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Ender Chest in Minecraft | MinecraftBible
Ender Chest is a block in Minecraft 1.21.4, dropping Ender Chest.
What is Ender Chest?
Ender Chest is a Minecraft block classified under the mineable/pickaxe material group. It has a hardness of 22.5 and a blast resistance of 600. It stacks up to 64 per inventory slot. It is a solid, opaque block. Ender Chest emits light level 7. Ender Chest filters 0 levels of light passing through it, which is why it blocks skylight below it.
Namespaced identifier: minecraft:ender_chest. Command: /give @p minecraft:ender_chest 1.
How to mine Ender Chest
Ender Chest can be broken with any tool, or even by hand.
Break times (unenchanted, no Haste or Mining Fatigue):
- With the correct tool: approximately 33.75 seconds
- By hand (no tool): approximately 112.5 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×.
Ender Chest drops
When broken, Ender Chest drops:
- Ender Chest (Silk Touch required)
- Obsidian (Only without Silk Touch)
Silk Touch preserves the block itself; Fortune increases quantity of ore-style drops but has no effect on ordinary blocks.
Block tags & properties
- Opaque
- Light Source
- Hand-Mineable
- Craftable
- Silk Touch Sensitive
Ender Chest technical properties
- Waterloggable: Yes
- Flammable: No
- Burns from lava: No
- Renewable: Yes
- Emits light: Yes — luminance 7
Values sourced from Minecraft Wiki: Ender Chest (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). Verified for Java Edition 1.21.4.
Ender Chest natural generation
- World features & structures: End city
Technical properties
- Namespaced ID: minecraft:ender_chest
- Material family: mineable/pickaxe
- Hardness: 22.5
- Blast resistance: 600
- Stack size: 64
- Transparent: No
- Blocks light: 0
- Emits light: 7
- Diggable: Yes
- Craftable: Yes
- /give command: /give @p minecraft:ender_chest 1
Overview
Ender Chest is a block in Minecraft 1.21.4. This page covers mining requirements, real drop data, and crafting relevance.
Prerequisites and materials
- Expect to collect Ender Chest (silk touch required), Obsidian (only without silk touch) once it breaks.
- This block emits light (level 7), so it's useful for lighting builds and preventing mob spawns nearby.
Step-by-step walkthrough
- Ender Chest can be broken by hand or with any tool, though using a tool is usually faster.
- Expect to collect Ender Chest (silk touch required), Obsidian (only without silk touch) once it breaks.
- With the correct tool this takes about 33.75s to break (unenchanted); by hand it's roughly 112.5s.
- This block emits light (level 7), so it's useful for lighting builds and preventing mob spawns nearby.
Pro tips
- Use /give @p minecraft:ender_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.
- Use a Silk Touch tool if you want the block itself instead of its normal drop.
Difficulty and time commitment
- Difficulty: Medium
- Estimated time per run: 5-20 min
Frequently Asked Questions
What tool do I need to mine Ender Chest?
Ender Chest can be broken by hand or with any tool - no specific tool tier is required.
What does Ender Chest drop when mined?
Breaking Ender Chest drops Ender Chest (silk touch required), Obsidian (only without silk touch).
How hard is Ender Chest to mine?
Ender Chest has a hardness value of 22.5. That works out to roughly 33.75s with the correct tool or 112.5s by hand (unenchanted, no Haste/Mining Fatigue).
Can I craft Ender Chest?
Yes - this page lists 2 known crafting recipes for Ender Chest.
What is the internal Minecraft ID for Ender Chest?
The namespaced ID is minecraft:ender_chest, usable with /setblock, /fill, and /give.