Block Durability

The durability of a block can be measured in the number of taps it takes to mine it. Each tap can be monitored either by the audible sound produced when the player is mining a block, or by the motion of the player's arm.
While the time taken to mine a particular block may vary due to the player's Happiness Bar, the number of taps required to mine the block will remain constant. Acquiring better tools will reduce the number of taps required to mine each block, provided that it is the correct tool (i.e. pickaxe for stone). There have been no reports of differences in durability between originally spawned blocks and those used in construction of the same materials.
Note: This is not the same as the Tool Durability Chart; this page represents the durability of the blocks, not the tools.
See also the Creature Hit Chart.
Additional reports are welcome, particularly for the long-count entries.
==Durability Table==
Below is a table relating all tools to the number of taps required to mine each block:
===Axe===
:
 Block Durability - Axe
 	Apple Tree	Cherry Tree	Coconut Tree	Coffee Cherry Tree	Dead Tree	Mango Tree	Maple Tree	Orange Tree	Pine Tree	Reinforced Platform	Wood
Hand 	128 	128 	128 	128 	? 	128 	128 	128 	128 	128 	128
Flint Axe	16 	16 	16 	16 	? 	16 	16 	16 	16 	16 	16
Stone Axe	8 	4 	8 	8 	4 	8 	8 	8 	4 	8 	4
Iron Axe 	4 	4 	4 	4 	1 	4 	4 	4 	4 	4 	4
The 1.4 update has reduced these durabilities—use the lowest provided value for each tool.
===Machete===
:
 Block Durability - Machete
 	Cactus	Carrot Plant	Chilli Plant	Corn Stalk	Flax Bush	Kelp	Leaves	Sunflower
Hand 	32 	32 	32 	32 	32 	32 	32 	32
Flint Machete 	16 	16 	16 	16 	16 	16 	16 	16
Bronze Machete	8 	8 	8 	8 	8 	8 	8 	8
Iron Machete 	4 	4 	4 	4 	4 	4 	4 	4
===Pickaxe===
:
 Natural Block Durability - Pickaxe
 	Coal 	Copper Ore	Gold Ore	Ice	Iron Ore	Lapis Lazuli	Limestone	Marble	Oil	Red Marble	Sandstone	Stone	Time Crystal	Tin Ore
Hand 	(1024)	(1024) 	(1024) 	8 	(2048) 	256 	256 	256 	128	256 	256 	256 	256 	(1024)
Flint Pickaxe 	128 	128 	 	1 	256 	32 	32 	32 	16 	32 	32 	32 	32 	128
Stone Pickaxe 	64 	64 	64 	1 	128 	16 	16 	16 	8 	16 	16 	16 	16 	64
Bronze Pickaxe 	32 	32 	 	1 	64 	8 	8 	8 	4 	8 	8 	8 	8 	32
Iron Pickaxe 	16 	16 	16 	1 	32 	4 	4 	4 	2 	4 	4 	4 	4 	16
Steel Pickaxe 	8 	8 	 	1 	16 	2 	2 	2 	1 	2 	2 	2 	2 	8
Gold Pickaxe 	32 	32 	32 	1 	64 	8 	8 	8 	4 	8 	8 	8 	8 	32
Amethyst Pickaxe	64 	64 	 	1 	128 	16 	16 	16 	8 	16 	16 	16 	16 	64
Sapphire Pickaxe	32 	32 	32 	1 	64 	8 	8 	8 	4 	8 	8 	8 	8 	32
Emerald Pickaxe 	16 	16 	16 	1 	32 	4 	4 	4 	2 	4 	4 	4 	4 	16
Ruby Pickaxe 	8 	8 	8 	1 	16 	2 	2 	2 	1 	2 	2 	2 	2 	8
Diamond Pickaxe 	4 	4 	4 	1 	8 	1 	1 	1 	1 	1 	1 	1 	1 	4
 Crafted Block Durability - Pickaxe
 	Black Glass	Bronze Block	Copper Block	Glass	Gold Block	Iron Block	Red Brick	Steel Block	Tin Block
Hand 	 	 	 	8 	256 	 	256 	 	
Flint Pickaxe 	 	 	 	1 	32 	 	32 	 	
Stone Pickaxe 	 	 	 	1 	16 	 	16 	 	
Bronze Pickaxe 	 	 	 	1 	8 	 	8 	 	
Iron Pickaxe 	 	 	32 	1 	4 	 	4 	 	32
Steel Pickaxe 	 	32 	16 	1 	2 	64 	2 	128 	16
Gold Pickaxe 	 	 	 	1 	8 	 	8 	 	
Amethyst Pickaxe	 	 	 	1 	16 	 	16 	 	
Sapphire Pickaxe	 	 	64 	1 	8 	 	8 	 	64
Emerald Pickaxe 	 	64 	32 	1 	4 	 	4 	 	32
Ruby Pickaxe 	 	32 	16 	1 	2 	64 	2 	 	16
Diamond Pickaxe 	 	16 	8 	1 	1 	32 	1 	64 	8
===Spade===
:
 Block Durability - Spade
 	Clay	Compost	Dirt	Flint	Sand
Hand 	64 	32 	32 	64 	32
Flint Spade	32 	16 	16 	32 	16
Stone Spade	8 	4 	4 	8 	4
Tin Spade 	2 	1 	1 	2 	1
Gold Spade 	4 	2 	2 	4 	2
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