Block of Amber

Not to be confused with Block of Gold.
This article documents an April Fools' Day joke.
 
This feature was exclusively part of a joke version and is not currently planned for addition to regular Minecraft.
Block of Amber
Block of Amber.png: Infobox image for Block of Amber the block in Minecraft
Invicon Block of Amber.png: Inventory sprite for Block of Amber in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Block of Amber
Renewable

Yes

Stackable

Yes (64)

Tool

Blast resistance

6

Hardness

5

Luminous

No

Transparent

No

Flammable

No

Catches fire
from lava

No 

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A block of amber is a storage block made of amber gems in 24w14potato. They closely resemble blocks of gold in coloration.

Obtaining

Breaking

Mining blocks of amber requires an iron pickaxe or better.

Block
Hardness 5
Tool
Breaking time (sec)[A]
Default 25
BlockSprite oak-planks.png: Sprite image for oak-planks in MinecraftWooden 12.5
BlockSprite cobblestone.png: Sprite image for cobblestone in MinecraftStone 6.25
ItemSprite copper-ingot.png: Sprite image for copper-ingot in MinecraftCopper
​ 		5
ItemSprite iron-ingot.png: Sprite image for iron-ingot in MinecraftIron 1.25
ItemSprite diamond.png: Sprite image for diamond in MinecraftDiamond 0.95
ItemSprite netherite-ingot.png: Sprite image for netherite-ingot in MinecraftNetherite 0.85
ItemSprite gold-ingot.png: Sprite image for gold-ingot in MinecraftGolden 2.1
Legend
  • incorrect tool, drops nothing
  • correct tool, drops nothing or something other than the block itself
  • correct tool, drops the block itself
  • italicized can be instant mined
  1. ↑ These durations ignore other influential factors (e.g. Mining Fatigue), and are measured in seconds. For more information, see Breaking § Speed.

Note: No version exists with both copper tools and this block, but the breaking time can be calculated from the block's hardness.

Crafting

Ingredients Crafting recipe
Amber Gem
Invicon Amber Gem.png: Inventory sprite for Amber Gem in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Amber Gem with description: Amber GemInvicon Amber Gem.png: Inventory sprite for Amber Gem in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Amber Gem with description: Amber GemInvicon Amber Gem.png: Inventory sprite for Amber Gem in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Amber Gem with description: Amber GemInvicon Amber Gem.png: Inventory sprite for Amber Gem in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Amber Gem with description: Amber GemInvicon Amber Gem.png: Inventory sprite for Amber Gem in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Amber Gem with description: Amber GemInvicon Amber Gem.png: Inventory sprite for Amber Gem in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Amber Gem with description: Amber GemInvicon Amber Gem.png: Inventory sprite for Amber Gem in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Amber Gem with description: Amber GemInvicon Amber Gem.png: Inventory sprite for Amber Gem in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Amber Gem with description: Amber GemInvicon Amber Gem.png: Inventory sprite for Amber Gem in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Amber Gem with description: Amber Gem
Invicon Block of Amber.png: Inventory sprite for Block of Amber in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Block of Amber

Usage

Crafting ingredient

Name Ingredients Crafting recipe
Amber Gem

Beacons

Blocks of amber can be used to "power" a beacon. The beacon can be powered by a 3×3 square of amber blocks underneath it, and can optionally also include a 5×5, 7×7, and 9×9 layer in the shape of a pyramid under the original layer to increase the effects from the beacon. The layers do not have to be entirely blocks of amber, as they may also contain blocks of iron, blocks of gold, blocks of diamond, blocks of netherite or blocks of emerald.

Note blocks

Blocks of amber can be placed under note blocks to produce "bit" sounds.

Sounds

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BlockSprite block-of-gold.png: Sprite image for block-of-gold in Minecraft metal sound type
SoundSubtitlesSourceDescriptionResource locationTranslation keyVolumePitchAttenuation
distance
​Block brokenBlocksOnce the block has brokenblock.metal.breaksubtitles.block.generic.break​1.01.216
​Block placedBlocksWhen the block is placedblock.metal.placesubtitles.block.generic.place​1.01.216
​Block breakingBlocksWhile the block is in the process of being brokenblock.metal.hitsubtitles.block.generic.hit​0.250.7516
​Something falls on a blockEntity-DependentFalling on the block with fall damageblock.metal.fallsubtitles.block.generic.fall​0.51.2516
​FootstepsEntity-DependentWalking on the blockblock.metal.stepsubtitles.block.generic.footsteps​0.151.516

Data values

ID

NameIdentifierBlock tagsTranslation key
BlockSprite block-of-amber.png: Sprite image for block-of-amber in Minecraft Block of Amberamber_blockbeacon_base_blocks
needs_iron_tool
incorrect_for_gold_tool
incorrect_for_wooden_tool
incorrect_for_stone_tool
mineable/pickaxe		block.minecraft.amber_block

Issues

Issues relating to "Block of Amber" are not maintained on the bug tracker because it is an April Fools' joke, and is therefore not in the newest stable version or snapshot. Issues reported there are closed as "Invalid".

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