Overview
Black Concrete is one of the 16 variants of White Concrete: same recipe, same hardness, same drops — only the look differs. The full write-up for the set is on the White Concrete page.
Black Concrete counts as a coloured block in Minecraft 1.21.4. There is no way to craft it; you have to find it and mine it. Its hardness of 1.8 makes it a normal, unhurried block to mine.
Anything below a wooden pickaxe breaks it without leaving a drop. It drops as the same block you mined. With a blast resistance of only 1.8 it will not survive an explosion.
Sixty-four fit in one inventory slot. No recipe takes it as an ingredient.
About the black set
How long it takes to break
Black Concrete sits at hardness 1.8: 9 seconds per block with your fists, 0.3 with the correct netherite tool.
An iron tool takes 0.45 seconds and a diamond one 0.35, so the jump that actually matters for this block is the one to iron.
Below wooden the block breaks and simply vanishes. Bring the right tier or leave it in the ground.
The Efficiency formula is level² + 1 added to tool speed — at V that is about 3 times the unenchanted rate.
| Tool | No enchantment | Efficiency III | Efficiency V |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hand * | 9 s | 9 s | 9 s |
| Wooden | 1.4 s | 0.25 s | 0.1 s |
| Stone | 0.7 s | 0.2 s | 0.1 s |
| Iron | 0.45 s | 0.2 s | 0.1 s |
| Diamond | 0.35 s | 0.15 s | 0.1 s |
| Netherite | 0.3 s | 0.15 s | 0.1 s |
| Golden | 0.25 s | 0.15 s | 0.1 s |
Properties
Blast resistance on Black Concrete is 1.8, so any explosion nearby takes it out. It stops light entirely and gives off no light. One inventory slot holds 64, the normal full stack. The fastest tool for it is a pickaxe; 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.
- Transparent
- No
- Required tool
- Wooden Pickaxe
Drops
Mined with Wooden Pickaxe, Black Concrete drops itself.
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Frequently asked questions
How do you get Black Concrete in Minecraft?
Mine Black Concrete with Wooden Pickaxe and it drops itself.
What tool do you need to break Black Concrete?
Wooden Pickaxe or better is required; anything weaker destroys the block without dropping it.
Is Black Concrete blast resistant?
Black Concrete has a blast resistance of 1.8, so an explosion nearby will destroy it.
How many Black Concrete fit in one stack?
64 per stack, so a double chest holds 3,456 Black Concrete.
How long does Black Concrete take to break?
The correct netherite tool clears it in 0.3 seconds. Bare hands take 9.
The rest of the set
Black Concrete is one of 16. Every other member behaves the same way:
