Bricks

Bricks^[a] are a decorative building block.

Obtaining[]

Natural generation[]

Bricks naturally generate in underwater ruins, and in plains village armorer houses. They can also spawn in trail ruins.

Breaking[]

Bricks can be mined using any pickaxe. If mined without a pickaxe, it drops nothing.

Block	Bricks
Hardness	2
Tool
Breaking time^[A]
Default	10
Wooden	1.5
Stone	0.75
Iron	0.5
Diamond	0.4
Netherite	0.35
Golden	0.25

↑ Times are for unenchanted tools as wielded by players with no status effects, measured in seconds. For more information, see Breaking § Speed.

Crafting[]

Ingredients	Crafting recipe
Brick

Usage[]

Bricks have the same blast resistance as other stone-based blocks, so they can be used as a durable building block.

Crafting ingredient[]

Name	Ingredients	Crafting recipe	Description
Banner Pattern Field Masoned	Paper + Bricks		‌^{[Bedrock Edition only]}
Brick Slab	Bricks	6
Brick Stairs	Bricks	4
Brick Wall	Bricks	6

Stonecutting[]

Name	Ingredients	Cutting recipe
Brick Slab or Brick Stairs or Brick Wall	Bricks	2

Note Blocks[]

Bricks can be placed under note blocks to produce bass drum sounds.

Sounds[]

Java Edition:

Subtitles	Source	Description	Resource location	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
Block broken	Blocks	Once the block has broken	`block.stone.break`	`subtitles.block.generic.break`	1.0	0.8	16
Block placed	Blocks	When the block is placed	`block.stone.place`	`subtitles.block.generic.place`	1.0	0.8	16
Block breaking	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	`block.stone.hit`	`subtitles.block.generic.hit`	0.25	0.5	16
None^{[sound 1]}	Entity-Dependent	Falling on the block with fall damage	`block.stone.fall`	None^{[sound 1]}	0.5	0.75	16
Footsteps	Entity-Dependent	Walking on the block	`block.stone.step`	`subtitles.block.generic.footsteps`	0.15	1.0	16

↑ ^a ^b MC-177082

Bedrock Edition:

Source	Description	Resource location	Volume	Pitch
Blocks	Once the block has broken	`dig.stone`	1.0	0.8-1.0
Blocks	When the block is placed	`dig.stone`	1.0	0.8-1.0
Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	`hit.stone`	0.27 ^{[sound 1]}	0.5
Players	Falling on the block with fall damage	`fall.stone`	0.4	1.0
Players	Walking on the block	`step.stone`	0.3	1.0
Players	Jumping from the block	`jump.stone`	0.12	1.0
Players	Falling on the block without fall damage	`land.stone`	0.22	1.0

↑ MCPE-169612 — Many blocks make very slightly different sounds to stone

Data values[]

ID[]

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Form	Block tags	Translation key
Bricks	`bricks`	Block & Item	`mineable/pickaxe`	`block.minecraft.bricks`

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID	Form	Item ID^{[i 1]}	Translation key
Brick Block	`brick_block`	`45`	Block & Giveable Item^{[i 2]}	Identical^{[i 3]}	`tile.brick_block.name`

↑ ID of block's direct item form, which is used in savegame files and addons.
↑ Available with /give command.
↑ The block's direct item form has the same id as the block.

History[]

Java Edition Classic

October 24, 2009 Notch teases bricks.

0.26 SURVIVAL TEST Added bricks.

Java Edition Infdev

20100227-1 Added brick pyramids as naturally generated structures.

20100327 Bricks no longer generate because brick pyramids have been removed.

Java Edition Alpha

v1.0.11 The texture of bricks has been changed.

Bricks are now craftable.

Java Edition Beta

1.0 Brick blocks are now called 'Brick' in-game.

1.2 Bricks are now properly labeled as 'Bricks'.

1.7 The texture of bricks has been changed.

1.8 Pre-release Bricks are now used to craft brick stairs and slabs.

Java Edition

1.0.0 Beta 1.9 Prerelease 5 A single pixel in the lower left of the brick's texture has been slightly brightened.

Beta 1.9 Prerelease 6 Bricks now take much shorter to destroy, and the breaking time is now tier dependent.

1.8 14w11b Bricks with numerical metadata variants 1 through 15, which are inaccessible through normal gameplay, now have no model rather than appearing identical to bricks.

14w26a

Block metadata has been completely removed from this snapshot onwards with the introduction of block states. As this block never used block metadata at all prior to this version, fifteen unused, inaccessible metadata variants of it have been completely removed from the game:

	DV	Description
	0	Bricks
	1-15	Inaccessible "boring" variants of bricks

14w30a Bricks are now used to create the brick pattern on banners.

1.13 17w47a The ID has been changed from brick_block to bricks.

Prior to The Flattening, this block's numeral ID was 45.

18w09a Bricks now generate in underwater ruins.

1.14 18w43a The texture of bricks has been changed.

18w48a Bricks now generate in the updated plains villages.

19w11a Brick items are now sold by villagers of the new mason profession, making bricks renewable.

1.20 23w12a Bricks now generate in trail ruins.

Pocket Edition Alpha

Pre-release Added bricks.

v0.2.0 The texture of bricks has been changed.

v0.3.0 Bricks are now used to craft brick stairs and slabs.

v0.3.2 Survival players no longer have an infinite amount of brick blocks in their inventory.

Bricks are now craftable.

? "Bricks" have been renamed to "Brick Block".

Bedrock Edition

1.2.0 beta 1.2.0.2 Brick blocks are now used to create the brick pattern on banners.

1.4.0 beta 1.2.20.1 Brick blocks now generate in cold underwater ruins.

1.9.0 beta 1.9.0.0 Brick blocks can now be used to craft brick walls.

1.10.0 beta 1.10.0.3 The texture of brick blocks has been changed.

Brick blocks can now be used to craft banner pattern field masoned.

Brick blocks now generate in new villages.

Legacy Console Edition

TU1 CU1 1.0 Patch 1 1.0.1 Added bricks.

TU3 The texture of bricks has been changed.

1.90 The texture of bricks has been changed.

New Nintendo 3DS Edition

0.1.0 Added bricks.

Issues[]

Issues relating to "Bricks" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.

Notes[]

↑ Known as Bricks in Java Edition and Brick Block in Bedrock Edition.

External Links[]

Block of the Week: Bricks – Minecraft.net on September 8, 2017

[breakingtimenote-2] Times are for unenchanted tools as wielded by players with no status effects, measured in seconds. For more information, see Breaking § Speed.

[bugMC-177082-3] MC-177082

[4] MCPE-169612 — Many blocks make very slightly different sounds to stone

[bedrock-item-id-5] ID of block's direct item form, which is used in savegame files and addons.

[bedrock-give-available-6] Available with /give command.

[bedrock-item-form-7] The block's direct item form has the same id as the block.

[1] Known as Bricks in Java Edition and Brick Block in Bedrock Edition.

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