How do you get Black Concrete in Minecraft?

Black Concrete is obtained through placing Black Concrete Powder in water, and Black Concrete from mining with a pickaxe. There is no crafting recipe. Black Concrete comes out of the world, and a pickaxe is what breaks it.

What dye does Black Concrete need?

Black dye is what Black Concrete needs. An ink sac or a wither rose each give one for Black Concrete.

How long does Black Concrete take to break?

1.8 hardness is one number on Black Concrete, and 1.8 blast resistance is the other number on it. That is the default pairing for Black Concrete, and it means it has no special toughness either way. A pickaxe is the right tool for Black Concrete, and any tier of it collects the block. Java 26.2 carries Black Concrete at the values above, which is where it gets them.

When was Black Concrete added to Minecraft?

Black Concrete was added in version 1.12.

How many Black Concrete can you stack?

64 Black Concrete to a slot, so a shulker box holds 1,728 and a double chest twice that, at 3,456. A full backpack of 36 inventory slots carries 2,304 at once.

Utility Blocks

Black Concrete

Black Concrete is a solid, vibrantly-colored black building block formed when Black Concrete Powder touches water. It is hard and not affected by gravity.

Stack Size

Durability

N/A

Black Concrete at a glance

Black Concrete, a block out of placing Black Concrete Powder in water and mining with a pickaxe, sits under Utility Blocks. 64 Black Concrete fit in a slot, 576 across the hotbar, 3456 in a double chest.

Black Concrete owes its colour to black dye. An ink sac or a wither rose each give one. Breaking Black Concrete works against a hardness of 1.8. Explosives face the same figure, which is why Black Concrete is not a wall you rely on. A pickaxe is the right tool for Black Concrete, and any tier of it collects the block. It sits between Black Carpet and Black Concrete Powder in Utility Blocks, number 38 of 340 there.

How to obtain

Placing Black Concrete Powder in water
Mining with a pickaxe

Notes

Not craftable. Created only when the matching concrete powder contacts water; requires a pickaxe to mine.

Frequently asked questions about Black Concrete

How do you get Black Concrete in Minecraft?
Black Concrete is obtained through placing Black Concrete Powder in water, and Black Concrete from mining with a pickaxe. There is no crafting recipe. Black Concrete comes out of the world, and a pickaxe is what breaks it.
What dye does Black Concrete need?
Black dye is what Black Concrete needs. An ink sac or a wither rose each give one for Black Concrete.
How long does Black Concrete take to break?
1.8 hardness is one number on Black Concrete, and 1.8 blast resistance is the other number on it. That is the default pairing for Black Concrete, and it means it has no special toughness either way. A pickaxe is the right tool for Black Concrete, and any tier of it collects the block. Java 26.2 carries Black Concrete at the values above, which is where it gets them.
When was Black Concrete added to Minecraft?
Black Concrete was added in version 1.12.
How many Black Concrete can you stack?
64 Black Concrete to a slot, so a shulker box holds 1,728 and a double chest twice that, at 3,456. A full backpack of 36 inventory slots carries 2,304 at once.
What is Black Concrete used for?
Black Concrete is a solid, vibrantly-colored black building block formed when Black Concrete Powder touches water. It is hard and not affected by gravity.

Building with it

Black Concrete gives a hard outline that no other block in the game manages: no pattern, no highlights, just a solid dark surface. It works as a frame around windows and as the shadow line under a roof. The dye comes from an ink sac or a wither rose, so a squid farm quietly doubles as a concrete factory once the sand and gravel are lined up.

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