Overview
Bamboo Button is one of the 13 variants of this shape in the game. What changes between them is the material, and with it the hardness, the drops, the durability and the recipe — so every figure on this page is this variant's own. Oak Button is the same shape in a different material.
Bamboo Button counts as a redstone block in Minecraft 1.21.4. A crafting table turns its ingredients into Bamboo Button. It breaks almost instantly, with a hardness of just 0.5.
You can break it by hand without losing the drop. It drops as the same block you mined. Light passes through it, so it will not darken the space behind it.
It offers almost no protection from explosions (0.5 blast resistance). A full stack holds 64. It is crafted from Bamboo Planks.
Nothing on the crafting grid is made from it.
About the bamboo set
How long it takes to break
Bamboo Button sits at hardness 0.5: 0.75 seconds per block with your fists, 0.1 with the correct netherite tool.
An iron tool takes 0.15 seconds and a diamond one 0.1, so the jump that actually matters for this block is the one to diamond.
Nothing here needs a minimum tier: whatever you swing, the block still drops, and the only difference is how long it takes.
Each Efficiency level adds level² + 1 to the tool's speed, so a level V tool clears this about 2 times faster than an unenchanted one.
| Tool | No enchantment | Efficiency III | Efficiency V |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hand | 0.75 s | 0.75 s | 0.75 s |
| Wooden | 0.4 s | 0.1 s | instant |
| Stone | 0.2 s | 0.1 s | instant |
| Iron | 0.15 s | instant | instant |
| Diamond | 0.1 s | instant | instant |
| Netherite | 0.1 s | instant | instant |
| Golden | 0.1 s | instant | instant |
Properties
With 0.5 blast resistance Bamboo Button goes down to any nearby explosion. It is transparent to light and produces no light. Stack size is 64 — the standard full stack. It renews, so a single world will never run out. The fastest tool for it is an axe; any other kind of tool mines it no faster than a bare hand does, because the speed bonus only applies to the tool class the block is tagged for. As furnace fuel it burns for 15 seconds — one and a half smelting operations.
- Transparent
- Yes
- Required tool
- Any
- Renewable
- Yes
- Fuel value
- 15 s
Crafting recipe
Crafting Table
Shapeless recipe
Bamboo Button
Drops
Mined with any, Bamboo Button drops itself.
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Frequently asked questions
How do you get Bamboo Button in Minecraft?
Bamboo Button is crafted from Bamboo Planks.
What tool do you need to break Bamboo Button?
No specific tool is required — Bamboo Button can be broken by hand.
Is Bamboo Button blast resistant?
Bamboo Button has a blast resistance of 0.5, so an explosion nearby will destroy it.
How many Bamboo Button fit in one stack?
64 per stack, so a double chest holds 3,456 Bamboo Button.
Is Bamboo Button renewable?
Yes — you can keep producing Bamboo Button in one world, so building with it will not exhaust the supply.
How long does Bamboo Button take to break?
With the correct tool at netherite tier it takes 0.1 seconds; by hand it takes 0.75 seconds.
The rest of the set
Bamboo Button is one of 13 variants of the same shape. The others are made from different materials, so their numbers differ:
