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Revision as of 15:27, 29 November 2024

This article is about the act of breaking blocks. For items breaking due to low durability, see durability.
A player mines a tree and obtains a log.

Breaking, digging, punching, or mining is a common activity in Minecraft, performed (by default) by holding the left mouse button or right trigger while the cursor is pointing at a block, or by long-pressing on the block on touch screens. Breaking is the primary way to remove unwanted blocks and acquire blocks for future placement or crafting.

Basics of breaking

By holding down the destroy button while the player is within range of the target block and while selecting the block, the player's hand begins swinging, making a repetitive "thump" sound as the player hits the block, and cracks appear on it while being broken.

In Java Edition, this range is 5.2 blocks in Creative mode, and 4.5 blocks otherwise. In Bedrock Edition, the range is 5 blocks when using a keyboard/mouse or controller input, and when using touch input, the range is 12 blocks in Creative mode and 6 blocks otherwise.

Blocks are marked with a wireframe cube outline (or turn slightly brighter on touch screens), making the current target easily visible (this can be toggled on and off in Pocket Edition). After the cracks completely cover the block, it breaks and depending on the type of block and the tool used to do so, it may drop an item.

Although many blocks can be harvested with bare hands, certain ones require the use of a tool. In particular, to obtain resources from stone or metal-type blocks, the player must use a pickaxe. For harder blocks like iron ore or obsidian, a pickaxe made from a higher-tier material is required.

The player can use shovels, axes and hoes to speed up the breaking of dirt-type blocks, wood, and plant-type blocks, respectively. However, tools are not required to get the resource drop (with the exception of snow and snow blocks, which require a shovel to get a drop). A downside to this is that tools also have durability, so they eventually wear out.

If the tool has the minecraft:unbreakable item component, it never breaks. In Java Edition, one can be acquired using the command /give @s minecraft:diamond_pickaxe[minecraft:unbreakable={}}].

The progress for breaking a block is reset if the target block changes while breaking. Progress is also reset whenever the breaking control is released. The player can move freely while breaking blocks. The player can even dig while jumping, swimming, or riding, although this reduces the breaking speed.

In Survival mode, however, some blocks are unbreakable, like bedrock, and in Adventure mode all blocks are unbreakable unless the player has a item/tool with the can_destroy tag. In Spectator mode a player can't break blocks in any way, and in Creative mode all blocks are breakable unless the player is holding a sword, debug stick, trident, or mace.

Speed

The player's digging speed is controlled by three factors: the block being broken, the item the player is currently wielding, and the mining penalties affecting the player. Every block has a hardness value, which determines the base amount of breaking time if the player hits it with their bare hands.

The base time in seconds is the block's hardness multiplied by:

  • 1.5 if the player can harvest the block with the current tool;
  • 5 if the player cannot.

Assuming that the player can harvest the block, the next check is whether the player's tool increases the breaking speed for the block. See Best tools for a full list.

If the tool helps, then it increases digging speed by a constant multiplier, given in the following table:

Material Nothing Wood Stone Iron Diamond Netherite Gold Shears Sword Mace
Tool Speed 1 2 4 6 8 9 12 2 (5 on wool, 15 on cobwebs and leaves) 1.5 (15 on cobwebs) 1.5 (on all blocks)

If a proper tool is used, the tool speed is further increased by the Efficiency enchantment. If the level of Efficiency is not 0, then the level squared plus 1 is added to the tool speed. For example, Efficiency I adds 2 to the value, while Efficiency V adds 26. The speed is also increased by (20×level)% of Haste in Java Edition or multiplied by (0.2×level+1)×(1.2^level) in Bedrock Edition.

Mining Fatigue decreases the speed by multiplying by (0.3^min(level,4)) in Java Edition or by (0.3^level)×(0.7^level) in Bedrock Edition. If the player's head is underwater and they are not wearing a helmet with the Aqua Affinity enchantment, breaking a block takes 5 times as long. If the player's feet are not touching the ground, an additional 5x penalty is added; this causes players floating in water to break blocks 25x slower than if they had been standing on land.

The total time to break a block is always a multiple of 120 of a second, or 1 game tick; any remainder is rounded up to the next tick.

Instant breaking

Main article: Instant mining

When breaking a block, a tool and its enchantments do its speed value as "damage" to a block every game tick, and when that value exceeds the block's hardness times 30, the block breaks. If the tool and enchantments immediately exceed the hardness times 30, the block breaks with no delay; otherwise a 6 tick (310 second) delay occurs before the next block begins to break.

For example, a player with Haste II holding an Efficiency V diamond pickaxe (or netherite pickaxe) can break stone instantly, as the damage is (8+26(1+0.4)=47.6, which is greater than the base hardness of stone (1.5) times 30 (which is 45). Players in creative mode always break blocks instantly regardless of tools or status effects, except for when wielding a sword, debug stick, trident or a mace, in which case the player is unable to break anything.

Calculation

Combining all of the information above yields the following pseudo-code to calculate how long in seconds a player takes to mine a certain block. All operations are floating-point, not integer.

-{}-
if (isBestTool):
  speedMultiplier = toolMultiplier
  if (not canHarvest):
    speedMultiplier = 1
  else if (toolEfficiency):
    speedMultiplier += efficiencyLevel ^ 2 + 1
else:
  speedMultiplier = 1

if (haste or conduitPower):
  speedMultiplier *= 0.2 * max(hasteLevel, conduitPowerLevel) + 1

if (miningFatigue):
  speedMultiplier *= 0.3 ^ min(miningFatigueLevel, 4){{only|je}}
  speedMultiplier *= 0.3 ^ miningFatigueLevel{{only|be}}

if (inWater and not hasAquaAffinity):
  speedMultiplier /= 5

if (not onGround):
  speedMultiplier /= 5

damage = speedMultiplier / blockHardness

if (canHarvest):
  damage /= 30
else:
  damage /= 100


if (haste or conduitPower):
  damage *= 1.2 ^ max(hasteLevel, conduitPowerLevel){{only|be}}

if (miningFatigue):
  damage *= 0.7 ^ miningFatigueLevel{{only|be}}

# Instant breaking
if (damage > 1):
  return 0

ticks = roundup(1 / damage)

seconds = ticks / 20

return seconds

Best tools

Fastest tools to mine specific blocks:

Tool Material Blocks Notes
Bucket Liquid Not actually mined.
Snow Can only be obtained with a bucket.
Axe Plants and fungi Shears are required to collect vines and glow lichen. Silk Touch is required for whole melons without crafting, and giant mushroom blocks.
Wood Bookshelves, campfires, soul campfires, and chiseled bookshelves require Silk Touch to drop as an item.
Bees Nests require Silk Touch to drop as an item.
Pickaxe Ice All require Silk Touch to drop as an item.
Metal I Any pickaxe is required to collect a block.
Metal II Stone, iron, diamond, or netherite pickaxe is required to collect a block.
Metal III Iron, diamond, or netherite pickaxe is required to collect a block.
Metal IV Diamond or netherite pickaxe is required to collect a block.
Chemistry equipment ‌[BE & edu only] These blocks, except lab table, can be mined without a pickaxe, but it takes a long time.
Rail
Rock I Pickaxe is required to collect a block, except for buttons, packed mud, and pointed dripstone.
Mining a monster spawner with a pickaxe drops 15-43 experience, but the monster spawner itself does not drop, even with Silk Touch.
Budding amethyst cannot be collected, even with Silk Touch.
For amethyst buds, amethyst clusters, ender chests, coral blocks, coal ore, deepslate coal ore, nether quartz ore, nether gold ore, deepslate, and stone to drop themselves, they must be mined with a pickaxe enchanted with Silk Touch.
Gilded blackstone has a chance to drop golden nuggets.
Rock II Stone, iron, diamond, or netherite pickaxe is required to collect a block.
For the copper ore, deepslate copper ore, lapis lazuli ore, deepslate lapis lazuli ore, iron ore, and deepslate iron ore, Silk Touch is needed to collect the blocks themselves, or they drop their respective minerals.
Rock III Iron, diamond, or netherite pickaxe is required to obtain drops. With the exception of the block of raw gold, a Silk Touch pickaxe is required to collect the ores themselves, or they drop their respective minerals.
Rock IV Diamond or netherite pickaxe is required to collect a block. For glowing obsidian, Silk Touch is needed to collect the block, or it drops regular obsidian.
Other These can be collected without a tool, but pickaxes mine faster.
Shears Leaves Leaves
  • Shears or any Silk Touch-enchanted tools are required to collect leaves.
    Leaves drop their alternative items if any other tool is used.
Web Can also be washed away by water.
Sword or water is required to collect string. Shears or Silk Touch enchantment are required to collect cobweb.
Wool
Shovel Ground Silk Touch-enchanted tools are required to collect clay, grass blocks, mycelium and podzol; otherwise it drops 4 clay balls for clay and dirt for the rest. Silk Touch-enchanted tools are also required to collect dirt path blocks, otherwise it drops dirt.‌[BE & edu only]Dirt path always drop dirt in Java Edition, even with Slik Touch-enchanted tools.
Farmland always drop dirt when mined, even with Silk Touch.
Suspicious sand and suspicious gravel cannot be obtained through mining, even with Silk Touch.
Snow Shovel is required to collect snowballs from snow-type blocks, and Silk Touch-enchanted shovels are required to collect the block themselves. ‌[JE only]
Snow always drop snowballs in Bedrock Edition, even with Silk Touch-enchanted tools.
Sword Web Can also be washed away by water.
Sword or water is required to collect string. Shears or Silk Touch enchantment are required to collect cobweb.
Plants Damages the sword twice per bamboo broken.
Other Infested blocks cannot be obtained in Survival, even with Silk Touch.
Hoe Plants, sponges and fungi Shears or any Silk Touch enchanted tool are required to collect leaves.
Silk Touch is required to mine sculk-related blocks, or they drop experience. Sculk veins drop no experience.
Any (all tools are equally efficient) Circuits Can also be washed away by water.
Glass For glass, glass panes, glowstone, sea lanterns, stained glass and stained glass panes to drop themselves, they must be mined with a tool enchanted with Silk Touch.
Plants In Adventure mode, the sand block underneath the cactus is required to be broken with a shovel for the cactus to be broken.
Other Carpet can also be washed away by water.
Dragon eggs cannot usually be mined directly because hitting it causes it to teleport. Mining is possible only if its entire teleportation radius is filled with blocks.
Turtle eggs must be mined with Silk Touch.
Frosted ice, reinforced deepslate, trial spawners and vaults never drop as an item, even with Silk Touch.
Cake cannot be obtained after being placed, even with Silk Touch.
Any (instantly breaks; doesn't damage tools) Circuits These blocks can also be washed away by water‌[Java Edition only].
Breaking tripwire without shears causes the mechanism to turn on and off quickly.
Plants, corals and fungi These blocks, except sugar cane, mangrove propagules, kelp, seagrass, tall seagrass, sea pickles, and non-solid coral blocks, can be washed out by water.
Ferns, large ferns, grass and tall grass must be mined with shears; or they randomly drop seeds. Seagrass drop nothing when mined without shears. Tall grass, tall seagrass, and large ferns drop two of their respective plant when mined with shears.
Dead bushes must be mined with shears to drop themselves; if anything else is used, only sticks drop.
Hanging roots can only be obtained with Silk Touch‌[Bedrock Edition only] or shears.
Nether sprout can only be obtained with shears.
Twisting vines and weeping vines have a 2/3 chance to drop nothing if mined without Silk Touch, shears, or Fortune.
Wheat, carrots, potatoes, beetroot, melon stem, and pumpkin stem are technical blocks, and cannot be obtained in the inventory at all.
Other Flower pots, torches, soul torches, colored torches, underwater torches, and frogspawn can be washed out by water.
Infested blocks and frogspawn cannot be obtained in Survival, even with Silk Touch.
Decorated pots drop their respective sherds and bricks when mined with a tool not enchanted with Silk Touch, but not by any other method.
Fire and soul fire are technical blocks, and cannot be obtained in the inventory at all.
None (unbreakable) Commands only Invisible bedrock is simply targeted through like air and liquids. Light blocks are also targeted through if a light block is not held.
Other Nether portal can be broken by placing water or lava in place of it. Air, bubble column, cave air, end gateway, end portal, nether portal, and void air are technical blocks, and cannot be obtained in the inventory at all.

