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Amber

Amber Blocks

Amber Blocks

There are multiple different types of Amber Blocks.

  1. There is Amber, which is the transparent block you can find in caves.
  2. Then there is Rough Amber which drops when mining Amber (even when using Silk Touch).
  3. And then there are multiple decoration blocks, which are crafted from Rough Amber.

Melting Amber​

When close to a light source like a torch or lava, any amber block (that has no frozen entity inside) will be set in a melting state. In melting state any entity slowly sinks into the block. The rest of the block's melting behavior varies depending on type of Amber block though.

Rough Amber and its decoration blocks slow down any entity walking through it and will suffocate them if they are completely covered by amber.

Regular Amber also slows down entities, but when the entity is fully covered, it will freeze the entity inside it and will stop melting. Breaking any of amber blocks that are responsible for keeping the entity frozen, will cause the other responsible blocks to break as well and will free the entity.

Producing Amber​

Since breaking Amber blocks drops Rough Amber, there has to be a different way to get more of the regular transparent Amber. To do that you can place an amber block above a cauldron and set it in melting state. Then it will start sweating amber drops, that slowly fill the cauldron. When the cauldron is full, you can pick up the content with a bucket and place it where ever you want your Amber Block to be.