How to make letters on banners in Minecraft

One of the coolest parts about Minecraft banners is that they can be thoroughly customized in looms. Players can add up to seven different layers of designs by combining banners with dye within a loom. One of the best uses of this is to add letters to banners. This makes it possible to create large-scale, easy-to-read advertising for shop servers or survival-world landmarks.

Everything you need to know about making Minecraft banners of all 26 different English letters can be found in detail below.

How to make a banner for each letter in Minecraft

Gathering materials

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You'll need to collect materials before you can actually make any custom banners. Banners of any color can be made using wool. If you plan on using a lot of banners, you should consider setting up a Minecraft farm to automatically shear sheep and collect the dropped wool.

You'll also need sticks to make banners. Thankfully, since banners only need one stick each, you can set up a small Minecraft tree farm to get more than enough wood for the sticks needed.

You can also trade emeralds with either shepherd or cartographer Minecraft villagers to get banners. This bypasses needing to raise and shear sheep, making it a useful option.

These villagers will need to be leveled up quite a bit, all the way to expert, before they might unlock the banner trade. This means that you'll probably need to set up a Minecraft villager trading hall to easily collect the emeralds needed to facilitate this leveling.

You'll also need quite a large amount of dye to add the letters. Thankfully, this is another resource that can be farmed for. Minecraft flower farms should provide more than enough dyes for letter banners, while squid farms make getting black dye incredibly simple.

The Letter A

An "A" banner in Minecraft (Image via Mojang)

The letter "A" is of average complexity, requiring six different steps to make. You'll need a base banner, four pieces of the same color Minecraft dye, and then a single piece of dye that matches the base banner color. The full steps for making a letter A banner, in order, are:

Start with a base color banner.
Secondary color pale sinister
Secondary color pale dexter
Secondary color fess
Secondary color chief
Bordure matching the base color

The Letter B

"B" is a much more complex letter than "A" and requires seven steps. You'll need to use a banner of your secondary color as the starting point for this letter. You'll need three more pieces of dye that match this secondary color and three pieces of dye of your main color. The steps for making a "B" banner are:

Secondary color banner
Base color lozenge
Secondary color pale sinister
Base color bordure indented
Secondary color per pale
Secondary color fess
Base color bordure

The Letter C

The letter "C" is quite simple, mostly consisting of straight-line banner patterns. You'll need a base color banner, two matching pieces of dye, and then four total extra dyes. The order of steps to make a "C" banner are:

Base color banner
Secondary color chief
Secondary color base
Secondary color pale sinister
Base color fess
Secondary color pale dexter
Base color bordure

The Letter D

"D" ends up looking very similar to "B" in Minecraft due to banner limitations (Image via Mojang)

"D" is another slightly more complex letter to craft, requiring seven steps and going back and forth between dye colors. You'll need a base color banner, two additional pieces of dye matching this color, and then four extra pieces of dye in total. The steps to make this banner are:

Base color banner
Secondary color pale sinister
Secondary color base
Secondary color chief
Base color bordure indented
Secondary color pale dexter
Base color bordure

The Letter E

A very basic "E" banner (Image via Mojang)

"E" is one of the simplest letters to add to a banner. It takes only six steps, four extra pieces of dye, and a base banner with a single piece of matching dye. The steps for adding "E" to a banner are:

Base color banner
Secondary color pale dexter
Secondary color chief
Secondary color fess
Secondary color base
Base color bordure

The Letter F

"F" is another letter that takes six steps to add to a banner. You'll need a base banner, two pieces of matching dye, and three extra pieces of dye to make one of these banners to use as a Minecraft decoration. The steps are as follows:

Base color banner
Secondary color fess
Base color pale sinister
Secondary color chief
Secondary color pale dexter
Base color bordure

The Letter G

"G" looks nearly identical to "C" due to limitation in banner customization (Image via Mojang)

A Minecraft banner with the letter "G" on it is another easy one, mostly consisting of straight lines. You'll need four pieces of dye that match your secondary color and two that match your base color. The steps are:

Base color banner
Secondary color pale sinister
Base color per fess
Secondary color base
Secondary color pale dexter
Secondary color chief
Base color bordure

The Letter H

An "H" banner in Minecraft (Image via Mojang)

To make a banner with the letter "H," you'll need to follow the steps below. You'll need to use a base banner of the letter's color here rather than the background, similar to the previously mentioned letter "B."

Secondary color banner
Base color chief
Base color base
Secondary color pale dexter
Secondary color pale sinister
Base color bordure

The Letter I

"I" is one of the easier letters to make, as you'll only need to add three simple lines and add an outline that matches the original banner color. Follow these steps to make this banner letter:

Base color banner
Secondary color pale
Secondary color chief
Secondary color base
Base color bordure

The Letter J

If you need to make a "J" to decorate your base on a Minecraft server, you'll need to collect a base banner, two pieces of dye to match, and three secondary pieces of dye. You'll also need to apply banner patterns in the order found below.

Base color banner
Secondary color pale dexter
Base color pale fess
Secondary color base
Secondary color pale sinister
Base color bordure

The Letter K

"K" is another relatively complex letter, due to its diagonal lines. You'll need to follow the steps below to get this letter right. You'll also need a base color banner with two matching pieces of dye. You'll also need three pieces of dye of your secondary color.

