Instant mining

Instant mining, or just insta-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). Blocks that break instantly without using tools do not decrease durability if a tool is used. 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 Resin Bricks 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	47.6 = (8 + 26)×(1 + 0.4) which is greater than 45 = 1.5×30
	Efficiency V Haste I	Basalt Cobblestone‌^{[Bedrock Edition only]} Polished Basalt Smooth Basalt Stained Terracotta Stone‌^{[Bedrock Edition only]} Terracotta‌^{[JE only]}	40.8 = (8 + 26)×(1 + 0.2) which is greater than 37.5 = 1.25×30
	Efficiency III Haste II	Block of Quartz Chiseled Quartz Block Quartz Bricks Quartz Pillar Quartz Stairs	25.2 = (8 + 10)×(1 + 0.4) which is greater than 24 = 0.8×30
	Efficiency V	Infested Cobblestone Packed Mud	34 = 8 + 26 which is greater than 30 = 1×30
	Efficiency IV	All Rails Block of Quartz ‌^{[Java Edition only]} Chiseled Quartz Block ‌^{[Java Edition only]} Quartz Bricks ‌^{[Java Edition only]} Quartz Pillar ‌^{[Java Edition only]} Quartz Stairs ‌^{[Java Edition only]} Sandstone Sandstone Stairs Calcite	25 = 8 + 17 which is greater than 24 = 0.8×30
	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]}	21.6 = (8 + 10)×(1 + 0.2) which is greater than 18 = 0.6×30
	Efficiency II Haste I or Efficiency III	Brewing Stand Ice Magma Block Packed Ice Stone Button Stone Pressure Plate Weighted Pressure Plates	15.6 = (8 + 5)×(1 + 0.2) which is greater than 15 = 0.5×30
	Efficiency II	Netherrack Nylium	13 = 8 + 5 which is greater than 12 = 0.4×30
Golden Pickaxe	Efficiency V Haste I	Stone	45.6 = (12 + 26)×(1 + 0.2) which is greater than 45 = 1.5×30
	Efficiency V	Basalt Stained Terracotta Terracotta‌^{[JE only]}	38 = 12 + 26 which is greater than 37.5 = 1.25×30
	Efficiency II	Brewing Stand Ice Magma Block Packed Ice Stone Button Stone Pressure Plate Weighted Pressure Plates	17 = 12 + 5 which is greater than 15 = 0.5x30
	None	Netherrack Nylium	12 exactly equals to 12 = 0.4×30
Diamond Axe	Efficiency V Haste II	Bookshelf Chiseled Bookshelf Logs ‌^{[Bedrock Edition only]}	47.6 = (8 + 26)×(1 + 0.4) which is greater than 45 = 1.5×30
	Efficiency V	Banners Bamboo Pumpkin Jack o'Lantern Melon Signs Hanging Sign	34 = 8 + 26 which is greater than 30 = 1×30
	Efficiency IV	Note Block Beehive Composter Mangrove Roots	25 = 8 + 17 which is greater than 24 = 0.8×30 and 18 = 0.6×30
	Efficiency III	Wooden Pressure Plates	18 = 8 + 10 which is greater than 15 = 0.5×30
	Efficiency II	Ladder Chorus Plant Chorus Flower	18 = 8 + 10 which is greater than 15 = 0.5×30
	Efficiency I	Bee Nest	10 = 8 + 2 which is greater than 9 = 0.3×30
Iron Axe	None	Cocoa Daylight Detector Glow Lichen Mushroom Blocks Vines	6 exactly equals to 6 = 0.2×30
Stone Axe	None	Big Dripleaf	4 is greater than 3 = 0.1×30
Diamond Shovel	Efficiency IV	Dirt Path Clay Grass Block Farmland Gravel Mycelium Muddy Mangrove Roots	25 = 8 + 17 which is greater than 19.5 = 0.65×30 and 18 = 0.6×30
	Efficiency III	Coarse Dirt Concrete Powder Dirt Mud Podzol Sand Red Sand Soul Sand Soul Soil Rooted Dirt	18 = 8 + 10 which is greater than 15 = 0.5×30
	None	Suspicious Sand Suspicious Gravel	8 is greater than 7.5 = 0.25×30
Iron Shovel	None	Snow Block	6 exactly equals to 6 = 0.2×30
Stone Shovel	None	Snow	4 is greater than 3 = 0.1×30
Diamond Hoe	Efficiency V Haste II	Sculk Sensor Calibrated Sculk Sensor	47.6 = (8 + 26)×(1 + 0.4) which is greater than 45 = 1.5×30
	Efficiency V	Nether Wart Block Warped Wart Block Shroomlight	34 = 8 + 26 which is greater than 30 = 1×30
	Efficiency IV	Sponge Wet Sponge	25 = 8 + 17 which is greater than 18 = 0.6×30
	Efficiency III	Hay Bale Target Dried Kelp Block	18 = 8 + 10 which is greater than 15 = 0.5×30
Iron Hoe	None	Leaves Sculk Sculk Vein	6 exactly equals to 6 = 0.2×30
Stone Hoe	None	Moss Block Moss Carpet	4 is greater than 3 = 0.1×30
Sword	None	Bamboo	hard-coded
Shears	Efficiency V	Wool	31 = 5 + 26 which is greater than 24 = 0.8×30
	Efficiency II	Vines‌^{[Java Edition only]} Glow Lichen	6.5 = 1.5 + 5 which is greater than 6 = 0.2×30
	None	Leaves	15 is greater than 6 = 0.2×30
(none)	None	Azalea Beetroots Block of Resin Carrots Cave Vines Coral Dead Bush Decorated Pot Dried Ghast End Rod Fern Fire Flower Flower Pot Frogspawn Grass Hanging Roots Honey Block Kelp Leaf Litter Lily Pad Melon Stem Mushrooms Nether Fungi Nether Wart Pink Petals Pitcher Plant Potatoes Pumpkin Stem Redstone Comparator Redstone Repeater Redstone Torch Redstone Dust Resin Clump Crimson Roots Warped Roots Saplings Scaffolding Seagrass Sea Pickle Slime Block Small Dripleaf Soul Fire Soul Torch Spore Blossom Structure Void Sugar Cane Sweet berries TNT Torch Tripwire Tripwire Hook Twisting Vines Weeping Vines Wheat Wildflowers 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 efficiency and haste may be applied to enable instant-breaking of the following blocks.


