the closest dye to the real saffron.

Loom steps

Start with a White Banner.
1.Add Pale Dexter in Green.
2.Add Pale Sinister in Orange.

Give command (1.20.5+)

/give @p minecraft:white_banner[banner_patterns=[{pattern:"minecraft:stripe_left",color:"green"},{pattern:"minecraft:stripe_right",color:"orange"}]]

Open in editor

Belgium

2 of 6 loom layers

Approximate — wide yellow band.

Loom steps

Start with a Yellow Banner.
1.Add Pale Dexter in Black.
2.Add Pale Sinister in Red.

Give command (1.20.5+)

/give @p minecraft:yellow_banner[banner_patterns=[{pattern:"minecraft:stripe_left",color:"black"},{pattern:"minecraft:stripe_right",color:"red"}]]

Open in editor

Nigeria

2 of 6 loom layers

Approximate — wide white band.

Loom steps

Start with a White Banner.
1.Add Pale Dexter in Green.
2.Add Pale Sinister in Green.

Give command (1.20.5+)

/give @p minecraft:white_banner[banner_patterns=[{pattern:"minecraft:stripe_left",color:"green"},{pattern:"minecraft:stripe_right",color:"green"}]]

Open in editor

Peru

2 of 6 loom layers

Approximate — wide white band; the same banner as Canada without its leaf.

Loom steps

Start with a White Banner.
1.Add Pale Dexter in Red.
2.Add Pale Sinister in Red.

Give command (1.20.5+)

/give @p minecraft:white_banner[banner_patterns=[{pattern:"minecraft:stripe_left",color:"red"},{pattern:"minecraft:stripe_right",color:"red"}]]

Open in editor

Canada

2 of 6 loom layers

Approximate — the maple leaf has no equivalent in six layers, so this is the same banner as Peru.

Loom steps

Start with a White Banner.
1.Add Pale Dexter in Red.
2.Add Pale Sinister in Red.

Give command (1.20.5+)

/give @p minecraft:white_banner[banner_patterns=[{pattern:"minecraft:stripe_left",color:"red"},{pattern:"minecraft:stripe_right",color:"red"}]]

Open in editor

Germany

2 of 6 loom layers

Approximate — the top and bottom stripes are thinner than real thirds.

Loom steps

Start with a Red Banner.
1.Add Chief in Black.
2.Add Base in Yellow.

Give command (1.20.5+)

/give @p minecraft:red_banner[banner_patterns=[{pattern:"minecraft:stripe_top",color:"black"},{pattern:"minecraft:stripe_bottom",color:"yellow"}]]

Open in editor

Netherlands

2 of 6 loom layers

Approximate — thin outer stripes, wide white middle.

Loom steps

Start with a White Banner.
1.Add Chief in Red.
2.Add Base in Blue.

Give command (1.20.5+)

/give @p minecraft:white_banner[banner_patterns=[{pattern:"minecraft:stripe_top",color:"red"},{pattern:"minecraft:stripe_bottom",color:"blue"}]]

Open in editor

Austria

1 of 6 loom layers

Approximate — the white band is the middle stripe.

Loom steps

Start with a Red Banner.
1.Add Fess in White.

Give command (1.20.5+)

/give @p minecraft:red_banner[banner_patterns=[{pattern:"minecraft:stripe_middle",color:"white"}]]

Open in editor

Colombia

2 of 6 loom layers

Approximate — the real yellow band is half the flag; here it is the top half.

Loom steps

Start with a Yellow Banner.
1.Add Per Fess Inverted in Blue.
2.Add Base in Red.

Give command (1.20.5+)

/give @p minecraft:yellow_banner[banner_patterns=[{pattern:"minecraft:half_horizontal_bottom",color:"blue"},{pattern:"minecraft:stripe_bottom",color:"red"}]]

Open in editor

Venezuela

2 of 6 loom layers

Approximate — the arc of stars is beyond six layers.

Loom steps

Start with a Yellow Banner.
1.Add Per Fess Inverted in Blue.
2.Add Base in Red.

