Concrete Powder

Concrete powder is a solid block that comes in the 16 regular dye colors. Like sand, gravel, anvils, and the dragon egg, concrete powder obeys the law of gravity.

Breaking
Concrete powder can be mined with any tool or by hand, but using a shovel is the quickest method.

Usage


Concrete powder falls when there is a non-solid block beneath it. If it falls on a player or mob, the player or mob suffocates when the falling block entity becomes solid.

Creating concrete
If a concrete powder block comes into contact with water, it solidifies into a block of concrete. Specifically, the block has to be placed into, next to, or fall into flowing water or a water source block. It does not solidify in midair falling past water. If it lands next to water/lava, it solidifies only after a block update. Rain or splash water bottles also have no effect on concrete powder. Concrete powder in item form also does not become concrete. Concrete powder placed directly at water makes the placement sound of concrete.

It is more efficient to first place concrete powder in the offhand, and a pickaxe in the main hand; then standing next to water and holding down both and  buttons to place down the concrete powder and breaking it at the same time. This is the most efficient and simple way of converting concrete powder into concrete.

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Block data
$$, concrete powder uses the following data values: