Concrete Powder

"The recipe above will actually yield concrete powder - a substance that falls like sand and has the blast resistance of a damp napkin. To turn it into concrete you’ll need to add an extra ingredient - water. As soon as a concrete powder block touches water, it’ll harden immediately into full concrete. Magic! No wait, the other thing - science!"

- Tom Stone

Concrete powder is a solid block which 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 will fall when there is a non-solid block beneath it. If it falls on a player or mob, the player or mob will suffocate.

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

ID
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Block data
In Bedrock Edition, concrete powder uses the following data values: