A brush is a tool used in archaeology to excavate suspicious blocks for different items, or obtain scutes from an armadillo.
Obtaining[]
Crafting[]
| Ingredients | Crafting recipe | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Feather + Copper Ingot + Stick |
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| Damaged Brush | The durability of the two brushes is added together, plus an extra 5% durability. |
Usage[]
Using the brush on any block displays a brushing animation, slowing down the player and creating breaking particles, but not actually damaging the block or brush. When continuously brushing a suspicious block, a random item slowly emerges from it until it drops out, and the block turns into regular sand or regular gravel, depleting 1 durability point on the brush. It takes 96 game ticks (4.8 seconds) to brush a single suspicious block.
Using it on an armadillo will deplete 13 durability points, and drop an armadillo scute. There is no cooldown for brushing armadillos, neither a limit for how many scutes can be dropped by a single armadillo.
Enchantments[]
A brush can receive the following enchantments:
| Name | Max Level | Method |
|---|---|---|
| Unbreaking | III | |
| Mending | I | |
| Curse of Vanishing | I |
Sounds[]
| Sound | Subtitles | Source | Description | Resource location | Translation key | Volume | Pitch | Attenuation distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brushing Sand | Blocks | While a brush is brushing suspicious sand | item | subtitles | 0.6 | 0.6 | 16 | |
| Brushing Gravel | Blocks | While a brush is brushing suspicious gravel | item | subtitles | 0.6 | 0.6 | 16 | |
| Brushing | Blocks | While a brush is brushing any other block | item | subtitles | 0.6 | 0.6 | 16 | |
| Brushing Sand completed | Players[sound 1] | When a brush finishes brushing suspicious sand | item | subtitles | 1.0 | 1.0 | 16 | |
| Brushing Gravel completed | Players[sound 1] | When a brush finishes brushing suspicious gravel | item | subtitles | 1.0 | 1.0 | 16 |
| Sound | Source | Description | Resource location | Volume | Pitch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Players | While a brush is brushing suspicious sand | brush | 1.0 | 0.8-1.0 | |
| Players | While a brush is brushing suspicious gravel | brush | 1.0 | 0.8-1.0 | |
| Players | While a brush is brushing any other block | brush | 1.0 | 0.8-1.0 | |
| Players | When a brush finishes brushing suspicious sand | brush_completed | 1.0 | 0.8-1.0 | |
| Players | When a brush finishes brushing suspicious gravel | brush_completed | 1.0 | 0.8-1.0 |
Data values[]
ID[]
| Name | Identifier | Form | Translation key |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brush | brush | Item | item.minecraft.brush |
| Name | Identifier | Numeric ID | Form | Translation key |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brush | brush | 684 | Item | item.brush.name |
Advancements[]
| Icon | Advancement | In-game description | Parent | Actual requirements (if different) | Resource location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Respecting the Remnants | Brush a Suspicious block to obtain a Pottery Sherd | Adventure | — | adventure/salvage_sherd
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History[]
| October 3, 2020 |   Brushes were announced at Minecraft Live 2020 with two variants. | ||||
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| ? |  Changed the brush's item texture. | ||||
| February 10, 2023 |  Sofia Dankis posted an article about upcoming archaeology features, including brushes. | ||||
| Java Edition | |||||
| 1.20 (Experimental) | 23w07a | Added brushes with an updated texture behind the Update 1.20 experimental datapack. | |||
The crafting recipe was originally three string and two sticks.
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| 1.19.4 Pre-release 1 | The crafting recipe for brushes has been changed:
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| 1.20 | 23w12a | Brushes are now available without using the "Update 1.20" experimental data pack. | |||
| Brushes can now brush suspicious gravel. | |||||
| 23w14a | The brushing sound of brush is now controlled by the "Blocks" sound slider instead of the "Players" sound slider. | ||||
| 23w17a | The player now gets the advancement "Respecting the Remnants" when they use a brush on a suspicious block to obtain a pottery sherd. | ||||
| Bedrock Edition | |||||
| Next Major Update (Experimental) | beta 1.19.70.23 | Added brushes behind the "Next Major Update" experimental toggle.
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The crafting recipe is originally three string and two sticks.
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| beta 1.19.80.20 | The crafting recipe for brushes has been changed:
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| 1.20.0 | beta 1.20.0.21 | Brushes are now available without using the "Next Major Update" experimental toggle. | |||
Issues[]
Issues relating to "Brush" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.
References[]
External Links[]
- Taking Inventory: Brush – Minecraft.net on July 6, 2023