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White Concrete Powder in Minecraft | MinecraftBible
White Concrete Powder is a block in Minecraft 1.21.4, dropping White Concrete Powder.
What is White Concrete Powder?
White Concrete Powder is a Minecraft block classified under the mineable/shovel material group. It has a hardness of 0.5 and a blast resistance of 0.5. It stacks up to 64 per inventory slot. It is a solid, opaque block. White Concrete Powder does not emit light. White Concrete Powder filters 15 levels of light passing through it, which is why it blocks skylight below it.
Namespaced identifier: minecraft:white_concrete_powder. Command: /give @p minecraft:white_concrete_powder 1.
How to mine White Concrete Powder
White Concrete Powder can be broken with any tool, or even by hand.
Break times (unenchanted, no Haste or Mining Fatigue):
- With the correct tool: approximately 0.75 seconds
- By hand (no tool): approximately 2.5 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×.
White Concrete Powder drops
When broken, White Concrete Powder 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
- Hand-Mineable
- Craftable
White Concrete Powder 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 Powder (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). Verified for Java Edition 1.21.4.
Technical properties
- Namespaced ID: minecraft:white_concrete_powder
- Material family: mineable/shovel
- Hardness: 0.5
- Blast resistance: 0.5
- Stack size: 64
- Transparent: No
- Blocks light: 15
- Emits light: 0
- Diggable: Yes
- Craftable: Yes
- /give command: /give @p minecraft:white_concrete_powder 1
Overview
White Concrete Powder is a block in Minecraft 1.21.4. This page covers mining requirements, real drop data, and crafting relevance.
Step-by-step walkthrough
- White Concrete Powder can be broken by hand or with any tool, though using a tool is usually faster.
- Expect to collect White Concrete Powder once it breaks.
- With the correct tool this takes about 0.75s to break (unenchanted); by hand it's roughly 2.5s.
Pro tips
- Use /give @p minecraft:white_concrete_powder 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 White Concrete Powder?
White Concrete Powder can be broken by hand or with any tool - no specific tool tier is required.
What does White Concrete Powder drop when mined?
Breaking White Concrete Powder drops White Concrete Powder.
How hard is White Concrete Powder to mine?
White Concrete Powder has a hardness value of 0.5. That works out to roughly 0.75s with the correct tool or 2.5s by hand (unenchanted, no Haste/Mining Fatigue).
Can I craft White Concrete Powder?
Yes - this page lists 1 known crafting recipe for White Concrete Powder.
What is the internal Minecraft ID for White Concrete Powder?
The namespaced ID is minecraft:white_concrete_powder, usable with /setblock, /fill, and /give.