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{{Block
|image=Animated white banner.gif;Animated orange banner.gif;Animated magenta banner.gif;Animated light blue banner.gif;Animated yellow banner.gif;Animated lime banner.gif;Animated pink banner.gif;Animated gray banner.gif;Animated light gray banner.gif;Animated cyan banner.gif;Animated purple banner.gif;Animated blue banner.gif;Animated brown banner.gif;Animated green banner.gif;Animated red banner.gif;Animated black banner.gif;Ominous Banner.gif
|image2=White Wall Banner.png; Orange Wall Banner.png; Magenta Wall Banner.png; Light Blue Wall Banner.png; Yellow Wall Banner.png; Lime Wall Banner.png; Pink Wall Banner.png; Gray Wall Banner.png; Light Gray Wall Banner.png; Cyan Wall Banner.png; Purple Wall Banner.png; Blue Wall Banner.png; Brown Wall Banner.png; Green Wall Banner.png; Red Wall Banner.png; Black Wall Banner.png; Ominous Wall Banner.png
|defaultimagesize=80px
|invimage1=White Banner
|invimage2=Orange Banner
|invimage3=Magenta Banner
|invimage4=Light Blue Banner
|invimage5=Yellow Banner
|invimage6=Lime Banner
|invimage7=Pink Banner
|invimage8=Gray Banner
|invimage9=Light Gray Banner
|invimage10=Cyan Banner
|invimage11=Purple Banner
|invimage12=Blue Banner
|invimage13=Brown Banner
|invimage14=Green Banner
|invimage15=Red Banner
|invimage16=Black Banner
|invimage17=----
|invimage18=Ominous Banner
|rarity=
;Colored Banners: Common
;Ominous Banner: Ominous{{only|java}}
|transparent=Yes
|light=No
|tool=axe
|renewable=Yes
|stackable=Yes (16)
|flammable=No
|lavasusceptible=Yes
}}

'''Banners''' are tall decorative blocks, featuring a field that is highly customizable using [[Dyeing|dyes]] and [[Banner Pattern|patterns]].

== Obtaining ==

=== Breaking ===

Banners can be broken with or without a tool, but an [[axe]] is fastest.
{{breaking row|horizontal=1|Banners|Axe}}

A banner also breaks and drops itself as an item if the block the banner is attached to is moved, removed, or destroyed.

=== Natural generation ===

{| class="wikitable"
! Name !! Location !! Appearance !! Design
|-
! Magenta Banner
| Outside of [[end cities]].
| align="center" | [[File:End City Banner.png|50px]]
| Magenta Banner
* Black Inverted Chevron
* Black Chevron
|-
! Gray Banner
| In banner room in [[woodland mansion]]s.
| align="center" | [[File:Gray Banner.png|50px]]
| Gray Banner
|-
! Light Gray Banner
| In master bedroom in [[woodland mansion]]s.
| align="center" | [[File:Master Bedroom Banner.png|50px]]
| Light Gray Banner
* White Flower Charge
|- 
! Ominous Banner{{only|java|short=1}} 
Illager Banner{{only|bedrock|education|short=1}}
| Carried by [[raid captain]]s.<br> Located in [[pillager outpost]]s.

{{IN|java}}, the Ominous banner cannot be crafted because the design uses 8 patterns.

{{IN|bedrock}}, the Illager Banner is a separate type that cannot be placed in a loom.
| align="center" | {{animate|Ominous Banner.png;Ominous Banner BE.png|50px}}
| White Banner{{only|java|short=1}}
* Cyan Lozenge
* Light Gray Base
* Gray Pale
* Light Gray Bordure
* Black Fess
* Light Gray Per Fess
* Light Gray Roundel
* Black Bordure
Separate type entirely{{only|bedrock|short=1}}
|-
! Brown Banner
| Outside of some houses, meeting points, and pillar fountains in savanna [[village]]s. 
| align="center" | [[File:Brown Banner.png|50px]]
| Brown Banner
|-
! Black Banner
| In altar room in [[woodland mansions]].
| align="center" | [[File:Black Banner.png|50px]]
| Black Banner
|}

