Instant mining

Instant mining, or just insta-mining, is a game mechanic in which 1 block can be broken per game tick without the delay of ³⁄₁₀ of a second (6 ticks). Blocks that break instantly without using tools do not decrease durability if a tool is used. Below are listed the tool tier and the Efficiency and Haste levels necessary to instant-mine a block.

Without commands

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Tool	Efficiency enchantment level Haste level	Blocks instantly mined	Calculation
Diamond Pickaxe	Efficiency V Haste II	Cobblestone Wall‌ Cobblestone Stairs‌ Cobblestone‌ Amethyst Bud Amethyst Cluster Andesite Blackstone Blackstone Stairs Blackstone Wall Block of Amethyst Resin Bricks Budding Amethyst Chiseled Polished Blackstone Coral Blocks Cracked Polished Blackstone Bricks Dark Prismarine Dead Coral Blocks Diorite Dripstone Block Gilded Blackstone Glazed Terracotta Granite Infested Deepslate Mud Bricks Piston‌ Sticky Piston Pointed Dripstone Polished Andesite Polished Blackstone Bricks Polished Blackstone Brick Stairs Polished Blackstone Brick Wall Polished Diorite Polished Granite Prismarine Prismarine Bricks Purpur Block Purpur Pillar Purpur Stairs Stone Stone Brick Stairs Stone Bricks Terracotta‌ Tuff	(8 + 26)× (1 + 0.4) = 47.6 which is greater than 1.5×30 = 45
	Efficiency V Haste I	Basalt Cobblestone‌ Polished Basalt Smooth Basalt Stained Terracotta Stone‌ Terracotta‌	(8 + 26)× (1 + 0.2) = 40.8 which is greater than 1.25×30 = 37.5
	Efficiency III Haste II	Block of Quartz Quartz Pillar Quartz Stairs	(8 + 10)× (1 + 0.4) = 25.2 which is greater than 0.8×30 = 24
	Efficiency V	Infested Cobblestone Packed Mud	8 + 26 = 34 which is greater than 1×30 = 30
	Efficiency IV	All Rails Block of Quartz ‌ Quartz Pillar ‌ Quartz Stairs ‌ Sandstone Sandstone Stairs Calcite	8 + 17 = 25 which is greater than 0.8×30 = 24
	Efficiency III Haste I	Block of Quartz ‌ End Stone Bricks ‌ Quartz Pillar ‌ Quartz Stairs ‌	(8 + 10)× (1 + 0.2) = 21.6 which is greater than 0.6×30 = 18
	Efficiency II Haste I or Efficiency III	Brewing Stand Ice Magma Block Packed Ice Stone Button Stone Pressure Plate Weighted Pressure Plates	(8 + 5)× (1 + 0.2) = 15.6 which is greater than 0.5×30 = 15
	Efficiency II	Netherrack Nylium	8 + 5 = 13 which is greater than 0.4×30 = 12
Golden Pickaxe	Efficiency V Haste I	Stone	(12 + 26)x (1 + 0.2) = 45.6 which is greater than 1.5×30 = 45
	Efficiency V	Basalt Stained Terracotta Terracotta‌	12 + 26 = 38 which is greater than 1.25×30 = 37.5
	Efficiency II	Brewing Stand Ice Magma Block Packed Ice Stone Button Stone Pressure Plate Weighted Pressure Plates	12 + 5 = 17 which is greater than 0.5×30 = 15
	None	Netherrack Nylium	12 exactly equals to 0.4×30 = 12
Diamond Axe	Efficiency V Haste II	Bookshelf Chiseled Bookshelf Logs ‌	(8 + 26)× (1 + 0.4) = 47.6 which is greater than 1.5×30 = 45
	Efficiency V	Banners Bamboo Pumpkin Jack o'Lantern Melon Signs Hanging Sign	8 + 26 = 34 which is greater than 1×30 = 30
	Efficiency IV	Note Block Beehive Composter Mangrove Roots	8 + 17 = 25 which is greater than 0.8×30 = 24 and 0.6×30 = 18
	Efficiency III	Wooden Pressure Plates	8 + 10 = 18 which is greater than 0.5×30 = 15
	Efficiency II	Ladder Chorus Plant Chorus Flower	8 + 10 = 18 which is greater than 0.5×30 = 15
	Efficiency I	Bee Nest	8 + 2 = 10 which is greater than 0.3×30 = 9
Iron Axe	None	Cocoa Daylight Detector Glow Lichen Mushroom Blocks Vines	6 exactly equals to 0.2×30 = 6
Stone Axe	None	Big Dripleaf	4 is greater than 0.1×30 = 3
Diamond Shovel	Efficiency IV	Dirt Path Clay Grass Block Farmland Gravel Mycelium Muddy Mangrove Roots	8 + 17 = 25 which is greater than 0.65×30 = 19.5 and 0.6×30 = 18
	Efficiency III	Coarse Dirt Concrete Powder Dirt Mud Podzol Sand Red Sand Soul Sand Soul Soil Rooted Dirt	8 + 10 = 18 which is greater than 0.5×30 = 15
	None	Suspicious Sand Suspicious Gravel	8 is greater than 0.25×30 = 7.5
Iron Shovel	None	Snow Block	6 exactly equals to 0.2×30 = 6
Stone Shovel	None	Snow	4 is greater than 0.1×30 = 3
Diamond Hoe	Efficiency V Haste II	Sculk Sensor Calibrated Sculk Sensor	(8 + 26)× (1 + 0.4) = 47.6 which is greater than 1.5×30 = 45
	Efficiency V	Nether Wart Block Warped Wart Block Shroomlight	8 + 26 = 34 which is greater than 1×30 = 30
	Efficiency IV	Sponge Wet Sponge	8 + 17 = 25 which is greater than 0.6×30 = 18
	Efficiency III	Hay Bale Target Dried Kelp Block	8 + 10 = 18 which is greater than 0.5×30 = 15
Iron Hoe	None	Leaves Sculk Sculk Vein	6 exactly equals to 0.2×30 = 6
Stone Hoe	None	Moss Block Moss Carpet	4 is greater than 0.1×30 = 3
Sword	None	Bamboo	hard-coded
Shears	Efficiency V	Wool	5 + 26 = 31 which is greater than 0.8×30 = 24
	Efficiency II	Vines‌ Glow Lichen	1.5 + 5 = 6.5 which is greater than 0.2×30 = 6
	None	Leaves	15 is greater than 0.2×30 = 6
(none)	None	Azalea Beetroots Block of Resin Carrots Cave Vines Coral Dead Bush Decorated Pot Dried Ghast End Rod Fern Fire Flower Flower Pot Frogspawn Fungi Grass Hanging Roots Honey Block Kelp Leaf Litter Lily Pad Melon Stem Mushrooms Nether Wart Pink Petals Pitcher Plant Potatoes Pumpkin Stem Redstone Comparator Redstone Repeater Redstone Torch Redstone Dust Resin Clump Crimson Roots Warped Roots Saplings Scaffolding Seagrass Sea Pickle Slime Block Small Dripleaf Soul Fire Soul Torch Spore Blossom Structure Void‌ Sugar Cane Sweet berries TNT Torch Tripwire Tripwire Hook Twisting Vines Weeping Vines Wheat Wildflowers Element ‌ Colored Torches ‌ Underwater Torch ‌ Underwater TNT ‌	All blocks have the hardness value of 0, hence 0×30 = 0, and 1 is greater than 0, meaning that all blocks can be broken instantly regardless of enchantments, status effects, and breaking damage penalties.