Blocks by hardness

The following table shows the time it takes to break each type of block. Values with a red background indicate that it cannot be harvested by that quality of tool. If there is no tool that helps speed up mining that block, the "tool" column is left empty. A few blocks are harvested faster with shears or a sword. These speeds are listed in the last two columns if different than "nothing".

Note that some blocks don't drop anything even when mined with the proper tool; these are marked with a yellow background.

Any blocks with a breaking time of 0.05 seconds or less can be broken without the 310 second (or 6 ticks) delay that occurs between each broken block. See instant breaking above.

Any block that has a hardness of infinity ∞ actually has a hardness of -1. However, the breaking ticks start from 0, which means that effectively it can never break.

Legend:

The following table shows the number of seconds required to break each type of block.

  • A red background indicates that the block cannot be harvested with that type of tool.
  • A yellow background indicates that the block cannot be harvested with that type of tool, but still drops something.
  • A green background indicates that the block can be harvested with that type of tool.

[edit values]

Block Hardness Tool Breaking time (sec)[A]
Default BlockSprite oak-planks.png: Sprite image for oak-planks in MinecraftWooden BlockSprite cobblestone.png: Sprite image for cobblestone in MinecraftStone ItemSprite iron-ingot.png: Sprite image for iron-ingot in MinecraftIron ItemSprite diamond.png: Sprite image for diamond in MinecraftDiamond ItemSprite netherite-ingot.png: Sprite image for netherite-ingot in MinecraftNetherite ItemSprite gold-ingot.png: Sprite image for gold-ingot in MinecraftGolden ItemSprite shears.png: Sprite image for shears in MinecraftShears ItemSprite wooden-sword.png: Sprite image for wooden-sword in MinecraftSword
Allow -1 (infinite)
Deny -1 (infinite)
Barrier -1 (infinite)
Bedrock -1 (infinite)
Border -1 (infinite)
Command Block -1 (infinite)
Chain Command Block -1 (infinite)
Repeating Command Block -1 (infinite)
End Gateway -1 (infinite)
End Portal -1 (infinite)
End Portal Frame -1 (infinite)
Invisible Bedrock -1 (infinite)
Jigsaw Block -1 (infinite)
Light -1 (infinite)
Moving Piston -1 (infinite)
Nether Portal -1 (infinite)
Structure Block -1 (infinite)
Lava[note 1] 100 150
Water[note 1] 100 150
Reinforced Deepslate 55 82.5
Trial Spawner 50 250
Vault 50 250
Block of Netherite 50 250 125 62.5 41.7 9.4 8.35 20.85
Crying Obsidian 50 250 125 62.5 41.7 9.4 8.35 20.85
Obsidian 50 250 125 62.5 41.7 9.4 8.35 20.85
Respawn Anchor 50 250 125 62.5 41.7 9.4 8.35 20.85
Ancient Debris 30 150 75 37.5 25 5.65 5 12.5
Ender Chest 22.5 112.5 16.9 8.45 5.65 4.25 3.75 2.85
Glowing Obsidian 35 175 87.5 43.75 29.2 6.6 5.85 14.6
Hardened Glass 10 15
Hardened Glass Pane 10 15
Hardened Stained Glass 10 15
Hardened Stained Glass Pane 10 15
Heavy Core 10 50 7.5 3.75 2.5 1.9 1.7 1.25
Anvil 5 25 3.75 1.9 1.25 0.95 0.85 0.65
Bell 5 25 3.75 1.9 1.25 0.95 0.85 0.65
Block of Coal 5 25 3.75 1.9 1.25 0.95 0.85 0.65
Block of Diamond 5 25 12.5 6.25 1.25 0.95 0.85 2.1
Block of Emerald 5 25 12.5 6.25 1.25 0.95 0.85 2.1
Block of Iron 5 25 12.5 1.9 1.25 0.95 0.85 2.1
