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End Stone Bricks in Minecraft | MinecraftBible
End Stone Bricks is a block in Minecraft 1.21.4 that requires Wooden Pickaxe or better to mine, dropping End Stone Bricks.
What is End Stone Bricks?
End Stone Bricks is a Minecraft block classified under the mineable/pickaxe material group. It has a hardness of 3 and a blast resistance of 9. It stacks up to 64 per inventory slot. It is a solid, opaque block. End Stone Bricks does not emit light. End Stone Bricks filters 15 levels of light passing through it, which is why it blocks skylight below it.
Namespaced identifier: minecraft:end_stone_bricks. Command: /give @p minecraft:end_stone_bricks 1.
How to mine End Stone Bricks
End Stone Bricks 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 4.5 seconds
- By hand (no tool): approximately 15 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×.
End Stone Bricks drops
When broken, End Stone Bricks drops:
Silk Touch preserves the block itself; Fortune increases quantity of ore-style drops but has no effect on ordinary blocks.
What End Stone Bricks is used to craft
End Stone Bricks appears as an ingredient in 3 known Minecraft recipes:
Block tags & properties
- Opaque
- Requires Tool
- Craftable
- Crafting Material
End Stone Bricks technical properties
- Flammable: No
- Burns from lava: No
- Renewable: Yes
- Emits light: No (luminance 0)
Values sourced from Minecraft Wiki: End Stone Bricks (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). Verified for Java Edition 1.21.4.
End Stone Bricks natural generation
- World features & structures: End ship
Technical properties
- Namespaced ID: minecraft:end_stone_bricks
- Material family: mineable/pickaxe
- Hardness: 3
- Blast resistance: 9
- Stack size: 64
- Transparent: No
- Blocks light: 15
- Emits light: 0
- Diggable: Yes
- Craftable: Yes
- /give command: /give @p minecraft:end_stone_bricks 1
Overview
End Stone Bricks 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 End Stone Bricks with the wrong tool will destroy it without dropping anything.
- Expect to collect End Stone Bricks once it breaks.
Step-by-step walkthrough
- Bring the correct tool tier before mining - breaking End Stone Bricks with the wrong tool will destroy it without dropping anything.
- Expect to collect End Stone Bricks once it breaks.
- With the correct tool this takes about 4.5s to break (unenchanted); by hand it's roughly 15s.
Pro tips
- Use /give @p minecraft:end_stone_bricks 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: Medium
- Estimated time per run: 5-20 min
Frequently Asked Questions
What tool do I need to mine End Stone Bricks?
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 End Stone Bricks drop when mined?
Breaking End Stone Bricks drops End Stone Bricks.
How hard is End Stone Bricks to mine?
End Stone Bricks has a hardness value of 3. That works out to roughly 4.5s with the correct tool or 15s by hand (unenchanted, no Haste/Mining Fatigue).
Can I craft End Stone Bricks?
Yes - this page lists 2 known crafting recipes for End Stone Bricks.
What is End Stone Bricks used to craft?
End Stone Bricks is used as an ingredient in 3 other recipes.
What is the internal Minecraft ID for End Stone Bricks?
The namespaced ID is minecraft:end_stone_bricks, usable with /setblock, /fill, and /give.