Instant mining

Instant mining is a game mechanic in which 1 block can be broken per game tick without the delay of ³⁄₁₀ of a second (6 ticks). Below are listed the tool tier and the Efficiency and Haste levels necessary to instant-mine a block.

Without commands[]

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Tool	Efficiency enchantment level Haste level	Blocks instantly mined	Calculation
Diamond Pickaxe	Efficiency V Haste II	Cobblestone Wall‌^{[BE & edu only]} Cobblestone Stairs‌^{[BE & edu only]} Cobblestone‌^{[BE & edu only]} Amethyst Bud Amethyst Cluster Andesite Blackstone Blackstone Stairs Blackstone Wall Block of Amethyst Budding Amethyst Chiseled Polished Blackstone Coral Blocks Cracked Polished Blackstone Bricks Dark Prismarine Dead Coral Blocks Diorite Dripstone Block Gilded Blackstone Glazed Terracotta Granite Infested Deepslate Mud Bricks Piston‌^{[JE only]} Sticky Piston Pointed Dripstone Polished Andesite Polished Blackstone Bricks Polished Blackstone Brick Stairs Polished Blackstone Brick Wall Polished Diorite Polished Granite Prismarine Prismarine Bricks Purpur Block Purpur Pillar Purpur Stairs Stone Stone Brick Stairs Stone Bricks Terracotta‌^{[BE only]} Tuff	(8 + 26)× (1 + 0.4) = 47.6 which is greater than 1.5 × 30 = 45
	Efficiency V Haste I	Basalt Cobblestone‌^{[Bedrock Edition only]} Colored Terracotta Polished Basalt Smooth Basalt Stone‌^{[Bedrock Edition only]} Terracotta‌^{[JE only]}	(8 + 26)× (1 + 0.2) = 40.8 which is greater than 1.25 × 30 = 37.5
	Efficiency III Haste II	Block of Quartz Quartz Pillar Quartz Stairs	(8 + 10)× (1 + 0.4) = 25.2 which is greater than 0.8 × 30 = 24
	Efficiency V	Infested Cobblestone Packed Mud	8 + 26 = 34 which is greater than 1 × 30 = 30
	Efficiency IV	All Rails Block of Quartz ‌^{[Java Edition only]} Quartz Pillar ‌^{[Java Edition only]} Quartz Stairs ‌^{[Java Edition only]} Sandstone Sandstone Stairs Calcite	8 + 17 = 25 which is greater than 0.8 × 30 = 24
	Efficiency III Haste I	Block of Quartz ‌^{[Bedrock Edition only]} End Stone Bricks ‌^{[Bedrock Edition only]} Quartz Pillar ‌^{[Bedrock Edition only]} Quartz Stairs ‌^{[Bedrock Edition only]}	(8 + 10)× (1 + 0.2) = 21.6 which is greater than 0.6 × 30 = 18
	Efficiency II Haste I or Efficiency III	Brewing Stand Ice Magma Block Packed Ice Stone Button Stone Pressure Plate Weighted Pressure Plates	(8 + 5)× (1 + 0.2) = 15.6 which is greater than 0.5 × 30 = 15
	Efficiency II	Netherrack Nylium	8 + 5 = 13 which is greater than 0.4 × 30 = 12
Golden Pickaxe	Efficiency V Haste I	Stone	(12 + 26)x (1 + 0.2) = 45.6 which is greater than 1.5 × 30 = 45
	Efficiency V	Basalt Colored Terracotta Terracotta‌^{[JE only]}	12 + 26 = 38 which is greater than 1.25 × 30 = 37.5
	Efficiency II	Brewing Stand Ice Magma Block Packed Ice Stone Button Stone Pressure Plate Weighted Pressure Plates	12 + 5 = 17 which is greater than 0.5 × 30 = 15
	None	Netherrack Nylium	12 exactly equals to 0.4 × 30 = 12