Block of Redstone 5 25 3.75 1.9 1.25 0.95 0.85 0.65
Block of Raw Copper 5 25 12.5 1.9 1.25 0.95 0.85 2.1
Block of Raw Gold 5 25 12.5 6.25 1.25 0.95 0.85 2.1
Block of Raw Iron 5 25 12.5 1.9 1.25 0.95 0.85 2.1
Chain 5 25 3.75 1.9 1.25 0.95 0.85 0.65
Enchanting Table 5 25 3.75 1.9 1.25 0.95 0.85 0.65
Iron Bars 5 25 3.75 1.9 1.25 0.95 0.85 0.65
Iron Door 5 25 3.75 1.9 1.25 0.95 0.85 0.65
Iron Trapdoor 5 25 3.75 1.9 1.25 0.95 0.85 0.65
Monster Spawner 5 25 3.75 1.9 1.25 0.95 0.85 0.65
Deepslate Diamond Ore 4.5 22.5 11.25 5.65 1.15 0.85 0.75 1.9
Deepslate Gold Ore 4.5 22.5 11.25 5.65 1.15 0.85 0.75 1.9
Deepslate Iron Ore 4.5 22.5 11.25 1.7 1.15 0.85 0.75 1.9
Deepslate Lapis Lazuli Ore 4.5 22.5 11.25 1.7 1.15 0.85 0.75 1.9
Deepslate Redstone Ore 4.5 22.5 11.25 5.65 1.15 0.85 0.75 1.9
Cobweb 4 20 0.4 0.4
Blast Furnace 3.5 17.5 2.65 1.35 0.9 0.7 0.6 0.45
Dispenser 3.5 17.5 2.65 1.35 0.9 0.7 0.6 0.45
Dropper 3.5 17.5 2.65 1.35 0.9 0.7 0.6 0.45
Furnace 3.5 17.5 2.65 1.35 0.9 0.7 0.6 0.45
Lantern 3.5 17.5 2.65 1.35 0.9 0.7 0.6 0.45
Stonecutter 3.5 17.5 2.65 1.35 0.9 0.7 0.6 0.45
Smoker 3.5 17.5 2.65 1.35 0.9 0.7 0.6 0.45
Lodestone 3.5 17.5 2.65 1.35 0.9 0.7 0.6 0.45
Cobbled Deepslate 3.5 17.5 2.65 1.35 0.9 0.7 0.6 0.45
Deepslate Bricks 3.5 17.5 2.65 1.35 0.9 0.7 0.6 0.45
Deepslate Tiles 3.5 17.5 2.65 1.35 0.9 0.7 0.6 0.45
Polished Deepslate 3.5 17.5 2.65 1.35 0.9 0.7 0.6 0.45
Chiseled Deepslate 3.5 17.5 2.65 1.35 0.9 0.7 0.6 0.45
Beacon 3 4.5
Block of Gold 3 15 7.5 3.75 0.75 0.6 0.5 1.25
Block of Lapis Lazuli 3 15 7.5 1.15 0.75 0.6 0.5 1.25
Coal Ore 3 15 2.25 1.15 0.75 0.6 0.5 0.4
Block of Copper 3 15 7.5 1.15 0.75 0.6 0.5 1.25
Copper Ore 3 15 7.5 1.15 0.75 0.6 0.5 1.25
Cut Copper 3 15 7.5 1.15 0.75 0.6 0.5 1.25
Cut Copper Slab 3 15 7.5 1.15 0.75 0.6 0.5 1.25
Cut Copper Stairs 3 15 7.5 1.15 0.75 0.6 0.5 1.25
Dragon Egg[note 2] 3 4.5
Deepslate 3 15 2.25 1.15 0.75 0.6 0.5 0.4
Diamond Ore 3 15 7.5 3.75 0.75 0.6 0.5 1.25
Emerald Ore 3 15 7.5 3.75 0.75 0.6 0.5 1.25
End Stone 3 15 2.25 1.15 0.75 0.6 0.5 0.4
Gold Ore 3 15 7.5 3.75 0.75 0.6 0.5 1.25
Hopper 3 15 2.25 1.15 0.75 0.6 0.5 0.4
Iron Ore 3 15 7.5 1.15 0.75 0.6 0.5 1.25
Lapis Lazuli Ore 3 15 7.5 1.15 0.75 0.6 0.5 1.25
Lightning Rod 3 15 7.5 1.15 0.75 0.6 0.5 1.25
Nether Quartz Ore 3 15 2.25 1.15 0.75 0.6 0.5 0.4
Observer 3 15 2.25 1.15 0.75 0.6 0.5 0.4
Sculk Catalyst 3 4.5 2.25 1.15 0.75 0.6 0.5 0.4
Sculk Shrieker 3 4.5 2.25 1.15 0.75 0.6 0.5 0.4
Redstone Ore 3 15 7.5 3.75 0.75 0.6 0.5 1.25
Wooden Trapdoor 3 4.5 2.25 1.15 0.75 0.6 0.5 0.4
Wooden Door 3 4.5 2.25 1.15 0.75 0.6 0.5 0.4
Nether Gold Ore 3 15 2.25 1.15 0.75 0.6 0.5 0.4
Conduit 3 4.5 2.25 1.15 0.75 0.6 0.5 0.4
Chalkboard ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Nether Reactor Core 3 15 2.25 1.15 0.75 0.6 0.5 0.4
USB Charger[note 3] 3 15 2.25 1.15 0.75 0.6 0.5 0.4
Blue Ice 2.8 14 2.1 1.05 0.7 0.55 0.5 0.35
Chest 2.5 3.75 1.9 0.95 0.65 0.5 0.45 0.35
Compound Creator[note 4] 2.5 12.5 1.9 0.95 0.65 0.5 0.45 0.35
Crafting Table 2.5 3.75 1.9 0.95 0.65 0.5 0.45 0.35
Cartography Table 2.5 3.75 1.9 0.95 0.65 0.5 0.45 0.35
Lectern 2.5 3.75 1.9 0.95 0.65 0.5 0.45 0.35
Fletching Table 2.5 3.75 1.9 0.95 0.65 0.5 0.45 0.35
Smithing Table 2.5 3.75 1.9 0.95 0.65 0.5 0.45 0.35
Loom 2.5 3.75 1.9 0.95 0.65 0.5 0.45 0.35
