Material Reducer

Material Reducer

Renewable	No
Stackable	Yes (64)
Tool
Blast resistance	2
Hardness	2.5
Luminous	No
Transparent	No
Waterloggable	Yes
Flammable	No
Catches fire from lava	No
Note block instrument	Default (Harp)

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The material reducer is a block used in chemistry to learn about the natural world, by reducing Minecraft blocks to the elements that they contain.

Obtaining

Material reducers can be obtained from the Creative inventory. They cannot be obtained in Survival without commands. In Bedrock Edition, the world must also have the "Education Edition" setting enabled.

Breaking

A material reducer can be mined with any tool, but pickaxes are faster.

Block	Material Reducer
Hardness	2.5
Tool
Breaking time (sec)
Default	13.75 (JE) 3.75 (BE)
Wooden	11.9 (JE) 1.9 (BE)
Stone	10.95 (JE) 0.95 (BE)
Copper	10.75 (JE) 0.75 (BE)
Iron	10.65 (JE) 0.65 (BE)
Diamond	10.5 (JE) 0.5 (BE)
Netherite	10.45 (JE) 0.45 (BE)
Golden	10.35 (JE) 0.35 (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

Usage

The interface of the material reducer

Using the material reducer opens an interface of 10 inventory slots. The central slot at the top is the input, where blocks can be placed in order to break them down into their component parts. When this happens, the output slots fill up with the percentage of elements found in the broken down material.

Certain blocks such as soul sand and netherrack contain mysterious elements yet to be discovered. These are represented by an unknown element that displays as other elements, but with a question mark in place of a periodic table symbol. If you take out a few elements, but keep some in too, then the block you placed will have the missing model item, which you cannot place in the inventory.

The interface of a material reducer after an element is taken out

When an element is taken from one of the output slots, the input slot gets cleared, and if there are elements in other output slots, the input slot becomes red and does not accept further input until all of the outputs are cleared.

Any block broken down in the material reducer gives out 100 different elements.

