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Smooth Quartz Block in Minecraft | MinecraftBible

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

What is Smooth Quartz Block?

Smooth Quartz Block is a Minecraft block classified under the mineable/pickaxe material group. It has a hardness of 2 and a blast resistance of 6. It stacks up to 64 per inventory slot. It is a solid, opaque block. Smooth Quartz Block does not emit light. Smooth Quartz Block filters 15 levels of light passing through it, which is why it blocks skylight below it.

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

How to mine Smooth Quartz Block

Smooth Quartz Block 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 3 seconds
  • By hand (no tool): approximately 10 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×.

Smooth Quartz Block drops

When broken, Smooth Quartz Block drops:

Silk Touch preserves the block itself; Fortune increases quantity of ore-style drops but has no effect on ordinary blocks.

What Smooth Quartz Block is used to craft

Smooth Quartz Block appears as an ingredient in 2 known Minecraft recipes:

Block tags & properties

  • Opaque
  • Requires Tool
  • Crafting Material

Smooth Quartz Block technical properties

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

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

Technical properties

  • Namespaced ID: minecraft:smooth_quartz
  • Material family: mineable/pickaxe
  • Hardness: 2
  • Blast resistance: 6
  • Stack size: 64
  • Transparent: No
  • Blocks light: 15
  • Emits light: 0
  • Diggable: Yes
  • Craftable: No
  • /give command: /give @p minecraft:smooth_quartz 1

Overview

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

Step-by-step walkthrough

  1. Bring the correct tool tier before mining - breaking Smooth Quartz Block with the wrong tool will destroy it without dropping anything.
  2. Expect to collect Smooth Quartz Block once it breaks.
  3. With the correct tool this takes about 3s to break (unenchanted); by hand it's roughly 10s.

Pro tips

  • Use /give @p minecraft:smooth_quartz 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 Smooth Quartz Block?

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 Smooth Quartz Block drop when mined?

Breaking Smooth Quartz Block drops Smooth Quartz Block.

How hard is Smooth Quartz Block to mine?

Smooth Quartz Block has a hardness value of 2. That works out to roughly 3s with the correct tool or 10s by hand (unenchanted, no Haste/Mining Fatigue).

What is Smooth Quartz Block used to craft?

Smooth Quartz Block is used as an ingredient in 2 other recipes.

What is the internal Minecraft ID for Smooth Quartz Block?

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

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