Cinnabar

Cinnabar

Renewable	No
Stackable	Yes (64)
Tool
Blast resistance	6
Hardness	1.5
Luminous	No
Transparent	No
Flammable	No
Catches fire from lava	No
Map color	28 COLOR_RED
Note block instrument	Bass Drum
Sulfur cube archetype	Slow Bouncy

Cinnabar is a decorative stone variant block that naturally generates in sulfur caves alongside sulfur, and as part of sulfur springs.

Obtaining

Breaking

Cinnabar drops as an item if mined by any pickaxe. If mined without a pickaxe, it drops nothing.

Block	Cinnabar
Hardness	1.5
Tool
Breaking time (sec)[A]
Default	17.5 (JE) 7.5 (BE)
Wooden	11.15 (JE) 1.15 (BE)
Stone	10.6 (JE) 0.6 (BE)
Copper	10.45 (JE) 0.45 (BE)
Iron	10.4 (JE) 0.4 (BE)
Diamond	10.3 (JE) 0.3 (BE)
Netherite	10.25 (JE) 0.25 (BE)
Golden	10.2 (JE) 0.2 (BE)
Options
Efficiency	000
Haste	001 1JEBE

Legend

• incorrect tool, drops nothing
• correct tool, drops nothing or something other than the block itself
• correct tool, drops the block itself
• italicized can be instant mined

Natural generation

Cinnabar generates throughout sulfur caves and as part of sulfur springs.

Usage

Crafting ingredient

Cinnabar can be crafted into several decorative variants.

Name	Ingredients	Crafting recipe
Cinnabar Slab	Cinnabar	6
Cinnabar Stairs	Cinnabar	4
Cinnabar Wall	Cinnabar	6
Polished Cinnabar	Cinnabar	4

Stonecutting ingredient

Name	Ingredients	Cutting recipe
Cinnabar Slab or  Cinnabar Stairs or  Cinnabar Wall or  Polished Cinnabar or  Polished Cinnabar Slab or  Polished Cinnabar Stairs or  Polished Cinnabar Wall or  Cinnabar Bricks or  Cinnabar Brick Slab or  Cinnabar Brick Stairs or  Cinnabar Brick Wall or  Chiseled Cinnabar	Cinnabar	222

Sounds

Java Edition:

cinnabar sound type
Sound	Closed captions	Source	Description	Identifier	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	​Block broken	Blocks	Once the block has broken	block.cinnabar.break	subtitles.block.generic.break​	1.0	1.0	16
	​Block placed​[until: JE 26.4]	Blocks	When the block is placed	block.cinnabar.place	subtitles.block.generic.place​	1.0	1.0	16
	​Block breaking	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	block.cinnabar.hit	subtitles.block.generic.hit​	1.0	1.0	16
	​Something falls on a block	Entity-Dependent	Falling on the block with fall damage	block.cinnabar.fall	subtitles.block.generic.fall​	1.0	1.0	16
	​Footsteps	Entity-Dependent	Walking on the block	block.cinnabar.step	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps​	1.0	1.0	16

Bedrock Edition:

cinnabar sound type
Sound	Closed captions	Source	Description	Identifier	Translation key	Volume	Pitch
	​Block broken	Blocks	Once the block has broken	block.cinnabar.break	subtitles.block.generic.break​	1.0	0.8
	​Block placed	Blocks	When the block is placed	block.cinnabar.place	subtitles.block.generic.place​	1.0	0.8
	​Block breaking	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	block.cinnabar.hit	subtitles.block.generic.hit​	0.3–0.5	0.5
	​Something falls on a block	Blocks	Falling on the block with fall damage	block.cinnabar.fall	subtitles.block.generic.fall​	1.0	0.75
	​Footsteps	Blocks	Walking on the block	block.cinnabar.step	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps​	0.3	1.0
	​Footsteps	Blocks	Jumping from the block	block.cinnabar.step	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps​	0.4	1.0
	​Footsteps	Blocks	Falling on the block without fall damage	block.cinnabar.step	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps​	0.4	1.0

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Form	Translation key
Cinnabar	cinnabar	Block & Item	block.minecraft.cinnabar

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID	Form	Item ID[i 1]	Block tags	Item tags	Translation key
Cinnabar	cinnabar	1364	Block & Giveable Item[i 2]	Identical[i 3] (Numeric: -1109)	minecraft:is_pickaxe_item_destructible	minecraft:sulfur_cube_archetype_slow_bouncy	tile.cinnabar.name

History

Announcement

March 21, 2026							Cinnabar is announced at Minecraft Live - March 2026.

Java Edition

Java Edition
26.2			snap1				Added cinnabar.
			snap6				Changed effect from football/regular to slow bouncy.

Bedrock Edition

Bedrock Edition
26.20 Experiment Drop 2 of 2026			Preview 26.20.23				Added cinnabar.
26.30			Preview 26.30.20				Implemented all features from the "Drop 2 of 2026" experiment in vanilla gameplay.
			Preview 26.30.27				Cinnabar's sulfur cube archetype has been changed from regular to slow bouncy.

Issues

Issues relating to "Cinnabar" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.

Trivia

• In real life, cinnabar is a toxic red ore of mercury and sulfur, historically used as a primary ore for mercury and as a red pigment.

Gallery

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  All cinnabar block variants