Cinnabar Bricks
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Cinnabar 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 | 28 COLOR |
| Note block instrument | Bass Drum |
| Sulfur cube archetype | Slow Bouncy |
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Cinnabar bricks are a decorative brick variant of cinnabar.
Obtaining
[edit | edit source]Breaking
[edit | edit source]Cinnabar bricks drop as an item if mined by any pickaxe. If mined without a pickaxe, they drop nothing.
| Block |  Cinnabar Bricks
| |
|---|---|---|
| Hardness | 1.5 | |
| Tool | 
| |
| Breaking time (sec)[A] | ||
| Default | 7.5 (JE) 7.5 (BE) | |
| Wooden
|
1.15 (JE) 1.15 (BE) | |
 Stone
|
0.6 (JE) 0.6 (BE) | |
 Copper
|
0.45 (JE) 0.45 (BE) | |
 Iron
|
0.4 (JE) 0.4 (BE) | |
 Diamond
|
0.3 (JE) 0.3 (BE) | |
 Netherite
|
0.25 (JE) 0.25 (BE) | |
 Golden
|
0.2 (JE) 0.2 (BE) | |
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
- ↑ These durations ignore any other influential factors (e.g., Mining Fatigue) and are measured in seconds. For more information, see Breaking § Mining efficiency.
Crafting
[edit | edit source]| Ingredients | Crafting recipe |
|---|---|
| Polished Cinnabar |  4 |
Stonecutting
[edit | edit source]| Ingredients | Cutting recipe |
|---|---|
| Cinnabar or Polished Cinnabar |
 |
Usage
[edit | edit source]Crafting ingredient
[edit | edit source]| Name | Ingredients | Crafting recipe |
|---|---|---|
| Cinnabar Brick Slab | Cinnabar Bricks | |
| Cinnabar Brick Stairs | Cinnabar Bricks | |
| Cinnabar Brick Wall | Cinnabar Bricks |
Stonecutting ingredient
[edit | edit source]| Name | Ingredients | Cutting recipe | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cinnabar Brick Slab or Cinnabar Brick Stairs or Cinnabar Brick Wall |
Cinnabar Bricks | ||
| Chiseled Cinnabar | Cinnabar Bricks |  |
[Bedrock Edition only] |
Sounds
[edit | edit source] cinnabar sound type | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sound | Closed captions | Source | Description | Identifier | Translation key | Volume | Pitch | Attenuation distance |
| Block broken | Blocks | Once the block has broken | block | subtitles | 1.0 | 1.0 | 16 | |
| Block placed[until: JE 26.4] | Blocks | When the block is placed | block | subtitles | 1.0 | 1.0 | 16 | |
| Block breaking | Blocks | While the block is in the process of being broken | block | subtitles | 1.0 | 1.0 | 16 | |
| Something falls on a block | Entity-Dependent | Falling on the block with fall damage | block | subtitles | 1.0 | 1.0 | 16 | |
| Footsteps | Entity-Dependent | Walking on the block | block | subtitles | 1.0 | 1.0 | 16 | |
cinnabar sound type | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sound | Closed captions | Source | Description | Identifier | Translation key | Volume | Pitch |
| Block broken | Blocks | Once the block has broken | block | subtitles | 1.0 | 0.8 | |
| Block placed | Blocks | When the block is placed | block | subtitles | 1.0 | 0.8 | |
| Block breaking | Blocks | While the block is in the process of being broken | block | subtitles | 0.3–0.5 | 0.5 | |
| Something falls on a block | Blocks | Falling on the block with fall damage | block | subtitles | 1.0 | 0.75 | |
| Footsteps | Blocks | Walking on the block | block | subtitles | 0.3 | 1.0 | |
| Footsteps[until: BE 26.70] | Blocks | Jumping from the block | block | subtitles | 0.4 | 1.0 | |
| Footsteps[until: BE 26.70] | Blocks | Falling on the block without fall damage | block | subtitles | 0.4 | 1.0 | |
Data values
[edit | edit source]ID
[edit | edit source]| Name | Identifier | Form | Translation key |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cinnabar Bricks | cinnabar_bricks | Block & Item | block |
| Name | Identifier | Numeric ID | Form | Item ID[i 1] | Block tags | Item tags | Translation key |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cinnabar Bricks | cinnabar_bricks | 1374 | Block & Giveable Item[i 2] | Identical[i 3] (Numeric: -1119) | minecraft:is_pickaxe_item_destructible | minecraft:sulfur_cube_archetype_slow_bouncy |
tile |
History
[edit | edit source]Announcement
[edit | edit source]| March 21, 2026 |  Cinnabar bricks are announced at Minecraft Live – March 2026. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Java Edition
[edit | edit source]| Java Edition | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26.2 | snap1 |  Added cinnabar bricks. | |||||
| snap3 | The texture of cinnabar bricks has been changed. | ||||||
| snap6 | Changed effect from football/regular to slow bouncy. | ||||||
Bedrock Edition
[edit | edit source]| Bedrock Edition | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26.20 Experiment | Preview 26.20.23 | Added cinnabar bricks. | |||||
| 26.30 | Preview 26.30.20 | Implemented all features from the "Drop 2 of 2026" experiment in vanilla gameplay. | |||||
| Preview 26.30.27 | Cinnabar bricks' sulfur cube archetype has been changed from regular to slow bouncy. | ||||||
| Preview 26.30.29 | The texture of cinnabar bricks has been changed to match Java Edition. | ||||||
Issues
[edit | edit source]Issues relating to "Cinnabar Bricks" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.
Gallery
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A house made of the cinnabar and sulfur block families, including cinnabar bricks -
Ditto, but from a different angle
