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White Concrete in Minecraft | MinecraftBible

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

What is White Concrete?

White Concrete is a Minecraft block classified under the mineable/pickaxe material group. It has a hardness of 1.8 and a blast resistance of 1.8. It stacks up to 64 per inventory slot. It is a solid, opaque block. White Concrete does not emit light. White Concrete filters 15 levels of light passing through it, which is why it blocks skylight below it.

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

How to mine White Concrete

White Concrete 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 2.7 seconds
  • By hand (no tool): approximately 9 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×.

White Concrete drops

When broken, White Concrete 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

White Concrete technical properties

  • Flammable: No
  • Burns from lava: No
  • Renewable: Yes
  • Emits light: No (luminance 0)
  • Map color: 16 colors

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

Technical properties

  • Namespaced ID: minecraft:white_concrete
  • Material family: mineable/pickaxe
  • Hardness: 1.8
  • Blast resistance: 1.8
  • Stack size: 64
  • Transparent: No
  • Blocks light: 15
  • Emits light: 0
  • Diggable: Yes
  • Craftable: No
  • /give command: /give @p minecraft:white_concrete 1

Overview

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

Step-by-step walkthrough

  1. Bring the correct tool tier before mining - breaking White Concrete with the wrong tool will destroy it without dropping anything.
  2. Expect to collect White Concrete once it breaks.
  3. With the correct tool this takes about 2.7s to break (unenchanted); by hand it's roughly 9s.

Pro tips

  • Use /give @p minecraft:white_concrete 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 White Concrete?

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 White Concrete drop when mined?

Breaking White Concrete drops White Concrete.

How hard is White Concrete to mine?

White Concrete has a hardness value of 1.8. That works out to roughly 2.7s with the correct tool or 9s by hand (unenchanted, no Haste/Mining Fatigue).

What is the internal Minecraft ID for White Concrete?

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

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