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Medium Amethyst Bud in Minecraft | MinecraftBible

Medium Amethyst Bud is a block in Minecraft 1.21.4, dropping Medium Amethyst Bud.

What is Medium Amethyst Bud?

Medium Amethyst Bud is a Minecraft block classified under the mineable/pickaxe material group. It has a hardness of 1.5 and a blast resistance of 1.5. It stacks up to 64 per inventory slot. It is a transparent block, meaning it doesn't fully block light or vision. Medium Amethyst Bud emits light level 2. Medium Amethyst Bud filters 0 levels of light passing through it, even though it is technically transparent.

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

How to mine Medium Amethyst Bud

Medium Amethyst Bud can be broken with any tool, or even by hand.

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

  • With the correct tool: approximately 2.25 seconds
  • By hand (no tool): approximately 7.5 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×.

Medium Amethyst Bud drops

When broken, Medium Amethyst Bud 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
  • Light Source
  • Hand-Mineable
  • Silk Touch Sensitive

Medium Amethyst Bud technical properties

  • Waterloggable: Yes
  • Flammable: No
  • Burns from lava: No
  • Renewable: Yes
  • Emits light: Yes — luminance 1

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

Technical properties

  • Namespaced ID: minecraft:medium_amethyst_bud
  • Material family: mineable/pickaxe
  • Hardness: 1.5
  • Blast resistance: 1.5
  • Stack size: 64
  • Transparent: Yes
  • Blocks light: 0
  • Emits light: 2
  • Diggable: Yes
  • Craftable: No
  • /give command: /give @p minecraft:medium_amethyst_bud 1

Overview

Medium Amethyst Bud is a block in Minecraft 1.21.4. This page covers mining requirements, real drop data, and crafting relevance.

Prerequisites and materials

  • Expect to collect Medium Amethyst Bud (silk touch required) once it breaks.
  • This block emits light (level 2), so it's useful for lighting builds and preventing mob spawns nearby.

Step-by-step walkthrough

  1. Medium Amethyst Bud can be broken by hand or with any tool, though using a tool is usually faster.
  2. With the correct tool this takes about 2.25s to break (unenchanted); by hand it's roughly 7.5s.
  3. Medium Amethyst Bud is transparent, so light passes through and adjacent blocks won't be shaded by it.

Pro tips

  • Use /give @p minecraft:medium_amethyst_bud 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 Medium Amethyst Bud?

Medium Amethyst Bud can be broken by hand or with any tool - no specific tool tier is required.

What does Medium Amethyst Bud drop when mined?

Breaking Medium Amethyst Bud drops Medium Amethyst Bud (silk touch required).

How hard is Medium Amethyst Bud to mine?

Medium Amethyst Bud has a hardness value of 1.5. That works out to roughly 2.25s with the correct tool or 7.5s by hand (unenchanted, no Haste/Mining Fatigue).

What is the internal Minecraft ID for Medium Amethyst Bud?

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

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