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Minecraft Banner Maker

Design a banner by stacking pattern + color layers over a base color, watch the live preview, then copy the /give command. Outputs both the 1.20.5+ component format and the legacy pre-1.20.5 NBT format - so the command actually works on your server version. Pattern IDs verified against the wiki. Java Edition, runs in your browser.


  


  

    
How to use it

    
    
      
  1. Pick a base color - that is the banner item itself (e.g. white_banner).
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  2. Add pattern layers; each layer is a pattern plus a dye color, applied in order from bottom to top.
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  3. Choose your command format - 1.20.5+ for current servers, legacy NBT for 1.13-1.20.4 - then copy and run the /give.
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The 1.20.5 update replaced item NBT with data components, so the old {BlockEntityTag:{Patterns:[...]}} syntax fails on current servers. Many older banner generators still emit only that. This tool gives you the correct component form, [banner_patterns=[{pattern:"minecraft:stripe_bottom",color:"red"}]], as well as the legacy one.


    
Notes on the preview

    
The geometric patterns (stripes, halves, corners, triangles, cross, circle, rhombus, border, gradient) render true to shape. The picture patterns (creeper, skull, flower, mojang, globe, piglin, flow, guster) are shown as a stylized glyph - the generated command is exact regardless of how the preview draws them.


    
Related Minecraft tools

    
Building out a world or server? Try our /give command generator for custom items, the server icon generator, and the MOTD generator.


    
Running a Minecraft server?

    
Banners are a free way to brand spawn, mark team bases, and flag claims. The tool needs no account; if you need somewhere to host the world, Supercraft is one option among many.