=== Crafting ===

Banners can be crafted from six [[wool]] and a [[stick]] in a pattern resembling a [[sign]].
{{Crafting
|head=1
|showdescription=1
|A1=Matching Wool |B1=Matching Wool |C1=Matching Wool
|A2=Matching Wool |B2=Matching Wool |C2=Matching Wool
|B3=Stick
|Output=Matching Banner
|Olink=Banner
|type=Decoration block
|description=Once the banner is crafted, its base color cannot be changed.{{only|java}}
}}
{{Crafting
|showdescription=1
|Any Banner
|Bleach
|Output=White Banner
|type=Decoration block
|description=Bleach can be used to remove the color of a banner, resulting in a white banner. This includes removing patterns from a white banner.{{only|bedrock|education}}
|foot=1
}}

=== Trading ===
Expert-level cartographer [[villager]]s always offer to [[trading|sell]] 1 or 2 blank banners of a random color for 3 emeralds. Expert-level shepherd villagers have a {{frac|2|7}} chance of offering the same trade.{{only|java}}

{{IN|bedrock}}, expert-level cartographer and shepherd villagers both offer to sell one of 16 blank banners for 3 [[emerald]]s as part of their trades.

=== Mob loot ===

[[Illager]]s that spawn carrying an ominous banner{{only|java|short=1}} / illager banner{{only|bedrock|education|short=1}} always drop it upon death.

== Usage ==

[[File:Standing banner with block.png|thumb|x200px|Overlapping block on a banner.]]
[[File:Wall banner with block.png|thumb|x200px|Overlapping on a wall mounted banner.]]

There are 16 colored blank banners, and numerous patterns each available in each of the 16 colors. A banner can feature up to 6 different patterns. The top layer of a banner (or the last pattern added) can be washed off by {{control|using}} it on a [[cauldron]] containing water.

Banners, much like signs, can be placed both on the ground facing in any direction, or on a wall. They gently sway as if affected by a breeze, regardless of dimension or location. 

Banners have no collision mask as they are completely non-solid, so [[item]]s and [[mob]]s can move through them.

Other blocks (including other banners) can be placed on any edge of a banner's hitbox, which is only one block high despite the banner appearing as two blocks tall. This makes it possible to overlap another solid block on the top half of a banner for floor banners, or the bottom half of wall banners.

When a banner is placed on the side of a block, its position is set by the top block, and it is possible to place it so it appears half buried.

Banners can also be placed in [[item frame]]s, where they simply appear as their item model.

[[Water]] and [[lava]] flow around banners. {{IN|bedrock}}, banners can be [[waterlogging|waterlogged]].

<gallery>
File:Wall banner with water below.png| Water can be placed below wall banners
File:Water flowing around banner.png| Water flows around a banner on the ground
</gallery>

Lava can create fire in air blocks next to banners as if the banners were flammable, but the banners do not burn (and can't be burned by other methods, either). Banners also cannot be moved by [[piston]]s.

If a banner is renamed on an [[anvil]], it retains its name when a pattern is added, but not when a pattern is removed.

=== Helmet ===
{{exclusive|java|section=13}}
<div style='float:right'>{{animate|Steve wearing White Banner.png;Alex wearing White Banner.png|150px}}</div>
While a banner cannot be equipped in the head slot in Survival mode, equipping it using commands causes it to appear on top of the player. This is how pillager captains wear banners.{{Testingame}}

=== Copying ===

Banners can be copied with a blank banner to make multiple identical banners. Banners with more than 6 patterns applied using commands cannot be copied in this manner.

