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Bedrock is a block that is intended to be indestructible in Survival mode. Despite this, it is still possible to break the unbreakable blocks in Survival mode without cheats. Bug exploits are used to achieve this, so these methods could be fixed in any update. Breaking bedrock is also more difficult than phasing through it, both of which are covered in this article.

Note that these methods can also be used to break other unbreakable blocks (though bedrock is the most useful) and regular breakable blocks (the player will not be able to collect any of the blocks broken, and they are much easier to break using tools).

Why bother?

It may seem pointless to go through the effort of going through or breaking bedrock, but it is actually quite useful. Many players use this mechanism to travel large distances across the Nether. The most common use of these techniques is to make an easy access point to the top half of the Nether by phasing through the top layer of bedrock and then breaking the bedrock to put up a ladder or elevator to the top. Breaking bedrock is also useful if the player wants to fall into the void in the Overworld or Nether. It is also useful for breaking some of the blocks on the end gateways and the exit portal in the End. These same techniques can also be used to break the frames around the end portal in a stronghold.

Phasing through bedrock

This section is about going through the bedrock. The only logical reason to do this instead of breaking the bedrock is going up through the bedrock in the Nether ceiling. It is recommended to bring the materials to build and light a nether portal with you to get back safely, as most of these methods cannot be reversed.

In Bedrock Edition, the Nether build limit is 128 and above bedrock, so it is not recommended to phase through the bedrock. However, if you have already broken bedrock somewhere else, you can phase through the bedrock to return to a destination more easily.


Method 1

An easy and cheap method that doesn't make the player take damage. You'll need:

  • At least 10-14 obsidian, depending on the size of the portal.
  • Flint and steel.

Creates a nether portal at Y=130 or higher. It will create a nether portal above the bedrock layer.

Pros:

  • You'll not be damaged in this method.
  • No bugs or glitches needed for this method.[verify]
  • You do not need to react quickly.
  • A very cheap method, only need obsidian (or some buckets of lava and water) and a flint and steel.
  • It's very easy to get back, as you only need to get in the nether portal and return to the Overworld.

Cons:

  • This could affect the redirection of the nether portals near it.

Method 2

[Bug Used: MC-84198] (fixed)

This method requires the player to beat the ender dragon and reached the outer End islands. This is very important.

To use this method, you need the following materials:

First, fill in an area that is 17×17 blocks by 9 blocks high against the bedrock ceiling. The netherrack and bedrock that generates naturally can be used to fill in this region: only remaining air blocks need to be filled. Once this happens, stand in the middle of the top of this filled-in area (against the bedrock ceiling), and record your coordinates. Then eat the chorus fruit. If the player is not teleported on top of the bedrock, eat another chorus fruit until you are successful. It works using a chorus fruit's teleportation ability and removing all other valid places for the player to teleport to. [verify]

Pros:

  • It can be reversed by placing another region of blocks with 8 blocks in each direction on top of the bedrock ceiling, and then eating another chorus fruit.
  • It is easy to accomplish.

Cons:

  • It requires the player to beat the ender dragon and reached to the outer End islands to harvest chorus fruit.
  • The chance of success is random, so it is possible that it will take a huge quantity of chorus fruit.

Method 3

[Bug Used: MC-3328] (fixed)

This method is cheap, but also has the highest chance of death. It has two variations, depending on how quick you are with placing blocks.

To use this method, you need the following materials:

Dig up to the highest level of bedrock (y = 127). Place a block (if needed) two blocks below it, and then place the rail on top of this block. There should be no gap between the rail and the upper layer of bedrock. Next, place a minecart on the rail. This is where it gets dangerous, and where the helmet with Respiration comes into play. Get inside the minecart and quickly dismount it. The player should be suffocating in the bedrock layer. Next, hold down the "jump" key and throw an ender pearl directly up. In case of this failing, throw another ender pearl directly upward. It works by having the minecart dismount the player in a position where the player will be able to jump and see the top of the bedrock. The ender pearls move the player to the top.

Pros:

  • It is very cheap and could be done early in the game.

Cons:

  • If the player runs out of ender pearls, it is stuck in the bedrock ceiling with absolutely no method of escape.
  • There is an extremely high possibility of death, and the drops will most likely land on top of the bedrock.
  • It is hard to accomplish.

Method 3b

[Bug Used: MC-3328] (fixed)

This variation use the same resources and:

Begin in the same way as in Method 4: Place the first minecart just under the bedrock ceiling as in Method 4, enter the minecart, and then exit the minecart. You will begin suffocating in the bedrock ceiling. From there, jump up and down so that you can see the top of the bedrock. Place a rail on top of the bedrock, preferably close to where you will be coming out. Next, place a minecart on top of the rail and quickly ride it. You will be teleported to the top of the bedrock ceiling into the minecart and can exit without further risk of suffocation.

Pros:

  • It is not as dangerous as using ender pearls; only suffocation damage is taken, not fall damage.
  • Though uncomfortable, it can be used as part of a minecart elevator to get above the bedrock until the player gets the necessary tools to break the bedrock.

Cons:

  • Depending on how close the rail was placed, it can be difficult to place the minecart and get inside it without the minecart being pushed off, though the player can still enter the minecart if it is still in range.
  • It is easy to lose the exact location of where the player came up. So use the F3 screen to note the exact coordinates.

Method 3c

[Bug Used: MC-3328] (fixed)

This variation requires an extra minecart, one piston, one slab, and one lever.