Give command (1.20.5+)

/give @p minecraft:yellow_banner[banner_patterns=[{pattern:"minecraft:half_horizontal_bottom",color:"blue"},{pattern:"minecraft:stripe_bottom",color:"red"}]]

Open in editor

Thailand

3 of 6 loom layers

Approximate — five bands compressed into what the game can stack.

Loom steps

Start with a White Banner.
1.Add Chief in Red.
2.Add Base in Red.
3.Add Fess in Blue.

Give command (1.20.5+)

/give @p minecraft:white_banner[banner_patterns=[{pattern:"minecraft:stripe_top",color:"red"},{pattern:"minecraft:stripe_bottom",color:"red"},{pattern:"minecraft:stripe_middle",color:"blue"}]]

Open in editor

Colorado

3 of 6 loom layers

Approximate — the C and its disc become a roundel.

Loom steps

Start with a Blue Banner.
1.Add Fess in White.
2.Add Roundel in Red.
3.Add Lozenge in Yellow.

Give command (1.20.5+)

/give @p minecraft:blue_banner[banner_patterns=[{pattern:"minecraft:stripe_middle",color:"white"},{pattern:"minecraft:circle",color:"red"},{pattern:"minecraft:rhombus",color:"yellow"}]]

Open in editor

Scotland

1 of 6 loom layers

Exact — a white saltire on blue is one loom step.

Loom steps

Start with a Blue Banner.
1.Add Saltire in White.

Give command (1.20.5+)

/give @p minecraft:blue_banner[banner_patterns=[{pattern:"minecraft:cross",color:"white"}]]

Open in editor

England

1 of 6 loom layers

Close — the game cross is thinner than the St George one.

Loom steps

Start with a White Banner.
1.Add Cross in Red.

Give command (1.20.5+)

/give @p minecraft:white_banner[banner_patterns=[{pattern:"minecraft:straight_cross",color:"red"}]]

Open in editor

Jamaica

3 of 6 loom layers

Close — green above and below, black at the sides, gold saltire between.

Loom steps

Start with a Black Banner.
1.Add Inverted Chevron in Green.
2.Add Chevron in Green.
3.Add Saltire in Yellow.

Give command (1.20.5+)

/give @p minecraft:black_banner[banner_patterns=[{pattern:"minecraft:triangle_top",color:"green"},{pattern:"minecraft:triangle_bottom",color:"green"},{pattern:"minecraft:cross",color:"yellow"}]]

Open in editor

Iceland

3 of 6 loom layers

Approximate — centred cross instead of the offset Nordic cross.

Loom steps

Start with a Blue Banner.
1.Add Cross in White.
2.Add Pale in Red.
3.Add Fess in Red.

Give command (1.20.5+)

/give @p minecraft:blue_banner[banner_patterns=[{pattern:"minecraft:straight_cross",color:"white"},{pattern:"minecraft:stripe_center",color:"red"},{pattern:"minecraft:stripe_middle",color:"red"}]]

Open in editor

Spain

1 of 6 loom layers

Approximate — the gold band is the middle stripe, wider than the real half.

Loom steps

Start with a Red Banner.
1.Add Fess in Yellow.

Give command (1.20.5+)

/give @p minecraft:red_banner[banner_patterns=[{pattern:"minecraft:stripe_middle",color:"yellow"}]]

Open in editor

Latvia

1 of 6 loom layers

Approximate — brown is the closest dye to Latvian carmine, and the white band is wide.

Loom steps

Start with a Brown Banner.
1.Add Fess in White.

Give command (1.20.5+)

/give @p minecraft:brown_banner[banner_patterns=[{pattern:"minecraft:stripe_middle",color:"white"}]]

Open in editor

Bulgaria

2 of 6 loom layers

Approximate — thin outer stripes, wide green middle.

Loom steps

Start with a Green Banner.
1.Add Chief in White.
2.Add Base in Red.