{{Crafting
|showdescription=1
|Matching Banner
|Matching Banner
|Output=Matching Banner
|A2link=Banner
|B2link=Banner
|Olink=Banner
|type=Decoration block
|ignoreusage=1
|description=Copies pattern; both banners must have the same base color, and the one having a pattern copied onto it must have no preexisting pattern.
}}

=== Crafting ingredient ===
{{exclusive|java|section=10}}
Shields can have patterns applied to them using banners. The shield pattern has a smaller resolution than the banner pattern, causing them to look different or offset.

{{crafting usage|match=end}}

=== Fuel ===
Banners can be used as a fuel in [[furnace]]s, smelting 1.5 items per banner.

=== Renaming ===
{{IN|java}}, a banner can be given a custom name that remains as the banner is placed and retrieved. The player can use an [[anvil]] to rename the banner item, or may change the <code>CustomName</code> tag using the {{cmd|data}} command on the banner block.

=== Map marker ===
{{exclusive|java|section=13}}
{{IN|java}}, {{control|using}} on a banner with a [[map]] selected places a marker of the banner's position on the selected map, and {{control|using}} on the banner again removes the marker. The marker has the same color as the banner's base without decorations. The marker is removed if the banner is destroyed unless the map is locked using a [[cartography table]]. If the banner is renamed, the name appears below the marker.

=== Patterns ===

A banner may have up to six patterns, which are overlaid with the last-crafted on top. A banner can have up to 16 patterns with the use of commands. The total number of unique banners is approximately 2.3x10^16.  

Any color banner can be used; the pattern overlays the color. {{IN|java}}, a [[loom]] is used to make patterns. However, {{in|bedrock}}, the patterns can be made in a [[loom]] or a [[crafting table]].

{{LoadPage|Template:Banner pattern loom recipes|Loom recipes|h4}}
{{LoadPage|Banner/Banner pattern crafting recipes|Crafting recipes|h4|transcluded=1}}

=== Note Blocks ===
Banners can be placed under [[note block]]s to produce "bass" sound.

