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Black Bed in Minecraft | MinecraftBible
Black Bed is a block in Minecraft 1.21.4, dropping Black Bed.
What is Black Bed?
Black Bed is a Minecraft block classified under the default material group. It has a hardness of 0.2 and a blast resistance of 0.2. It stacks up to 1 per inventory slot. It is a transparent block, meaning it doesn't fully block light or vision. Black Bed does not emit light. Black Bed filters 0 levels of light passing through it, even though it is technically transparent.
Namespaced identifier: minecraft:black_bed. Command: /give @p minecraft:black_bed 1.
How to mine Black Bed
Black Bed can be broken with any tool, or even by hand.
Break times (unenchanted, no Haste or Mining Fatigue):
- With the correct tool: approximately 0.3 seconds
- By hand (no tool): approximately 1 seconds
Using an Efficiency-enchanted tool, Haste beacons, or a Diamond/Netherite tier drastically reduces these times. Water and being airborne slow mining by 5×.
Black Bed drops
When broken, Black Bed drops:
Silk Touch preserves the block itself; Fortune increases quantity of ore-style drops but has no effect on ordinary blocks.
What Black Bed is used to craft
Black Bed appears as an ingredient in 15 known Minecraft recipes:
Block tags & properties
- Transparent
- Hand-Mineable
- Craftable
- Crafting Material
Black Bed technical properties
- Waterloggable: Yes
- Flammable: No
- Burns from lava: No
- Renewable: Yes
- Emits light: No (luminance 0)
- Map color: Any Bed Head Bed title=Bed Foot 16 colors
Values sourced from Minecraft Wiki: Bed (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). Verified for Java Edition 1.21.4.
Technical properties
- Namespaced ID: minecraft:black_bed
- Material family: default
- Hardness: 0.2
- Blast resistance: 0.2
- Stack size: 1
- Transparent: Yes
- Blocks light: 0
- Emits light: 0
- Diggable: Yes
- Craftable: Yes
- /give command: /give @p minecraft:black_bed 1
Overview
Black Bed is a block in Minecraft 1.21.4. This page covers mining requirements, real drop data, and crafting relevance.
Step-by-step walkthrough
- Black Bed can be broken by hand or with any tool, though using a tool is usually faster.
- With the correct tool this takes about 0.3s to break (unenchanted); by hand it's roughly 1s.
- Black Bed is transparent, so light passes through and adjacent blocks won't be shaded by it.
Pro tips
- Use /give @p minecraft:black_bed 1 in creative mode to prototype builds before committing resources.
- No special tool is required, so hand-mining is a valid fallback in an emergency.
Difficulty and time commitment
- Difficulty: Easy
- Estimated time per run: 1-5 min
Frequently Asked Questions
What tool do I need to mine Black Bed?
Black Bed can be broken by hand or with any tool - no specific tool tier is required.
What does Black Bed drop when mined?
Breaking Black Bed drops Black Bed.
How hard is Black Bed to mine?
Black Bed has a hardness value of 0.2. That works out to roughly 0.3s with the correct tool or 1s by hand (unenchanted, no Haste/Mining Fatigue).
Can I craft Black Bed?
Yes - this page lists 6 known crafting recipes for Black Bed.
What is Black Bed used to craft?
Black Bed is used as an ingredient in 15 other recipes.
What is the internal Minecraft ID for Black Bed?
The namespaced ID is minecraft:black_bed, usable with /setblock, /fill, and /give.