Concrete

This article is about the block after the addition of water. For its gravity-obeying powder form, see Concrete Powder.

Concrete

Renewable	Yes
Stackable	Yes (64)
Tool
Blast resistance	1.8
Hardness	1.8
Luminant	No
Transparent	No
Flammable	No
Catches fire from lava	No

Concrete is a solid block available in the 16 regular dye colors.

Obtaining

Breaking

Concrete requires a pickaxe to be mined. When mined without a pickaxe, it drops nothing.

Block	Concrete
Hardness	1.8
Tool
Breaking time
Default	9
Wooden	1.35
Stone	0.7
Iron	0.45
Diamond	0.35
Netherite	0.3
Golden	0.25

Post-generation

Concrete powder becoming solid concrete on contact with water. (Click for bigger image)

Concrete is formed when concrete powder comes into contact with a block of water (source block, flowing or waterlogged). It is not formed by contact with rain, filled cauldrons or water bottles.

Usage

The bright and solid colors of concrete make it useful for decoration. It has more pronounced colors than terracotta, and unlike wool, is not flammable.

As a building material, its hardness is slightly higher than stone, but its blast resistance is significantly lower.

Note Blocks

Concrete can be placed under note blocks to produce "bass drum" sound.

Sounds

Java Edition:

Sound	Subtitles	Source	Description	Namespaced ID	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	Namespaced ID	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	Namespaced ID	Form	Translation key
White Concrete	white_concrete	Block & Item	block.minecraft.white_concrete
Orange Concrete	orange_concrete	Block & Item	block.minecraft.orange_concrete
Magenta Concrete	magenta_concrete	Block & Item	block.minecraft.magenta_concrete
Light Blue Concrete	light_blue_concrete	Block & Item	block.minecraft.light_blue_concrete
Yellow Concrete	yellow_concrete	Block & Item	block.minecraft.yellow_concrete
Lime Concrete	lime_concrete	Block & Item	block.minecraft.lime_concrete
Pink Concrete	pink_concrete	Block & Item	block.minecraft.pink_concrete
Gray Concrete	gray_concrete	Block & Item	block.minecraft.gray_concrete
Light Gray Concrete	light_gray_concrete	Block & Item	block.minecraft.light_gray_concrete
Cyan Concrete	cyan_concrete	Block & Item	block.minecraft.cyan_concrete
Purple Concrete	purple_concrete	Block & Item	block.minecraft.purple_concrete
Blue Concrete	blue_concrete	Block & Item	block.minecraft.blue_concrete
Brown Concrete	brown_concrete	Block & Item	block.minecraft.brown_concrete
Green Concrete	green_concrete	Block & Item	block.minecraft.green_concrete
Red Concrete	red_concrete	Block & Item	block.minecraft.red_concrete
Black Concrete	black_concrete	Block & Item	block.minecraft.black_concrete

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Namespaced ID	Numeric ID	Form	Translation key
Concrete	concrete	236	Block & Item	tile.concrete.black.name tile.concrete.red.name tile.concrete.green.name tile.concrete.brown.name tile.concrete.blue.name tile.concrete.cyan.name tile.concrete.silver.name tile.concrete.gray.name tile.concrete.pink.name tile.concrete.lime.name tile.concrete.yellow.name tile.concrete.lightBlue.name tile.concrete.magenta.name tile.concrete.orange.name tile.concrete.white.name

Metadata

See also: Bedrock Edition data values

In Bedrock Edition, concrete uses the following data values:

	DV	Description
	0	White Concrete
	1	Orange Concrete
	2	Magenta Concrete
	3	Light Blue Concrete
	4	Yellow Concrete
	5	Lime Concrete
	6	Pink Concrete
	7	Gray Concrete
	8	Light Gray Concrete
	9	Cyan Concrete
	10	Purple Concrete
	11	Blue Concrete
	12	Brown Concrete
	13	Green Concrete
	14	Red Concrete
	15	Black Concrete

Block states

See also: Block states

In Bedrock Edition, concrete uses the following block states:

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Default value	Allowed values	Description
color	white	white	White Concrete
		orange	Orange Concrete
		magenta	Magenta Concrete
		light_blue	Light Blue Concrete
		yellow	Yellow Concrete
		lime	Lime Concrete
		pink	Pink Concrete
		gray	Gray Concrete
		silver	Light Gray Concrete
		cyan	Cyan Concrete
		purple	Purple Concrete
		blue	Blue Concrete
		brown	Brown Concrete
		green	Green Concrete
		red	Red Concrete
		black	Black Concrete

History

Java Edition
1.12		January 27, 2017			Jeb tweets a teaser image of a new brightly-colored solid block, shown along with the new wool palette colors.
		January 27, 2017			Jeb states that this is actually a new block, clearing popular rumors that the hardened clay texture was being changed.
		February 2, 2017			Jeb tweeted a video that showed concrete powder turning into a non-falling block when in water. This "wet" form of the block is concrete, though they were not confirmed to be the same at the time.
					Jeb later added that 16 different colors are available.
		17w06a			Added concrete blocks.
1.13		17w47a			The different block states for the concrete ID have been split up into their own IDs.
					Lava now turns concrete powder into concrete when coming into contact with said block, instead of converting concrete powder only when it fell into the lava's source block.
					Prior to The Flattening, this block's numeral ID was 251.
1.16		20w07a			As piglins offer gravel in bartering, concrete has become a renewable resource.
Pocket Edition
1.1.0		alpha 1.1.0.0			Added concrete blocks.
Bedrock Edition
1.16.0		beta 1.16.0.57			As piglins offer gravel in bartering, concrete has become a renewable resource.
Legacy Console Edition
TU53	CU43	1.49	Patch 23	1.0.3	Added concrete blocks.
New Nintendo 3DS Edition
1.9.19					Added concrete blocks.

Trivia

• In real life, a 1-cubic-meter concrete block (the size of a Minecraft block) is practically blast-proof, while the blast resistance of concrete in Minecraft is quite low.

Issues

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

Gallery

• 

  The first image of concrete, tweeted by Jeb, comparing it to the new wool palette.

External links

• "Block of the Week: Concrete" – Minecraft.net, March 9, 2018