Tuff

This article is about the block. For the brick variant, see Tuff Bricks. For the polished variant, see Polished Tuff. For other uses, see Tuff (disambiguation).

Tuff

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	43 TERRACOTTA_GRAY
Note block instrument	Bass Drum
Sulfur cube archetype	Slow Bouncy

Tuff is an ornamental rock, occurring in underground ore blobs below Y=0 and as part of sulfur springs.

Obtaining

Breaking

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

Block	Tuff
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

Tuff can generate in the Overworld in the form of ore blobs. Tuff attempts to generate 2 times per chunk in blobs of size 0-864, from elevations -64 to 0, in all biomes. Tuff can replace stone, andesite, diorite, granite, and deepslate. Any ore that generates in tuff becomes its deepslate variety if it generates below Y=0, or its stone variety if it generates at Y=0 or above.

Additionally, tuff can generate in large ore veins that consist of iron ore and blocks of raw iron below Y=0. It also generates as part of sulfur springs.

Generated loot

Item	Structure	Container	Quantity	Chance
Java Edition and Bedrock Edition
Tuff	Trial Chambers	Corridor chest	8–20	28.4% { "item": "Tuff", "stacksize": "8–20", "chance": 0.28386062108179044, "structure": "Trial Chambers", "container": "Corridor chest" }
		Supply chest	5–10	20.4% { "item": "Tuff", "stacksize": "5–10", "chance": 0.20351336037302348, "structure": "Trial Chambers", "container": "Supply chest" }

Usage

Crafting ingredient

Tuff can be crafted into several decorative variants.

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

Stonecutting ingredient

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

Sounds

Java Edition:

tuff sound type
Sound	Closed captions	Source	Description	Identifier	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	​Block broken	Blocks	Once the block has broken	block.tuff.break	subtitles.block.generic.break​	1.0	0.8	16
	​Block placed​[until: JE 26.4]	Blocks	When the block is placed	block.tuff.place	subtitles.block.generic.place​	1.0	0.8	16
	​Block breaking	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	block.tuff.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.tuff.fall	subtitles.block.generic.fall​	0.5	0.75	16
	​Footsteps	Entity-Dependent	Walking on the block	block.tuff.step	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps​	0.15	1.0	16

Bedrock Edition:

tuff sound type
Sound	Closed captions	Source	Description	Identifier	Translation key	Volume	Pitch
	​ ?	Blocks	Once the block has broken	place.tuff	​ ?	0.8	1.0
	​ ?	Blocks	When the block is placed	place.tuff	​ ?	1.0	0.8
	​ ?	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	step.tuff	​ ?	0.3	0.5
	​ ?	Players	Falling on the block with fall damage	step.tuff	​ ?	1.0	1.0
	​ ?	Players	Walking on the block	step.tuff	​ ?	0.3	1.0
	​ ?	Players	Jumping from the block	step.tuff	​ ?	0.12	1.1
	​ ?	Players	Falling on the block without fall damage	step.tuff	​ ?	0.4	1.0

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Form	Block tags	Translation key
Tuff	tuff	Block & Item	base_stone_overworld deepslate_ore_replaceables dripstone_replaceable_blocks lush_ground_replaceable moss_replaceable mineable/pickaxe	block.minecraft.tuff

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID	Form	Item ID[i 1]	Translation key
Tuff	tuff	588	Block & Giveable Item[i 2]	Identical[i 3] (Numeric: -333)	tile.tuff.name

Videos

History

Announcement

October 3, 2020							Tuff is shown unnamed at Minecraft Live 2020 as part of an amethyst geode.
November 18, 2020							JAPPA tweets an image of an alternate tuff texture.

Java Edition

Java Edition
1.17			20w45a				Added tuff.
							Tuff generates as part of amethyst geodes.
1.17			21w08a				Tuff no longer generates as part of amethyst geodes and instead generates in patches below Y=0.
			21w11a				Ores that spawn in tuff now convert to their deepslate variant.
			21w15a				Tuff blobs now also generate between Y=0 and Y=16.
							Due to Caves and Cliffs being split into two parts, tuff now generates only between Y=0 and Y=16. because the world generation has been reverted and moved to the Caves & Cliffs Prototype Data Pack.
			21w16a				If the prototype data pack is applied to a world, tuff can now generate as part of iron ore veins below Y=0.
1.18			Experimental Snapshot 1				All previous changes to tuff generation from the prototype data pack have now been implemented into the base game.
1.20.3 Experiment Update 1.21			23w43a				Tuff slabs, stairs, and walls have been added behind the "Update 1.21" experimental data pack.
			23w45a				Tuff can now be found in trial chambers corridor barrels and supply chests.
26.2			snap1				Added sulfur cubes, which have the ability to absorb tuff, providing the football/regular effect to the mob.
			snap4				Tuff is now dispersed between sulfur and cinnabar.
			snap6				Tuff is no longer dispersed between sulfur and cinnabar.
							Tuff now generates as part of sulfur springs.
							Changed sulfur cube effect from football/regular to slow bouncy.

Bedrock Edition

Bedrock Edition
1.17.0 Experiment Caves and Cliffs			beta 1.17.0.50				Added tuff.
1.17.0			beta 1.17.0.52				Tuff is no longer only available through Experimental Gameplay.
1.18.0			beta 1.18.0.20				Tuff blobs are now able to generate below Y=0.[1]
							Increased the size of tuff blobs.
1.20.50 Experiment Update 1.21			Preview 1.20.50.22				Tuff slabs, stairs, and walls have been added behind the "Update 1.21" experimental toggle.
1.20.60 Experiment Update 1.21			Preview 1.20.60.20				Tuff can now be found in trial chambers corridor barrels and supply chests.
26.20 Experiment Drop 2 of 2026			Preview 26.20.23				Added sulfur cubes, which have the ability to absorb tuff, providing the football/regular effect to the mob.
26.30			Preview 26.30.20				Implemented all features from the "Drop 2 of 2026" experiment in vanilla gameplay.
							Tuff is now dispersed between sulfur and cinnabar.
			Preview 26.30.27				Tuff is no longer dispersed between sulfur and cinnabar.
							Tuff now generates as part of sulfur springs.
							Changed sulfur cube effect from football/regular to slow bouncy.

Issues

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

Trivia

• In reality, tuff is a type of igneous rock that forms from compressed volcanic ash. It was used as a building material in ancient times, and is still used today in Armenia and parts of Europe.

Gallery

Screenshots

• 
  All of the variants of tuff

Development images

• 
  Development version of the tuff texture
• 
  Ditto, but closer up and against cobblestone
• 
  A teaser image for tuff; it can be seen in the bottom left corner.

References

External links

• Block of the Week: Tuff – Minecraft.net on September 10, 2021