Give command (1.20.5+)

/give @p minecraft:green_banner[banner_patterns=[{pattern:"minecraft:stripe_top",color:"white"},{pattern:"minecraft:stripe_bottom",color:"red"}]]

Open in editor

Russia

2 of 6 loom layers

Approximate — thin outer stripes, wide blue middle.

Loom steps

Start with a Blue Banner.
1.Add Chief in White.
2.Add Base in Red.

Give command (1.20.5+)

/give @p minecraft:blue_banner[banner_patterns=[{pattern:"minecraft:stripe_top",color:"white"},{pattern:"minecraft:stripe_bottom",color:"red"}]]

Open in editor

Hungary

2 of 6 loom layers

Approximate — thin outer stripes leave a lot of white.

Loom steps

Start with a White Banner.
1.Add Chief in Red.
2.Add Base in Green.

Give command (1.20.5+)

/give @p minecraft:white_banner[banner_patterns=[{pattern:"minecraft:stripe_top",color:"red"},{pattern:"minecraft:stripe_bottom",color:"green"}]]

Open in editor

Estonia

2 of 6 loom layers

Approximate — thin outer stripes, wide black middle.

Loom steps

Start with a Black Banner.
1.Add Chief in Blue.
2.Add Base in White.

Give command (1.20.5+)

/give @p minecraft:black_banner[banner_patterns=[{pattern:"minecraft:stripe_top",color:"blue"},{pattern:"minecraft:stripe_bottom",color:"white"}]]

Open in editor

Lithuania

2 of 6 loom layers

Approximate — thin outer stripes, wide green middle.

Loom steps

Start with a Green Banner.
1.Add Chief in Yellow.
2.Add Base in Red.

Give command (1.20.5+)

/give @p minecraft:green_banner[banner_patterns=[{pattern:"minecraft:stripe_top",color:"yellow"},{pattern:"minecraft:stripe_bottom",color:"red"}]]

Open in editor

Armenia

2 of 6 loom layers

Approximate — thin outer stripes, wide blue middle.

Loom steps

Start with a Blue Banner.
1.Add Chief in Red.
2.Add Base in Orange.

Give command (1.20.5+)

/give @p minecraft:blue_banner[banner_patterns=[{pattern:"minecraft:stripe_top",color:"red"},{pattern:"minecraft:stripe_bottom",color:"orange"}]]

Open in editor

India

2 of 6 loom layers

Approximate — thin outer stripes, and the chakra has no equivalent in six layers.

Loom steps

Start with a White Banner.
1.Add Chief in Orange.
2.Add Base in Green.

Give command (1.20.5+)

/give @p minecraft:white_banner[banner_patterns=[{pattern:"minecraft:stripe_top",color:"orange"},{pattern:"minecraft:stripe_bottom",color:"green"}]]

Open in editor

Argentina

2 of 6 loom layers

Close — the real flag is mostly white too; the sun is what is missing.

Loom steps

Start with a White Banner.
1.Add Chief in Light Blue.
2.Add Base in Light Blue.

Give command (1.20.5+)

/give @p minecraft:white_banner[banner_patterns=[{pattern:"minecraft:stripe_top",color:"light_blue"},{pattern:"minecraft:stripe_bottom",color:"light_blue"}]]

Open in editor

Romania

2 of 6 loom layers

Approximate — wide yellow band.

Loom steps

Start with a Yellow Banner.
1.Add Pale Dexter in Blue.
2.Add Pale Sinister in Red.

Give command (1.20.5+)

/give @p minecraft:yellow_banner[banner_patterns=[{pattern:"minecraft:stripe_left",color:"blue"},{pattern:"minecraft:stripe_right",color:"red"}]]

Open in editor

Mali

2 of 6 loom layers

Approximate — wide yellow band.

Loom steps

Start with a Yellow Banner.
1.Add Pale Dexter in Green.
2.Add Pale Sinister in Red.

Give command (1.20.5+)

/give @p minecraft:yellow_banner[banner_patterns=[{pattern:"minecraft:stripe_left",color:"green"},{pattern:"minecraft:stripe_right",color:"red"}]]

Open in editor

Guinea

2 of 6 loom layers

Approximate — wide yellow band; the mirror of Mali.

