Infested Stone Bricks — Minecraft block

Infested Stone Bricks — Minecraft block

Infested Stone Bricks

Infested Stone Bricks are a stronghold trap block that looks like Stone Bricks but releases a silverfish when mined.

Block ID minecraft:infested_stone_bricks
Mod Vanilla
Game versions
1.21

Description

Infested Stone Bricks are a trap block in Minecraft that look identical to ordinary Stone Bricks but hide a silverfish inside. Breaking the block without the Silk Touch enchantment spawns a silverfish that emerges to attack the player, and the noise can wake nearby infested blocks into a whole swarm. Infested Stone Bricks generate naturally throughout Stronghold rooms, mixed in with the regular stone brick walls and floors, so players cannot tell them apart by sight. Like every infested block, they have a low hardness of 0.75 and break much faster than the real Stone Bricks (hardness 1.5) they imitate — this unusually quick mining speed is the main clue that a block is infested. A pickaxe breaks them fastest, but mining one normally yields no item and releases the hidden mob. A tool with Silk Touch causes no silverfish to appear, but it drops ordinary Stone Bricks: the infested block itself cannot be obtained in Survival mode, only through the Creative inventory or commands. Infested Stone Bricks were added in Beta 1.8 as part of the original monster egg blocks and received their current ID, minecraft:infested_stone_bricks, in the 1.13 update. They exist in both Java and Bedrock Edition and belong to a family that also includes infested mossy, cracked, and chiseled stone bricks.

Block properties

Item ID minecraft:infested_stone_bricks
/give command /give @p minecraft:infested_stone_bricks
Stackable Yes (64)
Best tool Pickaxe
Renewable Yes
Hardness 0.75
Blast resistance 0.75
Bedrock Edition 0.9.0

Java & Bedrock Guide

How to handle Infested Stone Bricks in Minecraft

  1. 1

    Spot the infested block

    Watch for a Stone Brick that breaks far faster than normal; the unusually quick mining speed marks it as infested.

  2. 2

    Mine it with Silk Touch

    Break the block with a Silk Touch tool to keep the silverfish from spawning; it drops ordinary Stone Bricks, because the infested block itself cannot be obtained in Survival mode.

  3. 3

    Break it safely without the enchantment

    Without Silk Touch, hit the block and immediately kill the silverfish that emerges before it alerts nearby mobs.

  4. 4

    Prevent a swarm

    Avoid attacking silverfish near other stone walls, since one disturbed mob can call hidden silverfish out of the surrounding blocks.

Stronghold warning

Infested Stone Bricks blend into stronghold walls, so a single careless mine can trigger a silverfish swarm in tight corridors.

Frequently asked questions

Where do Infested Stone Bricks spawn?

They generate naturally in stronghold rooms, mixed in with ordinary stone bricks, so they are hard to spot.

How do you get Infested Stone Bricks without a silverfish?

You cannot collect the infested block in Survival at all: Silk Touch prevents the silverfish but drops ordinary Stone Bricks, and the infested block itself is only available through the Creative inventory or commands.

How can you tell a block is infested?

Infested blocks have very low hardness, so they break much faster than the normal Stone Bricks they copy.

Do Infested Stone Bricks work in Java and Bedrock?

Yes, they exist in both editions and behave the same, spawning a silverfish when broken without Silk Touch.

What tool breaks Infested Stone Bricks fastest?

A pickaxe mines them fastest, but mining without Silk Touch still releases the hidden silverfish.