== Sounds ==
{{Sound table/Block/Wood}}

== Data values ==
=== ID ===
{{edition|java}}:
{{ID table
|showblocktags=y
|showitemtags=y
|showforms=y
|generatetranslationkeys=java
|displayname=White Banner
|spritetype=block
|nameid=white_banner
|blocktags=banners, wall_post_override
|itemtags=banners}}
{{ID table
|displayname=Orange Banner
|spritetype=block
|nameid=orange_banner
|blocktags=banners, wall_post_override
|itemtags=banners}}
{{ID table
|displayname=Magenta Banner
|spritetype=block
|nameid=magenta_banner
|blocktags=banners, wall_post_override
|itemtags=banners}}
{{ID table
|displayname=Light Blue Banner
|spritetype=block
|nameid=light_blue_banner
|blocktags=banners, wall_post_override
|itemtags=banners}}
{{ID table
|displayname=Yellow Banner
|spritetype=block
|nameid=yellow_banner
|blocktags=banners, wall_post_override
|itemtags=banners}}
{{ID table
|displayname=Lime Banner
|spritetype=block
|nameid=lime_banner
|blocktags=banners, wall_post_override
|itemtags=banners}}
{{ID table
|displayname=Pink Banner
|spritetype=block
|nameid=pink_banner
|blocktags=banners, wall_post_override
|itemtags=banners}}
{{ID table
|displayname=Gray Banner
|spritetype=block
|nameid=gray_banner
|blocktags=banners, wall_post_override
|itemtags=banners}}
{{ID table
|displayname=Light Gray Banner
|spritetype=block
|nameid=light_gray_banner
|blocktags=banners, wall_post_override
|itemtags=banners}}
{{ID table
|displayname=Cyan Banner
|spritetype=block
|nameid=cyan_banner
|blocktags=banners, wall_post_override
|itemtags=banners}}
{{ID table
|displayname=Purple Banner
|spritetype=block
|nameid=purple_banner
|blocktags=banners, wall_post_override
|itemtags=banners}}
{{ID table
|displayname=Blue Banner
|spritetype=block
|nameid=blue_banner
|blocktags=banners, wall_post_override
|itemtags=banners}}
{{ID table
|displayname=Brown Banner
|spritetype=block
|nameid=brown_banner
|blocktags=banners, wall_post_override
|itemtags=banners}}
{{ID table
|displayname=Green Banner
|spritetype=block
|nameid=green_banner
|blocktags=banners, wall_post_override
|itemtags=banners}}
{{ID table
|displayname=Red Banner
|spritetype=block
|nameid=red_banner
|blocktags=banners, wall_post_override
|itemtags=banners}}
{{ID table
|displayname=Black Banner
|spritetype=block
|nameid=black_banner
|blocktags=banners, wall_post_override
|itemtags=banners}}
{{ID table
|displayname=White Wall Banner
|spritetype=block
|nameid=white_wall_banner
|blocktags=banners, wall_post_override
|form=block
|translationkey=block.minecraft.white_banner}}
{{ID table
|displayname=Orange Wall Banner
|spritetype=block
|nameid=orange_wall_banner
|blocktags=banners, wall_post_override
|form=block
|translationkey=block.minecraft.orange_banner}}
{{ID table
|displayname=Magenta Wall Banner
|spritetype=block
|nameid=magenta_wall_banner
|blocktags=banners, wall_post_override
|form=block
|translationkey=block.minecraft.magenta_banner}}
{{ID table
|displayname=Light Blue Wall Banner
|spritetype=block
|nameid=light_blue_wall_banner
|blocktags=banners, wall_post_override
|form=block
|translationkey=block.minecraft.light_blue_banner}}
{{ID table
|displayname=Yellow Wall Banner
|spritetype=block
|nameid=yellow_wall_banner
|blocktags=banners, wall_post_override
|form=block
|translationkey=block.minecraft.yellow_banner}}
{{ID table
|displayname=Lime Wall Banner
|spritetype=block
|nameid=lime_wall_banner
|blocktags=banners, wall_post_override
|form=block
|translationkey=block.minecraft.lime_banner}}
{{ID table
|displayname=Pink Wall Banner
|spritetype=block
|nameid=pink_wall_banner
|blocktags=banners, wall_post_override
|form=block
|translationkey=block.minecraft.pink_banner}}
{{ID table
|displayname=Gray Wall Banner
|spritetype=block
|nameid=gray_wall_banner
|blocktags=banners, wall_post_override
|form=block
|translationkey=block.minecraft.gray_banner}}
{{ID table
|displayname=Light Gray Wall Banner
|spritetype=block
|nameid=light_gray_wall_banner
|blocktags=banners, wall_post_override
|form=block
|translationkey=block.minecraft.light_gray_banner}}
{{ID table
|displayname=Cyan Wall Banner
|spritetype=block
|nameid=cyan_wall_banner
|blocktags=banners, wall_post_override
|form=block
|translationkey=block.minecraft.cyan_banner}}
{{ID table
|displayname=Purple Wall Banner
|spritetype=block
|nameid=purple_wall_banner
|blocktags=banners, wall_post_override
|form=block
|translationkey=block.minecraft.purple_banner}}
{{ID table
|displayname=Blue Wall Banner
|spritetype=block
|nameid=blue_wall_banner
|blocktags=banners, wall_post_override
|form=block
|translationkey=block.minecraft.blue_banner}}
{{ID table
|displayname=Brown Wall Banner
|spritetype=block
|nameid=brown_wall_banner
|blocktags=banners, wall_post_override
|form=block
|translationkey=block.minecraft.brown_banner}}
{{ID table
|displayname=Green Wall Banner
|spritetype=block
|nameid=green_wall_banner
|blocktags=banners, wall_post_override
|form=block
|translationkey=block.minecraft.green_banner}}
{{ID table
|displayname=Red Wall Banner
|spritetype=block
|nameid=red_wall_banner
|blocktags=banners, wall_post_override
|form=block
|translationkey=block.minecraft.red_banner}}
{{ID table
|displayname=Black Wall Banner
|spritetype=block
|nameid=black_wall_banner
|blocktags=banners, wall_post_override
|form=block
|translationkey=block.minecraft.black_banner
|foot=1}}
{{ID table
|displayname=Block entity
|spritename=Banners
|spritetype=block
|nameid=banner
|foot=1}}

