Minecraft building blocks: full list

Most of what you build with falls into a few families: wood in every tree type, stone and its polished and chiseled cousins, bricks, sandstone, terracotta, concrete, glass, and the copper and Nether palettes. This page lists every building block guide on the wiki. Each one covers crafting, how to get the block, and where it looks good.

Wood, stone, and building blocks

Andesite Block: Andesite Block Guide: Uses, Recipes, and Best Building Ideas
Bamboo Mosaic: Bamboo Mosaic in Minecraft: How to Craft, Use, and Build With It
Bricks: Bricks in Minecraft: How to Craft, Find, and Build With Them
Carpets: Learn how to craft carpets in Minecraft, the 16 colors, where they can be placed, and tricks like fence walk-overs and Java mob-proof floors.
Chain: Learn how to craft a chain in Minecraft, place it vertically or horizontally, hang lanterns from it, and find chains in bastions and ruined portals.
Chiseled copper: Learn how to craft chiseled copper in Minecraft, watch all four oxidation stages, wax it to lock the look, and use it as a decorative block.
Chiseled deepslate: Learn how to craft chiseled deepslate in Minecraft from polished deepslate slabs, find it in trial chambers, and use it in your builds.
Chiseled quartz block: Learn how to craft a chiseled quartz block in Minecraft from quartz slabs or a stonecutter, find nether quartz, and use it in builds.
Chiseled red sandstone: Learn how to craft chiseled red sandstone in Minecraft, mine it the right way, and use it in desert, badlands, and pyramid-style builds.
Chiseled resin bricks: Learn how to craft chiseled resin bricks in Minecraft from resin brick slabs, where to find resin, and how to use them in your builds.
Chiseled sandstone: Learn how to craft chiseled sandstone, where it spawns in deserts, how to mine it, and the best ways to use it in Minecraft builds.
Chiseled stone bricks: How to craft chiseled stone bricks in Minecraft, where they spawn, what tool you need, and the best ways to use them in stone-brick builds.
Chiseled tuff bricks: Learn how to craft chiseled tuff bricks in Minecraft, where to find them, and how to use this 1.21 decorative block in your builds.
Cobblestone: Learn how to get cobblestone in Minecraft, build a cobblestone generator, and craft furnaces, stone tools, walls, and stairs from it.
Concrete: Concrete in Minecraft is a solid block in 16 colors, made from concrete powder and water. Here's how to craft it and use it in builds.
Concrete powder: Learn how to craft concrete powder in Minecraft, all 16 colors, how water turns it into concrete, and the best ways to use it in builds.
Copper door: Copper door is a 1.21 block you can craft from copper ingots. Learn how it oxidizes, how to wax it, and how it differs from iron and wooden doors.
Copper grate: Learn how to craft a copper grate in Minecraft, watch all four oxidation stages, wax it to lock the look, and use it as a transparent decorative block.
Copper trapdoor: Learn how to craft a copper trapdoor in Minecraft, watch it oxidize through four stages, wax it to lock the look, and use it in builds.
Cracked deepslate bricks: How to get cracked deepslate bricks in Minecraft, where they spawn in trial chambers, and the best ways to build with them.
Cracked deepslate tiles: Learn how to make cracked deepslate tiles in Minecraft by smelting tiles in a furnace, why a stonecutter won't work, and how to use them in builds.
Cracked stone bricks: Smelt stone bricks in a furnace to get cracked stone bricks in Minecraft. Find them in strongholds and igloo basements, then build with them.
Cut copper: Learn how to craft cut copper in Minecraft, watch all four oxidation stages, wax it to lock the color, and use it in builds.
Cut red sandstone: Learn how to craft cut red sandstone in Minecraft, where to find red sand, what tools mine it fastest, and how to use it in builds.
Cut sandstone: Learn how to craft cut sandstone in Minecraft, find it in desert villages, mine it the right way, and use it in builds with cut sandstone slabs.
Dark prismarine: Learn how to craft dark prismarine in Minecraft, where to find it in ocean monuments, and how to use it for stairs, slabs, and ocean builds.
Diorite: Find diorite fast, learn the cobblestone-plus-quartz recipe, and turn it into slabs, stairs, walls, and polished blocks for clean white builds.
Doors: Learn how doors work in Minecraft, including wood, iron, and copper variants, redstone wiring, double doors, and zombie-proof builds.
Fences: How Minecraft fences work: crafting recipes, mob behavior, leads, and pathfinding rules for every fence type in Java and Bedrock.
Glass: How to make glass in Minecraft, what it does to light and mobs, and the recipes that turn it into panes, bottles, and beacons.
Glass pane: In Minecraft, a glass pane is a thin transparent block crafted from glass, and this guide covers crafting, connections, drops, and uses.
Glazed terracotta: How to make glazed terracotta in Minecraft, what the patterns mean, and the piston rule every builder runs into.
Granite: Find granite in Minecraft, mine it with a pickaxe, and craft it from diorite and quartz. Includes polished granite uses.
