Infested Block

An infested block is a block that masquerades as a typical stone-type block, but which spawns silverfish when broken.

Each variant is named  Monster Egg in the Bedrock Editions, Infested  in Java Edition, and Silverfish  in Legacy Console Edition, where  is the name of the block it is disguised as.

Breaking
Infested blocks take the same amount of time to break or instantly with any tool. When the block is broken, whether by a player or by an explosion, a silverfish spawns where it was broken. Monster eggs will typically take longer to break than their normal stone counterparts, which can be used to identify them. Also, note blocks placed on infested blocks will produce piano sounds, while those placed on stone or stone bricks will produce bass drum sounds.

Mining an infested block with a Silk Touch tool drops the block that the infested block is disguised as, and does not spawn the silverfish.

A silverfish will not spawn if the block is destroyed by the ender dragon.

Natural generation
Infested stone brick, cracked stone brick, and mossy stone brick are occasionally found in strongholds and igloo basements, in place of normal stone bricks. Infested chiseled stone bricks also spawn in igloos.

Infested stone is rarely found in mountains biomes, generating below sea level in veins similar to ores. This type of generation can also override other already generated infested blocks. On certain versions of the game, making a silverfish enter any variant of stone bricks or cobblestone will create this type of infested block.

Infested cobblestone is found in the rarely generated "fake secret end portal" room of woodland mansions.

Creative mode
Infested blocks are available in the Creative inventory in the Java and Bedrock editions.

When an infested block is destroyed by a player in Creative mode, a silverfish is not spawned.

Usage
When mined, infested blocks will spawn a silverfish which will instantly attack the player. If the player attacks a silverfish directly with a sword, bow or potion of Harming, or when a silverfish takes poison damage, nearby infested blocks will break, spawning other aggressive silverfish. If the silverfish is killed in one hit, nearby infested blocks will not break, and no silverfish will spawn from them.

Block data
In Bedrock Edition, monster eggs use the following data values:

Issues
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