Infested Block
Renewable |
Block: Yes |
---|---|
Stackable |
Yes (64) |
Tool |
None |
Blast resistance |
0.75 |
Hardness |
0.75 |
Luminant |
No |
Transparent |
No |
Flammable |
No |
Catches fire from lava |
No |
Infested blocks are blocks disguised as stone, cobblestone, or any stone bricks variants, but spawn silverfish when broken in Survival or Adventure mode.
Contents
Obtaining[edit]
Infested blocks are not obtainable by Silk Touch, and are only available through the creative inventory or commands. However, they can be retained from worlds played in versions where they were legitimately obtainable.
Breaking[edit]
When the block is broken, whether by a player or by an explosion, a silverfish spawns where it was broken. In Java Edition, infested blocks break instantly. In Bedrock Edition, infested blocks take longer to break than their normal counterparts, and take the same time regardless of the tool:
Block | Infested Block[BE only] | |
---|---|---|
Hardness | 0.75 | |
Breaking time | ||
Default | 1.15 |
When mined with a tool not enchanted with Silk Touch, an infested block drops nothing and spawns a silverfish that immediately attacks the player. If the player attacks a silverfish directly with a sword, bow, or potion of Harming, or when a silverfish takes poison damage, nearby infested blocks break, spawning more aggressive silverfish. If the silverfish is killed in one hit, then nearby infested blocks do not break, and no silverfish spawn from them.
When mined with a tool enchanted with Silk Touch, however, the equivalent non-infested block is dropped without spawning a silverfish on all game difficulties. Any Silk Touch-enchanted tool (including swords) will cause an infested block to drop its non-infested equivalent (that is, a pickaxe is not required). A player wishing to collect stone bricks from a Stronghold safely should use Silk Touch-enchanted pickaxes.
Natural generation[edit]
Infested stone bricks are occasionally found in strongholds, mountains and igloo basements in place of normal stone bricks. Infested mossy and chiseled stone bricks also spawn in igloos. Infested mossy and cracked stone bricks do not generate naturally within strongholds,[1] with the latter within igloo basements.
Infested cobblestone is found in the rarely generated "fake end portal" room in woodland mansions.
Mineral veins[edit]
Infested stone can generate in the Overworld in the form of mineral veins. Infested stone attempts to generate 7 times per chunk in veins of size 9, from altitudes 0 to 64, within one of the following biomes, or within a chunk that is at least partially occupied by one of these biomes:
Post-generation[edit]
Infested blocks are generated when a silverfish enters the respective normal block form. In Bedrock Edition, letting a silverfish enter regular stone bricks turns them into infested stone instead of the infested stone bricks.
Usage[edit]
When mined, an infested block spawns a silverfish that immediately attacks the player. If the player attacks a silverfish directly with a sword, bow, or potion of Harming, or when a silverfish takes poison damage, nearby infested blocks break, spawning more aggressive silverfish. If the silverfish is killed in one hit, then nearby infested blocks do not break, and no silverfish spawn from them.
Identifying[edit]
Note blocks placed on infested blocks produce flute sounds[Bedrock Edition only] or harp sounds[Java Edition only], while those placed on the non-infested stone, cobblestone, or stone bricks produce bass drum sounds.
In Bedrock Edition, a player can distinguish infested from normal blocks by observing that an infested block takes longer to break when using a pickaxe than the stone it appears to be, but without a pickaxe, it breaks faster.
A silverfish does not spawn if the block is destroyed by the ender dragon.
In Java Edition, using the debug screen, a player can identify whether or not a block is infested.
Sounds[edit]
Sound | Subtitle | Source | Description | Namespaced ID | Translation key | Volume | Pitch | Attenuation distance |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Block broken | Blocks | Breaking the block | block.stone.break | subtitles.block.generic.break | 1.0 | 0.8 | 16 | |
None[sound 1] | Blocks | Falling on the block with fall damage | block.stone.fall | None[sound 1] | 0.5 | 0.75 | 16 | |
Block breaking | Blocks | Mining the block | block.stone.hit | subtitles.block.generic.hit | 0.25 | 0.5 | 16 | |
Block placed | Blocks | Placing the block | block.stone.place | subtitles.block.generic.place | 1.0 | 0.8 | 16 | |
Footsteps | Blocks | Walking on the block | block.stone.step | subtitles.block.generic.footsteps | 0.15 | 1.0 | 16 |
Sound | Source | Description | Namespaced ID | Volume | Pitch |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Blocks | Breaking the block | dig.stone | 1.0 | 0.8 | |
Blocks | Falling on the block with fall damage | fall.stone | 0.4 | 1.0 | |
Blocks | Mining the block | hit.stone | 0.37 | 0.5 | |
? | Blocks | Jumping from the block | jump.stone | 0.12 | 1.0 |
? | Blocks | Falling on the block without fall damage | land.stone | 0.22 | 1.0 |