Iron bars: Learn how to craft iron bars in Minecraft, where they spawn, what mobs can do around them, and the best ways to use them for windows and pens.
Logs: What Minecraft logs are, how to chop and strip them, which wood types exist, and how they work as building blocks and fuel.
Mossy cobblestone: Where mossy cobblestone spawns, the two ways to craft it, and what builders use it for in Minecraft. Plus tips for bulk farming.
Mossy stone bricks: Learn how to get mossy stone bricks in Minecraft, where they spawn, and the easiest ways to craft them for builds.
Note block: Learn how the Minecraft note block works, every instrument it plays based on the block below it, and how to build simple redstone music.
Planks: Learn how to craft planks in Minecraft, which wood type to use, and how this block fuels furnaces and dozens of essential recipes.
Polished Andesite: Learn how to craft polished andesite in Minecraft, where to find andesite, and how to use the slab and stairs variants in your builds.
Polished Deepslate: Learn how to craft polished deepslate in Minecraft, what it's used for, how it mines, and where it appears in ancient cities.
Polished Diorite: Learn how to craft polished diorite in Minecraft, what it does, its stairs and slab variants, and the fastest way to make it.
Polished Granite: Learn how to craft polished granite in Minecraft, where to find granite, and the best ways to use this smooth pink block in your builds.
Polished tuff: Learn how to craft polished tuff in Minecraft, where to mine the tuff you need, and what you can build with it across the tuff block set.
Prismarine: Learn how to get prismarine in Minecraft, craft it from shards, and use all three variants in ocean-themed builds.
Prismarine bricks: Learn how to craft prismarine bricks in Minecraft from prismarine shards, where they generate in ocean monuments, and how to build with them.
Quartz Pillar: Learn how to craft the Quartz Pillar in Minecraft, control its rotation, and use it for clean classical columns in your builds.
Red sandstone: Learn how to craft red sandstone in Minecraft from red sand, find it in badlands, and use the cut, smooth, and chiseled variants in builds.
Resin bricks: Learn how to get resin bricks in Minecraft: harvest resin clumps in the Pale Garden, smelt them, and craft the orange building block.
Sandstone: Learn how to craft sandstone in Minecraft, where it spawns under desert sand, how to mine it, and how to make cut, chiseled, and smooth variants.
Slabs: Learn how to craft Minecraft slabs, place them as top or bottom halves, combine them into full blocks, and use them to stop mob spawns.
Smooth quartz: Learn how to make smooth quartz in Minecraft by smelting a block of quartz, then craft smooth quartz slabs and stairs for clean white builds.
Smooth red sandstone: Learn how to make smooth red sandstone in Minecraft by smelting red sandstone, then craft smooth slabs and stairs and build with it.
Smooth sandstone: Learn how to make smooth sandstone in Minecraft by smelting sandstone, how to craft its stairs and slabs, and where it appears in the world.
Smooth stone: Learn how to make smooth stone in Minecraft by smelting regular stone, craft a blast furnace and smooth stone slabs, and use it in modern builds.
Stained glass: Learn how to craft stained glass in Minecraft with all 16 colors, mine it with silk touch, tint a beacon beam, and use it for builds.
Stained glass pane: Learn how to craft stained glass pane in Minecraft, all 16 colors, how it connects to other blocks, and how it colors beacon beams.
Stairs: Learn how to craft stairs in Minecraft from any solid block, place them in any direction, waterlog them, and use every variant in your builds.
Stone: Learn how to mine stone in Minecraft, smelt cobblestone into the stone block, and craft stairs, slabs, walls, and bricks from it.
Stone bricks: Learn how to craft stone bricks in Minecraft from smelted stone, find them in strongholds, and make mossy, cracked, and chiseled variants.
Stripped logs: Strip a Minecraft log by right-clicking it with an axe. Here's how stripping works, every wood type, and the best ways to use stripped logs.
Stripped wood: Strip a wood block with an axe to make stripped wood in Minecraft. Learn the recipe, every variant, and how to use it in builds.
Target block: How to craft a target block in Minecraft, what projectiles trigger it, and how its redstone signal scales with how close you hit the bullseye.
Terracotta: Learn how to get terracotta in Minecraft by smelting clay, dye it in 16 colors, find it in badlands biomes, and use glazed terracotta in builds.
Tinted glass: Learn how to craft tinted glass in Minecraft with amethyst shards, block light through windows, and use it in mob farms and hidden builds.
Trapdoor: Learn how to craft a trapdoor in Minecraft, place it on the top or bottom of a block, and use wood, iron, and copper variants in your builds.
Tuff bricks: Learn how to craft tuff bricks in Minecraft, where they spawn in trial chambers, and the best ways to use them in your builds.
Walls: Minecraft Walls: How to Craft, Use, and Build Better With Every Variant
Wood: Minecraft Wood Guide: All Wood Types, Uses, and Building Tips
Wool: Minecraft Wool Guide: How to Get It, Dye It, Farm It, and Use All 16 Colors

