Java Edition:Cloth
Cloth is the predecessor to wool. It is visually identical to wool, except with different colors. Each color of Cloth had its own distinct ID, rather than the same ID with different DVs, as was seen with wool. In Infdev 20100624, all Cloth was removed, except Light Gray Cloth, which was converted into white wool.
Obtaining
Indev Item Chests
From Indev 20100124-1 to Indev 20100128 new worlds would generate with the Indev House, and inside the house were debug chests. Between Indev 20100124 and Indev 20100125 the chests held items in stacks of 99, while in Indev 20100128 the chests held items in stacks of 100. Cloth was one of the such items that generated inside the debug chests.
Sheep
From Indev 20100211 to Indev 20100218 would drop 1-3 White, Gray, or Light Gray cloth upon being hit, this was changed in Indev 20100223 so that sheep would only drop Light Gray wool. Sheep would no-longer lose there wool when hit in Beta 1.7 and instead required shears, or to be killed.
Crafting
In Indev 20100219 cloth received a crafting recipe, allowing cloth to be crafted with 9 string until Beta 1.6.5. From Beta 1.6.6 to 1.21 (present) the amount of string used to craft cloth was reduced to 4.
Conversion
Storing cloth in unloaded chunks or inventories will convert them into different items in later versions, due to their item IDs being reused for the new items.
| Cloth Conversion | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Numeric ID | Cloth Color | Converted To | Converted Version |
| 21 | Red Cloth | Lapis Lazuli Ore | Beta 1.2 |
| 22 | Orange Cloth | Lapis Lazuli Block | Beta 1.2 |
| 23 | Yellow Cloth | Dispenser | Beta 1.2 |
| 24 | Chartreuses Cloth | Sandstone | Beta 1.2 |
| 25 | Green Cloth | Note Block | Beta 1.2 |
| 26 | Spring Green Cloth | Bed Block | Beta 1.3-1 |
| 27 | Cyan Cloth | Powered Rail | Beta 1.5 |
| 28 | Capri Cloth | Detector Rail | Beta 1.5 |
| 29 | Ultramarine Cloth | Sticky Piston | Beta 1.7 |
| 30 | Violet Cloth | Cobweb | Beta 1.5 |
| 31 | Purple Cloth | Shrub | Beta 1.6 Test Build 3 |
| 32 | Magenta Cloth | Dead Bush | Beta 1.6 Test Build 3 |
| 33 | Rose Cloth | Piston | Beta 1.7 |
| 34 | Dark Gray Cloth | Piston Head | Beta 1.7 |
| 35 | Light Gray Cloth | White Wool | Infdev 20100624 |
| 36 | White Cloth | Moving Piston | Beta 1.7 |
Gallery
Every color of Cloth in a player's inventory.