Blocks | Walking on the block | step.stone | 0.3 | 1.0 | |
Blocks | Placing the block | use.stone | 1.0 | 0.8 |
Data values[edit]
ID[edit]
Name | Namespaced ID | Translation key |
---|---|---|
Infested Stone | infested_stone | block.minecraft.infested_stone |
Infested Cobblestone | infested_cobblestone | block.minecraft.infested_cobblestone |
Infested Stone Bricks | infested_stone_bricks | block.minecraft.infested_stone_bricks |
Infested Cracked Stone Bricks | infested_cracked_stone_bricks | block.minecraft.infested_cracked_stone_bricks |
Infested Mossy Stone Bricks | infested_mossy_stone_bricks | block.minecraft.infested_mossy_stone_bricks |
Infested Chiseled Stone Bricks | infested_chiseled_stone_bricks | block.minecraft.infested_chiseled_stone_bricks |
Name | Namespaced ID | Numeric ID | Translation key |
---|---|---|---|
Infested Block | monster_egg | 97 | tile.monster_egg.stone.name tile.monster_egg.cobble.name tile.monster_egg.brick.name tile.monster_egg.mossybrick.name tile.monster_egg.crackedbrick.name tile.monster_egg.chiseledbrick.name |
Block states[edit]
Name | Default value | Allowed values | Description |
---|---|---|---|
monster_egg_stone_type | stone
| chiseled_stone_brick | Infested Chiseled Stone Brick |
cobblestone | Infested Cobblestone | ||
cracked_stone_brick | Infested Cracked Stone Brick | ||
stone | Infested Stone | ||
mossy_stone_brick | Infested Mossy Stone Brick | ||
stone_brick | Infested Stone Brick |
Block data[edit]
In Bedrock Edition, monster eggs use the following data values:
DV | Description | |
---|---|---|
0 | Infested Stone | |
1 | Infested Cobblestone | |
2 | Infested Stone Bricks | |
3 | Infested Mossy Stone Bricks | |
4 | Infested Cracked Stone Bricks | |
5 | Infested Chiseled Stone Bricks |
History[edit]
Java Edition Beta | |||||
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1.8 | Pre-release | ![]() ![]() ![]() | |||
Java Edition | |||||
1.3.1 | 12w17a | "Block 97" is now labeled as "Stone Monster Egg", "Cobblestone Monster Egg", or "Stone Brick Monster Egg" depending on what kind of block it is. | |||
12w21b | Monster eggs are now available in the creative mode inventory. | ||||
1.4.2 | 12w38a | Stone monster eggs now rarely generate in Extreme Hills biomes. | |||
1.6.1 | 13w17a | Silverfish do not cause monster eggs to break when /gamerule mobGriefing is set to false. | |||
1.7.2 | 13w36a | ![]() ![]() ![]() | |||
? | Silverfish are now spawned when a monster egg is destroyed by an explosion. | ||||
1.8 | ? | Silverfish are no longer spawned when mining a monster egg with a Silk Touch tool. | |||
Silverfish are no longer spawned when destroying a monster egg in creative mode. | |||||
1.9 | 15w43a | Monster eggs now generate among the stone bricks of igloo basements, with either regular, mossy or chiseled stone brick appearance. | |||
1.11 | 16w39a | Cobblestone monster eggs now generate in woodland mansions. | |||
1.13 | 17w47a | The different block states for the monster_egg ID have been split up into their own IDs.
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"<block> Monster Egg" have been renamed to "Infested <block>". | |||||
Infested blocks now break instantly, regardless of the tool, instead of taking longer to break than their non-infested counterparts. This makes them harder to identify. | |||||
Prior to The Flattening, this block's numeral ID was 97. | |||||
1.14 | 18w43a | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | |||
18w44a | ![]() | ||||
18w47a | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ||||
18w50a | ![]() | ||||
? | Silverfish are no longer spawned when an infested block is destroyed in an explosion. | ||||
1.16 | 20w07a | Silverfish are now spawned from blown up infested blocks again. | |||
Pocket Edition Alpha | |||||
v0.9.0 | ? | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | |||
The only way to create monster eggs in-game is with the help of silverfish. | |||||
v0.11.0 | build 1 | Monster eggs now generate in Extreme Hills biomes. | |||
v0.16.0 | build 1 | Monster eggs are now available in the creative inventory. | |||
Pocket Edition | |||||
1.0.0 | alpha 0.17.0.1 | Monster eggs now generate among the stone bricks of igloo basements, with either regular, cracked, mossy or chiseled stone brick appearance. | |||
1.1.0 | alpha 1.1.0.0 | Cobblestone monster eggs now generate in woodland mansions. | |||
Bedrock Edition | |||||
1.10.0 | beta 1.10.0.3 | "Monster Eggs" have been renamed to "Infested Blocks". | |||
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Legacy Console Edition | |||||
? | ? | 1.00 | Patch 1 | 1.0.1 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
PlayStation 4 Edition | |||||
1.90 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ||||
New Nintendo 3DS Edition | |||||
0.1.0 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Issues[edit]
Issues relating to "Infested Block" or "Monster Egg" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.
Trivia[edit]
- Despite silverfish being able to infest cobblestone, stone bricks, and mossy stone bricks, they cannot infest mossy cobblestone.