Products

Block/item	Components	Notes
Any Overworld Logs except Mangrove, Cherry, Pale Oak, or Poplar Any Overworld Stripped Logs except Mangrove, Cherry, Pale Oak, or Poplar Any Overworld Wood except Mangrove, Cherry, Pale Oak, or Poplar Any Overworld Stripped Wood except Mangrove, Cherry, Pale Oak, or Poplar Any Overworld Wooden Planks except Mangrove, Cherry, Pale Oak, or Poplar Any Overworld Wooden Stairs except Mangrove, Cherry, Pale Oak, or Poplar Any Overworld Wooden Slabs except Mangrove, Cherry, Pale Oak, or Poplar	Carbon ×49 Hydrogen ×6 Oxygen ×44 Nitrogen	The formula mirrors the chemical compositions of cellulose, hemicellulose, and lignin, the three main components of wood.
Grass Block Mycelium	Carbon ×15 Oxygen ×70 Nitrogen ×8 Phosphorus ×7	These four elements are found in all life forms on Earth.
Dirt	Silicon ×21 Calcium ×8 Phosphorus ×3 Nitrogen ×3 Iron ×13 Magnesium ×6 Zinc ×2 Copper ×2 Oxygen ×42	The results depict dirt as a mixture of inorganic rocks and decaying organic material, although there is too little oxygen to form the compounds found in real-life dirt such as calcium carbonate.
Andesite Diorite Granite Polished Andesite Polished Diorite Polished Granite Andesite Stairs Diorite Stairs Granite Stairs Polished Andesite Stairs Polished Diorite Stairs Polished Granite Stairs Andesite Slab Diorite Slab Granite Slab Polished Andesite Slab Polished Diorite Slab Polished Granite Slab Andesite Wall Diorite Wall Granite Wall Gravel Obsidian Red Sand Red Sandstone Chiseled Red Sandstone Cut Red Sandstone Smooth Red Sandstone Red Sandstone Stairs Red Sandstone Slab Red Sandstone Wall Cut Red Sandstone Slab Smooth Red Sandstone Stairs Smooth Red Sandstone Slab Sand Sandstone Chiseled Sandstone Cut Sandstone Smooth Sandstone Sandstone Stairs Sandstone Slab Sandstone Wall Cut Sandstone Slab Smooth Sandstone Stairs Smooth Sandstone Slab Stone Block of Quartz Quartz Pillar Chiseled Quartz Block Smooth Quartz Block Quartz Stairs Quartz Slab Smooth Quartz Stairs Smooth Quartz Slab Nether Quartz Ore Nether Quartz	Silicon ×33 Oxygen ×67	The results approximate SiO2, the chemical formula for silicon dioxide, the mineral quartz. Silicon and oxygen are the primary atomic elements of silicate minerals. Many of these real life rocks are composed of silicate minerals, not just SiO2.
Cobblestone Cobblestone Stairs Cobblestone Slab Cobblestone Wall Lava Bucket Magma Block	Oxygen ×47 Silicon ×28 Aluminum ×8 Iron ×5 Calcium ×4 Sodium ×3 Potassium ×3 Magnesium ×2	These elements are all commonly found in silicate minerals. The abundances of these elements are the average composition of earth's crust and close to the average composition of real life Andesite
Mossy Cobblestone Mossy Cobblestone Stairs Mossy Cobblestone Slab Mossy Cobblestone Wall	Oxygen ×45 Silicon ×28 Aluminum ×8 Iron ×5 Calcium ×4 Sodium ×3 Potassium ×3 Magnesium ×2 Carbon ×2	Similar to regular cobblestone. Mossy cobblestone has carbon to account for the moss.
Clay Terracotta Any Glazed Terracotta	Silicon ×77 Aluminum ×17 Iron ×3 Magnesium Calcium Oxygen	These results reflect the formulae of many real-life clays, although real-life clay contains much more oxygen.
Water Bucket Ice Packed Ice Blue Ice Snow Block Snowball Snow	Hydrogen ×67 Oxygen ×33	The results approximate H2O, the chemical formula for water.
Coal Ore Coal Block of Coal	Hydrogen ×6 Carbon ×50 Oxygen ×43 Nitrogen	The results mirror the composition of coal, although real-life coal contains much less oxygen.
Iron Ore	Iron ×64 Silicon ×12 Oxygen ×24	A mixture of pure (elemental) iron and silicate rock. In real life, iron ore usually contains oxidized iron, so the formula would contain much more oxygen.
Gold Ore	Gold ×64 Silicon ×12 Oxygen ×24	A mixture of pure gold and silicate rock. As gold is chemically inert, it is always naturally found in its elemental form.
Diamond Ore	Carbon ×64 Silicon ×12 Oxygen ×24	A mixture of pure carbon and silicate rock. Diamond is composed of pure carbon, and takes billions of years to form deep underground.
Lapis Lazuli Ore Lapis Lazuli Block of Lapis Lazuli	Sodium ×13 Sulfur ×8 Aluminum ×13 Oxygen ×53 Silicon ×13	The formula roughly corresponds to lazurite, the main component of lapis lazuli.
Redstone Ore Redstone Dust Block of Redstone	Carbon ×31 Uranium ×31 ??? ×38	The formula implies that Redstone is made out of uranium methanide and an unknown element, thus it is radioactive.
Emerald Ore Emerald Block of Emerald	Aluminum ×15 Beryllium ×25 Silicon ×20 Oxygen ×40	The formula roughly corresponds to beryl, the main component of emerald.
Iron Ingot Iron Nugget Block of Iron	Iron ×100	The results mirror the composition of 100% pure iron.
Gold Ingot Gold Nugget Block of Gold	Gold ×100	The results mirror the composition of 100% pure gold.
Diamond Block of Diamond	Carbon ×100	The results mirror the composition of 100% pure diamond.
Netherrack	Silicon ×64 Oxygen ×18 Mercury ×15 ??? ×3	A mixture of silicate rock and mercury. Mercury(II) oxide (HgO) is red to orange in color, although these results contain too little oxygen for any of this compound to form.
End Stone	Silicon ×59 Carbon ×13 ??? ×28	The approximate formula is Si4C. Although, it is similar to the mineral SiC (carborundum).
Glowstone Glowstone Dust	Argon ×20 Boron ×20 Krypton ×20 Neon ×20 ??? ×20	These three gases are noble gases, which are commonly used in neon lights to produce vibrant colors.
Soul Sand	Silicon ×37 Oxygen ×3 ??? ×60	Soul sand is mostly composed of an unknown element, due to its paranormal composition.
Ink Sac	Iron Sulfur Oxygen ×4	This formula roughly corresponds to Iron (II) sulfate, an inorganic dark dye, which is not found in any species of real-life squid.
Sugar	Carbon ×6 Hydrogen ×12 Oxygen ×6	The results approximate C6H12O6, the chemical formula for a simple sugar.
Charcoal	Carbon ×7 Hydrogen ×4 Oxygen	The results approximate C7H4O, the chemical formula for charcoal.
Chiseled Sulfur Polished Sulfur Potent Sulfur Sulfur Sulfur Bricks	Sulfur ×100	The results mirror the composition of 100% pure sulfur.
Cinnabar Polished Cinnabar Cinnabar Bricks Chiseled Cinnabar	Mercury ×50 Sulfur ×50	The results mirror the composition of HgS, the chemical formula for mercury sulfide.