{{edition|bedrock}}:
{{ID table
|firstcolumnname=Banner
|shownumericids=y
|showforms=y
|generatetranslationkeys=bedrock
|displayname=Standing
|spritename=Banners
|spritetype=block
|nameid=standing_banner
|translationkey=tile.standing_banner.black.name, tile.standing_banner.red.name, tile.standing_banner.green.name, tile.standing_banner.brown.name, tile.standing_banner.blue.name, tile.standing_banner.purple.name, tile.standing_banner.cyan.name, tile.standing_banner.silver.name, tile.standing_banner.gray.name, tile.standing_banner.pink.name, tile.standing_banner.lime.name, tile.standing_banner.yellow.name, tile.standing_banner.lightBlue.name, tile.standing_banner.magenta.name, tile.standing_banner.orange.name, tile.standing_banner.white.name
|id=176
|form=block}}
{{ID table
|displayname=Wall
|spritename=Banners
|spritetype=block
|nameid=wall_banner
|id=177
|form=block}}
{{ID table
|displayname=Item
|spritename=Banners
|spritetype=block
|nameid=banner
|translationkey=item.banner.black.name, item.banner.red.name, item.banner.green.name, item.banner.brown.name, item.banner.blue.name, item.banner.purple.name, item.banner.cyan.name, item.banner.silver.name, item.banner.gray.name, item.banner.pink.name, item.banner.lime.name, item.banner.yellow.name, item.banner.lightBlue.name, item.banner.magenta.name, item.banner.orange.name, item.banner.white.name
|id=425
|form=item
|foot=1}}
{{ID table
|notnamespaced=y
|displayname=Block entity
|spritename=Banners
|spritetype=block
|nameid=Banner
|foot=1}}

=== Metadata ===
==== Block ====
{{see also|data values|Bedrock Edition data values}}
{{IN|Bedrock}}, banner blocks use the following data values:
{{:Sign/DV}}

==== Item ====
{{IN|Bedrock}}, banner items use the following data values:
{| class="wikitable"
! DV !! Banner color
|-
|| 0 || black
|-
|| 1 || red
|-
|| 2 || green
|-
|| 3 || brown
|-
|| 4 || blue
|-
|| 5 || purple
|-
|| 6 || cyan
|-
|| 7 || light gray
|-
|| 8 || gray
|-
|| 9 || pink
|-
|| 10 || lime
|-
|| 11 || yellow
|-
|| 12 || light blue
|-
|| 13 || magenta
|-
|| 14 || orange
|-
|| 15 || white
|}

=== Block states ===
{{see also|Block states}}
{{/BS}}

=== Block data ===
{{see also|Block entity format}}

A banner has a block entity associated with it that holds additional data about the block. 

