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Light Blue Concrete in Minecraft | MinecraftBible
Light Blue Concrete is a block in Minecraft 1.21.4 that requires Wooden Pickaxe or better to mine, dropping Light Blue Concrete.
What is Light Blue Concrete?
Light Blue Concrete is a Minecraft block classified under the mineable/pickaxe material group. It has a hardness of 1.8 and a blast resistance of 1.8. It stacks up to 64 per inventory slot. It is a solid, opaque block. Light Blue Concrete does not emit light. Light Blue Concrete filters 15 levels of light passing through it, which is why it blocks skylight below it.
Namespaced identifier: minecraft:light_blue_concrete. Command: /give @p minecraft:light_blue_concrete 1.
How to mine Light Blue Concrete
Light Blue Concrete 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 2.7 seconds
- By hand (no tool): approximately 9 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 Concrete drops
When broken, Light Blue Concrete 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
- Requires Tool
Light Blue Concrete 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 (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). Verified for Java Edition 1.21.4.
Technical properties
- Namespaced ID: minecraft:light_blue_concrete
- Material family: mineable/pickaxe
- Hardness: 1.8
- Blast resistance: 1.8
- Stack size: 64
- Transparent: No
- Blocks light: 15
- Emits light: 0
- Diggable: Yes
- Craftable: No
- /give command: /give @p minecraft:light_blue_concrete 1
Overview
Light Blue Concrete 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 Light Blue Concrete with the wrong tool will destroy it without dropping anything.
- Expect to collect Light Blue Concrete once it breaks.
Step-by-step walkthrough
- Bring the correct tool tier before mining - breaking Light Blue Concrete with the wrong tool will destroy it without dropping anything.
- Expect to collect Light Blue Concrete once it breaks.
- With the correct tool this takes about 2.7s to break (unenchanted); by hand it's roughly 9s.
Pro tips
- Use /give @p minecraft:light_blue_concrete 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: Easy
- Estimated time per run: 1-5 min
Frequently Asked Questions
What tool do I need to mine Light Blue Concrete?
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 Light Blue Concrete drop when mined?
Breaking Light Blue Concrete drops Light Blue Concrete.
How hard is Light Blue Concrete to mine?
Light Blue Concrete has a hardness value of 1.8. That works out to roughly 2.7s with the correct tool or 9s by hand (unenchanted, no Haste/Mining Fatigue).
What is the internal Minecraft ID for Light Blue Concrete?
The namespaced ID is minecraft:light_blue_concrete, usable with /setblock, /fill, and /give.