Loom steps

Start with a Yellow Banner.
1.Add Pale Dexter in Red.
2.Add Pale Sinister in Green.

Give command (1.20.5+)

/give @p minecraft:yellow_banner[banner_patterns=[{pattern:"minecraft:stripe_left",color:"red"},{pattern:"minecraft:stripe_right",color:"green"}]]

Open in editor

Ivory Coast

2 of 6 loom layers

Approximate — wide white band.

Loom steps

Start with a White Banner.
1.Add Pale Dexter in Orange.
2.Add Pale Sinister in Green.

Give command (1.20.5+)

/give @p minecraft:white_banner[banner_patterns=[{pattern:"minecraft:stripe_left",color:"orange"},{pattern:"minecraft:stripe_right",color:"green"}]]

Open in editor

Portugal

1 of 6 loom layers

Approximate — the real split is two fifths green, not half.

Loom steps

Start with a Green Banner.
1.Add Per Pale Inverted in Red.

Give command (1.20.5+)

/give @p minecraft:green_banner[banner_patterns=[{pattern:"minecraft:half_vertical_right",color:"red"}]]

Open in editor

Brazil

2 of 6 loom layers

Close — green field, gold lozenge, blue globe. The flag of this batch that lands best.

Loom steps

Start with a Green Banner.
1.Add Lozenge in Yellow.
2.Add Roundel in Blue.

Give command (1.20.5+)

/give @p minecraft:green_banner[banner_patterns=[{pattern:"minecraft:rhombus",color:"yellow"},{pattern:"minecraft:circle",color:"blue"}]]

Open in editor

Texas

2 of 6 loom layers

Close — blue at the hoist, white over red; only the lone star is missing.

Loom steps

Start with a White Banner.
1.Add Per Fess Inverted in Red.
2.Add Pale Dexter in Blue.

Give command (1.20.5+)

/give @p minecraft:white_banner[banner_patterns=[{pattern:"minecraft:half_horizontal_bottom",color:"red"},{pattern:"minecraft:stripe_left",color:"blue"}]]

Open in editor

Simple

One or two layers. The quickest thing to hang on a wall, and the easiest to recolour.

Chevron

1 of 6 loom layers

Loom steps

Start with a White Banner.
1.Add Chevron in Black.

Give command (1.20.5+)

/give @p minecraft:white_banner[banner_patterns=[{pattern:"minecraft:triangle_bottom",color:"black"}]]

Open in editor

Saltire

1 of 6 loom layers

Loom steps

Start with a Black Banner.
1.Add Saltire in White.

Give command (1.20.5+)

/give @p minecraft:black_banner[banner_patterns=[{pattern:"minecraft:cross",color:"white"}]]

Open in editor

Roundel

1 of 6 loom layers

Loom steps

Start with a Black Banner.
1.Add Roundel in Yellow.

Give command (1.20.5+)

/give @p minecraft:black_banner[banner_patterns=[{pattern:"minecraft:circle",color:"yellow"}]]

Open in editor

Lozenge

1 of 6 loom layers

Loom steps

Start with a Red Banner.
1.Add Lozenge in White.

Give command (1.20.5+)

/give @p minecraft:red_banner[banner_patterns=[{pattern:"minecraft:rhombus",color:"white"}]]

Open in editor

Bordered

1 of 6 loom layers

Loom steps

Start with a White Banner.
1.Add Bordure in Black.

Give command (1.20.5+)

/give @p minecraft:white_banner[banner_patterns=[{pattern:"minecraft:border",color:"black"}]]

Open in editor

Stripes

1 of 6 loom layers

Loom steps

Start with a White Banner.
1.Add Paly in Red.

Give command (1.20.5+)

/give @p minecraft:white_banner[banner_patterns=[{pattern:"minecraft:small_stripes",color:"red"}]]

Open in editor

Sunset

2 of 6 loom layers

Loom steps

Start with a Yellow Banner.
1.Add Gradient in Orange.
2.Add Base Gradient in Red.

