Purpur Block

Purpur Block

Renewable	Yes
Stackable	Yes (64)
Tool
Blast resistance	6
Hardness	1.5
Luminant	No
Transparent	No
Flammable	No
Catches fire from lava	No

Purpur blocks and purpur pillars are decorative blocks that are naturally generated in End cities and End ships.

Chiseled purpur and smooth purpur are two further variants of purpur blocks exclusive to Bedrock Edition that can be accessed only by commands, and appear identical to regular purpur blocks.

Obtaining

Breaking

Purpur blocks and pillars can be mined using any pickaxe. If mined without a pickaxe, it drops nothing.

Block	Purpur Block Purpur Pillar
Hardness	1.5
Tool
Breaking time
Default	7.5
Wooden	1.15
Stone	0.6
Iron	0.4
Diamond	0.3
Netherite	0.25
Golden	0.2

Natural generation

Purpur blocks and pillars can be found naturally as part of the structure of end cities and end ships.

Stonecutting

Name	Ingredients	Cutting recipe
Purpur Pillar	Purpur Block

Usage

Purpur blocks and pillars are primarily decorative blocks, similar to other brick-type blocks. They can also be used to craft different variants of the block. Purpur pillar blocks can be placed sideways, similar to logs or quartz pillar blocks.

Crafting ingredient

Purpur pillars cannot be used to craft slabs in Bedrock Edition.

Name	Ingredients	Crafting recipe	Description
Purpur Slab	Purpur Block	6	‌[Bedrock Edition only]
Purpur Slab	Any Purpur Block	6	‌[Java Edition only]
Purpur Stairs	Any Purpur Block	4

Stonecutting

Name	Ingredients	Cutting recipe
Purpur Slab or Purpur Stairs or Purpur Pillar	Purpur Block	2

Note Blocks

Purpur block and purpur pillar 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	Block tags (JE)	Form	Translation key
Purpur Block	purpur_block	mineable/pickaxe	Block & Item	block.minecraft.purpur_block
Purpur Pillar	purpur_pillar	mineable/pickaxe	Block & Item	block.minecraft.purpur_pillar

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Namespaced ID	Numeric ID	Form	Translation key
Purpur Block	purpur_block	201	Block & Item	tile.purpur_block.default.name tile.purpur_block.chiseled.name tile.purpur_block.lines.name tile.purpur_block.smooth.name

Metadata

See also: Data values

In Bedrock Edition, purpur blocks use the following data values alongside more:

	DV	Description
	0	Purpur Block
	1	Chiseled Purpur
	2	Purpur Pillar facing up/down
	3	tile.purpur_block.smooth.name
	6	Purpur Pillar facing east/west
	10	Purpur Pillar facing north/south

Block states

See also: Block states

Purpur pillar

Java Edition:

Name	Default value	Allowed values	Description
axis	y	x	The pillar is oriented east–west.
		y	The pillar is oriented vertically.
		z	The pillar is oriented north–south.

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Default value	Allowed values	Description
chisel_type	default	default	The main block type.
		chiseled	The chiseled type.
		lines	The pillar type.
		smooth	The smooth type.
pillar_axis	y	x y z	The axis along which the block is oriented. Normally applies only to the pillar type.

History

Java Edition
1.9		June 22, 2015			Jeb reveals purpur blocks on Instagram, with the caption "MINECON 2015 HYPE!"
		15w31a			Added purpur blocks.
					Added purpur pillars.
1.13		17w47a			Prior to The Flattening, these blocks' numeral IDs were 201 and 202.
1.13.1		18w32a			Purpur pillars can now be used to craft purpur stairs and purpur slabs.
1.14		18w43a			The textures of purpur blocks have been changed.
					The textures of purpur pillars have changed.
1.16		20w09a			The textures of purpur pillars have been changed.
Pocket Edition
1.0.0		alpha 0.17.0.1			Added purpur blocks.
					Added purpur pillars.
					There also exists a purpur pillar state with the side texture being used on all sides.
?					x- and z-axis versions of normal purpur blocks exist in the game due to how the game handles rotated purpur pillars. (Note that these screenshots do not use the textures that would have been current at the time.)
Bedrock Edition
1.10.0		beta 1.10.0.3			The textures of purpur blocks have been changed.
					The textures of purpur pillars have been changed.
?					Purpur pillars with the side texture on all faces have been removed, and replaced with the y axis aligned pillar. It is not known if this happened prior to the Texture Update.
Legacy Console Edition
TU46	CU36	1.38	Patch 15	1.0.1	Added purpur blocks and purpur pillars.
		1.90			The textures of purpur blocks and purpur pillars have been changed.
New Nintendo 3DS Edition
1.7.10					Added purpur blocks and purpur pillars.

Issues

Issues relating to "Purpur Block" or "Purpur Pillar" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.

Trivia

• Purpur is the word for a specific shade of purple in multiple languages, including Swedish, Polish, German and Cornish (and French pourpre to a certain extent).
• Chiseled Purpur‌^{[Bedrock Edition only]} is an unused purpur block that has the texture of the normal Purpur Block and is obtainable via /give @s purpur_block 1 1 or inventory editing.
• Smooth Purpur‌^{[Bedrock Edition only]} is an unused purpur block that has the texture of the normal Purpur Block and is obtainable via /give @s purpur_block 1 3 or inventory editing. Its in-game name is tile.purpur_block.smooth.name.

Gallery

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  Purpur pillars and other rotatable blocks.

See also

• Chorus fruit farming – means to produce materials for purpur blocks in mass numbers