USB Charger Block
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.
USB Charger Block

| Renewable |
Yes |
|---|---|
| Stackable |
Yes (64) |
| Tool | |
| Blast resistance |
30 |
| Hardness |
3 |
| Luminous |
No |
| Transparent |
No |
| Flammable |
No |
| Catches fire from lava |
No |
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The USB charger block was a joke variant of the block of redstone introduced in Java Edition 1.RV-Pre1.
Obtaining
Breaking
USB charger block requires a pickaxe to mine, otherwise it drops nothing.
| Block | ||
|---|---|---|
| Hardness | 3 | |
| Tool | ||
| Breaking time (sec)[A] | ||
| Default | 15 | |
| 2.25 | ||
| 1.15 | ||
|
0.9 | |
| 0.75 | ||
| 0.6 | ||
| 0.5 | ||
| 0.4 | ||
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.
Crafting
| Ingredients | Crafting recipe |
|---|---|
| Iron Ingot + Redstone Dust + Gold Ingot |
Usage
USB charger blocks behave like blocks of redstone. They output a constant signal strength of 15 and do not power adjacent opaque blocks.
Sounds
metal sound type | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sound | Subtitles | Source | Description | Resource location | Translation key | Volume | Pitch | Attenuation distance |
| Block broken | Blocks | Once the block has broken | block | subtitles | 1.0 | 1.2 | 16 | |
| Block placed | Blocks | When the block is placed | block | subtitles | 1.0 | 1.2 | 16 | |
| Block breaking | Blocks | While the block is in the process of being broken | block | subtitles | 0.25 | 0.75 | 16 | |
| Something falls on a block | Entity-Dependent | Falling on the block with fall damage | block | subtitles | 0.5 | 1.25 | 16 | |
| Footsteps | Entity-Dependent | Walking on the block | block | subtitles | 0.15 | 1.5 | 16 | |
Data values
ID
| Name | Identifier | Numeric ID | Form | Translation key |
|---|---|---|---|---|
usb_charger | 250 | Block & Item | tile |
Issues
Issues relating to "USB Charger Block" 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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