How do you get Block of Quartz in Minecraft?

Block of Quartz is crafted from Nether Quartz at a Crafting Table, in a single step.

When was Block of Quartz added to Minecraft?

Block of Quartz was added in version 1.5.

What is Block of Quartz used for?

Block of Quartz is a crafting ingredient, and it goes into Quartz Stairs.

How many Block of Quartz can you stack?

64 Block of Quartz fills a slot, and that slot costs 256 Nether Quartz, which is 64 crafts at the crafting table. A full backpack of 36 inventory slots carries 2,304 at once.

How long does Block of Quartz take to break?

Block of Quartz has hardness 0.8, and it has blast resistance 0.8. Matching numbers put Block of Quartz in the ordinary group, the group creepers get through, and it is no exception. Reach for a pickaxe if you want Block of Quartz fast; the wooden one already drops it. Java 26.2 stores Block of Quartz with those figures unchanged, so it reads the same here.

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Block of Quartz

A smooth white building block crafted from four nether quartz, popular for modern and classical architecture. It can be cut into stairs, slabs and pillar variants.

Stack Size

Durability

N/A

Block of Quartz at a glance

Utility Blocks holds Block of Quartz: a block out of crafting. 64 Block of Quartz fit in a slot, 576 across the hotbar, 3456 in a double chest.

Block of Quartz additionally serves as a crafting ingredient for Quartz Stairs. On the hardness scale Block of Quartz sits at 0.8. It holds up against explosions exactly as well as it does against a pickaxe, and no better. Reach for a pickaxe if you want Block of Quartz fast; the wooden one already drops it. It sits between Block of Netherite and Blue Banner in Utility Blocks, number 50 of 340 there.

Crafting recipe

Crafting
Nether Quartz
Nether Quartz
Nether Quartz
Nether Quartz
Block of Quartz
Recipe data from Astroworld Crafting, where Block of Quartz has the grid for Block of Quartz

Used to craft

Only Quartz Stairs use Block of Quartz as an ingredient, so this list runs to a single link. Every name in the list has a page of its own, grid included, with Block of Quartz in it.

Quartz Stairs

How to obtain

Crafting

Notes

Smelting a Block of Quartz produces Smooth Quartz.

Frequently asked questions about Block of Quartz

How do you get Block of Quartz in Minecraft?
Block of Quartz is crafted from Nether Quartz at a Crafting Table, in a single step.
When was Block of Quartz added to Minecraft?
Block of Quartz was added in version 1.5.
What is Block of Quartz used for?
Block of Quartz is a crafting ingredient, and it goes into Quartz Stairs.
How many Block of Quartz can you stack?
64 Block of Quartz fills a slot, and that slot costs 256 Nether Quartz, which is 64 crafts at the crafting table. A full backpack of 36 inventory slots carries 2,304 at once.
How long does Block of Quartz take to break?
Block of Quartz has hardness 0.8, and it has blast resistance 0.8. Matching numbers put Block of Quartz in the ordinary group, the group creepers get through, and it is no exception. Reach for a pickaxe if you want Block of Quartz fast; the wooden one already drops it. Java 26.2 stores Block of Quartz with those figures unchanged, so it reads the same here.

Building with it

Four nether quartz make a block, and it is the whitest building material in the game short of snow. Because quartz comes only from the Nether, a quartz build is a statement about how many trips you have made, and the block cuts into pillars, stairs, slabs and chiseled variants.

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