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Lime Wool in Minecraft | MinecraftBible
Lime Wool is a block in Minecraft 1.21.4, dropping Lime Wool.
What is Lime Wool?
Lime Wool is a Minecraft block classified under the wool material group. It has a hardness of 0.8 and a blast resistance of 0.8. It stacks up to 64 per inventory slot. It is a solid, opaque block. Lime Wool does not emit light. Lime Wool filters 15 levels of light passing through it, which is why it blocks skylight below it.
Namespaced identifier: minecraft:lime_wool. Command: /give @p minecraft:lime_wool 1.
How to mine Lime Wool
Lime Wool can be broken with any tool, or even by hand.
Break times (unenchanted, no Haste or Mining Fatigue):
- With the correct tool: approximately 1.2 seconds
- By hand (no tool): approximately 4 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×.
Lime Wool drops
When broken, Lime Wool drops:
Silk Touch preserves the block itself; Fortune increases quantity of ore-style drops but has no effect on ordinary blocks.
What Lime Wool is used to craft
Lime Wool appears as an ingredient in 5 known Minecraft recipes:
Block tags & properties
- Opaque
- Hand-Mineable
- Craftable
- Crafting Material
Lime Wool technical properties
- Flammable: Yes — spreads fire
- Burns from lava: Yes
- Renewable: Yes
- Emits light: No (luminance 0)
- Map color: 16 colors
Values sourced from Minecraft Wiki: Wool (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). Verified for Java Edition 1.21.4.
Technical properties
- Namespaced ID: minecraft:lime_wool
- Material family: wool
- Hardness: 0.8
- Blast resistance: 0.8
- Stack size: 64
- Transparent: No
- Blocks light: 15
- Emits light: 0
- Diggable: Yes
- Craftable: Yes
- /give command: /give @p minecraft:lime_wool 1
Overview
Lime Wool is a block in Minecraft 1.21.4. This page covers mining requirements, real drop data, and crafting relevance.
Step-by-step walkthrough
- Lime Wool can be broken by hand or with any tool, though using a tool is usually faster.
- Expect to collect Lime Wool once it breaks.
- With the correct tool this takes about 1.2s to break (unenchanted); by hand it's roughly 4s.
Pro tips
- Use /give @p minecraft:lime_wool 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 Lime Wool?
Lime Wool can be broken by hand or with any tool - no specific tool tier is required.
What does Lime Wool drop when mined?
Breaking Lime Wool drops Lime Wool.
How hard is Lime Wool to mine?
Lime Wool has a hardness value of 0.8. That works out to roughly 1.2s with the correct tool or 4s by hand (unenchanted, no Haste/Mining Fatigue).
Can I craft Lime Wool?
Yes - this page lists 2 known crafting recipes for Lime Wool.
What is Lime Wool used to craft?
Lime Wool is used as an ingredient in 5 other recipes.
What is the internal Minecraft ID for Lime Wool?
The namespaced ID is minecraft:lime_wool, usable with /setblock, /fill, and /give.