Barrel 2.5 3.75 1.9 0.95 0.65 0.5 0.45 0.35
Element Constructor[note 4] 2.5 12.5 1.9 0.95 0.65 0.5 0.45 0.35
Heat Block 2.5 12.5 1.9 0.95 0.65 0.5 0.45 0.35
Lab Table 2.5 12.5 1.9 0.95 0.65 0.5 0.45 0.35
Material Reducer[note 4] 2.5 12.5 1.9 0.95 0.65 0.5 0.45 0.35
Trapped Chest 2.5 3.75 1.9 0.95 0.65 0.5 0.45 0.35
Bamboo Mosaic 2 3 1.5 0.75 0.5 0.4 0.35 0.25
Block of Bamboo 2 3 1.5 0.75 0.5 0.4 0.35 0.25
Bone Block 2 10 1.5 0.75 0.5 0.4 0.35 0.25
Brick Stairs 2 10 1.5 0.75 0.5 0.4 0.35 0.25
Bricks 2 10 1.5 0.75 0.5 0.4 0.35 0.25
Cauldron 2 10 1.5 0.75 0.5 0.4 0.35 0.25
Cobblestone 2 10 1.5 0.75 0.5 0.4 0.35 0.25
Cobblestone Slab 2 10 1.5 0.75 0.5 0.4 0.35 0.25
Cobblestone Stairs 2 10 1.5 0.75 0.5 0.4 0.35 0.25
Cobblestone Wall 2 10 1.5 0.75 0.5 0.4 0.35 0.25
Polished Blackstone 2 10 1.5 0.75 0.5 0.4 0.35 0.25
Grindstone 2 10 1.5 0.75 0.5 0.4 0.35 0.25
Shulker Box 2 3 1.5 0.75 0.5 0.4 0.35 0.25
Dyed Shulker Box 2 3 1.5 0.75 0.5 0.4 0.35 0.25
Smooth Stone 2 10 1.5 0.75 0.5 0.4 0.35 0.25
Fences 2 3 1.5 0.75 0.5 0.4 0.35 0.25
Fence Gates 2 3 1.5 0.75 0.5 0.4 0.35 0.25
Jukebox 2 3 1.5 0.75 0.5 0.4 0.35 0.25
Campfire 2 3 1.5 0.75 0.5 0.4 0.35 0.25
Mossy Cobblestone 2 10 1.5 0.75 0.5 0.4 0.35 0.25
Nether Bricks 2 10 1.5 0.75 0.5 0.4 0.35 0.25
Red Nether Bricks 2 10 1.5 0.75 0.5 0.4 0.35 0.25
Nether Brick Fence 2 10 1.5 0.75 0.5 0.4 0.35 0.25
Nether Brick Stairs 2 10 1.5 0.75 0.5 0.4 0.35 0.25
Stone Slabs 2 10 1.5 0.75 0.5 0.4 0.35 0.25
Logs 2 3 1.5 0.75 0.5 0.4 0.35 0.25
Stem 2 3 1.5 0.75 0.5 0.4 0.35 0.25
Planks 2 3 1.5 0.75 0.5 0.4 0.35 0.25
Purpur Slab 2 10 1.5 0.75 0.5 0.4 0.35 0.25
Wooden Slab 2 3 1.5 0.75 0.5 0.4 0.35 0.25
Wooden Stairs 2 3 1.5 0.75 0.5 0.4 0.35 0.25
Concrete 1.8 9 1.35 0.7 0.45 0.35 0.3 0.25
Andesite 1.5 7.5 1.15 0.6 0.4 0.3 0.25 0.2
Blackstone 1.5 7.5 1.15 0.6 0.4 0.3 0.25 0.2
Block of Amethyst 1.5 7.5 1.15 0.6 0.4 0.3 0.25 0.2
Amethyst Cluster 1.5 2.25 1.15 0.6 0.4 0.3 0.25 0.2
Amethyst Bud 1.5 2.25 1.15 0.6 0.4 0.3 0.25 0.2
Budding Amethyst 1.5 7.5 1.15 0.6 0.4 0.3 0.25 0.2
Dripstone Block 1.5 7.5 1.15 0.6 0.4 0.3 0.25 0.2
Pointed Dripstone 1.5 2.25 1.15 0.6 0.4 0.3 0.25 0.2
Polished Blackstone Bricks 1.5 7.5 1.15 0.6 0.4 0.3 0.25 0.2
Gilded Blackstone 1.5 7.5 1.15 0.6 0.4 0.3 0.25 0.2
Infested Deepslate 1.5 2.25 1.15 0.6 0.4 0.3 0.25 0.2
Coral Block 1.5 2.25 1.15 0.6 0.4 0.3 0.25 0.2
Bookshelf 1.5 2.25 1.15 0.6 0.4 0.3 0.25 0.2
Chiseled Bookshelf 1.5 2.25 1.15 0.6 0.4 0.3 0.25 0.2
Dark Prismarine 1.5 7.5 1.15 0.6 0.4 0.3 0.25 0.2
Diorite 1.5 7.5 1.15 0.6 0.4 0.3 0.25 0.2
Granite 1.5 7.5 1.15 0.6 0.4 0.3 0.25 0.2
Mud Bricks 1.5 7.5 1.15 0.6 0.4 0.3 0.25 0.2
Piston 1.5 2.25 1.15 0.6 0.4 0.3 0.25 0.2
Sticky Piston 1.5 2.25 1.15 0.6 0.4 0.3 0.25 0.2
Piston Head 1.5 2.25
Prismarine 1.5 7.5 1.15 0.6 0.4 0.3 0.25 0.2
Prismarine Bricks 1.5 7.5 1.15 0.6 0.4 0.3 0.25 0.2
Sculk Sensor 1.5 2.25 1.15 0.6 0.4 0.3 0.25 0.2
Calibrated Sculk Sensor 1.5 2.25 1.15 0.6 0.4 0.3 0.25 0.2
Stone 1.5 7.5 1.15 0.6 0.4 0.3 0.25 0.2
Stone Bricks 1.5 7.5 1.15 0.6 0.4 0.3 0.25 0.2
Purpur Block 1.5 7.5 1.15 0.6 0.4 0.3 0.25 0.2
Purpur Pillar 1.5 7.5 1.15 0.6 0.4 0.3 0.25 0.2
Purpur Stairs 1.5 7.5 1.15 0.6 0.4 0.3 0.25 0.2
Stone Brick Stairs 1.5 7.5 1.15 0.6 0.4 0.3 0.25 0.2
Tuff 1.5 7.5 1.15 0.6 0.4 0.3 0.25 0.2
