How to Make Stained Glass in Minecraft

Guide Java Bedrock

Quick answer: Surround one dye with eight glass blocks in a crafting table to make eight stained glass of that color. For panes, put six matching stained glass in two full rows for sixteen panes. You can also dye eight ordinary glass panes around one dye for eight stained panes.

What you need

8 glass + 1 dye for 8 stained glass
6 matching stained glass for 16 panes (optional)
8 ordinary glass panes + 1 dye for 8 stained panes (alternative)
Crafting table
Silk Touch tool for moving placed glass

Step by step

Gather eight ordinary glass blocks and one dye in the color you want.
Put the dye in the center slot of a crafting table and glass in all eight surrounding slots. Take eight stained glass.
For stained glass panes, put six stained glass blocks of the same color in two full horizontal rows. Take sixteen panes.
Alternatively, put one dye in the center and eight ordinary glass panes around it to get eight stained panes.
Choose blocks for full-block windows or panes for thin windows. Pane crafting stretches six blocks into sixteen pieces.
Use a tool enchanted with Silk Touch when moving placed stained glass or panes. Breaking them without Silk Touch gives no item.

Java vs Bedrock

These block and pane recipes work in Java and Bedrock. Stained glass is colored decorative glass, not tinted glass. Tinted glass is a different block with a different recipe; do not use the names interchangeably.

Versions: javabedrock

Frequently asked questions

Why does one dye not color a single glass block?

The stained glass recipe is a batch recipe: put eight ordinary glass around one dye for eight stained glass.

Should I dye glass blocks before making panes?

For a new build, six stained glass give sixteen panes. If you already have ordinary panes, you can dye eight around one dye instead.

Why did my stained glass disappear when I broke it?

Stained glass and stained panes drop nothing unless you use a Silk Touch tool.