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	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	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	Identifier	Numeric ID	Form	Item ID	Translation key
Concrete	concrete	236	Block & Giveable Item	Identical	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

Block states

See also: Block states

In Bedrock Edition, concrete uses the following block states:

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Metadata Bits	Default value	Allowed values	Values for Metadata Bits	Description
color	0x1 0x2 0x4 0x8	white	white	0	White Concrete
			orange	1	Orange Concrete
			magenta	2	Magenta Concrete
			light_blue	3	Light Blue Concrete
			yellow	4	Yellow Concrete
			lime	5	Lime Concrete
			pink	6	Pink Concrete
			gray	7	Gray Concrete
			silver	8	Light Gray Concrete
			cyan	9	Cyan Concrete
			purple	10	Purple Concrete
			blue	11	Blue Concrete
			brown	12	Brown Concrete
			green	13	Green Concrete
			red	14	Red Concrete
			black	15	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