How do you get Brush in Minecraft?

Brush is crafted from Feather, Copper Ingot, and Stick at a Crafting Table, in a single step.

When was Brush added to Minecraft?

Brush was added in version 1.20.

Can Brush be enchanted?

Yes. The list for Brush runs to 3: Unbreaking, Mending, and Curse of Vanishing.

How many Brush can you stack?

One Brush per slot, since Brush does not stack, and every one then costs 1 Feather, 1 Copper Ingot, and 1 Stick. A full backpack of 36 inventory slots carries 36 of them, one apiece.

How much durability does Brush have?

Brush starts at 64 durability, and every use takes one off. On Brush the bar is not the end of it, because Unbreaking makes every point last longer and Mending refills them from experience. One craft of Feather, Copper Ingot, and Stick is worth 64 uses of Brush.

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Brush

Used on suspicious sand and suspicious gravel to extract buried archaeological items like pottery sherds and armor trims.

Stack Size

Durability

Brush at a glance

Minecraft files Brush under Tools: a tool you get from crafting. It does not stack, so every one you carry costs a full inventory slot, and nine of them fill a hotbar row. Wear counts down from 64 on Brush, and an anvil resets part of that; it takes enchantments too.

64 actions is what Brush is worth from new, and the two enchantments that change that number are Unbreaking, which stretches the 64, and Mending, which pays them back as you collect experience. The enchantment pool for Brush runs to 3, including Unbreaking, Mending, and Curse of Vanishing. It opens the Tools list, Bucket of Cod follows it, 35 entries in all.

Crafting recipe

Crafting
Feather
Copper Ingot
Stick
Brush
Recipe data from Astroworld Crafting, where Brush has the grid for Brush

How to obtain

Crafting

Enchantments

Unbreaking Mending Curse of Vanishing

Click an enchantment to view details on the Enchantments database.

Notes

Part of the archaeology system. Use on suspicious blocks found in Trail Ruins, Desert Temples, and Ocean Ruins.

Frequently asked questions about Brush

How do you get Brush in Minecraft?
Brush is crafted from Feather, Copper Ingot, and Stick at a Crafting Table, in a single step.
When was Brush added to Minecraft?
Brush was added in version 1.20.
Can Brush be enchanted?
Yes. The list for Brush runs to 3: Unbreaking, Mending, and Curse of Vanishing.
What is Brush used for?
Brush is a tool, and it harvests blocks faster than a bare hand does. Used on suspicious sand and suspicious gravel to extract buried archaeological items like pottery sherds and armor trims.
How many Brush can you stack?
One Brush per slot, since Brush does not stack, and every one then costs 1 Feather, 1 Copper Ingot, and 1 Stick. A full backpack of 36 inventory slots carries 36 of them, one apiece.
How much durability does Brush have?
Brush starts at 64 durability, and every use takes one off. On Brush the bar is not the end of it, because Unbreaking makes every point last longer and Mending refills them from experience. One craft of Feather, Copper Ingot, and Stick is worth 64 uses of Brush.

Building with it

A feather, a copper ingot and a stick make a brush, and it is the only way to excavate suspicious sand and suspicious gravel without destroying what is inside. Every pottery sherd and every trail ruins template in a world comes out from under one of these.

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