Base color banner
Secondary color bend
Base color per fess
Secondary color bend sinister
Secondary color pale dexter
Base color bordure

The Letter L

A very simple "L" banner (Image via Mojang)

"L" is another very simple letter to make, having just a few steps. You'll need a base banner with a single piece of matching dye and then two dyes of your secondary color. The steps to make an "L" banner are:

Base color banner
Secondary color base
Secondary color pale dexter
Base color bordure

The Letter M

To name an important landmark, such as a Minecraft megabase, with the letter "M" in its name, you'll need a base banner and two pieces of dye in the same color. You'll also need three matching dyes of a secondary color, and follow the steps below:

Base color banner
Secondary color inverted chevron
Base color chief indented
Secondary color pale sinister
Secondary color pale dexter
Base color bordure

The Letter N

To make an "N" banner, you'll need to follow the directions below. You'll need a total of three dyes that match your secondary color, a banner of your base color, and two matching pieces of dye.

Base color banner
Secondary color pale dexter
Base color inverted chevron
Secondary color bend
Secondary color pale sinister
Base color bordure

The Letter O

If you need an "O" to properly mark landmarks within your Minecraft Nether hub, you'll need to gather a base banner with a matching piece of dye. You'll then need a total of four pieces of dye for a secondary color. The order of steps here doesn't matter, other than adding the bordure pattern last, which makes this quite an easy letter to make.

Base color banner
Secondary color pale dexter
Secondary color pale sinister
Secondary color base
Secondary color chief
Base color bordure

The Letter P

"P" is another seven-step letter. You'll need two pieces of dye that match your base banner's color, and then four pieces of dye of the same secondary color. The steps to make a "P" are as follows:

Base color banner
Secondary color pale sinister
Base color per fess inverted
Secondary color fess
Secondary color chief
Secondary color pale dexter
Base color bordure

The Letter Q

"Q" is a complex letter to add to a banner (Image via Mojang)

"Q" is one of the most complicated letters to make. You'll need to once again start with a banner of your secondary color. You'll need three other pieces of dye that match this secondary color, and then two pieces of dye of your base color.

Secondary color banner
Base color lozenge
Secondary color pale sinister
Secondary color pale dexter
Secondary color base sinister canton
Base color bordure

The Letter R

"R" is another very common letter in English, which means it will probably come in handy for marking important landmarks, such as Minecraft survival bases, on maps and in nether hubs. To make an "R" banner, you'll need a base banner and two matching dyes, along with four dyes of a secondary color.

Base color banner
Secondary color per fess
Base color pale
Secondary color chief
Secondary color pale dexter
Secondary color bend
Base color bordure

The Letter S

"S" is another incredibly common letter in English, which makes it a great letter to know how to add to a banner. You'll need to start with a banner of your secondary color once again. You'll only need one other dye of this secondary color, along with three dyes of your base color.

Secondary color banner
Base color lozenge
Base color fess
Secondary color bend
Base color bordure

The Letter T

"T" is quite a common letter (Image via Mojang)

There are a ton of different Minecraft items and blocks with "T" in the name. It's also one of the most common letters in the English language, which means it's a very handy letter to know how to add to a banner. You'll need a base color banner with a single matching dye, as well as two secondary pieces of dye. The steps are:

Base color banner
Secondary color chief
Secondary color pale
Base color bordure

The Letter U

A Minecraft banner with "U" on it (Image via Mojang)

If you plan on adding a "U" to a sign on a free private Minecraft server with friends, you'll need to track down a base banner and a piece of dye to match. You'll also need three pieces of dye of a secondary color. The steps to make a banner with a "U" on it are:

Base color banner
Secondary color base
Secondary color pale dexter
Secondary color pale sinister
Base color bordure

The Letter V

To make a banner "V," you'll need a base banner, along with three secondary dye pieces and two pieces of dye that match the banner. The steps to make the "V" in-game are:

Base color banner
Secondary color bend sinister
Secondary color pale dexter
Base color chevron
Secondary color bend sinister
Base color bordure

The Letter W

If your Minecraft server shop needs the letter "W" for its sign, you'll need to gather a banner, along with two dyes that match it, as well as three pieces of dye of a secondary color. You'll also need to follow these steps:

Base color banner
Secondary color chevron
Base color base indented
Secondary color pale dexter
Secondary color pale sinister
Base color bordure

The Letter X

An incredibly simple "X" banner (Image via Mojang)

"X" is by far the easiest letter to make, at least in terms of steps. You'll need just two pieces of dye, one that matches and one that doesn't, in addition to your base banner if you need this letter for a custom Minecraft sign.

Base color banner
Secondary color saltire
Base color bordure

The Letter Y

"Y" is another incredibly simple letter to make, consisting of only two diagonal lines. You'll need your base banner, along with four pieces of dye in total. Two of these need to match your base banner, while the other two can be of a secondary color.

Base color banner
Secondary color bend
Base color per fess inverted
Secondary color bend sinister
Base color bordure

The Letter Z

The final banner to cover is fitting enough for the letter "Z." To make this banner, you'll need a base color banner, one dye that matches it, and three dyes of a secondary color. You'll also need to follow the steps below to apply Minecraft banner patterns in the right order.

Base color banner
Secondary color chief
Secondary color bend sinister
Secondary color base
Base color bordure

Keep in mind that these banner letters might change in the future, should Mojang introduce any new patterns in a future major Minecraft update. For now, though, this is how you'll need to make a banner for every English letter.

There are also hundreds of other amazing Minecraft banner designs possible thanks to the loom's customization options. Make sure to experiment to see if you can come up with a cool logo to go alongside whatever message you end up spelling out with banner letters.

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Edited by Abhishek Manikandan