{{/BE}}

== Achievements ==
{{load achievements|Fruit on the Loom}}

== Advancements ==
{{load advancements|Voluntary Exile}}

== History ==
{{info needed section|The Nether Update}}
{{History|java}}
{{History||1.8|snap=July 21, 2014|slink=https://twitter.com/jeb_/status/491238882789572608|[[Jeb]] posted a picture of banners, and stated that he is working on them.}}
{{History|||snap=14w30a|[[File:banner (item) JE1.png|32px]] Added banners.}}
{{History|||snap=14w30c|Added four additional patterns: Cross (+), Border, Curly Border and Thing (Mojang logo).}}
{{History|||snap=14w31a|Added two additional patterns: Inverted Halves and Base Gradient.
|The banner pattern terminology has been changed based on vexillology advice [[Jeb]] received from his [http://www.reddit.com/r/Minecraft/comments/2bkxej/i_made_a_huge_mistake_banners/ [[wikipedia:Reddit|Reddit]] post].
|Banners can now be used as a [[fuel]] in [[furnace]]s.}}
{{History|||snap=unknown|[[File:White Banner Revision 1.png|22px]][[File:Orange Banner Revision 1.png|22px]][[File:Magenta Banner Revision 1.png|22px]][[File:Light Blue Banner Revision 1.png|22px]][[File:Yellow Banner Revision 1.png|22px]][[File:Lime Banner Revision 1.png|22px]][[File:Pink Banner Revision 1.png|22px]][[File:Gray Banner Revision 1.png|22px]][[File:Light Gray Banner Revision 1.png|22px]][[File:Cyan Banner Revision 1.png|22px]][[File:Purple Banner Revision 1.png|22px]][[File:Blue Banner Revision 1.png|22px]][[File:Brown Banner Revision 1.png|22px]][[File:Green Banner Revision 1.png|22px]][[File:Red Banner Revision 1.png|22px]][[File:Black Banner Revision 1.png|22px]]Banners have been changed to render the [[model]] as an [[item]].}}
{{History||1.8.8|snap=pre|The number of layers attainable by using [[commands]] is now limited to 16 per banner.}}
{{History||1.9|snap=15w31a|[[File:End City Banner.png|17px]] Magenta banners with a black chevron and inverted chevron are now naturally generated on the outside walls of [[end city|end cities]].}}
{{History|||snap=15w33c|Banners can be used to apply patterns to [[shield]]s.}}
{{History||1.11|snap=16w33a|Banners now require a [[dye]] when applying a pattern that uses a non-dye [[item]], such as a [[mob head|creeper head]] or [[golden apple|enchanted golden apple]]. Previously, the lack of a dye would have applied the black variant of the pattern.}}
{{History|||snap=16w39a|Black and gray banners, and light gray banners with a white flower charge are now naturally generated in rooms of [[woodland mansion]]s.}}
{{History||1.12|snap=January 24, 2017|slink={{tweet|jeb_|823817090511601664}}|[[Jeb]] tweets a screenshot of the changes to the banner color palette.}}
{{History|||snap=17w06a|[[File:White Banner.png|17px]] [[File:Orange Banner.png|17px]] [[File:Magenta Banner.png|17px]] [[File:Light Blue Banner.png|17px]] [[File:Yellow Banner.png|17px]] [[File:Lime Banner.png|17px]] [[File:Pink Banner.png|17px]] [[File:Gray Banner.png|17px]] [[File:Light Gray Banner.png|17px]] [[File:Cyan Banner.png|17px]] [[File:Purple Banner.png|17px]] [[File:Blue Banner.png|17px]] [[File:Brown Banner.png|17px]] [[File:Green Banner.png|17px]] [[File:Red Banner.png|17px]] [[File:Black Banner.png|17px]] Changed banners' [[tint]]s.}}
{{History|||snap=pre6|"Chief fess" and "base fess" banners are now just "chief" and "base" banners.}}
{{History||1.13|snap=17w47a|The colors for the <code>banner</code>, <code>wall_banner</code> and <code>standing_banner</code> ID have been split up into their own IDs.
|Prior to [[1.13/Flattening|''The Flattening'']], these [[block]]s' numeral IDs were 176 and 177, and the [[item]]'s 425.}}
{{History|||snap=18w10a|{{control|Using}} a [[map]] on a banner now mark the spot of the banner on the map.}}
{{History||1.14|snap=18w43a|[[Loom]]s have been added to help the [[player]] edit banners more easily.
|All recipes for banner patterns have been removed.}}
{{History|||snap=18w45a|[[File:Ominous Banner Revision 1.png|17px]] Added [[illager patrol]]s, where the leader of an illager patrol carries an [[illager]] banner.}}
{{History|||snap=18w46a|[[File:Ominous Banner.png|17px]] The pattern of [[illager]] banner now has a black border.}}
{{History|||snap=Pre-Release 2|"Illager Banners" have been renamed to "Ominous Banners".}}
{{History|Upcoming Java Edition}}
{{History||1.17|snap=20w46a|The unused "base" pattern has been renamed to the "field" pattern and given proper translation strings (its ID is still "base").}}