Give command (1.20.5+)

/give @p minecraft:yellow_banner[banner_patterns=[{pattern:"minecraft:gradient",color:"orange"},{pattern:"minecraft:gradient_up",color:"red"}]]

Open in editor

Diagonal

1 of 6 loom layers

Loom steps

Start with a White Banner.
1.Add Bend in Black.

Give command (1.20.5+)

/give @p minecraft:white_banner[banner_patterns=[{pattern:"minecraft:stripe_downright",color:"black"}]]

Open in editor

Halved

1 of 6 loom layers

Loom steps

Start with a Red Banner.
1.Add Per Pale Inverted in White.

Give command (1.20.5+)

/give @p minecraft:red_banner[banner_patterns=[{pattern:"minecraft:half_vertical_right",color:"white"}]]

Open in editor

Banded

3 of 6 loom layers

Loom steps

Start with a Light Blue Banner.
1.Add Chief in White.
2.Add Fess in White.
3.Add Base in White.

Give command (1.20.5+)

/give @p minecraft:light_blue_banner[banner_patterns=[{pattern:"minecraft:stripe_top",color:"white"},{pattern:"minecraft:stripe_middle",color:"white"},{pattern:"minecraft:stripe_bottom",color:"white"}]]

Open in editor

Pale

1 of 6 loom layers

Loom steps

Start with a Purple Banner.
1.Add Pale in Yellow.

Give command (1.20.5+)

/give @p minecraft:purple_banner[banner_patterns=[{pattern:"minecraft:stripe_center",color:"yellow"}]]

Open in editor

Decorative

Borders, nested shapes and repeats — designs that read as ornament rather than as a symbol.

Target

3 of 6 loom layers

Loom steps

Start with a White Banner.
1.Add Roundel in Red.
2.Add Lozenge in White.
3.Add Pale in Red.

Give command (1.20.5+)

/give @p minecraft:white_banner[banner_patterns=[{pattern:"minecraft:circle",color:"red"},{pattern:"minecraft:rhombus",color:"white"},{pattern:"minecraft:stripe_center",color:"red"}]]

Open in editor

Framed Diamond

3 of 6 loom layers

Loom steps

Start with a Light Blue Banner.
1.Add Lozenge in White.
2.Add Bordure in Blue.
3.Add Bordure Indented in White.

Give command (1.20.5+)

/give @p minecraft:light_blue_banner[banner_patterns=[{pattern:"minecraft:rhombus",color:"white"},{pattern:"minecraft:border",color:"blue"},{pattern:"minecraft:curly_border",color:"white"}]]

Open in editor

Hourglass

2 of 6 loom layers

Loom steps

Start with a White Banner.
1.Add Inverted Chevron in Black.
2.Add Chevron in Black.

Give command (1.20.5+)

/give @p minecraft:white_banner[banner_patterns=[{pattern:"minecraft:triangle_top",color:"black"},{pattern:"minecraft:triangle_bottom",color:"black"}]]

Open in editor

Brickwork

2 of 6 loom layers

Loom steps

Start with a Red Banner.
1.Add Field Masoned in Light Gray.
2.Add Bordure in Gray.

Give command (1.20.5+)

/give @p minecraft:red_banner[banner_patterns=[{pattern:"minecraft:bricks",color:"light_gray"},{pattern:"minecraft:border",color:"gray"}]]

Open in editor

Quartered

2 of 6 loom layers

Loom steps

Start with a White Banner.
1.Add Base Dexter Canton in Black.
2.Add Chief Sinister Canton in Black.

Give command (1.20.5+)

/give @p minecraft:white_banner[banner_patterns=[{pattern:"minecraft:square_top_left",color:"black"},{pattern:"minecraft:square_bottom_right",color:"black"}]]

Open in editor

Arrow

2 of 6 loom layers

Loom steps

Start with a Black Banner.
1.Add Inverted Chevron in White.
2.Add Pale in White.

