Updated 25 October 2026. Facts on this page come from minecraft.wiki, minecraft.net and the live Artemis PvP server; sources are listed at the bottom.
Tuff in Minecraft: Where to Find It and Uses
Tuff is a dark gray volcanic stone found in blobs below Y=0. Any pickaxe mines it, and it crafts into polished tuff, slabs, stairs and walls, while a stonecutter also makes tuff bricks and chiseled tuff. It also lines large iron ore veins deep underground.
Where is tuff found?
It generates in blobs from Y=-64 to Y=0 in all biomes, and in large iron ore veins with blocks of raw iron below Y=0. Trial chambers are built mostly from copper blocks and tuff bricks.
How do you mine it?
Mine it with any pickaxe; it drops itself. Without a pickaxe it drops nothing.
What is tuff used for?
- Polished tuff, tuff bricks and chiseled tuff
- Stairs, slabs and walls
- Dark gray builds
- Matching trial chamber style
Tip
If you see lots of tuff with raw iron blocks deep down, you have found an iron vein; mine the whole thing.
Pickaxes, Silk Touch and Fortune
Most stone-like blocks need a pickaxe: without one they break slowly and drop nothing. Silk Touch picks up a block that normally drops something else, such as an ore or plain stone, and Fortune adds drops to ores but not to plain stone. Blast resistance and hardness decide how well a block survives explosions and how long it takes to break, which matters when you choose a building block for a base. A stonecutter turns stone blocks into stairs, slabs and walls one block at a time, which is cheaper than crafting for stairs (1 stair per block instead of 4 stairs from 6). See tool tiers and deepslate.
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Frequently asked questions
Where is tuff found?
In blobs below Y=0 and in iron ore veins.
What pickaxe do you need for tuff?
Any pickaxe.
Sources
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