Overview
Orange 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.
Minecraft classifies Orange Concrete as a coloured block. It has no crafting recipe — you collect it by mining it where it generates. Hardness 1.8 puts it in the middle of the pack for mining speed.
Mine it with a wooden pickaxe or better, or you get no drop at all. Broken correctly, it drops itself. It offers almost no protection from explosions (1.8 blast resistance).
A full stack holds 64. It is not used in any crafting recipe.
About the orange set
How long it takes to break
Orange Concrete has a hardness of 1.8. By hand that is 9 seconds per block; with the correct tool at netherite tier it is 0.3 seconds.
Iron manages 0.45 seconds and diamond 0.35, which makes iron the tier that changes how this block feels.
The block still breaks with a weaker tool, but below wooden it yields nothing at all — the time is spent and the drop is lost, which is the single most common way players waste a vein.
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
With 1.8 blast resistance Orange Concrete goes down to any nearby explosion. It is fully opaque and produces no light. One inventory slot holds 64, the normal full stack. A pickaxe is the fastest choice here. A tool of the wrong class is no better than your fist — the speed bonus is tied to the block's own tool tag.
- Transparent
- No
- Required tool
- Wooden Pickaxe
Drops
Mined with Wooden Pickaxe, Orange Concrete drops itself.
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Frequently asked questions
How do you get Orange Concrete in Minecraft?
Mine Orange Concrete with Wooden Pickaxe and it drops itself.
What tool do you need to break Orange Concrete?
Wooden Pickaxe or better is required; anything weaker destroys the block without dropping it.
Is Orange Concrete blast resistant?
Orange Concrete has a blast resistance of 1.8, so an explosion nearby will destroy it.
How many Orange Concrete fit in one stack?
Orange Concrete stacks to 64, which puts 3,456 of them in a double chest.
How long does Orange Concrete take to break?
0.3 seconds with a netherite-tier tool of the right class, or 9 seconds bare-handed.
The rest of the set
Orange Concrete is one of 16. Every other member behaves the same way:
