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Quartz Bricks in Minecraft | MinecraftBible

Quartz Bricks is a block in Minecraft 1.21.4 that requires Wooden Pickaxe or better to mine, dropping Quartz Bricks.

What is Quartz Bricks?

Quartz Bricks is a Minecraft block classified under the mineable/pickaxe 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. Quartz Bricks does not emit light. Quartz Bricks filters 15 levels of light passing through it, which is why it blocks skylight below it.

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

How to mine Quartz Bricks

Quartz Bricks 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 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×.

Quartz Bricks drops

When broken, Quartz Bricks 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
  • Craftable

Quartz Bricks technical properties

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

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

Technical properties

  • Namespaced ID: minecraft:quartz_bricks
  • Material family: mineable/pickaxe
  • 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:quartz_bricks 1

Overview

Quartz Bricks 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 Quartz Bricks with the wrong tool will destroy it without dropping anything.
  • Expect to collect Quartz Bricks once it breaks.

Step-by-step walkthrough

  1. Bring the correct tool tier before mining - breaking Quartz Bricks with the wrong tool will destroy it without dropping anything.
  2. Expect to collect Quartz Bricks once it breaks.
  3. With the correct tool this takes about 1.2s to break (unenchanted); by hand it's roughly 4s.

Pro tips

  • Use /give @p minecraft:quartz_bricks 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 Quartz Bricks?

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 Quartz Bricks drop when mined?

Breaking Quartz Bricks drops Quartz Bricks.

How hard is Quartz Bricks to mine?

Quartz Bricks 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 Quartz Bricks?

Yes - this page lists 2 known crafting recipes for Quartz Bricks.

What is the internal Minecraft ID for Quartz Bricks?

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

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