Give command (1.20.5+)

/give @p minecraft:black_banner[banner_patterns=[{pattern:"minecraft:triangle_top",color:"white"},{pattern:"minecraft:stripe_center",color:"white"}]]

Open in editor

Zigzag

2 of 6 loom layers

Loom steps

Start with a Orange Banner.
1.Add Chief Indented in Black.
2.Add Base Indented in Black.

Give command (1.20.5+)

/give @p minecraft:orange_banner[banner_patterns=[{pattern:"minecraft:triangles_top",color:"black"},{pattern:"minecraft:triangles_bottom",color:"black"}]]

Open in editor

Mountain

2 of 6 loom layers

Loom steps

Start with a Light Blue Banner.
1.Add Chevron in White.
2.Add Base Gradient in Gray.

Give command (1.20.5+)

/give @p minecraft:light_blue_banner[banner_patterns=[{pattern:"minecraft:triangle_bottom",color:"white"},{pattern:"minecraft:gradient_up",color:"gray"}]]

Open in editor

Nested

3 of 6 loom layers

Loom steps

Start with a Black Banner.
1.Add Bordure in Yellow.
2.Add Lozenge in Yellow.
3.Add Roundel in Black.

Give command (1.20.5+)

/give @p minecraft:black_banner[banner_patterns=[{pattern:"minecraft:border",color:"yellow"},{pattern:"minecraft:rhombus",color:"yellow"},{pattern:"minecraft:circle",color:"black"}]]

Open in editor

Eye

3 of 6 loom layers

Loom steps

Start with a White Banner.
1.Add Lozenge in Purple.
2.Add Roundel in Black.
3.Add Pale in Lime.

Give command (1.20.5+)

/give @p minecraft:white_banner[banner_patterns=[{pattern:"minecraft:rhombus",color:"purple"},{pattern:"minecraft:circle",color:"black"},{pattern:"minecraft:stripe_center",color:"lime"}]]

Open in editor

Sunburst

2 of 6 loom layers

Loom steps

Start with a Yellow Banner.
1.Add Gradient in Orange.
2.Add Roundel in White.

Give command (1.20.5+)

/give @p minecraft:yellow_banner[banner_patterns=[{pattern:"minecraft:gradient",color:"orange"},{pattern:"minecraft:circle",color:"white"}]]

Open in editor

Scallop

2 of 6 loom layers

Loom steps

Start with a Pink Banner.
1.Add Bordure Indented in Magenta.
2.Add Roundel in White.

Give command (1.20.5+)

/give @p minecraft:pink_banner[banner_patterns=[{pattern:"minecraft:curly_border",color:"magenta"},{pattern:"minecraft:circle",color:"white"}]]

Open in editor

Themed

Banners built around a place or a mood: a base entrance, a shop sign, a biome marker.

Pirate

1 of 6 loom layers

⚑ Needs a pattern item

Needs the Skull Banner Pattern — paper plus a wither skeleton skull.

Loom steps

Start with a Black Banner.
1.Add Skull Charge in White — needs the Skull Banner Pattern.

Give command (1.20.5+)

/give @p minecraft:black_banner[banner_patterns=[{pattern:"minecraft:skull",color:"white"}]]

Open in editor

Creeper

1 of 6 loom layers

⚑ Needs a pattern item

Needs the Creeper Banner Pattern — paper plus a creeper head.

Loom steps

Start with a Lime Banner.
1.Add Creeper Charge in Black — needs the Creeper Banner Pattern.

Give command (1.20.5+)

/give @p minecraft:lime_banner[banner_patterns=[{pattern:"minecraft:creeper",color:"black"}]]

Open in editor

Royal

4 of 6 loom layers

Loom steps

Start with a Purple Banner.
1.Add Bordure in Yellow.
2.Add Cross in Yellow.
3.Add Roundel in Purple.
4.Add Lozenge in Yellow.

Give command (1.20.5+)

/give @p minecraft:purple_banner[banner_patterns=[{pattern:"minecraft:border",color:"yellow"},{pattern:"minecraft:straight_cross",color:"yellow"},{pattern:"minecraft:circle",color:"purple"},{pattern:"minecraft:rhombus",color:"yellow"}]]

Open in editor

Medieval

3 of 6 loom layers

Loom steps

Start with a Red Banner.
1.Add Saltire in White.
2.Add Bordure in White.
3.Add Roundel in Red.

