Mud Bricks
Mud Bricks

| Renewable |
Yes |
|---|---|
| Stackable |
Yes (64) |
| Tool | |
| Blast resistance |
3 |
| Hardness |
1.5 |
| Luminous |
No |
| Transparent |
No |
| Flammable |
No |
| Catches fire from lava |
No |
| Map color (JE) |
|
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Mud bricks are a block obtained by crafting 4 packed mud.
Obtaining
Breaking
Mud Bricks can be obtained by mining it with any pickaxe. When mined using any other tool, it drops nothing.
| Block | ||
|---|---|---|
| Hardness | 1.5 | |
| Tool | ||
| Breaking time (sec)[A] | ||
| Default | 7.5 | |
| 1.15 | ||
| 0.6 | ||
|
0.45 | |
| 0.4 | ||
| 0.3 | ||
| 0.25 | ||
| 0.2 | ||
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
- ↑ These durations ignore other influential factors (e.g. Mining Fatigue), and are measured in seconds. For more information, see Breaking § Speed.
Natural generation
Mud bricks can be found in trail ruins.
Crafting
| Ingredients | Crafting recipe |
|---|---|
| Packed Mud |
Usage
Crafting
| Name | Ingredients | Crafting recipe |
|---|---|---|
| Mud Brick Slab | ||
| Mud Brick Stairs | ||
| Mud Brick Wall |
Stonecutting ingredient
| Name | Ingredients | Cutting recipe |
|---|---|---|
| Mud Brick Slab | ||
| Mud Brick Stairs | ||
| Mud Brick Wall |
Note Blocks
Mud Bricks can be placed under note blocks to produce "bass drum" sounds.
Sounds
mud_bricks sound type | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sound | Subtitles | Source | Description | Resource location | Translation key | Volume | Pitch | Attenuation distance |
| Block broken | Blocks | Once the block has broken | block | subtitles | 0.5 | 0.8 | 16 | |
| Block placed | Blocks | When the block is placed | block | subtitles | 0.5 | 0.8 | 16 | |
| Block breaking | Blocks | While the block is in the process of being broken | block | subtitles | 0.125 | 0.5 | 16 | |
| Something falls on a block | Entity-Dependent | Falling on the block with fall damage | block | subtitles | 0.25 | 0.75 | 16 | |
| Footsteps | Entity-Dependent | Walking on the block | block | subtitles | 0.075 | 1.0 | 16 | |
mud_bricks sound type | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sound | Source | Description | Resource location | Volume | Pitch |
| Blocks | Once the block has broken | block | 0.5 | 0.8-1.0 | |
| Blocks | When the block is placed | block | 0.3 | 0.6-0.8 | |
| Blocks | While the block is in the process of being broken | block | 0.1 | 0.5 | |
| Blocks | Falling on the block with fall damage | block | 0.4 | 1.0 | |
| Blocks | Walking on the block | block | 0.05 | 1.0 | |
| Blocks | Jumping from the block | block | 0.05 | 1.0 | |
| Blocks | Falling on the block without fall damage | block | 0.05 | 1.0 | |
Data values
ID
| Name | Identifier | Form | Block tags | Translation key |
|---|---|---|---|---|
mud_bricks | Block & Item | mineable/pickaxe | block |
| Name | Identifier | Numeric ID | Form | Item ID[i 1] | Translation key |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
mud_bricks | -475 | Block & Giveable Item[i 2] | Identical[i 3] | tile |
History
| October 16, 2021 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Java Edition | |||||||
| 1.19 | 22w11a | ||||||
| 1.20 | 23w12a | Mud bricks now generate naturally within trail ruins. | |||||
| Bedrock Edition | |||||||
| 1.19.0 | Preview 1.19.0.21 | ||||||
| 1.19.80 Experiment | Preview 1.19.80.22 | Muds bricks now generate naturally within trail ruins. | |||||
| 1.20.30 | Preview 1.20.20.21 | Decreased the hardness of mud bricks from 2 to 1.5. | |||||
| Increased the blast resistance of mud bricks from 2 to 3. | |||||||
Issues
Issues relating to "Mud Bricks" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.
Trivia
- In real life, mud bricks are made with mud mixed together with straw, similar to packed mud in Minecraft, and then heated to increase their toughness. They have a long history of being used as building materials, dating back at least 5,000 years.
Gallery
Screenshots
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Mud bricks generated inside a trail ruin. -

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Mud types.
References