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Light Blue Banner in Minecraft | MinecraftBible

Light Blue Banner is a block in Minecraft 1.21.4, dropping Light Blue Banner.

What is Light Blue Banner?

Light Blue Banner is a Minecraft block classified under the mineable/axe material group. It has a hardness of 1 and a blast resistance of 1. It stacks up to 16 per inventory slot. It is a transparent block, meaning it doesn't fully block light or vision. Light Blue Banner does not emit light. Light Blue Banner filters 0 levels of light passing through it, even though it is technically transparent.

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

How to mine Light Blue Banner

Light Blue Banner can be broken with any tool, or even by hand.

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

  • With the correct tool: approximately 1.5 seconds
  • By hand (no tool): approximately 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×.

Light Blue Banner drops

When broken, Light Blue Banner drops:

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

Block tags & properties

  • Transparent
  • Hand-Mineable
  • Craftable

Light Blue Banner technical properties

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

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

Technical properties

  • Namespaced ID: minecraft:light_blue_banner
  • Material family: mineable/axe
  • Hardness: 1
  • Blast resistance: 1
  • Stack size: 16
  • Transparent: Yes
  • Blocks light: 0
  • Emits light: 0
  • Diggable: Yes
  • Craftable: Yes
  • /give command: /give @p minecraft:light_blue_banner 1

Overview

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

Step-by-step walkthrough

  1. Light Blue Banner can be broken by hand or with any tool, though using a tool is usually faster.
  2. With the correct tool this takes about 1.5s to break (unenchanted); by hand it's roughly 5s.
  3. Light Blue Banner is transparent, so light passes through and adjacent blocks won't be shaded by it.

Pro tips

  • Use /give @p minecraft:light_blue_banner 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 Light Blue Banner?

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

What does Light Blue Banner drop when mined?

Breaking Light Blue Banner drops Light Blue Banner.

How hard is Light Blue Banner to mine?

Light Blue Banner has a hardness value of 1. That works out to roughly 1.5s with the correct tool or 5s by hand (unenchanted, no Haste/Mining Fatigue).

Can I craft Light Blue Banner?

Yes - this page lists 2 known crafting recipes for Light Blue Banner.

What is the internal Minecraft ID for Light Blue Banner?

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

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