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Black Wool in Minecraft | MinecraftBible
Black Wool is a block in Minecraft 1.21.4, dropping Black Wool.
What is Black Wool?
Black Wool is a Minecraft block classified under the wool material group. It has a hardness of 0.8 and a blast resistance of 0.8. It stacks up to 64 per inventory slot. It is a solid, opaque block. Black Wool does not emit light. Black Wool filters 15 levels of light passing through it, which is why it blocks skylight below it.
Namespaced identifier: minecraft:black_wool. Command: /give @p minecraft:black_wool 1.
How to mine Black Wool
Black Wool can be broken with any tool, or even by hand.
Break times (unenchanted, no Haste or Mining Fatigue):
- With the correct tool: approximately 1.2 seconds
- By hand (no tool): approximately 4 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 Wool drops
When broken, Black Wool drops:
Silk Touch preserves the block itself; Fortune increases quantity of ore-style drops but has no effect on ordinary blocks.
What Black Wool is used to craft
Black Wool appears as an ingredient in 18 known Minecraft recipes:
Block tags & properties
- Opaque
- Hand-Mineable
- Craftable
- Crafting Material
Black Wool technical properties
- Flammable: Yes — spreads fire
- Burns from lava: Yes
- Renewable: Yes
- Emits light: No (luminance 0)
- Map color: 16 colors
Values sourced from Minecraft Wiki: Wool (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). Verified for Java Edition 1.21.4.
Technical properties
- Namespaced ID: minecraft:black_wool
- Material family: wool
- Hardness: 0.8
- Blast resistance: 0.8
- Stack size: 64
- Transparent: No
- Blocks light: 15
- Emits light: 0
- Diggable: Yes
- Craftable: Yes
- /give command: /give @p minecraft:black_wool 1
Overview
Black Wool is a block in Minecraft 1.21.4. This page covers mining requirements, real drop data, and crafting relevance.
Step-by-step walkthrough
- Black Wool can be broken by hand or with any tool, though using a tool is usually faster.
- Expect to collect Black Wool once it breaks.
- With the correct tool this takes about 1.2s to break (unenchanted); by hand it's roughly 4s.
Pro tips
- Use /give @p minecraft:black_wool 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 Wool?
Black Wool can be broken by hand or with any tool - no specific tool tier is required.
What does Black Wool drop when mined?
Breaking Black Wool drops Black Wool.
How hard is Black Wool to mine?
Black Wool has a hardness value of 0.8. That works out to roughly 1.2s with the correct tool or 4s by hand (unenchanted, no Haste/Mining Fatigue).
Can I craft Black Wool?
Yes - this page lists 2 known crafting recipes for Black Wool.
What is Black Wool used to craft?
Black Wool is used as an ingredient in 18 other recipes.
What is the internal Minecraft ID for Black Wool?
The namespaced ID is minecraft:black_wool, usable with /setblock, /fill, and /give.