Purpur Block

Purpur blocks and purpur pillars are decorative blocks that are naturally generated in end city dungeons and end ships in the End.

Chiseled purpur and smooth purpur are two further variants of purpur blocks exclusive to Bedrock Edition which can only be accessed by commands and appear identical to regular purpur blocks.

Breaking
Purpur blocks and pillars can be mined using any pickaxe. If mined without a pickaxe, it drops nothing.

Natural generation
Purpur blocks and pillars can be found naturally as part of the structure of end cities and end ships.

Usage
Purpur blocks and pillars are primarily decorative blocks, similar to other brick-type blocks. They can also be used to craft different variants of the block.

Crafting ingredient
Purpur pillars cannot be used to craft slabs $$.

Note Blocks
Purpur block and purpur pillar can be placed under note blocks to produce "bass drum" sound.

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Block data
$$, purpur blocks use the following data values alongside more:

Block states
Purpur pillar

Trivia

 * Purpur is the word for a specific shade of purple in multiple languages, including Swedish, Polish, German and Cornish (and French pourpre to a certain extent).
 * Chiseled Purpur is an unused purpur block that has the texture of the normal Purpur Block and is obtainable via or inventory editing.
 * Smooth Purpur is an unused purpur block that has the texture of the normal Purpur Block and is obtainable via or inventory editing. Its in-game name is tile.purpur_block.smooth.name.