Dyable Wools
Dyable Wools lets players recolor wool blocks at a crafting table by combining one wool block with one dye.
What it does
Vanilla Java Edition cannot dye existing wool blocks at a crafting table, and a wool block of a new color has to come from sheep. Dyable Wools changes that with shapeless crafting recipes that take one wool block and one dye and return the wool in the chosen color, so builders can work with colors without farming sheep. Existing wool colors keep working as they normally do, and the recipes follow the vanilla pattern of the game.
Only the server has to run it; a player can join without installing anything. Dyable Wools is open source under the MIT License, which allows free use, modification and redistribution with credit to LAGameStudios. Files are published for Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt, and the data pack is also offered for server platforms.
Key features
Shapeless wool recoloring
A wool block and a dye combine in any crafting table layout to produce wool of the dye color.
No sheep farming needed
Players get colored wool directly from the crafting table, skipping the sheep and cauldron steps.
Lossless recipes
The recipes keep the wool block itself, so existing colored wool can be recolored in the same way.
Vanilla-style behavior
The recipes follow the look and feel of vanilla crafting, inspired by how Bedrock Edition handles wool dyeing.
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Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Use cases
Who it’s for: Builders and survival players who want more wool colors on demand, and server owners who want a light change that players do not have to install.
How it compares
Wood you Dye is a client and server mod for Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt that is open source under the GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 only, with versions 1.20 – 26.1.2. Dyable Wools is a server-side data pack instead, so clients need nothing. Fair Wool Crafting is server required and client optional, released under All rights reserved, with versions 1.17 – 1.21 on Fabric, Forge and Quilt, so its coverage ends before 1.21.11.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dyable Wools | Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt | 1.20 – 1.21.11 | Server required, client optional | 2026-02-02 |
| Wood you Dye | Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt | 1.20 – 26.1.2 | Client and server | 2026-06-30 |
| Fair Wool Crafting | Fabric, Forge and Quilt | 1.17 – 1.21 | Server required, client optional | 2024-07-11 |
Questions
Does Dyable Wools need to be installed on the client?
Which game versions does Dyable Wools support?
Can existing colored wool be recolored?
In the catalog
Dyable Wools is one of 12,078 Decoration mods on ModsFinder, and one of 6,982 Decoration mods for Fabric. 19,862 mods support Minecraft 1.21.11.
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What the author says
In vanilla Minecraft Java Edition, you cannot dye existing wool blocks in a crafting table—you can only dye white wool or sheep using a crafting recipe or cauldron. Dyable Wools! changes that. This lightweight datapack adds shapeless crafting recipes that let you recolor any wool block directly using dyes—no sheep…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/dyable-wools
- Owner
- LAGameStudios
- Published
- 2026-01-06
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-02-02
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15