Brush

Brush

Rarity tier	Common
Durability	In Java Edition: 64 In Bedrock Edition: 65
Renewable	Yes
Stackable	No

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A brush is a tool used in archaeology to excavate suspicious sand and suspicious gravel for different items. It can also brush armadillos for armadillo scutes.

Obtaining

Crafting

Ingredients	[hide]Crafting recipe
Feather + Copper Ingot + Stick

Usage

Brushing

Using the brush on any block (apart from suspicious blocks) displays a brushing animation, slowing down the player and creating breaking particles, but not actually damaging the block or brush.

Suspicious blocks

When continuously brushing suspicious sand or suspicious gravel, an item dependent on the structure's loot table slowly emerges from it until it drops out, and the block turns into regular sand or regular gravel, depleting 1 durability point on the brush. It takes 96 game ticks (4.8 seconds) to brush a single suspicious block.

If the player stops brushing a suspicious block, the block remains in its half-excavated state for a few seconds, before gradually returning to its unexcavated state one stage at a time.

Armadillos

When using the brush on an armadillo, it drops a single armadillo scute. Brushing an armadillo removes 16 points of durability from the brush. A brush with full durability and no enchantments can brush an armadillo four times in Java Edition or five times in Bedrock Edition before breaking.

Repairing

Combining

Ingredients	Crafting recipe	[hide]Description
2× Damaged Brush		The durability of the two brushes is added together, plus an extra 3 points of durability.

Ingredients	Grinding recipe	[hide]Description
2× Damaged Brush		The durability of the two brushes is added together, plus an extra 3 points of durability.

Unit repair

Ingredients	[hide]Anvil recipe
Damaged Brush	Brush

A brush can be combined with another brush in an anvil, preserving the enchantments of both.

Enchantments

A brush can receive the following enchantments:

Name	Description	Max Level	Method	Weight
Unbreaking	Grants a chance to negate durability consumption.	III	Anvil	5
Mending	Repairs the brush when obtaining experience.	I	Anvil	2
Curse of Vanishing	The brush vanishes on death, not dropping as an item.	I	Anvil	1

Sounds

Java Edition:

[hide]Sounds
Sound	Subtitles	Source	Description	Resource location	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	​Brushing Sand	Blocks	While a brush is brushing suspicious sand	item.brush.brushing.sand	subtitles.item.brush.brushing.sand​	0.6	0.6	16
	​Brushing Gravel	Blocks	While a brush is brushing suspicious gravel	item.brush.brushing.gravel	subtitles.item.brush.brushing.gravel​	0.6	0.6	16
	​Brushing	Blocks	While a brush is brushing any other block	item.brush.brushing.generic	subtitles.item.brush.brushing.generic​	0.6	0.6	16
	​Brushing Sand completed	Players	When a brush finishes brushing suspicious sand	item.brush.brushing.sand.complete	subtitles.item.brush.brushing.sand.complete​	1.0	1.0	16
	​Brushing Gravel completed	Players	When a brush finishes brushing suspicious gravel	item.brush.brushing.gravel.complete	subtitles.item.brush.brushing.gravel.complete​	1.0	1.0	16

Bedrock Edition:

[hide]Sounds
Sound	Source	Description	Resource location	Volume	Pitch
	Players	While a brush is brushing suspicious sand	brush.suspicious_sand	1.0	0.8-1.0
	Players	While a brush is brushing suspicious gravel	brush.suspicious_gravel	1.0	0.8-1.0
	Players	While a brush is brushing any other block	brush.generic	1.0	0.8-1.0
	Players	When a brush finishes brushing suspicious sand	brush_completed.suspicious_sand	1.0	0.8-1.0
	Players	When a brush finishes brushing suspicious gravel	brush_completed.suspicious_gravel	1.0	0.8-1.0

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Form	[hide]Translation key
Brush	brush	Item	item.minecraft.brush

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID	Form	[hide]Translation key
Brush	brush	684	Item	item.brush.name

Advancements

Icon	Advancement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)
	Isn't It Scute?	Get Armadillo Scutes from an Armadillo using a Brush	Use a brush on an armadillo.
	Respecting the Remnants	Brush a Suspicious block to obtain a Pottery Sherd	Brush either suspicious sand or suspicious gravel and have any pottery sherd in the inventory. These two events can happen separately from one another.

History

October 3, 2020							Brushes were announced at Minecraft Live 2020 with two variants.
June 4, 2023							Changed the brush's item texture.
February 10, 2023							Sofia Dankis posted an article about upcoming archaeology features, including brushes.
[hide]Java Edition
1.19.4 Experiment Update 1.20			23w07a				Added brushes with an updated texture behind the "Update 1.20" experimental data pack.
							The crafting recipe was originally three string and two sticks. [show]Recipe
			1.19.4 Pre-release 1				The crafting recipe for brushes has been changed: [show]Recipe
1.20			23w12a				Brushes are now available without using the "Update 1.20" experimental data pack.
							Brushes can now brush suspicious gravel.
			23w14a				The brushing sound of brush is now controlled by the "Blocks" sound slider instead of the "Players" sound slider.
			23w17a				The player now gets the advancement "Respecting the Remnants" when they use a brush on a suspicious sand or suspicious gravel to obtain a pottery sherd.
1.20.5			23w51a				Brushes can be now used to brush armadillos.
[hide]Bedrock Edition
1.19.70 Experiment Next Major Update			Preview 1.19.70.23				Added brushes behind the "Next Major Update" experimental toggle.
							The crafting recipe is originally three string and two sticks. [show]Recipe
1.19.80 Experiment Next Major Update			Preview 1.19.80.20				The crafting recipe for brushes has been changed: [show]Recipe
1.20.0			Preview 1.20.0.20				Brushes can now be enchanted with Mending, Unbreaking, and Curse of Vanishing.
							Added new sounds for brushing a block other than suspicious sand or suspicious gravel.
			Preview 1.20.0.21				Brushes are now available without using the "Next Major Update" experimental toggle.
1.20.60 Experiment Armadillo and Wolf Armor			Preview 1.20.60.23				Brushes can be now used to brush armadillos.
1.21.30			Preview 1.21.30.22				Improved the Brush's performance along with additional features.

Gallery

• 

  Alex holding a brush.

Issues

Issues relating to "Brush" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.

Trivia

• During animatics for the Trails & Tales trailer, Ari can be seen holding what appears to be the original design of the brush.

External links

• Taking Inventory: Brush – Minecraft.net on July 6, 2023