Give command (1.20.5+)

/give @p minecraft:red_banner[banner_patterns=[{pattern:"minecraft:cross",color:"white"},{pattern:"minecraft:border",color:"white"},{pattern:"minecraft:circle",color:"red"}]]

Open in editor

Viking

3 of 6 loom layers

Loom steps

Start with a Light Blue Banner.
1.Add Base Indented in White.
2.Add Fess in White.
3.Add Chief in Blue.

Give command (1.20.5+)

/give @p minecraft:light_blue_banner[banner_patterns=[{pattern:"minecraft:triangles_bottom",color:"white"},{pattern:"minecraft:stripe_middle",color:"white"},{pattern:"minecraft:stripe_top",color:"blue"}]]

Open in editor

Forest

3 of 6 loom layers

Loom steps

Start with a Green Banner.
1.Add Chevron in Brown.
2.Add Chief Indented in Lime.
3.Add Bordure in Brown.

Give command (1.20.5+)

/give @p minecraft:green_banner[banner_patterns=[{pattern:"minecraft:triangle_bottom",color:"brown"},{pattern:"minecraft:triangles_top",color:"lime"},{pattern:"minecraft:border",color:"brown"}]]

Open in editor

Nether

3 of 6 loom layers

Loom steps

Start with a Red Banner.
1.Add Gradient in Black.
2.Add Base Indented in Orange.
3.Add Bordure in Black.

Give command (1.20.5+)

/give @p minecraft:red_banner[banner_patterns=[{pattern:"minecraft:gradient",color:"black"},{pattern:"minecraft:triangles_bottom",color:"orange"},{pattern:"minecraft:border",color:"black"}]]

Open in editor

Ocean

3 of 6 loom layers

Loom steps

Start with a Cyan Banner.
1.Add Base Gradient in Light Blue.
2.Add Fess in White.
3.Add Base Indented in Blue.

Give command (1.20.5+)

/give @p minecraft:cyan_banner[banner_patterns=[{pattern:"minecraft:gradient_up",color:"light_blue"},{pattern:"minecraft:stripe_middle",color:"white"},{pattern:"minecraft:triangles_bottom",color:"blue"}]]

Open in editor

Desert

2 of 6 loom layers

Loom steps

Start with a Yellow Banner.
1.Add Base Gradient in Orange.
2.Add Chevron in Brown.

Give command (1.20.5+)

/give @p minecraft:yellow_banner[banner_patterns=[{pattern:"minecraft:gradient_up",color:"orange"},{pattern:"minecraft:triangle_bottom",color:"brown"}]]

Open in editor

Ice

2 of 6 loom layers

Loom steps

Start with a White Banner.
1.Add Gradient in Light Blue.
2.Add Base Indented in Cyan.

Give command (1.20.5+)

/give @p minecraft:white_banner[banner_patterns=[{pattern:"minecraft:gradient",color:"light_blue"},{pattern:"minecraft:triangles_bottom",color:"cyan"}]]

Open in editor

End

3 of 6 loom layers

Loom steps

Start with a Black Banner.
1.Add Gradient in Purple.
2.Add Roundel in Yellow.
3.Add Lozenge in Black.

Give command (1.20.5+)

/give @p minecraft:black_banner[banner_patterns=[{pattern:"minecraft:gradient",color:"purple"},{pattern:"minecraft:circle",color:"yellow"},{pattern:"minecraft:rhombus",color:"black"}]]

Open in editor

Lava

2 of 6 loom layers

Loom steps

Start with a Black Banner.
1.Add Base Gradient in Red.
2.Add Base Indented in Orange.

Give command (1.20.5+)

/give @p minecraft:black_banner[banner_patterns=[{pattern:"minecraft:gradient_up",color:"red"},{pattern:"minecraft:triangles_bottom",color:"orange"}]]

Open in editor

Autumn

2 of 6 loom layers

Loom steps

Start with a Orange Banner.
1.Add Gradient in Red.
2.Add Base Indented in Brown.

