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Utility BlocksCraftable

Prismarine Bricks

A refined prismarine variant with a tiled brick pattern in a brighter aqua tone. It is crafted from nine prismarine shards.

Stack Size

64

Durability

N/A

Category

Utility Blocks

Version Added

1.8

Item ID

prismarine_bricks

Prismarine Bricks at a glance

Utility Blocks hold Prismarine Bricks: blocks out of crafting and mining. Stack Prismarine Bricks 64 high: 576 across a hotbar, 1728 in a shulker box, and 3456 in a double chest.

The game rates Prismarine Bricks at 1.5 hardness. A pickaxe is the right tool for Prismarine Bricks, and any tier of it collects the block. Blast resistance sits at 6. Prismarine Bricks sits between Prismarine and Pumpkin in Utility Blocks, number 251 of 340 there.

Crafting recipe

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Recipe data from Astroworld Crafting, where Prismarine Bricks has the grid for Prismarine Bricks

How to obtain

  • Crafting
  • Mining

Notes

Crafted from 9 Prismarine Shards. Generates in ocean monuments.

Frequently asked questions about Prismarine Bricks

  1. Prismarine Shard going into Prismarine Bricks, the recipe this answer describes

    How do you get Prismarine Bricks in Minecraft?

    Prismarine Bricks is crafted from Prismarine Shard at a Crafting Table, in a single step. They also comes from mining, not just the recipe above.

  2. Prismarine Bricks as a block, next to the pickaxe its 1.5 hardness asks for

    How long does Prismarine Bricks take to break?

    Mining Prismarine Bricks works against 1.5; explosions on them work against 6. The two numbers on Prismarine Bricks are not the same, so mining and blowing them up are separate jobs. A pickaxe is the right tool for Prismarine Bricks, and any tier of it collects the block. Java 26.2 holds Prismarine Bricks at exactly those figures, timing on them aside.

  3. Prismarine Bricks coming forward out of the past, in the game since 1.8

    When was Prismarine Bricks added to Minecraft?

    Prismarine Bricks was added in version 1.8.

  4. 64 Prismarine Bricks drawn together, the full slot the answer counts

    How many Prismarine Bricks can you stack?

    64 Prismarine Bricks fills a slot, and that slot costs 576 Prismarine Shard, which is 64 crafts at the crafting table. A double chest of Prismarine Bricks comes to 3,456, spread over 54 slots.

  5. Prismarine Bricks on its own, since nothing in the game is crafted from it

    What is Prismarine Bricks used for?

    A refined prismarine variant with a tiled brick pattern in a brighter aqua tone. It is crafted from nine prismarine shards.

Building with it

Nine prismarine shards give prismarine bricks, a lighter and more regular version of the plain block. Monument builds use it for floors and pillars, and it pairs with sea lanterns for the classic underwater temple look.