Diamond Axe	Efficiency V Haste II	Bookshelf Chiseled Bookshelf Logs ‌^{[Bedrock Edition only]}	(8 + 26)× (1 + 0.4) = 47.6 which is greater than 1.5 × 30 = 45
	Efficiency V	Banners Bamboo Pumpkin Jack o'Lantern Melon Signs Hanging Sign	8 + 26 = 34 which is greater than 1 × 30 = 30
	Efficiency IV	Note Block Beehive Composter Mangrove Roots	8 + 17 = 25 which is greater than 0.8 × 30 = 24 and 0.6 × 30 = 18
	Efficiency III	Wooden Pressure Plates	8 + 10 = 18 which is greater than 0.5 × 30 = 15
	Efficiency II	Ladder Chorus Plant Chorus Flower	8 + 10 = 18 which is greater than 0.5 × 30 = 15
	Efficiency I	Bee Nest	8 + 2 = 10 which is greater than 0.3 × 30 = 9
Iron Axe	None	Cocoa Daylight Detector Glow Lichen Mushroom Blocks Vines	6 exactly equals to 0.2 × 30 = 6
Stone Axe	None	Big Dripleaf	4 is greater than 0.1 × 30 = 3
Diamond Shovel	Efficiency IV	Dirt Path Clay Grass Block Farmland Gravel Mycelium Muddy Mangrove Roots	8 + 17 = 25 which is greater than 0.65 × 30 = 19.5 and 0.6 × 30 = 18
	Efficiency III	Coarse Dirt Concrete Powder Dirt Mud Podzol Sand Red Sand Soul Sand Soul Soil Rooted Dirt	8 + 10 = 18 which is greater than 0.5 × 30 = 15
	None	Suspicious Sand Suspicious Gravel	8 is greater than 0.25 × 30 = 7.5
Iron Shovel	None	Snow Block	6 exactly equals to 0.2 × 30 = 6
Stone Shovel	None	Top Snow	4 is greater than 0.1 × 30 = 3
Diamond Hoe	Efficiency V Haste II	Sculk Sensor Calibrated Sculk Sensor	(8 + 26)× (1 + 0.4) = 47.6 which is greater than 1.5 × 30 = 45
	Efficiency V	Nether Wart Block Warped Wart Block Shroomlight	8 + 26 = 34 which is greater than 1 × 30 = 30
	Efficiency IV	Sponge Wet Sponge	8 + 17 = 25 which is greater than 0.6 × 30 = 18
	Efficiency III	Hay Bale Target Dried Kelp Block	8 + 10 = 18 which is greater than 0.5 × 30 = 15
Iron Hoe	None	Leaves Sculk Sculk Vein	6 exactly equals to 0.2 × 30 = 6
Stone Hoe	None	Moss Block Moss Carpet	4 is greater than 0.1 × 30 = 3
Sword	None	Bamboo	hard-coded
Shears	Efficiency V	Wool	5 + 26 = 31 which is greater than 0.8 × 30 = 24
	Efficiency II	Vines‌^{[Java Edition only]} Glow Lichen	1.5 + 5 = 6.5 which is greater than 0.2 × 30 = 6
	None	Leaves	15 is greater than 0.2 × 30 = 6
(none)	None	Azalea Beetroots Carrots Cave Vines Coral Dead Bush Decorated Pot End Rod Fern Fire Flower Flower Pot Frogspawn Fungi Grass Hanging Roots Honey Block Lily Pad Melon Stem Mushrooms Nether Wart Pink Petals Pitcher Plant Potatoes Pumpkin Stem Redstone Comparator Redstone Repeater Redstone Torch Redstone Wire Roots Saplings Scaffolding‌^{[Java Edition only]} Seagrass Slime Block Small Dripleaf Soul Fire Soul Torch Spore Blossom Structure Void‌^{[Java Edition only]} Sugar Cane Sweet berries TNT Torch Tripwire Tripwire Hook Twisting Vines Weeping Vines Wheat Element ‌^{[BE & edu only]} Colored Torches ‌^{[BE & edu only]} Underwater Torch ‌^{[BE & edu only]} Underwater TNT ‌^{[BE & edu only]}	All blocks have the hardness value of 0, hence 0 × 30 = 0, and 1 is greater than 0, meaning that all blocks can be broken instantly regardless of enchantments, status effects, and breaking damage penalties.

