Bricks

This article is about the crafted block. For the item, see Brick. For other uses, see Brick (disambiguation).

Bricks

Renewable	Yes
Stackable	Yes (64)
Tool
Blast resistance	6
Hardness	2
Luminant	No
Transparent	No
Flammable	No
Catches fire from lava	No

Bricks are a decorative building block.

Obtaining

Natural generation

Bricks naturally generate in underwater ruins, and in plains village armorer houses.

Breaking

Bricks can be mined using any pickaxe. If mined without a pickaxe, it drops nothing.

Block	Bricks
Hardness	2
Tool
Breaking time
Default	10
Wooden	1.5
Stone	0.75
Iron	0.5
Diamond	0.4
Netherite	0.35
Golden	0.25

Crafting

Ingredients	Crafting recipe
Brick

Usage

Bricks have the same blast resistance as other stone-based blocks, so they can be used as a durable building block.

Crafting ingredient

Name	Ingredients	Crafting recipe	Description
Banner Pattern Field Masoned	Paper + Bricks		‌[Bedrock Edition only]
Brick Slab	Bricks	6
Brick Stairs	Bricks	4
Brick Wall	Bricks	6

Stonecutting

Name	Ingredients	Cutting recipe
Brick Slab or Brick Stairs or Brick Wall	Bricks	2

Note Blocks

Bricks can be placed under note blocks to produce bass drum sounds.

Sounds

Java Edition:

Sound	Subtitles	Source	Description	Resource location	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	Block broken	Blocks	Once the block has broken	block.stone.break	subtitles.block.generic.break	1.0	0.8	16
	None	Blocks	Falling on the block with fall damage	block.stone.fall	None	0.5	0.75	16
	Block breaking	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	block.stone.hit	subtitles.block.generic.hit	0.25	0.5	16
	Block placed	Blocks	When the block is placed	block.stone.place	subtitles.block.generic.place	1.0	0.8	16
	Footsteps	Blocks	Walking on the block	block.stone.step	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps	0.15	1.0	16

Bedrock Edition:

Sound	Source	Description	Resource location	Volume	Pitch
	Blocks	Once the block has broken	dig.stone	1.0	0.8
	Blocks	Falling on the block with fall damage	fall.stone	0.4	1.0
	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	hit.stone	0.37	0.5
?	Blocks	Jumping from the block	jump.stone	0.12	1.0
?	Blocks	Falling on the block without fall damage	land.stone	0.22	1.0
	Blocks	Walking on the block	step.stone	0.3	1.0
	Blocks	When the block is placed	use.stone	1.0	0.8

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Form	Block tags	Translation key
Bricks	bricks	Block & Item	mineable/pickaxe	block.minecraft.bricks

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID	Form	Item ID	Translation key
Brick Block	brick_block	45	Block & Giveable Item	Identical	tile.brick_block.name

History

Java Edition Classic
October 24, 2009					Notch teases bricks.
0.26 SURVIVAL TEST					Added bricks.
Java Edition Infdev
20100227-1					Added brick pyramids as naturally generated structures.
20100327					Bricks no longer generate because brick pyramids have been removed.
Java Edition Alpha
v1.0.11					The texture of bricks has been changed.
					Bricks are now craftable.
Java Edition Beta
1.0					Brick blocks are now called 'Brick' in-game.
1.2					Bricks are now properly labeled as 'Bricks'.
1.7					The texture of bricks has been changed.
1.8		Pre-release			Bricks are now used to craft brick stairs and slabs.
Java Edition
1.0.0		Beta 1.9 Prerelease 5			A single pixel in the lower left of the brick's texture has been slightly brightened.
		Beta 1.9 Prerelease 6			Bricks now take much shorter to destroy, and the breaking time is now tier dependent.
1.8		14w11b			Bricks with numerical metadata variants 1 through 15, which are inaccessible through normal gameplay, now have no model rather than appearing identical to bricks.
		14w26a			Block metadata has been completely removed from this snapshot onwards with the introduction of block states. As this block never used block metadata at all prior to this version, fifteen unused, inaccessible metadata variants of it have been completely removed from the game: DV Description 0 Bricks 1-15 Inaccessible "boring" variants of bricks
		14w30a			Bricks are now used to create the brick pattern on banners.
1.13		17w47a			The ID has been changed from brick_block to bricks.
					Prior to The Flattening, this block's numeral ID was 45.
		18w09a			Bricks now generate in underwater ruins.
1.14		18w43a			The texture of bricks has been changed.
		18w48a			Bricks now generate in the updated plains villages.
		19w11a			Brick items are now sold by villagers of the new mason profession, making brick blocks renewable.
Pocket Edition Alpha
Pre-release					Added bricks.
v0.2.0					The texture of bricks has been changed.
v0.3.0					Bricks are now used to craft brick stairs and slabs.
v0.3.2					Survival players no longer have an infinite amount of brick blocks in their inventory.
					Bricks are now craftable.
?					"Bricks" have been renamed to "Brick Block".
Bedrock Edition
1.2.0		beta 1.2.0.2			Brick blocks are now used to create the brick pattern on banners.
1.4.0		beta 1.2.20.1			Brick blocks now generate in cold underwater ruins.
1.9.0		beta 1.9.0.0			Brick blocks can now be used to craft brick walls.
1.10.0		beta 1.10.0.3			The texture of brick blocks has been changed.
					Brick blocks can now be used to craft banner pattern field masoned.
					Brick blocks now generate in new villages.
Legacy Console Edition
TU1	CU1	1.0	Patch 1	1.0.1	Added bricks.
TU3					The texture of bricks has been changed.
		1.90			The texture of bricks has been changed.
New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0					Added bricks.

Issues

Issues relating to "Bricks" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.

See also

• Clay ball
• Clay
• Nether Bricks