"Monster egg" redirects here. For the egg that spawns mobs when used, see Spawn Egg

Infested blocks are blocks disguised as stone, cobblestone, or any stone bricks variants, but spawn silverfish when broken in Survival or Adventure mode.

Obtaining [ edit ]

Infested blocks are not obtainable by Silk Touch, and is only available through the creative inventory or commands.

Breaking [ edit ]

When the block is broken, whether by a player or by an explosion, a silverfish spawns where it was broken. In Java Edition, infested blocks break instantly. In Bedrock Edition, infested blocks take longer to break than their normal counterparts, and take the same time regardless of the tool:

Block Infested Block Hardness 0.75 Breaking time Default 1.15

When mined, an infested block spawns a silverfish that immediately attacks the player. If the player attacks a silverfish directly with a sword, bow, or potion of Harming, or when a silverfish takes poison damage, nearby infested blocks break, spawning more aggressive silverfish. If the silverfish is killed in one hit, then nearby infested blocks do not break, and no silverfish spawn from them.

Natural generation [ edit ]

Infested stone bricks are occasionally found in strongholds and igloo basements in place of normal stone bricks. Infested mossy and chiseled stone bricks also spawn in igloos. Infested mossy and cracked stone bricks do not generate naturally within strongholds,[1] with the latter within igloo basements.

Infested cobblestone is found in the rarely generated "fake end portal" room in woodland mansions.

Mineral veins [ edit ]

Infested stone can generate in the Overworld in the form of mineral veins. Infested stone attempts to generate 7 times per chunk in veins of size 9, from altitudes 0 to 64, within one of the following biomes, or within a chunk that is at least partially occupied by one of these biomes:

Are generated when a silverfish enters the respective normal block form. In Bedrock Edition, letting a silverfish enter regular stone bricks turns them into infested stone instead of the infested stone bricks.

Usage [ edit ]

When mined, an infested block spawns a silverfish that immediately attacks the player. If the player attacks a silverfish directly with a sword, bow, or potion of Harming, or when a silverfish takes poison damage, nearby infested blocks break, spawning more aggressive silverfish. If the silverfish is killed in one hit, then nearby infested blocks do not break, and no silverfish spawn from them.

Identifying [ edit ]

Note blocks placed on infested blocks produce flute sounds, while those placed on the non-infested stone, cobblestone, or stone bricks produce bass drum sounds.

In Bedrock Edition, a player can distinguish infested from normal blocks by observing that an infested block takes longer to break when using a pickaxe than the stone it appears to be, but without a pickaxe, it breaks faster.

A silverfish does not spawn if the block is destroyed by the ender dragon.

In Java Edition, using the debug screen, a player can identify whether or not a block is infested.

Sounds [ edit ]

Java Edition:

Bedrock Edition: [needs in-game testing]

Data values [ edit ]

ID [ edit ]

Java Edition:

Name Namespaced ID Translation key Infested Stone infested_stone block.minecraft.infested_stone Infested Cobblestone infested_cobblestone block.minecraft.infested_cobblestone Infested Stone Bricks infested_stone_bricks block.minecraft.infested_stone_bricks Infested Cracked Stone Bricks infested_cracked_stone_bricks block.minecraft.infested_cracked_stone_bricks Infested Mossy Stone Bricks infested_mossy_stone_bricks block.minecraft.infested_mossy_stone_bricks Infested Chiseled Stone Bricks infested_chiseled_stone_bricks block.minecraft.infested_chiseled_stone_bricks

Bedrock Edition:

Name Namespaced ID Numeric ID Translation key Infested Block monster_egg 97 tile.monster_egg.stone.name

tile.monster_egg.cobble.name

tile.monster_egg.brick.name

tile.monster_egg.mossybrick.name

tile.monster_egg.crackedbrick.name

tile.monster_egg.chiseledbrick.name

Block states [ edit ]

Bedrock Edition:

Name Default value Allowed values Description monster_egg_stone_type stone chiseled_stone_brick Infested Chiseled Stone Brick cobblestone Infested Cobblestone cracked_stone_brick Infested Cracked Stone Brick stone Infested Stone mossy_stone_brick Infested Mossy Stone Brick stone_brick Infested Stone Brick

Block data [ edit ]

In Bedrock Edition, monster eggs use the following data values:

DV Description 0 Infested Stone 1 Infested Cobblestone 2 Infested Stone Bricks 3 Infested Mossy Stone Bricks 4 Infested Cracked Stone Bricks 5 Infested Chiseled Stone Bricks

History [ edit ]

Issues [ edit ]

Issues relating to "Infested Block" or "Monster Egg" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.

Trivia [ edit ]

Despite silverfish being able to infest cobblestone, stone bricks, and mossy stone bricks, they cannot infest mossy cobblestone.

Infested blocks can be instantly broken by a pickaxe enchanted with silk touch since 1.15.2 ( ).