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Purpur Pillar

A decorative purple pillar block with vertical line detailing, found in End cities. It is crafted by stacking two purpur slabs.

Stack Size

64

Durability

N/A

Category

Utility Blocks

Version Added

1.9

Item ID

purpur_pillar

Purpur Pillar at a glance

Crafting, Stonecutter, and mining give you Purpur Pillar, a block filed under Utility Blocks. A slot of Purpur Pillar holds 64, nine slots hold 576, and 1728 fill a chest.

On the hardness scale Purpur Pillar sits at 1.5. A pickaxe makes Purpur Pillar quick, and even the cheapest one still drops it. Blast resistance sits at 6. Purpur Pillar sits between Purpur Block and Quartz Pillar in Utility Blocks, number 259 of 340 there.

Crafting recipe

Crafting
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How to obtain

  • Crafting
  • Stonecutter
  • Mining

Notes

Can also be cut directly from a Purpur Block at a stonecutter (1 output).

Frequently asked questions about Purpur Pillar

  1. Purpur Slab going into Purpur Pillar, the recipe this answer describes

    How do you get Purpur Pillar in Minecraft?

    Purpur Pillar is crafted from Purpur Slab at a Crafting Table, in a single step. It also comes from Stonecutter, and Purpur Pillar from mining, not just the recipe above.

  2. Purpur Pillar on its own, since nothing in the game is crafted from it

    What is Purpur Pillar used for?

    A decorative purple pillar block with vertical line detailing, found in End cities. It is crafted by stacking two purpur slabs.

  3. Purpur Pillar coming forward out of the past, in the game since 1.9

    When was Purpur Pillar added to Minecraft?

    Purpur Pillar was added in version 1.9.

  4. 64 Purpur Pillar drawn together, the full slot the answer counts

    How many Purpur Pillar can you stack?

    128 Purpur Slab is what 64 Purpur Pillar costs, so filling a single slot is 64 crafts. A shulker box of Purpur Pillar comes to 1,728, over 27 slots.

  5. Purpur Pillar as a block, next to the pickaxe its 1.5 hardness asks for

    How long does Purpur Pillar take to break?

    Mining Purpur Pillar works against 1.5; explosions on it work against 6. The two numbers on Purpur Pillar are not the same, so mining and blowing it up are separate jobs. A pickaxe makes Purpur Pillar quick, and even the cheapest one still drops it. Java 26.2 is the release Purpur Pillar was read from, figure by figure on it.

Building with it

A purpur pillar is two purpur blocks stacked in a grid, and like the quartz version it carries rings on its sides. In End city builds it frames doorways and holds up towers, and its colour makes it one of the few pillars that does not read as either stone or wood.

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