Overview
Powder Snow Cauldron is a functional block in Minecraft Java Edition 1.21.4. This is a Creative-mode block; Survival players will never hold one. Its hardness of 2 makes it a normal, unhurried block to mine.
Anything below a wooden pickaxe breaks it without leaving a drop. Breaking it produces Cauldron. Light passes through it, so it will not darken the space behind it.
It offers almost no protection from explosions (2 blast resistance). No recipe takes it as an ingredient.
How long it takes to break
Powder Snow Cauldron has a hardness of 2. By hand that is 10 seconds per block; with the correct tool at netherite tier it is 0.35 seconds.
Iron manages 0.5 seconds and diamond 0.4, which makes iron the tier that changes how this block feels.
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 3.5 times the unenchanted rate.
| Tool | No enchantment | Efficiency III | Efficiency V |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hand * | 10 s | 10 s | 10 s |
| Wooden | 1.5 s | 0.25 s | 0.15 s |
| Stone | 0.75 s | 0.25 s | 0.1 s |
| Iron | 0.5 s | 0.2 s | 0.1 s |
| Diamond | 0.4 s | 0.2 s | 0.1 s |
| Netherite | 0.35 s | 0.2 s | 0.1 s |
| Golden | 0.25 s | 0.15 s | 0.1 s |
Properties
With 2 blast resistance Powder Snow Cauldron goes down to any nearby explosion. It is transparent to light and produces no light. A pickaxe is fastest here; any other class mines it at bare-hand speed, because the bonus only applies to the class the block is tagged for. Broken normally it drops Cauldron rather than itself; Silk Touch is what returns the block, and Fortune raises the ordinary drop instead.
- Hardness
- 2
- Blast resistance
- 2
- Light level
- 0
- Transparent
- Yes
- Required tool
- Wooden Pickaxe
Drops
Powder Snow Cauldron drops Cauldron.
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Frequently asked questions
How do you get Powder Snow Cauldron in Minecraft?
Powder Snow Cauldron generates naturally in the world; breaking it yields Cauldron.
What tool do you need to break Powder Snow Cauldron?
Wooden Pickaxe or better is required; anything weaker destroys the block without dropping it.
Is Powder Snow Cauldron blast resistant?
Powder Snow Cauldron has a blast resistance of 2, so an explosion nearby will destroy it.
How long does Powder Snow Cauldron take to break?
0.35 seconds with a netherite-tier tool of the right class, or 10 seconds bare-handed.