Glazed Terracotta 1.4 7 1.05 0.55 0.35 0.3 0.25 0.2
Stained Terracotta 1.25 6.25 0.95 0.5 0.35 0.25 0.25 0.2
Terracotta 1.25 6.25 0.95 0.5 0.35 0.25 0.25 0.2
Basalt 1.25 6.25 0.95 0.5 0.35 0.25 0.25 0.2
Smooth Basalt 1.25 6.25 0.95 0.5 0.35 0.25 0.25 0.2
Bamboo 1 1.5 0.75 0.4 0.25 0.2 0.2 0.15 0.05
Banners 1 1.5 0.75 0.4 0.25 0.2 0.2 0.15
Ominous Banner 1 1.5 0.75 0.4 0.25 0.2 0.2 0.15
Infested Cobblestone 1 1.5 0.75 0.4 0.25 0.2 0.2 0.15
Jack o'Lantern 1 1.5 0.75 0.4 0.25 0.2 0.2 0.15 1
Melon 1 1.5 0.75 0.4 0.25 0.2 0.2 0.15 1
Mob Head 1 1.5
Packed Mud 1 1.5 0.75 0.4 0.25 0.2 0.2 0.15
Nether Wart Block 1 1.5 0.75 0.4 0.25 0.2 0.2 0.15
Polished Basalt 1.25 6.25 0.95 0.5 0.35 0.25 0.25 0.2
Pumpkin 1 1.5 0.75 0.4 0.25 0.2 0.2 0.15 1
Signs 1 1.5 0.75 0.4 0.25 0.2 0.2 0.15
Hanging Signs 1 1.5 0.75 0.4 0.25 0.2 0.2 0.15
Shroomlight 1 1.5 0.75 0.4 0.25 0.2 0.2 0.15
Block of Quartz 0.8 4 0.6 0.3 0.2 0.15 0.15 0.1
Note Block 0.8 1.2 0.6 0.3 0.2 0.15 0.15 0.1
Quartz Stairs 0.8 4 0.6 0.3 0.2 0.15 0.15 0.1
Red Sandstone 0.8 4 0.6 0.3 0.2 0.15 0.15 0.1
Red Sandstone Stairs 0.8 4 0.6 0.3 0.2 0.15 0.15 0.1
Sandstone 0.8 4 0.6 0.3 0.2 0.15 0.15 0.1
Sandstone Stairs 0.8 4 0.6 0.3 0.2 0.15 0.15 0.1
Wool 0.8 1.2 0.25
Calcite 0.75 3.75 0.6 0.3 0.2 0.15 0.15 0.1
Infested Stone 0.75 1.15 0.6 0.3 0.2 0.15 0.15 0.1
Infested Stone Bricks 0.75 1.15 0.6 0.3 0.2 0.15 0.15 0.1
Mangrove Roots 0.7 1.05 0.55 0.3 0.2 0.15 0.15 0.1
Muddy Mangrove Roots 0.7 1.05 0.55 0.3 0.2 0.15 0.15 0.1
Rail 0.7 1.05 0.55 0.3 0.2 0.15 0.15 0.1
Activator Rail 0.7 1.05 0.55 0.3 0.2 0.15 0.15 0.1
Detector Rail 0.7 1.05 0.55 0.3 0.2 0.15 0.15 0.1
Powered Rail 0.7 1.05 0.55 0.3 0.2 0.15 0.15 0.1
Dirt Path 0.65 1 0.5 0.25 0.2 0.15 0.15 0.1
Beehive 0.6 0.9 0.45 0.25 0.15 0.15 0.1 0.1
Clay 0.6 0.9 0.45 0.25 0.15 0.15 0.1 0.1
Composter 0.6 0.9 0.45 0.25 0.15 0.15 0.1 0.1
Farmland 0.6 0.9 0.45 0.25 0.15 0.15 0.1 0.1
Grass Block 0.6 0.9 0.45 0.25 0.15 0.15 0.1 0.1
Gravel 0.6 0.9 0.45 0.25 0.15 0.15 0.1 0.1
Honeycomb Block 0.6 0.9
Mycelium 0.6 0.9 0.45 0.25 0.15 0.15 0.1 0.1
Sponge 0.6 0.9 0.45 0.25 0.15 0.15 0.1 0.1
Wet Sponge 0.6 0.9 0.45 0.25 0.15 0.15 0.1 0.1
Brewing Stand 0.5 2.5 0.4 0.2 0.15 0.1 0.1 0.1
Stone Button 0.5 0.75 0.4 0.2 0.15 0.1 0.1 0.1
Cake 0.5 0.75
Coarse Dirt 0.5 0.75 0.4 0.2 0.15 0.1 0.1 0.1
Concrete Powder 0.5 0.75 0.4 0.2 0.15 0.1 0.1 0.1
Dirt 0.5 0.75 0.4 0.2 0.15 0.1 0.1 0.1
Dried Kelp Block 0.5 0.75 0.4 0.2 0.15 0.1 0.1 0.1
Hay Bale 0.5 0.75 0.4 0.2 0.15 0.1 0.1 0.1
Ice 0.5 0.75 0.4 0.2 0.15 0.1 0.1 0.1
Packed Ice 0.5 0.75 0.4 0.2 0.15 0.1 0.1 0.1
Frosted Ice 0.5 0.75
Lever 0.5 0.75
Magma Block 0.5 2.5 0.4 0.2 0.15 0.1 0.1 0.1
Mud 0.5 0.75 0.4 0.2 0.15 0.1 0.1 0.1
Target 0.5 0.75 0.4 0.2 0.15 0.1 0.1 0.1
Turtle Egg 0.5 0.75
Sniffer Egg 0.5 0.75
Podzol 0.5 0.75 0.4 0.2 0.15 0.1 0.1 0.1
Rooted Dirt 0.5 0.75 0.4 0.2 0.15 0.1 0.1 0.1
Sand 0.5 0.75 0.4 0.2 0.15 0.1 0.1 0.1
Soul Sand 0.5 0.75 0.4 0.2 0.15 0.1 0.1 0.1
Soul Soil 0.5 0.75 0.4 0.2 0.15 0.1 0.1 0.1
Stone Pressure Plate 0.5 2.5 0.4 0.2 0.15 0.1 0.1 0.1
Heavy Weighted Pressure Plate 0.5 2.5 0.4 0.2 0.15 0.1 0.1 0.1
Light Weighted Pressure Plate 0.5 2.5 0.4 0.2 0.15 0.1 0.1 0.1
Wooden Pressure Plate 0.5 0.75 0.4 0.2 0.15 0.1 0.1 0.1
Cactus 0.4 0.6
Ladder 0.4 0.6 0.3 0.15 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.05