With the help of commands

Using commands, much higher levels of haste may be applied. Using these (or other mods that allow higher levels), the following blocks are instant-breakable.

Tool used, Efficiency Enchantment level and Haste Level	Blocks instantly mined	Calculation
Shears Efficiency V ?	Cobweb	?
Diamond Pickaxe Efficiency V Haste III	Concrete	(8 + 26)× (1 + 0.6) = 54.4 which is greater than 1.8×30 = 54
Diamond Pickaxe Efficiency V Haste IV	Bone Block Brick Stairs Bricks Cauldron Cobblestone Cobblestone Stairs Cobblestone Wall Grindstone Mossy Cobblestone Nether Brick Stairs Nether Bricks Polished Blackstone Red Nether Bricks Stone Slab Shulker Box Dyed Shulker Box Smooth Stone	(8 + 26)× (1 + 0.8) = 61.2 which is greater than 2×30 = 60
Diamond Axe Efficiency V Haste IV	Bamboo Mosaic Block of Bamboo Campfire Soul Campfire Fence Gates Fences Jukebox Logs Planks Wood Wooden Slabs Wooden Stairs	(8 + 26)× (1 + 0.8) = 61.2 which is greater than 2×30 = 60
Netherite Pickaxe Efficiency V Haste VI	Element Constructor ‌ Lab Table ‌ Compound Creator ‌ Material Reducer ‌ Heat Block ‌	(9 + 26)× (1 + 1.2) = 77 which is greater than 2.5×30 = 75
Netherite Axe Efficiency V Haste VI	Barrel Cartography Table Chest Crafting Table Fletching Table Lectern Loom Smithing Table Trapped Chest	(9 + 26)× (1 + 1.2) = 77 which is greater than 2.5×30 = 75
Netherite Pickaxe Efficiency V Haste VII	Blue Ice	(9 + 26)× (1 + 1.4) = 84 which is equal to 2.8×30 = 84
Netherite Pickaxe Efficiency V Haste VIII	All overworld Ores Block of Gold Block of Copper Cut Copper Cut Copper Slab Cut Copper Stairs Deepslate End Stone End Stone Bricks‌ Hopper Block of Lapis Lazuli Lightning Rod Conduit Nether Quartz Ore Nether Gold Ore Observer	(9 + 26)× (1 + 1.6) = 91 which is greater than 3×30 = 90
Netherite Hoe Efficiency V Haste VIII	Sculk Catalyst Sculk Shrieker	(9 + 26)× (1 + 1.6) = 91 which is greater than 3×30 = 90
Netherite Axe Efficiency V Haste VIII	Wooden Doors Wooden Trapdoors	(9 + 26)× (1 + 1.6) = 91 which is greater than 3×30 = 90
Netherite Pickaxe Efficiency V Haste X	Blast Furnace Cobbled Deepslate Chiseled Deepslate Deepslate Bricks Deepslate Tiles Polished Deepslate Dispenser Dropper Furnace Lantern Soul Lantern Lodestone Smoker Stonecutter	(9 + 26)× (1 + 2) = 105 which is equal to 3.5×30 = 105
Diamond Pickaxe Efficiency V Haste XV	All Deepslate Ores	(8 + 26)× (1 + 3) = 136 which is greater than 4.5×30 = 135
Diamond Pickaxe Efficiency V Haste XVIII	Anvil Bell Block of Coal Block of Diamond Block of Emerald Block of Iron Block of Redstone Block of Raw Copper Block of Raw Gold Block of Raw Iron Chain Enchanting Table Iron Bars Iron Door Iron Trapdoor Monster Spawner	(8 + 26)× (1 + 3.6) = 156.4 which is greater than 5×30 = 150
Diamond Pickaxe Efficiency V Haste XCV	Ender Chest	(8 + 26)× (1 + 19) = 680 which is greater than 22.5×30 = 675
Diamond Pickaxe Efficiency VI Haste XCV	Ancient Debris	(8 + 37)× (1 + 19) = 900 which is equal to 30×30 = 900
Diamond Pickaxe Efficiency VII Haste CXXV	Obsidian Block of Netherite Crying Obsidian Respawn Anchor	(8 + 50)× (1 + 25) = 1508 which is greater than 50×30 = 1500