{{History|bedrock}}
{{History||1.2.0|snap=beta 1.2.0.2|[[File:White Banner.png|17px]] [[File:Orange Banner.png|17px]] [[File:Magenta Banner.png|17px]] [[File:Light Blue Banner.png|17px]] [[File:Yellow Banner.png|17px]] [[File:Lime Banner.png|17px]] [[File:Pink Banner.png|17px]] [[File:Gray Banner.png|17px]] [[File:Light Gray Banner.png|17px]] [[File:Cyan Banner.png|17px]] [[File:Purple Banner.png|17px]] [[File:Blue Banner.png|17px]] [[File:Brown Banner.png|17px]] [[File:Green Banner.png|17px]] [[File:Red Banner.png|17px]] [[File:Black Banner.png|17px]] Added banners.
|[[File:End City Banner.png|17px]] Magenta banners with a black chevron and inverted chevron are now naturally generated on the outside walls of [[end city|end cities]].
|Black and gray banners, and light gray banners with a white flower charge are now naturally generated in rooms of [[woodland mansion]]s.}}
{{History||1.4.0|snap=beta 1.2.20.1|The white banner can now be crafted from a colored banner and [[bleach]], which also removes all patterns, if used on a white banner.}}
{{History||1.10.0|snap=beta 1.10.0.3|[[Loom]]s have been added to help the [[player]] edit banners more easily.
|Brown banners now generate in new [[savanna]] [[village]]s.
|Black banners now generate in [[pillager outpost]] watchtowers.}}
{{History||1.11.0|snap=beta 1.11.0.1|Gray banners now generate in pillager outpost watchtowers, instead of black banners.
|[[File:Ominous Banner BE.png|17px]] Added [[illager captain]]s, which drop an [[illager]] banner upon [[death]].}}
{{History|||snap=beta 1.11.0.3|Illager banners now generate in [[pillager outpost]] watchtowers, instead of gray banners.}}
{{History|||snap=beta 1.11.0.4|Banners can now be [[trading|bought]] from cartographer and shepherd [[villager]]s.}}

{{History|console}}
{{History||xbox=TU43|xbone=CU33|ps=1.36|wiiu=Patch 13|switch=1.0.1|[[File:White Banner Revision 1.png|22px]] [[File:Orange Banner Revision 1.png|22px]] [[File:Magenta Banner Revision 1.png|22px]] [[File:Light Blue Banner Revision 1.png|22px]] [[File:Yellow Banner Revision 1.png|22px]] [[File:Lime Banner Revision 1.png|22px]] [[File:Pink Banner Revision 1.png|22px]] [[File:Gray Banner Revision 1.png|22px]] [[File:Light Gray Banner Revision 1.png|22px]] [[File:Cyan Banner Revision 1.png|22px]] [[File:Purple Banner Revision 1.png|22px]] [[File:Blue Banner Revision 1.png|22px]] [[File:Brown Banner Revision 1.png|22px]] [[File:Green Banner Revision 1.png|22px]] [[File:Red Banner Revision 1.png|22px]] [[File:Black Banner Revision 1.png|22px]] Added banners.}}
{{History||xbox=TU46|xbone=CU36|ps=1.38|wiiu=Patch 15|switch=1.0.1|[[File:End City Banner.png|17px]] Magenta banners with a black chevron and inverted chevron are now naturally generated on the outside walls of [[end city|end cities]].}}
{{History||xbox=none|xbone=none|ps=1.90|wiiu=none|switch=none|[[Loom]]s have been added to help the [[player]] edit banners more easily.}}
{{History||ps=1.91|[[File:Ominous Banner BE.png|17px]] Added [[illager]] banners, which generate with [[pillager outpost]]s and are [[drops|dropped]] by [[illager captain]]s upon [[death]].}}
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== Issues ==

