Block Durability

The durability of a block can be measured in the number of taps it takes to mine it. Each tap can be monitored either by the audible sound produced when the player is mining a block, or by the motion of the player's arm.

While the time taken to mine a particular block may vary due to the player's Happiness Bar, the number of taps required to mine the block will remain constant. Acquiring better tools will reduce the number of taps required to mine each block, provided that it is the correct tool (i.e. pickaxe for stone). There have been no reports of differences in durability between originally spawned blocks and those used in construction of the same materials.

Note: This is not the same as the Tool Durability Chart; this page represents the durability of the blocks, not the tools.

See also the Creature Hit Chart.

Additional reports are welcome, particularly for the long-count entries.

Durability Table

Below is a table relating all tools to the number of taps required to mine each block:

Axe

See also: Axe

Block Durability - Axe

	Apple Tree	Cherry Tree	Coconut Tree	Coffee Cherry Tree	Dead Tree	Mango Tree	Maple Tree	Orange Tree	Pine Tree	Reinforced Platform	Wood
Hand	128	128	128	128	?	128	128	128	128	128	128
Flint Axe	16	16	16	16	?	16	16	16	16	16	16
Stone Axe	8	4	8	8	4	8	8	8	4	8	4
Iron Axe	4	4	4	4	1	4	4	4	4	4	4

The 1.4 update has reduced these durabilities—use the lowest provided value for each tool.

Machete

See also: Machete

Block Durability - Machete

	Cactus	Carrot Plant	Chilli Plant	Corn Stalk	Flax Bush	Kelp	Leaves	Sunflower
Hand	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32
Flint Machete	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16
Bronze Machete	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Iron Machete	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4

Pickaxe

See also: Pickaxe

Natural Block Durability - Pickaxe

	Coal	Copper Ore	Gold Ore	Ice	Iron Ore	Lapis Lazuli	Limestone	Marble	Oil	Red Marble	Sandstone	Stone	Time Crystal	Tin Ore
Hand	(1024)	(1024)	(1024)	8	(2048)	256	256	256	128	256	256	256	256	(1024)
Flint Pickaxe	128	128		1	256	32	32	32	16	32	32	32	32	128
Stone Pickaxe	64	64	64	1	128	16	16	16	8	16	16	16	16	64
Bronze Pickaxe	32	32		1	64	8	8	8	4	8	8	8	8	32
Iron Pickaxe	16	16	16	1	32	4	4	4	2	4	4	4	4	16
Steel Pickaxe	8	8		1	16	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	8
Gold Pickaxe	32	32	32	1	64	8	8	8	4	8	8	8	8	32
Amethyst Pickaxe	64	64		1	128	16	16	16	8	16	16	16	16	64
Sapphire Pickaxe	32	32	32	1	64	8	8	8	4	8	8	8	8	32
Emerald Pickaxe	16	16	16	1	32	4	4	4	2	4	4	4	4	16
Ruby Pickaxe	8	8	8	1	16	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	8
Diamond Pickaxe	4	4	4	1	8	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	4

Crafted Block Durability - Pickaxe

	Black Glass	Bronze Block	Copper Block	Glass	Gold Block	Iron Block	Red Brick	Steel Block	Tin Block
Hand				8	256		256
Flint Pickaxe				1	32		32
Stone Pickaxe				1	16		16
Bronze Pickaxe				1	8		8
Iron Pickaxe			32	1	4		4		32
Steel Pickaxe		32	16	1	2	64	2	128	16
Gold Pickaxe				1	8		8
Amethyst Pickaxe				1	16		16
Sapphire Pickaxe			64	1	8		8		64
Emerald Pickaxe		64	32	1	4		4		32
Ruby Pickaxe		32	16	1	2	64	2		16
Diamond Pickaxe		16	8	1	1	32	1	64	8

Spade

See also: Spade

Block Durability - Spade

	Clay	Compost	Dirt	Flint	Sand
Hand	64	32	32	64	32
Flint Spade	32	16	16	32	16
Stone Spade	8	4	4	8	4
Tin Spade	2	1	1	2	1
Gold Spade	4	2	2	4	2