With the help of commands[]

Using commands, much higher levels of haste may be applied. Using these (or other mods that allow higher levels), the following blocks are instant-breakable.


Tool used, Efficiency Enchantment level and Haste Level	Blocks instantly mined	Calculation
Diamond Pickaxe Efficiency V Haste III	Concrete	(8 + 26)× (1 + 0.6) = 54.4 which is greater than 1.8 × 30 = 54
Diamond Pickaxe Efficiency V Haste IV	Bone Block Brick Stairs Bricks Cauldron Cobblestone Cobblestone Stairs Cobblestone Wall Grindstone Mossy Cobblestone Nether Brick Stairs Nether Bricks Polished Blackstone Red Nether Bricks Stone Slab Shulker Box Smooth Stone	(8 + 26)× (1 + 0.8) = 61.2 which is greater than 2 × 30 = 60
Diamond Axe Efficiency V Haste IV	Bamboo Mosaic Block of Bamboo Campfire Soul Campfire Fence Gates Fences Jukebox Logs Planks Wood Wooden Slabs Wooden Stairs	(8 + 26)× (1 + 0.8) = 61.2 which is greater than 2 × 30 = 60
Netherite Pickaxe Efficiency V Haste VI	Element Constructor ‌^{[BE & edu only]} Lab Table ‌^{[BE & edu only]} Compound Creator ‌^{[BE & edu only]} Material Reducer ‌^{[BE & edu only]} Heat Block ‌^{[BE & edu only]}	(9 + 26)× (1 + 1.2) = 77 which is greater than 2.5 × 30 = 75
Netherite Axe Efficiency V Haste VI	Barrel Cartography Table Chest Crafting Table Fletching Table Lectern Loom Smithing Table Trapped Chest	(9 + 26)× (1 + 1.2) = 77 which is greater than 2.5 × 30 = 75
Netherite Pickaxe Efficiency V Haste VII	Blue Ice	(9 + 26)× (1 + 1.4) = 84 which is equal to 2.8 × 30 = 84
Netherite Pickaxe Efficiency V Haste VIII	All overworld Ores Block of Gold Copper Blocks Cut Copper Cut Copper Slab Cut Copper Stairs Deepslate End Stone End Stone Bricks‌^{[Java Edition only]} Hopper Lapis Lazuli Block Lightning Rod Conduit Nether Quartz Ore Nether Gold Ore Observer	(9 + 26)× (1 + 1.6) = 91 which is greater than 3 × 30 = 90
Netherite Hoe Efficiency V Haste VIII	Sculk Catalyst Sculk Shrieker	(9 + 26)× (1 + 1.6) = 91 which is greater than 3 × 30 = 90
Netherite Axe Efficiency V Haste VIII	Wooden Doors Wooden Trapdoors	(9 + 26)× (1 + 1.6) = 91 which is greater than 3 × 30 = 90
Netherite Pickaxe Efficiency V Haste X	Blast Furnace Cobbled Deepslate Chiseled Deepslate Deepslate Bricks Deepslate Tiles Polished Deepslate Dispenser Dropper Furnace Lantern Soul Lantern Lodestone Smoker Stonecutter	(9 + 26)× (1 + 2) = 105 which is equal to 3.5 × 30 = 105
Diamond Pickaxe Efficiency V Haste XV^[1]	All Deepslate Ores	(8 + 26)× (1 + 3) = 136 which is greater than 4.5 × 30 = 135
Diamond Pickaxe Efficiency V Haste XVIII^[2]	Anvil Bell Block of Coal Block of Diamond Block of Emerald Block of Iron Block of Redstone Block of Raw Copper Block of Raw Gold Block of Raw Iron Chain Enchanting Table Iron Bars Iron Door Iron Trapdoor Spawner	(8 + 26)× (1 + 3.6) = 156.4 which is greater than 5 × 30 = 150
Diamond Pickaxe Efficiency V Haste XCV^[3]	Ender Chest	(8 + 26)× (1 + 19) = 680 which is greater than 22.5 × 30 = 675
Diamond Pickaxe Efficiency VI Haste XCV^[4]	Ancient Debris	(8 + 37)× (1 + 19) = 900 which is equal to 30 × 30 = 900
Diamond Pickaxe Efficiency VII Haste CXXV^[5]	Obsidian Block of Netherite Crying Obsidian Respawn Anchor	(8 + 50)× (1 + 25) = 1508 which is greater than 50 × 30 = 1500