Chorus Flower 0.4 0.6 0.3 0.15 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.05
Chorus Plant 0.4 0.6 0.3 0.15 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.05
Netherrack 0.4 2 0.3 0.15 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.05
Nylium 0.4 2 0.3 0.15 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.05
Bee Nest 0.3 0.45 0.25 0.15 0.1 0.1 0.05 0.05
Froglight 0.3 0.45
Glass 0.3 0.45
Glass Pane 0.3 0.45
Glowstone 0.3 0.45
Redstone Lamp 0.3 0.45
Sea Lantern 0.3 0.45
Stained Glass 0.3 0.45
Stained Glass Panes 0.3 0.45
Powder Snow 0.25 0.4
Suspicious Gravel 0.25 0.4 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.05 0.05 0.05
Suspicious Sand 0.25 0.4 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.05 0.05 0.05
Bed 0.2 0.3
Cocoa 0.2 0.3 0.15 0.1 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.2
Daylight Detector 0.2 0.3 0.15 0.1 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.05
Glow Lichen 0.2 0.3 0.15 0.1 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.3 0.2
Mushroom Blocks 0.2 0.3 0.15 0.1 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.05
Leaves[note 5] 0.2 0.3 0.15 0.1 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.2
Sculk 0.2 0.3 0.15 0.1 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.05
Sculk Vein 0.2 0.3 0.15 0.1 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.05
Snow Block 0.2 1 0.15 0.1 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.05
Vines 0.2 0.3 0.15 0.1 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.3 0.2
Big Dripleaf 0.1 0.15 0.1 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.05
Candle 0.1 0.15
Dyed Candle 0.1 0.15
Carpet 0.1 0.15
Moss Block 0.1 0.15 0.1 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.05
Moss Carpet 0.1 0.15 0.1 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.05
Snow 0.1 0.5 0.1 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.05
Air[note 1] 0 0.05
Azalea 0 0.05
Beetroots 0 0.05
Bubble Column[note 1] 0 0.05
Carrots 0 0.05
Cave Air[note 1] 0 0.05
Cave Vines 0 0.05 0.05
Colored Torch 0 0.05
Coral 0 0.05
Coral Fan 0 0.05
Dead Bush 0 0.05 0.05
Decorated Pot 0 0.05
Element 0 0.05
End Rod 0 0.05
Fire 0 0.05
Flower Pot 0 0.05
Flowers 0 0.05
Frogspawn 0 0.05
Fungi 0 0.05
Grass[note 6] 0 0.05 0.05
Hanging Roots 0 0.05 0.05
Honey Block 0 0.05
Kelp 0 0.05
Lily Pad 0 0.05
Melon Stem 0 0.05
Mushrooms 0 0.05
Nether Sprouts 0 0.05 0.05
Nether Wart 0 0.05
Pink Petals 0 0.05
Pitcher Plant 0 0.05
Potatoes 0 0.05
Pumpkin Stem 0 0.05
Redstone Comparator 0 0.05
Redstone Repeater 0 0.05
Redstone Torch 0 0.05
Redstone Dust 0 0.05
Crimson Roots 0 0.05
Warped Roots 0 0.05
Saplings 0 0.05
Seagrass 0 0.05 0.05
Scaffolding 0 0.05
Sea Pickle 0 0.05
Slime Block 0 0.05
Small Dripleaf 0 0.05 0.05
Spore Blossom 0 0.05
Structure Void 0 0.05
Sugar Cane 0 0.05
Sweet Berries 0 0.05
TNT 0 0.05
Torch 0 0.05
Tripwire 0 0.05
Tripwire Hook 0 0.05
Twisting Vines[note 7] 0 0.05
Underwater TNT 0 0.05
Underwater Torch 0 0.05
Void Air[note 1] 0 0.05
Weeping Vines[note 7] 0 0.05
Wheat 0 0.05
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  1. These durations ignore other influential factors (e.g. Mining Fatigue), and are measured in seconds. For more information, see Breaking § Speed.

