Skip to main content

How to Craft Tuff Bricks in Minecraft

Tuff Bricks in Minecraft, drawn from the game's own block model. Building material from tuff. The recipe first appears in the game's files in Minecraft 1.21.

On a Crafting Table, 4 Polished Tuff turns into Tuff Bricks. Place them as four Polished Tuff in a 2x2 square. Done once, that is 4 Tuff Bricks.

Tuff Bricks Item ID and Give Command

The item ID for Tuff Bricks is minecraft:tuff_bricks. In commands the namespace may be left off, so tuff_bricks works too. Checked against Minecraft Java 26.2.

Give yourself one
/give @p tuff_bricks
Give a full stack of 64
/give @p tuff_bricks 64
Give it to a named player
/give Steve tuff_bricks 1

Cheats have to be on for Tuff Bricks to appear this way, and the same command works on Bedrock Edition, where the name is written the same.

Overview

Tuff Bricks are a refined building block made from polished tuff. Tuff Bricks uses a shaped recipe: the ingredients only work in the pattern shown.

This recipe first appears in the game's own data files in Minecraft 1.21, and not in the release before it.

The materials come together from a few sources: you will be working with polished tuff (craft from tuff or use stonecutter).

Stack Maths

Per craft 4 polished tuff buy 4 tuff bricks; per stack 64 buys 64. Nothing is wasted: craft 16 takes the rest.

Materials Needed

ItemAmountWhere to Find
Polished Tuff4xCraft from tuff or use stonecutter

Tuff Bricks needs 4x Polished Tuff (craft from tuff or use stonecutter), worked together at a Crafting Table.

The Full Chain

4 Tuff makes 4 Polished Tuff, the one part of this you craft rather than gather. All in: 4 Tuff.

  1. 1
    44Polished Tuff
  2. 2
    Tuff Bricksthis page

Gather this first

4Tuff

Step-by-Step Instructions

  1. 1

    4x Polished Tuff

  2. 2

    4x Tuff Bricks

Minecraft crafting recipe for Tuff Bricks: 4 x Polished Tuff in a crafting table, making 4 Tuff Bricks.

Tips & Notes

  • No Crafting Table needed for this one: the layout never leaves a 2x2 area, which is exactly what the inventory grid gives you.
  • Line up 4x Polished Tuff before you open the Crafting Table. Polished Tuff: craft from tuff or use stonecutter.
  • You get 4 Tuff Bricks per craft, so divide whatever you need by 4 to know how many times to repeat it.

Uses for Tuff Bricks

  • Building material from tuff

View detailed item stats, durability and properties for Tuff Bricks on the Astroworld Items Database.

Frequently Asked Questions

What do I need to craft Tuff Bricks in Minecraft?
To craft Tuff Bricks you need 4 Polished Tuff at a Crafting Table. Copy the grid above cell for cell, and one craft produces 4 Tuff Bricks.
What do you need to make Tuff Bricks from scratch?
Counting all the way down, Tuff Bricks comes to 4 Tuff, spread over 2 crafts.
Can you craft Tuff Bricks without a crafting table?
You can, and without a table: the 2x2 grid in your inventory is enough for Tuff Bricks. It is laid out as four Polished Tuff in a 2x2 square, which never leaves a 2x2 area.
Where do you find the materials for Tuff Bricks?
The materials for Tuff Bricks each come from somewhere different. Polished Tuff: craft from tuff or use stonecutter.
How many Tuff Bricks do you get from one craft?
The Tuff Bricks recipe makes 4 Tuff Bricks in a single craft.
What is the item ID for Tuff Bricks in Minecraft?
Tuff Bricks is registered as minecraft:tuff_bricks. Commands accept the short form tuff_bricks as well, and Bedrock spells it the same. Checked against Java 26.2.
What is the give command for Tuff Bricks?
/give @p tuff_bricks gives you Tuff Bricks. Swap @p for a player name to hand it to someone else, and put 64 on the end for a whole stack.
Is the Tuff Bricks recipe the same in Java and Bedrock Edition?
Tuff Bricks works the same on both: 4 Polished Tuff at a Crafting Table, the same pattern, 4 at a time, whether you are on Java or Bedrock.
What version of Minecraft added Tuff Bricks?
Minecraft 1.21 is where tuff bricks starts. The recipe sits in that release and is missing from the one before, across every Java version Mojang still hands out. That pattern above is still the one the game uses.

Sources

Grid, ingredients and yield
4 Polished Tuff in, 4 Tuff Bricks out, Crafting Table. Java 26.2, .
That Bedrock agrees
Bedrock 1.26.40.05, same ingredient.
How far back it goes
Present in Minecraft Java 1.21, missing from the release immediately before. From all 163 released Java clients, rd-132211 to 26.2.
Stack size
The Astroworld Items Database, built from the same jar.
The recipe book unlock
What unlocks it in the recipe book. Java 26.2.
The stack sum
Counted, not played: 4 Tuff Bricks per craft against the stack size.

Related Recipes