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Block of Amber

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This article documents an April Fools' Day joke.
 
This feature was exclusively part of a joke version and is not currently planned for addition to regular Minecraft.
Block of Amber
Block of Amber.png: Infobox image for Minecraft block 'Block of Amber'
Invicon Block of Amber.png: Inventory sprite for Block of Amber in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Block of Amber
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A block of amber, internally known as an amber block, is a storage block made of amber gems, only present in 24w14potato. They closely resemble blocks of gold in coloration.

Obtaining

Breaking

Mining blocks of amber requires an iron pickaxe or better.

Block Block of Amber
Hardness 5
Tool
Breaking time (sec)[A]
Default 25
ItemSprite wooden-pickaxe.png: Sprite image for wooden-pickaxe in MinecraftWooden 12.5
ItemSprite stone-pickaxe.png: Sprite image for stone-pickaxe in MinecraftStone 6.25
ItemSprite iron-pickaxe.png: Sprite image for iron-pickaxe in MinecraftIron 1.25
ItemSprite diamond-pickaxe.png: Sprite image for diamond-pickaxe in MinecraftDiamond 0.95
ItemSprite netherite-pickaxe.png: Sprite image for netherite-pickaxe in MinecraftNetherite 0.85
ItemSprite golden-pickaxe.png: Sprite image for golden-pickaxe in MinecraftGolden 2.1
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
  1. ↑ These durations ignore any other influential factors (e.g., Mining Fatigue) and are measured in seconds. For more information, see Breaking § Mining efficiency.

Crafting

Ingredients Crafting recipe
Amber Gem
Invicon Amber Gem.png: Inventory sprite for Amber Gem in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Amber Gem with description: Amber GemInvicon Amber Gem.png: Inventory sprite for Amber Gem in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Amber Gem with description: Amber GemInvicon Amber Gem.png: Inventory sprite for Amber Gem in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Amber Gem with description: Amber GemInvicon Amber Gem.png: Inventory sprite for Amber Gem in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Amber Gem with description: Amber GemInvicon Amber Gem.png: Inventory sprite for Amber Gem in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Amber Gem with description: Amber GemInvicon Amber Gem.png: Inventory sprite for Amber Gem in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Amber Gem with description: Amber GemInvicon Amber Gem.png: Inventory sprite for Amber Gem in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Amber Gem with description: Amber GemInvicon Amber Gem.png: Inventory sprite for Amber Gem in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Amber Gem with description: Amber GemInvicon Amber Gem.png: Inventory sprite for Amber Gem in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Amber Gem with description: Amber Gem
Invicon Block of Amber.png: Inventory sprite for Block of Amber in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Block of Amber

Usage

Crafting ingredient

Name Ingredients Crafting recipe
Amber Gem Block of Amber

Beacons

Blocks of amber can be used to "power" a beacon. The beacon can be powered by a 3×3 square of amber blocks underneath it, and can optionally also include a 5×5, 7×7, and 9×9 layer in the shape of a pyramid under the original layer to increase the effects from the beacon. The layers do not have to be entirely blocks of amber, as they may also contain blocks of iron, blocks of gold, blocks of diamond, blocks of netherite or blocks of emerald.

Sounds

This section uses a sound table which may not accurately represent the sounds associated with this feature.
 
Because of MC-177082, subtitles for falling on blocks may not have existed at this point in development, so a dedicated sound table accounting for this may be required.
BlockSprite block-of-gold.png: Sprite image for block-of-gold in Minecraft metal sound type
SoundClosed captionsSourceDescriptionIdentifierTranslation keyVolumePitchAttenuation
distance
​Block brokenBlocksOnce the block has brokenblock.metal.breaksubtitles.block.generic.break​1.01.216
​Block placedBlocksWhen the block is placedblock.metal.placesubtitles.block.generic.place​1.01.216
​Block breakingBlocksWhile the block is in the process of being brokenblock.metal.hitsubtitles.block.generic.hit​0.250.7516
​Something falls on a blockEntity-DependentFalling on the block with fall damageblock.metal.fallsubtitles.block.generic.fall​0.51.2516
​FootstepsEntity-DependentWalking on the blockblock.metal.stepsubtitles.block.generic.footsteps​0.151.516

Data values

ID

NameIdentifierBlock tags Translation key
BlockSprite block-of-amber.png: Sprite image for block-of-amber in Minecraft Block of Amberamber_blockbeacon_base_blocks
needs_iron_tool
incorrect_for_gold_tool
incorrect_for_wooden_tool
incorrect_for_stone_tool
mineable/pickaxe		 block.minecraft.amber_block

Issues

Issues relating to "Block of Amber" are not maintained on the bug tracker because it is an April Fools' joke, and is therefore not in the newest stable version or snapshot. Issues reported there are closed as "Invalid".

Sources