Tuff Bricks

Tuff Bricks

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 bricks are a brick variant of tuff found abundantly in trial chambers.

Obtaining

Breaking

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

Block	Tuff Bricks
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 bricks generate naturally in trial chambers as the primary ceiling and wall block of many rooms.

Crafting

Ingredients	Crafting recipe
Polished Tuff	4

Stonecutting

Ingredients	Cutting recipe
Tuff or  Polished Tuff

Usage

Crafting ingredient

Name	Ingredients	Crafting recipe
Tuff Brick Slab	Tuff Bricks	6
Tuff Brick Stairs	Tuff Bricks	4
Tuff Brick Wall	Tuff Bricks	6

Stonecutting ingredient

Ingredients	Cutting recipe
Tuff Bricks	2

Sounds

Java Edition:

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

Bedrock Edition:

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

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Form	Block tags	Translation key
Tuff Bricks	tuff_bricks	Block & Item	mineable/pickaxe	block.minecraft.tuff_bricks

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID	Form	Item ID[i 1]	Translation key
Tuff Bricks	tuff_bricks	1009	Block & Giveable Item[i 2]	Identical[i 3] (Numeric: -754)	tile.tuff_bricks.name

Videos

History

Announcement

Java Edition

Java Edition
1.20.3 Experiment Update 1.21			23w43a				Added tuff bricks behind the "Update 1.21" experimental data pack.
			23w44a				The texture of tuff bricks has been changed to be consistent with other stone brick variants.
			23w45a				Now generates naturally within trial chambers.
			23w46a				The texture of tuff bricks has been changed, again.
1.21			24w18a				Tuff bricks are now available without using the "Update 1.21" experimental data pack.
26.2			snap1				Added sulfur cubes, which have the ability to absorb tuff bricks, providing the football/regular effect to the mob.
			snap6				Changed effect from football/regular to slow bouncy.

Bedrock Edition

Bedrock Edition
1.20.50 Experiment Update 1.21			Preview 1.20.50.22				Added tuff bricks behind the "Update 1.21" experimental toggle.
			Preview 1.20.50.23				The texture of tuff bricks has been changed to be consistent with other stone brick variants.
							Added crafting recipe for tuff bricks.
1.20.60 Experiment Update 1.21			Preview 1.20.60.20				The texture of tuff bricks has been changed, again.
							Now generates naturally within trial chambers.
1.21.0			Preview 1.21.0.22				Tuff bricks are now available without using the "Update 1.21" experimental toggle.
26.20 Experiment Drop 2 of 2026			Preview 26.20.23				Added sulfur cubes, which have the ability to absorb tuff bricks, 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.
			Preview 26.30.27				Tuff bricks' sulfur cube archetype has been changed from regular to slow bouncy.

Issues

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

Gallery

Screenshots

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  All tuff variants, including tuff bricks
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  A house made predominately out of tuff bricks

In other media

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  Artwork featuring tuff bricks