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== Trivia ==
* With 16 blank banners, 38 patterns of 16 colors each (608 uniquely-colored patterns), and 0 to 6 patterns per banner, the number of uniquely crafted banners is 16 × (608<sup>0</sup> + 608<sup>1</sup> + 608<sup>2</sup> + 608<sup>3</sup> + 608<sup>4</sup> + 608<sup>5</sup> + 608<sup>6</sup>) ≈ 809 quadrillion (809,573,616,779,945,488). The number of visually distinct banners is smaller, because one or more patterns may completely cover other patterns, or the entire banner, or be duplicated due to the symmetric set of patterns (e.g. field or (yellow) + per pale azure (blue) = field azure + per pale or inverted).
* If a banner has over 6 patterns, only the six bottom-most patterns are displayed when hovered over in the [[inventory]].
* The Mojang Logo is called "Thing" in-game, which could be considered an alternate translation for mojäng. If [[wikipedia:Google Translate|Google Translate]] is used, it translates to "thingys" or "contraption".
** In the Swedish translation of the game, this pattern is, in fact, called ''mojäng''.
* Banner textures are located in \assets\minecraft\textures\entity\banner.
** There are 40 monochrome textures, each containing all 6 sides of the banner.
** The texture of the back side is the mirrored texture of the front side.
** Compared to the texture files, textures' colors are inverted in-game due to them acting as masks for the re-colored base texture, base.png. That means white is visible, while black is transparent.
* Banners that have the purple NBT+ line in the bottom (obtained by holding Ctrl and middle-clicking the banner, which also copies the NBT [[tag]] of anything that the player points their crosshair to) actually has no difference with the base banner obtained by middle click.

== Gallery ==
<gallery>
File:Banners Jeb.png|The first image of banners, as tweeted by Jens Bergensten.
File:The Bountiful Update.png|Banners in the official 1.8 poster.
File:BannersBeforeAndAfter.png|An image, tweeted by Jeb, showcasing the changes he made to the banner color palette in the 1.12 update.
File:Gradients Overlay.png|The result of using gradient different numbers of times, each time increasing the level of gradient by 1.
File:All positions and rotations of a banner.png|All positions and rotations of a banner
File:Item Frame with Banner.png|A banner with the [[Mojang]] logo in an [[item frame]].
File:EndCityBanners.png|Banners floating outside of an [[End city]] tower.
File:Woodland mansion 1x2 d1.png|Banners hanging above the doorway of a [[woodland mansion]] master bedroom.
File:Spawned-in Banner.png|Example of a banner with more than 6 patterns, a result of using the {{cmd|give}} command.
File:Replaceitembanner.png|Banner put in the helmet slot by using the command {{cmd|replaceitem}}.
</gallery>

=== Renders ===
<gallery>
File:Ominous Banner.gif|Ominous banner pattern in Java Edition.
File:Ominous Banner BE.gif|Illager banner pattern in Bedrock Edition.
File:Ominous Banner Revision 1.gif|Old Ominous banner pattern.
File:Ominous Banner washing.gif|Washing with cauldron shows how to apply the ominous banner pattern.
</gallery>

== References ==
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[[cs:Prapor]]
[[de:Banner]]
[[es:Estandarte]]
[[fr:Bannière]]
[[ja:旗]]
[[ko:현수막]]
[[nl:Banier]]
[[pl:Sztandar]]
[[pt:Estandarte]]
[[ru:Флаг]]
[[uk:Стяг]]
[[zh:旗帜]]