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Tinted Glass in Minecraft | MinecraftBible

Tinted Glass is a block in Minecraft 1.21.4, dropping Tinted Glass.

What is Tinted Glass?

Tinted Glass is a Minecraft block classified under the default material group. It has a hardness of 0.3 and a blast resistance of 0.3. It stacks up to 64 per inventory slot. It is a transparent block, meaning it doesn't fully block light or vision. Tinted Glass does not emit light. Tinted Glass filters 15 levels of light passing through it, even though it is technically transparent.

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

How to mine Tinted Glass

Tinted Glass can be broken with any tool, or even by hand.

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

  • With the correct tool: approximately 0.45 seconds
  • By hand (no tool): approximately 1.5 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×.

Tinted Glass drops

When broken, Tinted Glass 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
  • Hand-Mineable
  • Craftable

Tinted Glass technical properties

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

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

Technical properties

  • Namespaced ID: minecraft:tinted_glass
  • Material family: default
  • Hardness: 0.3
  • Blast resistance: 0.3
  • Stack size: 64
  • Transparent: Yes
  • Blocks light: 15
  • Emits light: 0
  • Diggable: Yes
  • Craftable: Yes
  • /give command: /give @p minecraft:tinted_glass 1

Overview

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

Step-by-step walkthrough

  1. Tinted Glass can be broken by hand or with any tool, though using a tool is usually faster.
  2. With the correct tool this takes about 0.45s to break (unenchanted); by hand it's roughly 1.5s.
  3. Tinted Glass is transparent, so light passes through and adjacent blocks won't be shaded by it.

Pro tips

  • Use /give @p minecraft:tinted_glass 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 Tinted Glass?

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

What does Tinted Glass drop when mined?

Breaking Tinted Glass drops Tinted Glass.

How hard is Tinted Glass to mine?

Tinted Glass has a hardness value of 0.3. That works out to roughly 0.45s with the correct tool or 1.5s by hand (unenchanted, no Haste/Mining Fatigue).

Can I craft Tinted Glass?

Yes - this page lists 1 known crafting recipe for Tinted Glass.

What is the internal Minecraft ID for Tinted Glass?

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

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