Give command (1.20.5+)

/give @p minecraft:orange_banner[banner_patterns=[{pattern:"minecraft:gradient",color:"red"},{pattern:"minecraft:triangles_bottom",color:"brown"}]]

Open in editor

Candy

2 of 6 loom layers

Loom steps

Start with a White Banner.
1.Add Paly in Pink.
2.Add Fess in Magenta.

Give command (1.20.5+)

/give @p minecraft:white_banner[banner_patterns=[{pattern:"minecraft:small_stripes",color:"pink"},{pattern:"minecraft:stripe_middle",color:"magenta"}]]

Open in editor

Tavern

2 of 6 loom layers

Loom steps

Start with a Brown Banner.
1.Add Field Masoned in Gray.
2.Add Roundel in Yellow.

Give command (1.20.5+)

/give @p minecraft:brown_banner[banner_patterns=[{pattern:"minecraft:bricks",color:"gray"},{pattern:"minecraft:circle",color:"yellow"}]]

Open in editor

Why a design is a recipe, not a picture

A Minecraft banner is not drawn, it is stacked. You start with a coloured banner and put it in a loom with a dye, six times at most, and each step lays one of the game’s 42 patterns over what is already there. The finished banner is nothing but that sequence.

Which is why a screenshot of a banner is close to useless. You can see what someone made and still have no idea how — and the six-layer ceiling means guessing wrong is expensive in dye. Every design on this page carries its sequence, in order, by the pattern names the loom actually shows you.

81 of the 83 need nothing but a banner and dye. The other 2 use a charge — the eight patterns like the creeper and the skull that require a banner pattern item you have to find, trade for or craft first. Those are labelled, and their loom steps name the item, so you know before you walk to the loom rather than after.

How to build a banner design

1Craft the base bannerSix wool of the starting colour plus one stick. The design tells you which colour to start from — starting from the wrong one changes every layer after it.
2Open a loomTwo string over any plank. The loom takes the banner, a dye, and optionally a pattern item; none of these designs needs the third slot.
3Apply the patterns in orderBanner plus dye in, pick the named pattern, take the result out, repeat. Order is not cosmetic — a later layer paints over an earlier one.
4Or paste the give commandOn Java with cheats on, each design has a /give command in the 1.20.5+ item-component format that hands you the finished banner.
5Change the colours if you like"Open in editor" loads the design into the banner maker with its layers intact, so you can swap dyes without rebuilding the stack.

Questions about banner designs

How many layers can a Minecraft banner have?

A loom applies six and refuses a seventh. On Java a /give command can go to 16, but Bedrock only renders six however the banner was made — so every design here stays within six.

Why do two different flags look the same?

Because in six layers they genuinely are the same banner. Denmark and Switzerland both come out as a white cross on red once the Nordic offset is gone; Peru and Canada are both red-white-red without the maple leaf. Rather than delete one of each pair, the page keeps both and each says what it lost.

Do any of these need a banner pattern item?

2 of the 83 do, and they say so on the card and in their loom steps. Everything else uses only the geometric patterns, which need nothing but a dye. The charge patterns — globe, creeper, skull, flower, snout, flow, guster and the Thing — each need an item first, and several cannot be obtained on Bedrock at all.

Can I put these on a shield?

Yes, in a crafting table with a shield and the finished banner — but a shield is not the banner shrunk down. Its pattern area is smaller, so fine detail is resampled away. The banner maker shows the real shield render next to the banner so you can see which designs survive.

Why are the flags approximate?

The game has no thirds — the side stripes are a fifth of the width each — and no off-centre cross, so tricolours come out with a wide middle band and every Nordic flag comes out centred. Each flag says which compromise it made rather than pretending it is exact.

Can I use these designs in my world or on my server?

Yes, freely. They are geometry made from the game’s own patterns, and the loom steps are just instructions. No attribution needed.

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