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Gray Concrete Powder in Minecraft | MinecraftBible
Gray Concrete Powder is a block in Minecraft 1.21.4, dropping Gray Concrete Powder.
What is Gray Concrete Powder?
Gray Concrete Powder is a Minecraft block classified under the mineable/shovel material group. It has a hardness of 0.5 and a blast resistance of 0.5. It stacks up to 64 per inventory slot. It is a solid, opaque block. Gray Concrete Powder does not emit light. Gray Concrete Powder filters 15 levels of light passing through it, which is why it blocks skylight below it.
Namespaced identifier: minecraft:gray_concrete_powder. Command: /give @p minecraft:gray_concrete_powder 1.
How to mine Gray Concrete Powder
Gray Concrete Powder can be broken with any tool, or even by hand.
Break times (unenchanted, no Haste or Mining Fatigue):
- With the correct tool: approximately 0.75 seconds
- By hand (no tool): approximately 2.5 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×.
Gray Concrete Powder drops
When broken, Gray Concrete Powder drops:
Silk Touch preserves the block itself; Fortune increases quantity of ore-style drops but has no effect on ordinary blocks.
Block tags & properties
- Opaque
- Hand-Mineable
- Craftable
Gray Concrete Powder technical properties
- Flammable: No
- Burns from lava: No
- Renewable: Yes
- Emits light: No (luminance 0)
- Map color: 16 colors
Values sourced from Minecraft Wiki: Concrete Powder (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). Verified for Java Edition 1.21.4.
Technical properties
- Namespaced ID: minecraft:gray_concrete_powder
- Material family: mineable/shovel
- Hardness: 0.5
- Blast resistance: 0.5
- Stack size: 64
- Transparent: No
- Blocks light: 15
- Emits light: 0
- Diggable: Yes
- Craftable: Yes
- /give command: /give @p minecraft:gray_concrete_powder 1
Overview
Gray Concrete Powder is a block in Minecraft 1.21.4. This page covers mining requirements, real drop data, and crafting relevance.
Step-by-step walkthrough
- Gray Concrete Powder can be broken by hand or with any tool, though using a tool is usually faster.
- Expect to collect Gray Concrete Powder once it breaks.
- With the correct tool this takes about 0.75s to break (unenchanted); by hand it's roughly 2.5s.
Pro tips
- Use /give @p minecraft:gray_concrete_powder 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 Gray Concrete Powder?
Gray Concrete Powder can be broken by hand or with any tool - no specific tool tier is required.
What does Gray Concrete Powder drop when mined?
Breaking Gray Concrete Powder drops Gray Concrete Powder.
How hard is Gray Concrete Powder to mine?
Gray Concrete Powder has a hardness value of 0.5. That works out to roughly 0.75s with the correct tool or 2.5s by hand (unenchanted, no Haste/Mining Fatigue).
Can I craft Gray Concrete Powder?
Yes - this page lists 2 known crafting recipes for Gray Concrete Powder.
What is the internal Minecraft ID for Gray Concrete Powder?
The namespaced ID is minecraft:gray_concrete_powder, usable with /setblock, /fill, and /give.