Nether and End building blocks

Basalt: Minecraft Basalt Guide: Where to Find It, How to Farm It, and Best Uses
Blackstone: Minecraft Blackstone Guide: Recipes, Uses, and Where It Spawns
Chiseled nether bricks: Learn how to craft chiseled nether bricks in Minecraft from nether brick slabs or a stonecutter, where to find them, and how to use them in builds.
Chiseled polished blackstone: Learn how to craft chiseled polished blackstone in Minecraft from polished blackstone slabs, where to find it, and how to use it in builds.
Cracked nether bricks: Learn how to make cracked nether bricks in Minecraft by smelting regular nether bricks, where they spawn, and the best ways to use them in builds.
Cracked polished blackstone bricks: Smelt polished blackstone bricks in Minecraft to get the cracked variant. Find them in bastion remnants and use them as weathered building blocks.
Crying obsidian: Find crying obsidian in Minecraft in ruined portals and bastions, mine it with a diamond pickaxe, and use it to craft a respawn anchor.
Dragon Egg: Minecraft Dragon Egg Guide: How to Get It, Use It, and Not Lose It
End gateway: Learn how the end gateway works in Minecraft, how to enter it with an ender pearl, and how to get back from the outer End islands.
End Portal: How the End Portal works in Minecraft, how to find one in a stronghold, and how to activate it with 12 Eyes of Ender.
End portal frame: Learn what the end portal frame in Minecraft does, where to find one, how eyes of ender activate it, and the Java vs Bedrock differences.
End Stone: End stone fills the End dimension and resists the Ender Dragon. Here is where to find end stone, how to mine it, and what to build with it.
End stone bricks: How to craft end stone bricks in Minecraft, where they spawn in End cities, their properties, and the best ways to use them in your builds.
Gilded Blackstone: Gilded blackstone only generates in bastion remnants and can drop gold nuggets when mined. Spawn spots, drop rates, and the best tools.
Hyphae: Learn how hyphae works in Minecraft, where to find crimson and warped variants, how to craft them from stems, and why they don't catch fire.
Nether bricks: Everything to know about nether bricks in Minecraft: how to craft them, variants, fence quirks, and the best uses.
Nether sprouts: Learn what nether sprouts are, where they grow in the warped forest, how to harvest them with shears, and the best ways to use them in builds.
Nether wart block: How to craft the nether wart block in Minecraft, where it appears in the Nether, and how players use it for storage and decoration.
Netherrack: Learn what netherrack is in Minecraft, how to mine it, the eternal fire trick, smelting it to nether brick, and the best uses for it.
Obsidian: How to make and mine obsidian in Minecraft, and what to do with it once you've got a stack, from Nether portals to beacons.
Polished Blackstone: Learn how to craft polished blackstone in Minecraft, what it makes, and how its button and pressure plate work for redstone builds.
Polished Blackstone Bricks: Learn how to craft polished blackstone bricks in Minecraft, where to find them, and how the slab, stair, wall, and cracked variants work.
Purpur block: Learn how to get the purpur block in Minecraft, craft it from popped chorus fruit, and build with purpur slabs, stairs, and pillars.
Purpur pillar: Learn how to craft a purpur pillar in Minecraft from purpur blocks, find them in End cities, and use the purple column block in builds.
Red nether bricks: Learn how to craft red nether bricks in Minecraft from nether wart and nether brick, the slab and stairs variants, and the best build ideas.
Smooth basalt: Learn how to make smooth basalt in Minecraft by smelting basalt, where to find it in amethyst geodes, and the best ways to build with it.
Soul sand: Find soul sand in Minecraft, mine it with a shovel, grow nether wart, build a bubble elevator, and use it to summon the Wither.
Soul soil: Find soul soil in soul sand valleys in the Nether, mine it with a shovel, and use it for blue soul fire, soul torches, and Soul Speed boots.
Stems: Learn what crimson and warped stems are in Minecraft, how to find them, mine them with an axe, and craft planks, stairs, and signs from them.
Stripped hyphae: Learn how to make stripped hyphae in Minecraft, strip crimson and warped hyphae with an axe, craft nether planks, and build with fireproof wood.
Stripped stems: Strip a crimson or warped stem with any axe in Minecraft. Learn the recipe, the fireproof trait, and the best ways to build with both colors.
Twisting vines: Learn how to find twisting vines in Minecraft, climb them like ladders, harvest them with shears, and grow a renewable farm from one warped nylium block.
Warped wart block: Find warped wart block in Minecraft inside warped forests, mine it fast with a hoe, compost it for bone meal, and use the cyan block in builds.
Weeping vines: Learn how to find weeping vines in Minecraft, harvest them with shears, climb them like ladders, and grow a renewable farm in the crimson forest.

