Overview
Red Concrete Powder is one of the 16 variants of White Concrete Powder: same recipe, same hardness, same drops — only the look differs. The full write-up for the set is on the White Concrete Powder page.
Red Concrete Powder counts as a coloured block in Minecraft 1.21.4. Red Concrete Powder is made at a crafting table. A hardness of 0.5 means it is one of the quicker blocks to clear.
No specific tool is required to collect it. Broken correctly, it drops itself. It offers almost no protection from explosions (0.5 blast resistance).
A full stack holds 64. It is crafted from Red Dye, Sand, and Gravel. Nothing on the crafting grid is made from it.
About the red set
How long it takes to break
Red Concrete Powder 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.
Efficiency adds its level squared plus one to the tool speed, so Efficiency V is about 2 times faster than the same tool unenchanted.
| 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
Red Concrete Powder resists blasts at 0.5, which is not enough to survive anything explosive nearby. Light does not pass through it, and it emits none of its own. 64 fit in a slot — a full stack. The block is tagged for shovels, and only that class gets the speed bonus; everything else mines at bare-hand rate.
- Transparent
- No
- Required tool
- Any
Crafting recipe
Crafting Table
Shapeless recipe
Red Concrete Powder ×8
Drops
Mined with any, Red Concrete Powder drops itself.
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Frequently asked questions
How do you get Red Concrete Powder in Minecraft?
Red Concrete Powder is crafted from Red Dye, Sand, and Gravel.
What tool do you need to break Red Concrete Powder?
No specific tool is required — Red Concrete Powder can be broken by hand.
Is Red Concrete Powder blast resistant?
Red Concrete Powder has a blast resistance of 0.5, so an explosion nearby will destroy it.
How many Red Concrete Powder fit in one stack?
Red Concrete Powder stacks to 64, so a single double chest holds 3,456 of them.
How long does Red Concrete Powder 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
Red Concrete Powder is one of 16. Every other member behaves the same way:
Black Concrete Powder
Blue Concrete Powder
Brown Concrete Powder
Cyan Concrete Powder
Gray Concrete Powder
Green Concrete Powder
Light Blue Concrete Powder
Light Gray Concrete Powder
Lime Concrete Powder
Magenta Concrete Powder
Orange Concrete Powder
Pink Concrete Powder
Purple Concrete Powder
White Concrete Powder
Yellow Concrete Powder