Begin in the same way as in Method 4: place a minecart under the bedrock ceiling, then break the rail under the minecart. Place the piston to face the minecart with one air block between them. On the space between the piston and the minecart, place a lower slab. Activate the piston to push the slab right on the minecart. Then break the piston and the lever. Enter the minecart, and dismount it quickly. You now should be glitched through the bedrock block without taking any further damage. Now finish like in method 2: place a rail and a minecart (or alternately, place a boat) and jump in.

Pros:

  • It is not as dangerous as the previous methods; the only suffocation damage is taken when you jump in the first minecart.
  • You do not need to react quickly.

Cons:

  • It may be difficult to find an appropriate place in the roof to put it in place.
  • It is easy to lose the exact location of where the player came up. So use the F3 screen to note the exact coordinates.

Breaking bedrock

Depending on the method, breaking bedrock can either be a simple build, or a complex process.

Method 1: Small dripleaf method

Video by PhoenixSC

(Bug MC-213813)

This method requires Java Edition 21w05a due to the use of dripleaves.

It had been patched in Java Edition 21w06a.

Needs
Pros
  • Very easy to do, requires few materials.
  • Materials can be reused.
Cons
  • Can use up a lot of bone meal because it is dependent on luck.

Method 2

Introduced in 1.17.0 and patched in 1.17.30 and above.

This easy method ‌[Bedrock Edition only] uses powder snow.

You will only need:

  • 2 buckets of powder snow
  • 1 cauldron
  1. Place the cauldron underneath the bedrock you want to break
  2. Use the buckets of powder snow on the cauldron and the powder snow will replace the bedrock

Pros

  • Few materials required
  • Reusable
  • Easy to use

Method 3

[Bug Used: MC-91486], patched in 1.13 and above.

This method is much simpler, but it requires more resources. These are the minimum materials you will need to break one block:

  1. ↑ a b c This amount varies greatly on render distance. The amount of redstone you will need is 15 times the render distance. The number of repeaters you will need is the same as the render distance. The number of blocks you will need is 16 times the render distance, plus 1.

This method is incredibly easy to do, but time-consuming. This is all you need to do:

  1. Place one block of choice.
  2. Place a redstone torch on the side of this block.
  3. Place a piston on top of the redstone torch.
  4. Place the dragon egg on top of the piston arm. This dragon egg should be exactly above the block you are trying to break.
  5. Place the remaining blocks in a straight line with redstone on top of it. Place repeaters every 16 blocks of this redstone line. At the other end of this, place a lever.
  6. Power the lever, wait five seconds, then depower it.
  7. Walk back to find the dragon egg taking up the space of the broken block.

This works because the dragon egg is dropped in the lazy chunks. Lazy chunks are a region two chunks wide at the edge of the player's render distance that are partly loaded and have not yet been unloaded. Redstone still works, but falling block entities fall instantly. Dragon eggs have the strange property where they replace the block they fall on with itself, if they fall in the lazy chunks.

Pros:

  • It can be expanded to break more bedrock in one go, if the player manages to obtain more dragon eggs. This can be done using a gravity block duplicator.
  • Since it uses a falling block, the player can construct this any number of blocks above the one being broken.

Cons:

  • This method requires a block underneath the target block for the dragon egg to rest on after it falls. The egg will keep breaking blocks under it until it comes to rest on a solid block, which cannot exist at y=0.
  • On multiplayer, other players may end up loading the chunks where this is happening, causing it to fail.
  • It requires that you obtain a dragon egg, which might require lots of convincing other players in multiplayer if you weren't the first person to kill the Ender Dragon.

Method 4

This can be done in a variety of different ways because it uses certain plants with block-breaking properties.

Bamboo

In Bedrock Edition, growing bamboo with bone meal removes the block above. See this video for how to quickly remove strips of bedrock. This method no longer works in 1.10.0.

Jungle trees

(Bug Used: MC-10176) (patched)

The branches of huge jungle trees replace blocks that they generate in.

Huge mushrooms

Huge mushrooms break the blocks that their caps spawn in.

This method no longer works in 1.13.2

Pros:

  • These plants are extraordinarily easy to obtain.
  • The method is cheap, requiring just a bit of bone meal.

Cons:

  • Plants are unpredictable, so you could be breaking blocks that you did not want to break.
  • These plants have very strict space requirements, so fulfilling those and breaking the bedrock can take a lot of trial-and-error.

Dark Oak trees

When a dark oak tree grows directly under logs, it has a chance of growing the top at the sapling instead of the bottom. This causes the branches to replace blocks, including bedrock, below the tree.

A tutorial can be found here

This method was patched in 1.8.2

Method 5

(Bug used: MC-91528)

As of Minecraft 1.13, this method no longer works as described.

This method requires an indestructible end crystal and a piston.

To do this, push the end crystal with the piston into the block that you want to break. The block will break.

It works because indestructible end crystals constantly generate fire underneath them. This fire breaks all blocks, including bedrock.

Pros:

  • It is insanely easy to accomplish once the materials are obtained.
  • Lots of bedrock can be removed quickly with this method, through the use of a flying machine.

Cons:

  • Indestructible end crystals are very difficult to obtain and move.
  • It can be difficult to tell which block is being removed.

Fun fact: In the 1.8 update, no bedrock generated on the obsidian pillars because the crystals generated one block lower than they were supposed to. The fire generated broke the bedrock that was supposed to be there.

Video

Note: This trick has been patched in 1.13.

Video made by slicedlime:

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