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^[A]
Default	9
Wooden	1.35
Stone	0.7
Iron	0.45
Diamond	0.35
Netherite	0.3
Golden	0.25

↑ Times are for unenchanted tools as wielded by players with no status effects, measured in seconds. For more information, see Breaking § Speed.

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:

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^{[sound 1]}	Blocks	Falling on the block with fall damage	`block.stone.fall`	None^{[sound 1]}	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

↑ ^a ^b MC-177082

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^{[i 1]}	Translation key
Concrete	`concrete`	`236`	Block & Giveable Item^{[i 2]}	Identical^{[i 3]}	`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`

↑ ID of block's direct item form, which is used in savegame files and addons.
↑ Available with /give command.
↑ The block's direct item form has the same id with the block.

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.
		February 2, 2017			Jeb later added that 16 different colors are available.^[1]
		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.^[2]
					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.

References[]

External links[]

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

[breakingtimenote-1] Times are for unenchanted tools as wielded by players with no status effects, measured in seconds. For more information, see Breaking § Speed.

[bugMC-177082-2] MC-177082

[bedrock-item-id-3] ID of block's direct item form, which is used in savegame files and addons.

[bedrock-give-available-4] Available with /give command.

[bedrock-item-form-5] The block's direct item form has the same id with the block.

[6] ttps://twitter.com/jeb_/status/827078378444488705

[7] MC-118153

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Concrete

Contents

Obtaining[]

Breaking[]

Post-generation[]

Usage[]

Note Blocks[]

Sounds[]

Data values[]

ID[]

Block states[]

History[]

Trivia[]

Issues[]

Gallery[]

References[]

External links[]

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