Packed Mud

Packed mud is a block crafted from mud and wheat. It is used to create mud bricks.

Obtaining

Packed mud can be broken by hand, but using a pickaxe speeds up the process. It drops itself even when broken by hand.

↑ Times are for unenchanted tools as wielded by players with no status effects, measured in seconds. For more information, see Breaking § Speed.

Ingredients	Crafting recipe
Mud + Wheat

Packed mud can be used for decoration.

Name	Ingredients	Crafting recipe
Mud Bricks	Packed Mud	4

Subtitles	Source	Description	Resource location	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
Block broken	Blocks	Once the block has broken	`block.packed_mud.break`	`subtitles.block.generic.break`	0.3	0.8	16
Block placed	Blocks	When the block is placed	`block.packed_mud.place`	`subtitles.block.generic.place`	0.3	0.8	16
Block breaking	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	`block.packed_mud.hit`	`subtitles.block.generic.hit`	0.075	0.5	16
None^{[sound 1]}	Entity-Dependent	Falling on the block with fall damage	`block.packed_mud.fall`	None^{[sound 1]}	0.15	0.75	16
Footsteps	Entity-Dependent	Walking on the block	`block.packed_mud.step`	`subtitles.block.generic.footsteps`	0.045	0.95	16

Source	Description	Resource location	Volume	Pitch
Blocks	Once the block has broken	`block.packed_mud.break`	0.4	0.8-1.0
Blocks	When the block is placed	`block.packed_mud.place`	0.25	0.8-1.0
Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	`block.packed_mud.hit`	0.1	0.5
Blocks	Falling on the block with fall damage	`block.packed_mud.fall`	0.4	1.0
Blocks	Walking on the block	`block.packed_mud.step`	0.05	1.0
Blocks	Jumping from the block	`block.packed_mud.step`	0.05	1.0
Blocks	Falling on the block without fall damage	`block.packed_mud.fall`	0.05	1.0

Name	Identifier	Block tags (JE)	Translation key
Packed Mud	`packed_mud`	`mineable/pickaxe`	`block.minecraft.packed_mud`

Name	Identifier	Form	Item ID^{[i 1]}	Translation key
Packed Mud	`packed_mud`	Block & Giveable Item^{[i 2]}	Identical^{[i 3]}	`tile.packed_mud.name`

Java Edition
1.19	22w11a	Added packed mud.
Bedrock Edition
1.19.0	beta 1.19.0.20	Added packed mud.
1.20.10	beta 1.20.10.20	Packed mud can no longer be mined faster with a shovel.

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In real life, mud bricks are made with mud mixed together with straw, and then heated to increase their toughness, which is referenced by the crafting recipe of packed mud in Minecraft. They have a long history of being used as building materials, dating back at least 5,000 years.