block

Powder Snow in Minecraft | MinecraftBible

Powder Snow is a block in Minecraft 1.21.4.

What is Powder Snow?

Powder Snow is a Minecraft block classified under the default material group. It has a hardness of 0.25 and a blast resistance of 0.25. It stacks up to 64 per inventory slot. It is a transparent block, meaning it doesn't fully block light or vision. Powder Snow does not emit light. Powder Snow filters 1 levels of light passing through it, even though it is technically transparent.

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

How to mine Powder Snow

Powder Snow can be broken with any tool, or even by hand.

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

  • With the correct tool: approximately 0.38 seconds
  • By hand (no tool): approximately 1.25 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×.

Powder Snow drops

Powder Snow has no drops recorded in the current dataset — it typically drops nothing, or requires Silk Touch to preserve.

Block tags & properties

  • Transparent
  • Hand-Mineable

Powder Snow technical properties

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

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

Technical properties

  • Namespaced ID: minecraft:powder_snow
  • Material family: default
  • Hardness: 0.25
  • Blast resistance: 0.25
  • Stack size: 64
  • Transparent: Yes
  • Blocks light: 1
  • Emits light: 0
  • Diggable: Yes
  • Craftable: No
  • /give command: /give @p minecraft:powder_snow 1

Overview

Powder Snow is a block in Minecraft 1.21.4. This page covers mining requirements, real drop data, and crafting relevance.

Step-by-step walkthrough

  1. Powder Snow can be broken by hand or with any tool, though using a tool is usually faster.
  2. With the correct tool this takes about 0.38s to break (unenchanted); by hand it's roughly 1.25s.
  3. Powder Snow is transparent, so light passes through and adjacent blocks won't be shaded by it.

Pro tips

  • Use /give @p minecraft:powder_snow 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 Powder Snow?

Powder Snow can be broken by hand or with any tool - no specific tool tier is required.

What does Powder Snow drop when mined?

Powder Snow does not drop an item when broken in survival mode (or requires special tools like Silk Touch for a usable drop).

How hard is Powder Snow to mine?

Powder Snow has a hardness value of 0.25. That works out to roughly 0.38s with the correct tool or 1.25s by hand (unenchanted, no Haste/Mining Fatigue).

What is the internal Minecraft ID for Powder Snow?

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

Related pages on MinecraftBible