How to Make Resin Brick in Minecraft

Resin Brick — Minecraft block

Resin Brick

Resin Brick is a material item smelted from one Resin Clump, used to craft the Resin Bricks building block and orange resin armor trims.

Block ID minecraft:resin_brick
Mod Vanilla
Game versions
1.21

Description

Resin Brick is a material item, not a placeable block, introduced in Minecraft Java Edition 1.21.4 and Bedrock Edition 1.21.50 alongside the Pale Garden biome. The only recipe that yields Resin Brick is smelting: 1 Resin Clump plus any fuel in a furnace produces 1 Resin Brick and 0.1 experience. Resin Clumps come from Creaking Hearts embedded in pale oak trees — at night, every player attack on a Creaking makes the linked Creaking Heart place 2–3 Resin Clumps on nearby pale oak logs, and mining a Creaking Heart without Silk Touch drops 1–3 clumps, up to 6 with Fortune III.
Resin Brick stacks to 64 and stays fully renewable as long as the Creaking Heart is preserved. Four Resin Bricks in a 2×2 grid craft the placeable Resin Bricks block, which converts into stairs, slabs, walls, and chiseled variants at the crafting table or stonecutter. On the smithing table, an armor trim plus any armor piece plus Resin Brick applies an orange resin trim, so Resin Brick serves both resin architecture and customized armor sets.

Block properties

Item ID minecraft:resin_brick
/give command /give @p minecraft:resin_brick
Stackable Yes (64)
Renewable Yes
Java Edition 1.21.4
Bedrock Edition 1.21.50

Guide

How to get and use Resin Brick

  1. 1

    Find a Pale Garden

    Pale Gardens generate naturally and are easy to recognize by their grey-toned pale oak trees. Locate a Creaking Heart embedded in a pale oak trunk — a Creaking mob patrols around it at night.

  2. 2

    Collect Resin Clumps

    Attack the Creaking at night — the mob is shielded by its heart and will not die. Each hit makes the Creaking Heart place 2–3 Resin Clumps on nearby pale oak logs, with a 5-second cooldown between spawns. Alternatively, mine the Creaking Heart without Silk Touch for 1–3 clumps, up to 6 with Fortune III.

  3. 3

    Smelt Resin Clumps into Resin Bricks

    Place 1 Resin Clump with any fuel in a furnace. Each smelt yields 1 Resin Brick and 0.1 experience — this is the only recipe that produces Resin Brick.

  4. 4

    Craft Resin Bricks blocks

    Arrange 4 Resin Bricks in a 2×2 grid to get 1 Resin Bricks block. Craft the block into stairs, slabs, walls, and chiseled variants at the crafting table, or process it on the stonecutter.

  5. 5

    Trim armor with Resin Brick

    On a smithing table, combine an armor trim template, any armor piece, and 1 Resin Brick to apply an orange resin trim to the armor.

Tip

Woodland mansion chests hold 2–4 Resin Clumps (53.8% chance in Java Edition, 17.2% in Bedrock Edition) — a fallback when no Pale Garden is nearby.

How to craft this block

Ingredients: Resin Clump Resin Clump x1
Crafting
Furnace
Resin Brick
1
Resin Brick XP: +0.1 · 10 sec

Used in crafts

Frequently asked questions

How do I get Resin Brick?

Smelt 1 Resin Clump in a furnace with any fuel. Resin Clumps are produced by Creaking Hearts in the Pale Garden when the linked Creaking is attacked at night, or drop 1–3 when a Creaking Heart is mined without Silk Touch.

Is Resin Brick a placeable block?

No. Resin Brick is a material item; the placeable block is Resin Bricks, crafted from 4 Resin Brick items arranged in a 2×2 grid.

Is Resin Brick renewable?

Yes. As long as the Creaking Heart stays intact, every night attack on the Creaking produces 2–3 fresh Resin Clumps, so Resin Brick can be farmed indefinitely.

Which version added Resin Brick?

Resin Brick was added in Java Edition 1.21.4 and Bedrock Edition 1.21.50, together with the Pale Garden biome.

What is Resin Brick used for besides blocks?

On the smithing table, Resin Brick combines with any armor trim template and any armor piece to apply an orange resin trim to the armor.