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History

[hide]Java Edition Classic
June 14, 2009Notch discussed how breaking blocks would work in Survival mode: "Selecting the pickaxe and clicking on a tile will destroy it, but different tiles will take differently long to remove. Stone will be tougher than dirt, and so. Either way, the delay won't be long. Perhaps one full second for stone."
[hide]Java Edition
1.0.0Beta 1.9 Prerelease 4Efficiency enchantment added, which mines blocks faster.
Beta 1.9 Prerelease 6The mining time of many blocks were made a lot faster, including redstone ore, stone bricks, nether bricks, iron bars, doors, monster spawners and obsidian.
Before this update, some of these blocks either had no preferred tool (soul sand, fence), or a pickaxe was required, sometimes with tier requirements, but the breaking time was consistent regardless of tier. For instance, it always took about 5.5 seconds to mine a furnace with any type of pickaxe.
Several blocks' tool weaknesses have been fixed, such as crafting tables now mining faster with an axe and rails now mining faster with a pickaxe.
Mined stairs of any materials drop a stair block now instead of a block form of its material.
1.3.112w18aThe 6-tick (3⁄10 second) delay between block breaking is now removed if a block takes less than 1 tick (1⁄20 second) to break in Survival. The player can now instantly mine a large amount of blocks in Survival simply by holding destroy if conditions are met.
12w22aMining ores (except gold ore and iron ore) rewards the player with experience orbs.
12w23aThe block breaking animation can be seen when other players break blocks.
12w24aWhile holding a tool, breaking a block that can be instantly mined by hand no longer reduces the tool's durability.
1.4.41.4.3Switching tools resets a block's brokenness.
1.4.612w50aThe Efficiency enchantment no longer applies when mining blocks of the wrong type (ex: Efficiency pickaxes don't increase the mining speed of dirt). This is a consequence of the new rule "the mining speed of a block is increased only when it is mined with the correct tool".
1.513w09bThe proper tool now increases the breaking speed of a block even if it is not the correct grade.
1.20.523w51aThe generic.block_interaction_range attribute now allows the block break reach to be customized.
[hide]Pocket Edition Alpha
?Breaking sounds of blocks drastically changed, from being identical to those of Alpha-esque updates to sounds that were much different depending on if the game was being played on iOS or Android.
0.7.4Buckets can no longer be used to literally mine water and lava.[1]
0.12.1build 12Breaking sounds are now the same as on PC. Prior to this update, the breaking sounds of most blocks differed greatly on iOS and Android.

Trivia

  • In the code, unbreakable blocks use a hardness value of -1.
  • The breaking animation appears off-center on certain blocks such as chests and signs.[2]
  • Mining an ender chest with a wooden pickaxe takes the longest time in the game (16.9 seconds) to mine a block with the correct tool, without the effect of Mining Fatigue and other mining speed reduction events.

Notes

  1. Jump up to: a b c d e f These blocks cannot be targeted (the block behind them is mined instead), so they cannot be broken, even though in code they have a finite hardness.
  2. The dragon egg can be mined directly only when there aren't any air blocks available for it to teleport to. However, the dragon egg can be collected by other means.
  3. No version exists with both netherite tools and this block, but the breaking speed can be inferred from hardness.
  4. Jump up to: a b c Chemistry tables are slow to break by hand, similar to blocks that require a pickaxe to mine. However, they still drop as items except the Lab Table.
  5. Leaves drop themselves only if destroyed via a silk touch-enchanted tool or shears; otherwise, they drop saplings and sticks, or apples if it is an oak tree.
  6. Grass drops itself only when broken with shears; using any other tool randomly drops seeds.
  7. Jump up to: a b These blocks have a 13 chance of dropping themselves.

References

  1. MCPE-3857
  2. MC-62197 — resolved as "Works As Intended".

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