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Bone Block in Minecraft | MinecraftBible

Bone Block is a block in Minecraft 1.21.4 that requires Wooden Pickaxe or better to mine, dropping Bone Block.

What is Bone Block?

Bone Block is a Minecraft block classified under the mineable/pickaxe material group. It has a hardness of 2 and a blast resistance of 2. It stacks up to 64 per inventory slot. It is a solid, opaque block. Bone Block does not emit light. Bone Block filters 15 levels of light passing through it, which is why it blocks skylight below it.

Namespaced identifier: minecraft:bone_block. Command: /give @p minecraft:bone_block 1.

How to mine Bone Block

Bone Block requires one of the following tools to drop its item — mining with a lower tier or by hand destroys it:

Break times (unenchanted, no Haste or Mining Fatigue):

  • With the correct tool: approximately 3 seconds
  • By hand (no tool): approximately 10 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×.

Bone Block drops

When broken, Bone Block drops:

Silk Touch preserves the block itself; Fortune increases quantity of ore-style drops but has no effect on ordinary blocks.

What Bone Block is used to craft

Bone Block appears as an ingredient in 1 known Minecraft recipes:

Block tags & properties

  • Opaque
  • Requires Tool
  • Craftable
  • Crafting Material

Bone Block technical properties

  • Flammable: No
  • Burns from lava: No
  • Renewable: Yes
  • Emits light: No (luminance 0)

Values sourced from Minecraft Wiki: Bone Block (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). Verified for Java Edition 1.21.4.

Technical properties

  • Namespaced ID: minecraft:bone_block
  • Material family: mineable/pickaxe
  • Hardness: 2
  • Blast resistance: 2
  • Stack size: 64
  • Transparent: No
  • Blocks light: 15
  • Emits light: 0
  • Diggable: Yes
  • Craftable: Yes
  • /give command: /give @p minecraft:bone_block 1

Overview

Bone Block is a block in Minecraft 1.21.4. This page covers mining requirements, real drop data, and crafting relevance.

Prerequisites and materials

  • Bring the correct tool tier before mining - breaking Bone Block with the wrong tool will destroy it without dropping anything.
  • Expect to collect Bone Block once it breaks.

Step-by-step walkthrough

  1. Bring the correct tool tier before mining - breaking Bone Block with the wrong tool will destroy it without dropping anything.
  2. Expect to collect Bone Block once it breaks.
  3. With the correct tool this takes about 3s to break (unenchanted); by hand it's roughly 10s.

Pro tips

  • Use /give @p minecraft:bone_block 1 in creative mode to prototype builds before committing resources.
  • Carry a spare tool of the correct tier - breaking with the wrong one wastes the drop.

Difficulty and time commitment

  • Difficulty: Easy
  • Estimated time per run: 1-5 min

Frequently Asked Questions

What tool do I need to mine Bone Block?

You need one of: Wooden Pickaxe, Stone Pickaxe, Golden Pickaxe, Iron Pickaxe, Diamond Pickaxe, Netherite Pickaxe. Mining with a lower tier tool (or by hand) will break the block without dropping its item.

What does Bone Block drop when mined?

Breaking Bone Block drops Bone Block.

How hard is Bone Block to mine?

Bone Block has a hardness value of 2. That works out to roughly 3s with the correct tool or 10s by hand (unenchanted, no Haste/Mining Fatigue).

Can I craft Bone Block?

Yes - this page lists 2 known crafting recipes for Bone Block.

What is Bone Block used to craft?

Bone Block is used as an ingredient in 1 other recipe.

What is the internal Minecraft ID for Bone Block?

The namespaced ID is minecraft:bone_block, usable with /setblock, /fill, and /give.

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