Tool	Efficiency enchantment level Haste level	Blocks instantly mined	Calculation
Shears	Efficiency V Haste ?	Cobweb	?
Diamond Pickaxe	Efficiency V Haste III	Concrete	54.4 = (8 + 26)×(1 + 0.6) which is greater than 54 = 1.8×30
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 Dyed Shulker Box Smooth Stone	61.2 = (8 + 26)×(1 + 0.8) which is greater than 60 = 2×30
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	61.2 = (8 + 26)×(1 + 0.8) which is greater than 60 = 2×30
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]}	77 = (9 + 26)×(1 + 1.2) which is greater than 75 = 2.5×30
Netherite Axe	Efficiency V Haste VI	Barrel Cartography Table Chest Crafting Table Fletching Table Lectern Loom Smithing Table Trapped Chest	77 = (9 + 26)×(1 + 1.2) which is greater than 75 = 2.5×30
Netherite Pickaxe	Efficiency V Haste VII	Blue Ice	84 = (9 + 26)×(1 + 1.4) which is equal to 84 = 2.8×30
Netherite Pickaxe	Efficiency V Haste VIII	All overworld Ores Block of Gold Block of Copper Cut Copper Cut Copper Slab Cut Copper Stairs Deepslate End Stone End Stone Bricks‌^{[Java Edition only]} Hopper Block of Lapis Lazuli Lightning Rod Conduit Nether Quartz Ore Nether Gold Ore Observer	91 = (9 + 26)×(1 + 1.6) which is greater than 90 = 3×30
Netherite Hoe	Efficiency V Haste VIII	Sculk Catalyst Sculk Shrieker	91 = (9 + 26)×(1 + 1.6) which is greater than 90 = 3×30
Netherite Axe	Efficiency V Haste VIII	Wooden Doors Wooden Trapdoors	91 = (9 + 26)×(1 + 1.6) which is greater than 90 = 3×30
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	105 = (9 + 26)×(1 + 2) which is equal to 105 = 3.5×30
Diamond Pickaxe	Efficiency V Haste XV (15)	All Deepslate Ores	136 = (8 + 26)×(1 + 3) which is greater than 135 = 4.5×30
Diamond Pickaxe	Efficiency V Haste XVIII (18)	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 Monster Spawner	156.4 = (8 + 26)×(1 + 3.6) which is greater than 150 = 5×30
Diamond Pickaxe	Efficiency V Haste XCV (95)	Ender Chest	680 = (8 + 26)×(1 + 19) which is greater than 675 = 22.5×30
Diamond Pickaxe	Efficiency VI Haste XCV (95)	Ancient Debris	900 = (8 + 37)×(1 + 19) which is equal to 900 = 30×30
Diamond Pickaxe	Efficiency VII Haste CXXV (125)	Obsidian Block of Netherite Crying Obsidian Respawn Anchor	1508 = (8 + 50)×(1 + 25) which is greater than 1500 = 50×30

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 255.

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	All of these blocks have a hardness of -1, and -1×30 = -30. Since breaking starts at 1, these blocks can never be broken.
Haste CVII (107)	Infested Blocks‌^{[JE only]}
Haste X	Candle Dyed Candle Carpets	3 = 1×(1 + 2) which is equal to 3 = 0.1×30
Haste XXV (25)	Beds	6 = 1×(1 + 5) which is equal to 6 = 0.2×30
Haste XXXIII (33)	Powder Snow	7.6 = 1×(1 + 6.6) which is greater than 7.5 = 0.25×30
Haste XL (40)	Froglight Glass Glass Pane Glowstone Redstone Lamp Sea Lantern Stained Glass Stained Glass Panes Tinted Glass	9 = 1×(1 + 8) which is equal to 9 = 0.3×30
Haste LV (55)	Cactus	12 = 1×(1 + 11) which is equal to 12 = 0.4×30
Haste LXX (70)	Cake Frosted Ice Lever Sniffer Egg Turtle Egg	15 = 1×(1 + 14) which is equal to 15 = 0.5×30
Haste LXXXV (85)	Honeycomb Block	18 = 1×(1 + 17) which is equal to 18 = 0.6×30
Haste CXLV (145)	Heads	30 = 1×(1 + 29) which is equal to 30 = 1×30
Haste CDXLV (445)	Beacon Dragon Egg	90 = 1×(1 + 89) which is equal to 90 = 3×30
Haste DXCV (595)	Hardened Glass‌^{[BE & edu only]} Hardened Glass Pane‌^{[BE & edu only]} Hardened Stained Glass‌^{[BE & edu only]} Hardened Stained Glass Panes‌^{[BE & edu only]}	300 = 1×(1 + 299) which is equal to 300 = 10×30
Haste V̄MMMCCXLV (8245)	Reinforced Deepslate	1650 = 1×(1 + 1649) which is equal to 1650 = 55×30

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, breaking 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.

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