Note that amethyst-related blocks and items, crying obsidian, copper-related blocks and items, sulfur-related blocks and items, mud-related blocks, coarse dirt, raw ore blocks and items, calcite, deepslate-related blocks, dripstone, basalt, blackstone, tuff-related blocks, cinnabar-related blocks, iron, gold, and diamond equipment, doors, and trapdoors cannot be put into a material reducer, despite them being related to blocks that can.

All compounds that can be made in the compound creator and lab table can also be reduced in the material reducer, yielding their respective ingredients.

Sounds

v t e stone sound type
Sound	Closed captions	Source	Description	Identifier	Translation key	Volume	Pitch
	​Block broken	Blocks	Once the block has broken	dig.stone	subtitles.block.generic.break​	1.0	0.8–1.0
	​Block placed	Blocks	When the block is placed	place.stone	subtitles.block.generic.place​	1.0	0.8–1.0
	​Block breaking	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	hit.stone	subtitles.block.generic.hit​	0.37	0.5
	​Footsteps	Players	Falling on the block with fall damage	fall.stone	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps​	0.4	1.0
	​Footsteps	Players	Walking on the block	step.stone	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps​	0.3	1.0
	​Footsteps	Blocks	Jumping from the block	jump.stone	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps​	0.12	1.0
	​Footsteps	Blocks	Falling on the block without fall damage	land.stone	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps​	0.22	1.0

Data values

ID

Name	Identifier	Alias ID	Numeric ID	Form	Item ID	Translation key
Material Reducer	material_reducer	chemistry_table / 4	1241	Block & Giveable Item	Identical (Numeric: -986)	tile.materialreducer.name

Block states

Name	Metadata Bits	Default value	Allowed values	Values for Metadata Bits	Description
direction	0x1 0x2	0	0 1 2 3	0 1 2 3	The direction the block's front is. 0: north 1: east 2: south 3: west

History

Bedrock Edition

Bedrock Edition
1.4.0			beta 1.2.20.1				Added material reducers.
			beta 1.2.20.2				Pocket UI screens have been added to material reducers.
1.21.30			Preview 1.21.30.23				The different chemistry table type block states for the chemistry_table ID have been split up into their own IDs.
1.21.50			Preview 1.21.50.24				Mining a material reducer without a pickaxe is now faster.

Minecraft Education

Minecraft Education
1.0.27							Added material reducers.

Issues

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

Trivia

• There is currently a glitch in the material reducer's GUI: When the input slot becomes red, the "tubes" that are connected to it are sometimes rendered over the red square, which causes the image to flick between the normal square and the tubes.

Gallery

Renders

• 
  A material reducer facing south
• 
  A material reducer facing west
• 
  A material reducer facing north
• 
  A material reducer facing east

Screenshots

• 
  A material reducer in front of Tundra Brewer

Other

• 
  The interface of the material reducer
• 
  Concept art
• 
  A render from the chemistry lab journal