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Gray Stained Glass in Minecraft | MinecraftBible
Gray Stained Glass is a block in Minecraft 1.21.4, dropping Gray Stained Glass.
What is Gray Stained Glass?
Gray Stained Glass is a Minecraft block classified under the default material group. It has a hardness of 0.3 and a blast resistance of 0.3. It stacks up to 64 per inventory slot. It is a transparent block, meaning it doesn't fully block light or vision. Gray Stained Glass does not emit light. Gray Stained Glass filters 0 levels of light passing through it, even though it is technically transparent.
Namespaced identifier: minecraft:gray_stained_glass. Command: /give @p minecraft:gray_stained_glass 1.
How to mine Gray Stained Glass
Gray Stained Glass can be broken with any tool, or even by hand.
Break times (unenchanted, no Haste or Mining Fatigue):
- With the correct tool: approximately 0.45 seconds
- By hand (no tool): approximately 1.5 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 Stained Glass drops
When broken, Gray Stained Glass drops:
- Gray Stained Glass (Silk Touch required)
Silk Touch preserves the block itself; Fortune increases quantity of ore-style drops but has no effect on ordinary blocks.
What Gray Stained Glass is used to craft
Gray Stained Glass appears as an ingredient in 1 known Minecraft recipes:
Block tags & properties
- Transparent
- Hand-Mineable
- Craftable
- Crafting Material
- Silk Touch Sensitive
Gray Stained Glass technical properties
- Flammable: No
- Burns from lava: No
- Renewable: Yes
- Emits light: No (luminance 0)
- Map color: Map color/data Green Stained Glass Green Cyan Stained Glass Cyan Light Blue Stained Glass Light Blue Blue Stained Glass Blue Purple Stained Glass Purple Magenta Stained Glass Magenta Pink Stained Glass Pink }}
Values sourced from Minecraft Wiki: Stained Glass (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). Verified for Java Edition 1.21.4.
Technical properties
- Namespaced ID: minecraft:gray_stained_glass
- Material family: default
- Hardness: 0.3
- Blast resistance: 0.3
- Stack size: 64
- Transparent: Yes
- Blocks light: 0
- Emits light: 0
- Diggable: Yes
- Craftable: Yes
- /give command: /give @p minecraft:gray_stained_glass 1
Overview
Gray Stained Glass is a block in Minecraft 1.21.4. This page covers mining requirements, real drop data, and crafting relevance.
Step-by-step walkthrough
- Gray Stained Glass can be broken by hand or with any tool, though using a tool is usually faster.
- With the correct tool this takes about 0.45s to break (unenchanted); by hand it's roughly 1.5s.
- Gray Stained Glass is transparent, so light passes through and adjacent blocks won't be shaded by it.
Pro tips
- Use /give @p minecraft:gray_stained_glass 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: Easy
- Estimated time per run: 1-5 min
Frequently Asked Questions
What tool do I need to mine Gray Stained Glass?
Gray Stained Glass can be broken by hand or with any tool - no specific tool tier is required.
What does Gray Stained Glass drop when mined?
Breaking Gray Stained Glass drops Gray Stained Glass (silk touch required).
How hard is Gray Stained Glass to mine?
Gray Stained Glass has a hardness value of 0.3. That works out to roughly 0.45s with the correct tool or 1.5s by hand (unenchanted, no Haste/Mining Fatigue).
Can I craft Gray Stained Glass?
Yes - this page lists 2 known crafting recipes for Gray Stained Glass.
What is Gray Stained Glass used to craft?
Gray Stained Glass is used as an ingredient in 1 other recipe.
What is the internal Minecraft ID for Gray Stained Glass?
The namespaced ID is minecraft:gray_stained_glass, usable with /setblock, /fill, and /give.