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Blocks unaffected by Efficiency[]

These blocks don't have an assigned tool. However, with commands, they can be instantly broken with the right level of haste. Note that the maximum level of haste is 127, but can be increased with the help of mods.

Level of Haste	Blocks instantly mined	Calculation
Unbreakable	Barrier Bedrock Bubble Column Command Block End Gateway End Portal End Portal Frame Invisible Bedrock‌^{[BE & edu only]} Jigsaw Block Light Block Nether Portal Structure Block Structure Void‌^{[BE & edu only]}	All of these blocks have a hardness of -1, and -1 × 30 = -30. Since breaking starts at 1, these blocks can never be broken.
?	Infested Blocks‌^{[BE & edu only]}	?
Haste X	Candle Carpets	1 × (1 + 2) = 3 which is equal to 0.1 × 30 = 3
Haste XXV	Beds	1 × (1 + 5) = 6 which is equal to 0.2 × 30 = 6
Haste XXXIII	Powder Snow	1 × (1 + 6.6) = 7.6 which is greater than 0.25 × 30 = 7.5
Haste XL^[1]	Froglight Glass Glass Pane Glowstone Redstone Lamp Sea Lantern Stained Glass Stained Glass Panes Tinted Glass	1 × (1 + 8) = 9 which is greater than 0.3 × 30 = 9
Haste LV^[2]	Cactus	1 × (1 + 11) = 12 which is equal to 0.4 × 30 = 12
Haste LXX^[3]	Cake Frosted Ice Lever Sniffer Egg Turtle Egg	1 × (1 + 14) = 15 which is equal to 0.5 × 30 = 15
Haste LXXXV^[4]	Honeycomb Block	1 × (1 + 17) = 18 which is equal to 0.6 × 30 = 18
Haste CXLV^[5]	Heads	1 × (1 + 29) = 30 which is equal to 1 × 30 = 30
Haste CDXLV^[6]	Beacon Dragon Egg	1 × (1 + 89) = 90 which is equal to 3 × 30 = 90
Haste DXCV^[7]	Cobweb	1 × (1 + 119) = 120 which is equal to 4 × 30 = 120
Haste MCDXCV^[8]	Hardened Glass‌^{[BE & edu only]} Hardened Glass Pane‌^{[BE & edu only]} Reinforced Deepslate Hardened Stained Glass‌^{[BE & edu only]} Hardened Stained Glass Panes‌^{[BE & edu only]}	1 × (1 + 299) = 300 which is equal to 10 × 30 = 300
Haste VIIICCXLV^[9]	Reinforced Deepslate	1 × (1 + 1649) = 1650 which is equal to 55 × 30 = 1650

History[]

Java Edition
1.3.1	12w18a	The 6-tick (³⁄₁₀ second) delay between block breaking is now removed if a block takes 1 tick or less to break in Survival. The player can now instantly mine a large amount of blocks in Survival simply by holding destroy if conditions are met.
	12w18a	Before this version, blocks that can be instantly mined do break instantly, but the 6-tick delay between block breaking still exists.
	12w24a	While holding a block-breaking tool, break a block that can be instantly mined by hand no longer reduces the tool's durability.
1.4.2	12w32a	With the addition of beacons, the haste status effect can be legitimately accessed in survival, which enables the instant mining of stone using a diamond pickaxe enchanted with Efficiency V, making the acquisition of resources and clearing out a large area/volume much easier.

Instant mining

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Without commands[]

With the help of commands[]

Blocks unaffected by Efficiency[]

History[]

See also[]

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