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Chest in Minecraft | MinecraftBible

Chest is a block in Minecraft 1.21.4, dropping Chest.

What is Chest?

Chest is a Minecraft block classified under the mineable/axe material group. It has a hardness of 2.5 and a blast resistance of 2.5. It stacks up to 64 per inventory slot. It is a solid, opaque block. Chest does not emit light. Chest filters 0 levels of light passing through it, which is why it blocks skylight below it.

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

How to mine Chest

Chest can be broken with any tool, or even by hand.

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

  • With the correct tool: approximately 3.75 seconds
  • By hand (no tool): approximately 12.5 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×.

Chest drops

When broken, Chest drops:

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

What Chest is used to craft

Chest appears as an ingredient in 15 known Minecraft recipes:

Block tags & properties

  • Opaque
  • Hand-Mineable
  • Craftable
  • Crafting Material

Chest technical properties

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

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

Technical properties

  • Namespaced ID: minecraft:chest
  • Material family: mineable/axe
  • Hardness: 2.5
  • Blast resistance: 2.5
  • Stack size: 64
  • Transparent: No
  • Blocks light: 0
  • Emits light: 0
  • Diggable: Yes
  • Craftable: Yes
  • /give command: /give @p minecraft:chest 1

Overview

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

Step-by-step walkthrough

  1. Chest can be broken by hand or with any tool, though using a tool is usually faster.
  2. Expect to collect Chest once it breaks.
  3. With the correct tool this takes about 3.75s to break (unenchanted); by hand it's roughly 12.5s.

Pro tips

  • Use /give @p minecraft:chest 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 Chest?

Chest can be broken by hand or with any tool - no specific tool tier is required.

What does Chest drop when mined?

Breaking Chest drops Chest.

How hard is Chest to mine?

Chest has a hardness value of 2.5. That works out to roughly 3.75s with the correct tool or 12.5s by hand (unenchanted, no Haste/Mining Fatigue).

Can I craft Chest?

Yes - this page lists 6 known crafting recipes for Chest.

What is Chest used to craft?

Chest is used as an ingredient in 15 other recipes.

What is the internal Minecraft ID for Chest?

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

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