Blocks unaffected by Efficiency

These blocks don't have an assigned tool. However, with commands, they can be instantly broken with the right level of haste. Note that the maximum level of haste is 255.

Level of Haste	Blocks instantly mined	Calculation
Unbreakable	Barrier Bedrock Bubble Column Command Block End Gateway End Portal End Portal Frame Invisible Bedrock‌ Jigsaw Block Light Block Nether Portal Structure Block Structure Void‌	All of these blocks have a hardness of -1, and -1×30 = -30. Since breaking starts at 1, these blocks can never be broken.
?	Infested Blocks‌	?
Haste X	Candle Dyed Candle Carpets	1 × (1 + 2) = 3 which is equal to 0.1×30 = 3
Haste XXV	Beds	1 × (1 + 5) = 6 which is equal to 0.2×30 = 6
Haste XXXIII	Powder Snow	1 × (1 + 6.6) = 7.6 which is greater than 0.25×30 = 7.5
Haste XL	Froglight Glass Glass Pane Glowstone Redstone Lamp Sea Lantern Stained Glass Stained Glass Panes Tinted Glass	1 × (1 + 8) = 9 which is equal to 0.3×30 = 9
Haste LV	Cactus	1 × (1 + 11) = 12 which is equal to 0.4×30 = 12
Haste LXX	Cake Frosted Ice Lever Sniffer Egg Turtle Egg	1 × (1 + 14) = 15 which is equal to 0.5×30 = 15
Haste LXXXV	Honeycomb Block	1 × (1 + 17) = 18 which is equal to 0.6×30 = 18
Haste CXLV	Heads	1 × (1 + 29) = 30 which is equal to 1×30 = 30
Haste CDXLV	Beacon Dragon Egg	1 × (1 + 89) = 90 which is equal to 3×30 = 90
Haste DXCV	Hardened Glass‌ Hardened Glass Pane‌ Reinforced Deepslate Hardened Stained Glass‌ Hardened Stained Glass Panes‌	1 × (1 + 299) = 300 which is equal to 10×30 = 300
Haste V̄MMMCCXLV	Reinforced Deepslate	1 × (1 + 1649) = 1650 which is equal to 55×30 = 1650

History

[hide]Java Edition
1.3.1			12w18a				The 6-tick (3⁄10 second) delay between block breaking is now removed if a block takes 1 tick or less 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.
							Before this version, blocks that can be instantly mined do break instantly, but the 6-tick delay between block breaking still exists.
			12w24a				While holding a block-breaking tool, break a block that can be instantly mined by hand no longer reduces the tool's durability.
1.4.2			12w32a				With the addition of beacons, the haste status effect can be legitimately accessed in survival, which enables the instant mining of stone using a diamond pickaxe enchanted with Efficiency V, making the acquisition of resources and clearing out a large area/volume much easier.

See also

• Breaking
• Efficiency
• Haste
• Tiers