Bricks

Obtaining

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

Block	Bricks
Hardness	2
Tool
Breaking "Punch" redirects here. For the enchantment, see Enchanting#Punch. The Player punches trees and gets wood (click to view animation). Breaking, digging, punching, or mining is one of the most fundamental activities in Minecraft, performed (by time
Hand	10
Wooden	1.5
Stone	0.75
Iron	0.5
Diamond	0.4
Golden	0.25

1. ⃢₆ₑ Times are for unenchanted tools in seconds.

Trivia

• In earlier versions of Minecraft, brick pyramids would appear. This feature has since been removed.
• Bricks are usually used for houses because wood burns.
• The brick texture has changed since the early versions of Minecraft. Before the current texture, brick blocks used to be bright red.

Info

Bricks

Transparency When leaves are opaque (in "fast" graphics), they completely block rendering. When leaves are transparent (in "fancy" graphics), the world behind them is also rendered. Opacity (and its inverse, transparency) are properties of blocks with	No
Luminance Light (or lighting) in Minecraft affects visibility, mob spawning, and plant growth. Contents 1 Brightness 1.1 Spread 2 Sources of light 2.1 Blocks 2.2 Other 3 Light-filtering blocks 4 Effects of light 4.1 Mobs 4.2	No
Blast resistance	30
Tool
Renewable A renewable resource (as opposed to a non-renewable, or finite, resource) is a resource that can be recreated indefinitely in survival without exploiting glitches or using commands. While running out of resources isn t likely to	No
Stackable	Yes (64)
Flammable	No
Drops See the items that drop from entities and blocks. For drops as in falls, see Fall Damage. Typical drops from a skeleton: experience orbs, an arrow, and bones. Drops are items that	Itself
Data value	dec:45 hex:2D bin:101101
Name See values from the latest PCPersonal Computer version of Minecraft. For values from Classic, see Data values/Classic. For values from Indev, see Data values/Indev. For values from the Pocket Edition, see Pocket Edition	brick_block

Bricks are a decorative building block See the various blocks found in Minecraft. For the blocking with shields that reduces damage when performed, see Blocking. All blocks Blocks are the basic units of structure in Minecraft. Contents 1 .

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Crafting

Ingredients	Crafting Crafting is the method by which many blocks, tools, and materials are made in Minecraft. In order to craft something, players must move items from their inventory to a crafting grid. A 2×2 crafting grid recipe
Brick

Usage

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

Crafting ingredient

Name See values from the latest PC version of Minecraft. For values from Classic, see Data values/Classic. For values from Indev, see Data values/Indev. For values from the Pocket Edition, see Pocket Edition	Ingredients	Crafting Crafting is the method by which many blocks, tools, and materials are made in Minecraft. In order to craft something, players must move items from their inventory to a crafting grid. A 2×2 crafting grid recipe	Description
Brick Stairs	Bricks	4 Stairs Transparency Partial (blocks light) Luminance No Blast resistance Wood: 15 Stone: 30 Sandstone, Quartz, Red Sandstone: 4 Tools Renewable Cobblestone, Stone Brick, Wood, Purpur: Yes All others: No Stackable Yes (64) Flammable Wood: Yes
Bricks Slab	Bricks	6 Slab Transparency Double slab: No Single slab: Partial (blocks light) Luminance No Blast resistance Wood: 15 Stone: 30 Tools Renewable Stone: Yes Wood: Yes (except Fake Wood) Cobblestone: Yes Stone Brick: Yes Purpur: Yes Quartz:
Dyed Field Masoned Banner	Any Banner⃂+ Matching Dye Dyes Type Items Durability N/A Renewable Yes Stackable Yes (64) First appearances See history Data value dec: 351 hex: 15F bin: 101011111 Name dye Dyes are a set of 16 items used to change the color of wool, ⃂+ Bricks		Emblazons a dyed field masoned (brick pattern)

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History

Classic
0.26 SURVIVAL TEST 9					Added bricks.
Infdev
Feb. 27, 2010					For a brief time, huge brick pyramids were a rare structure that could generate. See 1, 2 and 3 to see the pyramids and exploration of them. The pyramids were completely solid; they had no inside rooms. A strange quality about these pyramids was that if one dug under it, a layer of dirt and stone extended under the pyramid. This suggests it generated right on top of the terrain instead of being a complete pyramid with the bottom parts underground. Pyramids were removed in later versions of Infdev.
Alpha
1.0.11					Brick blocks were given a new texture and their crafting recipe. The brick item was also introduced.
Beta
1.7					The texture was changed again.
1.8					Bricks are now used to craft brick stairs and slabs.
Official release
1.0.0			Beta 1.9-pre5		The texture was slightly changed again.
1.8			14w30a		Bricks are now used to create the brick pattern on banners.
Pocket Edition Alpha
0.1.0					Added bricks.
0.2.0					The texture was changed.
0.3.0					Bricks are now used to craft brick stairs and slabs.
Console Edition
TU1	CU1	1.0	Patch 1		Added bricks.
TU3					The texture was changed.

Issues

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