Snow Bricks

This article describes content that is currently in development.

This content has appeared in development versions for Fourth Drop 2026, but the full update adding it has not been released yet.

Snow Bricks

Renewable	Yes
Stackable	Yes (64)
Tool
Blast resistance	0.6
Hardness	0.6
Luminous	No
Transparent	No
Flammable	No
Catches fire from lava	No
Map color	8 SNOW
Note block instrument	Default (Harp)
Sulfur cube archetype	Fast Sliding

Snow bricks are a decorative brick variant of snow blocks.

Obtaining

Breaking

Snow bricks drop as an item if mined by any shovel. If mined without a shovel, they drop nothing.

Block	Snow Bricks
Hardness	0.6
Tool
Breaking time (sec)[A]
Default	13.05 (JE) 3 (BE)
Wooden	10.45 (JE) 0.45 (BE)
Stone	10.25 (JE) 0.25 (BE)
Copper	10.2 (JE) 0.2 (BE)
Iron	10.15 (JE) 0.15 (BE)
Diamond	10.15 (JE) 0.15 (BE)
Netherite	10.15 (JE) 0.1 (BE)
Golden	10.1 (JE) 0.1 (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

Crafting

Ingredients	Crafting recipe
Snow Block	4

Usage

Snow bricks are purely a decorative block used for building. Like snow blocks, and unlike snow layers, they do not melt when exposed to high light levels.

Crafting ingredient

Name	Ingredients	Crafting recipe	Notes
Snow Brick Slab	Snow Bricks	6	​[upcoming: Fourth Drop 2026]
Snow Brick Stairs	Snow Bricks	4	​[upcoming: Fourth Drop 2026]
Snow Brick Wall	Snow Bricks	6	​[upcoming: Fourth Drop 2026]

Sounds

Java Edition:

snow sound type
Sound	Closed captions	Source	Description	Identifier	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	​Block broken	Blocks	Once the block has broken	block.snow.break	subtitles.block.generic.break​	1.0	0.8	16
	​Block placed	Blocks	When the block is placed	block.snow.place	subtitles.block.generic.place​	1.0	0.8	16
	​Block breaking	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	block.snow.hit	subtitles.block.generic.hit​	0.25	0.5	16
	​Something falls on a block	Entity-Dependent	Falling on the block with fall damage	block.snow.fall	subtitles.block.generic.fall​	0.5	0.75	16
	​Footsteps	Entity-Dependent	Walking on the block	block.snow.step	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps​	0.15	1.0	16

Bedrock Edition:

snow sound type
Sound	Closed captions	Source	Description	Identifier	Translation key	Volume	Pitch
	​ ?	Blocks	Once the block has broken	dig.snow	​ ?	1.0	0.8–1.0
	​ ?	Blocks	When the block is placed	dig.snow	​ ?	1.0	0.8–1.0
	​ ?	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	hit.snow	​ ?	0.35	0.5
	​ ?	Players	Falling on the block with fall damage	fall.snow	​ ?	0.4	1.0
	​ ?	Players	Walking on the block	step.snow	​ ?	0.3	1.0
	​ ?	Blocks	Jumping from the block	jump.snow	​ ?	0.12	1.0
	​ ?	Blocks	Falling on the block without fall damage	land.snow	​ ?	0.22	1.0

Data values

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID	Form	Item ID[i 1]	Translation key
Snow Bricks	snow_bricks	1516	Block & Ungiveable Item[i 2]	Identical[i 3] (Numeric: -1261)	tile.snow_bricks.name

History

Java Edition

Upcoming Java Edition
26.4			snap6				Added snow bricks.

Bedrock Edition

Upcoming Bedrock Edition
26.70			Preview 26.70.22				Added snow bricks.

Issues

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

Trivia

• Snow bricks have a pattern similar to mud bricks, instead of the normal pattern that most brick blocks have.

Gallery

Mojang screenshots

• 
  The header from the snapshot changelog announcing the addition of snow bricks
• 

Screenshots

• 
  Snow bricks, and the blocks that can be crafted into them
• 
  A player-made igloo made using snow bricks instead of snow blocks
• 
  The inside of the igloo