Overview
Purpur Block is one of the 9 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. Block of Amethyst is the same shape in a different material.
Purpur Block is an End block in Minecraft Java Edition 1.21.4. A crafting table turns its ingredients into Purpur Block. Its hardness of 1.5 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. It stacks to 64.
You make it with Popped Chorus Fruit. 4 recipes call for it, including Purpur Slab, Purpur Stairs, Spire Armor Trim and 1 more.
About the purpur set
How long it takes to break
Hardness 1.5 puts Purpur Block at 7.5 seconds a block bare-handed, or 0.25 seconds with the right tool at netherite tier.
Iron manages 0.4 seconds and diamond 0.3, which makes diamond the tier that changes how this block feels.
It will break below wooden, and you will get nothing for it. That combination of time spent and drop lost is the classic mining mistake.
Efficiency adds its level squared plus one to the tool speed, so Efficiency V is about 2.5 times faster than the same tool unenchanted.
| Tool | No enchantment | Efficiency III | Efficiency V |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hand * | 7.5 s | 7.5 s | 7.5 s |
| Wooden | 1.2 s | 0.2 s | 0.1 s |
| Stone | 0.6 s | 0.2 s | 0.1 s |
| Iron | 0.4 s | 0.15 s | 0.1 s |
| Diamond | 0.3 s | 0.15 s | 0.1 s |
| Netherite | 0.25 s | 0.15 s | 0.1 s |
| Golden | 0.2 s | 0.15 s | 0.1 s |
Properties
Purpur Block has a blast resistance of 6, so a nearby explosion will usually destroy it. It blocks light completely and emits no light of its own. 64 fit in a slot — a full stack. It is renewable, so one world can supply as much of it as you want. The block is tagged for pickaxes, and only that class gets the speed bonus; everything else mines at bare-hand rate.
- Transparent
- No
- Required tool
- Wooden Pickaxe
- Renewable
- Yes
Crafting recipe
Crafting Table
Purpur Block ×4
Drops
Mined with Wooden Pickaxe, Purpur Block drops itself.
Used to craft
Purpur Block is an ingredient in 4 recipes, producing Purpur Slab, Purpur Stairs, Spire Armor Trim, and Purpur Pillar.
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Frequently asked questions
How do you get Purpur Block in Minecraft?
Purpur Block is crafted from Popped Chorus Fruit.
What tool do you need to break Purpur Block?
Wooden Pickaxe or better is required; anything weaker destroys the block without dropping it.
Is Purpur Block blast resistant?
Purpur Block has a blast resistance of 6, so an explosion nearby will destroy it.
How many Purpur Block fit in one stack?
Purpur Block stacks to 64, which puts 3,456 of them in a double chest.
Is Purpur Block renewable?
Renewable: one world will supply Purpur Block indefinitely.
How long does Purpur Block take to break?
With the correct tool at netherite tier it takes 0.25 seconds; by hand it takes 7.5 seconds.
The rest of the set
Purpur Block is one of 9 variants of the same shape. The others are made from different materials, so their numbers differ:
