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Cinnabar is a group of reddish-hue colored blocks added in Chaos Cubed. It consists of slab, stairs, and wall variants, and can be crafted into polished, bricks, and chiseled variants.

Blocks[]

• Cinnabar Stairs
• Cinnabar Slab
• Cinnabar Wall
• Polished Cinnabar
  • Polished Cinnabar Stairs
  • Polished Cinnabar Slab
  • Polished Cinnabar Wall
• Cinnabar Bricks
  • Cinnabar Brick Stairs
  • Cinnabar Brick Slab
  • Cinnabar Brick Wall
• Chiseled Cinnabar

Obtaining[]

Breaking[]

Like any stone-related blocks, cinnabar blocks and its variants can only be mined using a pickaxe, otherwise it drops nothing.

Block	Cinnabar Cinnabar Slab Cinnabar Stairs Cinnabar Wall	Polished Cinnabar Polished Cinnabar Slab Polished Cinnabar Stairs Polished Cinnabar Wall	Cinnabar Bricks Cinnabar Brick Slab Cinnabar Brick Stairs Cinnabar Brick Wall	Chiseled Cinnabar
Hardness	1.5
Tool	Pickaxe
Breaking time
Default	7.5
Wooden	1.15
Stone	0.6
Copper	0.45
Iron	0.4
Diamond	0.3
Netherite	0.25
Golden	0.2

Natural generation[]

Only cinnabar blocks generate naturally in sulfur caves alongside sulfur blocks.

Usage[]

Its slabs, stairs, walls, polished, bricks, and chiseled variants can only be obtained by crafting and stonecutting.

Crafting[]

Name	Ingredients	Crafting recipe	Description
Polished Cinnabar	Cinnabar	4
Cinnabar Slab	Cinnabar	6
Cinnabar Stairs	Cinnabar	4
Cinnabar Wall	Cinnabar	6

Stonecutting[]

Ingredients	Cutting recipe	Description
Cinnabar	222

Sulfur cubes[]

Sulfur cubes can only absorb full-sized cinnabar blocks (including chiseled, polished, and brick variants), either picking it up or interacting with it, giving a slow bouncy effect when hit.

Data values[]

ID[]

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Form	Translation key
Cinnabar	cinnabar	Block & Item	block.minecraft.cinnabar

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID	Form	Translation key
Cinnabar	cinnabar	?	Block & Giveable Item[i 1]	tile.cinnabar.name

History[]

March 21, 2026					Cinnabar block sets are announced at Minecraft Live - March 2026.
Java Edition
26.2		snap1			Added cinnabar block set.
		snap6			Changed the effect when absorbed by sulfur cubes from regular/football to slow bouncy, like other stone-related blocks does.
Bedrock Edition
26.20		beta 26.20.24			Added cinnabar block set under "Drop 2 of 2026" experimental toggle.
26.30		beta 26.30.20			Cinnabar block sets are now available during normal gameplay.
		beta 26.30.27			Changed the blast resistance from 3 to 6.
					Changed the effect when absorbed by sulfur cubes from regular/football to slow bouncy, like other stone-related blocks does.

Issues[]

Issues relating to "Cinnabar" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.

Trivia[]

• The chiseled cinnabar block features a spider symbol on it.

Gallery[]

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  Sulfur and cinnabar blocks showcased in Minecraft Live - March 2026.