Light sources

Candle: Learn how to craft a candle in Minecraft, dye it any color, stack up to four in one block, light it, and put one on a cake.
Copper bulb: Learn how to craft the Minecraft copper bulb, how oxidation affects light, and why it's a useful redstone toggle.
End rod: Learn how to craft an end rod in Minecraft, what light level it emits, how directional placement works, and where to find them in End cities.
Froglight: How froglight works in Minecraft, what each frog color produces, and the fastest way to farm pearlescent, verdant, and ochre froglights.
Glowstone: Learn where glowstone spawns in the Nether, how to mine it for glowstone dust, and how to use it for potions, redstone lamps, and light.
Jack o'Lantern: Learn how to craft a jack o'lantern in Minecraft, what it lights up, how it builds iron and snow golems, and the Enderman helmet trick.
Lantern: How to craft a lantern in Minecraft, how light levels and mob spawning work, what soul lanterns do, and the best ways to use them in builds.
Lightning Rod: Learn how to craft a lightning rod in Minecraft, where to place it, how it diverts lightning strikes, and the protection it gives your build.
Sea lantern: Learn how to craft a sea lantern in Minecraft, where to find them in ocean monuments, and how to use the light-15 block underwater.
Shroomlight: Learn how to find shroomlight in the Nether, farm it from huge fungi, and use the light-level-15 block to brighten builds and stop mob spawns.
Soul lantern: Learn how to craft a soul lantern in Minecraft, scare piglins with its cyan flame, hang it from blocks, and use it as a dim 10-light decoration.
Torch: How to craft a torch in Minecraft, how light level 14 stops mob spawning, where torches can be placed, and how they compare to soul and redstone torches.

Water, ice, and snow

Blue Ice: Minecraft Blue Ice Guide: How to Get It, Craft It, and Use It
Bubble Column: Minecraft Bubble Column Guide: How to Make Fast Water Elevators
Frosted ice: Frosted ice in Minecraft forms from Frost Walker boots and melts in four stages. Here's how it works on Java and Bedrock.
Ice: How ice forms, melts, and behaves in Minecraft, including packed ice, blue ice, slipperiness, and tricks for mining ice without losing it.
Lava: A practical guide to lava in Minecraft: where to find it, how to collect it safely, what it does to blocks and mobs, and how to survive falling in.
Packed Ice: Learn how packed ice works in Minecraft, where to find it, how to mine it with Silk Touch, and why it never melts.
Powder snow: Learn how powder snow works in Minecraft, why it freezes and traps mobs, how to collect it with a bucket, and how leather boots let you walk on top.
Snow: Learn how snow layers form in Minecraft, where they spawn, how to mine them, what melts them, and how to farm snowballs with a snow golem.
Snow and powder snow: Learn how snow and powder snow work in Minecraft, how to collect each, why powder snow freezes you, and the best ways to use both.
Snow block: Learn how to craft a snow block in Minecraft from four snowballs, mine it for snow, and use it to build snow golems and farm renewable snowballs.
Sponge: Find sponge in Minecraft inside ocean monuments, use it to soak up water, dry wet sponges in a furnace or the Nether, and stock up for big drains.
Water: Minecraft Water Explained: Infinite Sources, Farming, Elevators, and Pro Tips
Wet sponge: Learn how to get wet sponge in Minecraft from elder guardians and ocean monuments, how to dry it in a furnace or the Nether, and reuse it.