Minecraft:Pickaxe Block

Template:Joke feature Template:Infobox block The pickaxe block is a joke Minecraft:block existing only in Minecraft:Java Edition 23w13a_or_b, that can instantly destroy any other block (including blocks indestructible in Survival) when given a Minecraft:redstone signal.

Obtaining

Breaking

A pickaxe block can be mined with a Minecraft:pickaxe, in which case it drops itself. If mined without a pickaxe, it drops nothing. Template:Breaking row

Usage

The pickaxe block can be "used" only when the vote for minecraft:pickaxe_block was approved earlier. If this is not the case, the block cannot get:

• placed (nothing happens).
• dropped (the block gets removed from the inventory but no Minecraft:item appears).
• activated (the block loses its functionality and does not react to redstone signals).
• crafted (the output of the crafting table stays empty).

Activation

A pickaxe block can be activated by:

• an adjacent active Minecraft:power component (Exceptions: a redstone torch does not turn ON a pickaxe block it is attached to)
• an adjacent powered opaque block (strongly-powered or weakly-powered)
• a powered Minecraft:redstone repeater or Minecraft:redstone comparator facing the pickaxe block
• powered Minecraft:redstone dust configured to point at the pickaxe block, or on top of it, or a directionless "dot" next to it; a pickaxe block is not activated by adjacent powered redstone dust that is configured to point in another direction.

Basic utility

A pickaxe block can be placed so that its mining side faces in any direction, including up or down. When placed, the mining side faces toward the player. The texture of this side is identical to the output of an Minecraft:observer.

When activated, a pickaxe block instantly breaks any block in front of it, including unobtainable blocks in Creative mode and indestructible blocks in Survival mode, but does not include Minecraft:water or Minecraft:lava.

When broken, most blocks react as if they had been destroyed by an unenchanted diamond or Minecraft:netherite pickaxe, regardless of the pickaxe used in the crafting recipe:

• Minecraft:Grass block drops dirt, Minecraft:stone drops cobblestone
• Minecraft:Coal ore drops one coal and experience, Minecraft:lapis lazuli ore drops 4–9 lapis lazuli and experience
• Minecraft:Monster spawner drops only experience
• Minecraft:Infested blocks drop nothing and spawn a silverfish
• Minecraft:Gilded blackstone drops itself 90% of the time, and golden nuggets 10% of the time

Exceptions include:

• All blocks indestructible in Survival mode drop nothing
• Minecraft:Snow block drops 4 snowballs (when player mines it with a pickaxe, block drops nothing – a shovel is required to get snowballs)
  • Additionally, Minecraft:snow layers drop nothing when destroyed by a pickaxe block
• Minecraft:Amethyst cluster drops 2 amethyst shards (when player mines it with a pickaxe, block drops 4 shards)
• Minecraft:Cobweb drops a string (when player mines it with a pickaxe, block drops nothing – a sword or shears are required to get string)
• Minecraft:Ice does not melt into water, and disappears
• Minecraft:Bee nest and Minecraft:beehive disappear and no bees are spawned

The pickaxe block can also destroy (and drop) the Minecraft:dragon egg without it teleporting away.

Data values

See also

• Minecraft:Place block