Top 6 heaviest things in Minecraft

Minecraft Steve has to be incredibly fit. For starters, he runs all over the world, only occasionally using a horse, boat, or other items to travel. He also fights mobs, sometimes with his bare hands. Other times he uses weapons, which are not always easy to use.

He's also powerful, perhaps one of the strongest video game characters ever. He can carry several stacks of items in his inventory without slowing down. Some of those items are incredibly heavy, too. Here's which items in Minecraft weigh the most.

Note: This article is subjective and reflects the views of the author. Additionally, some of the items on this list are based on assumptions (the Nether star, for example) and are not necessarily based on science.

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Minecraft items that weigh the most

6) Anvil

Anvil in Minecraft (Image via Mojang)

An anvil is one of the heaviest items in Minecraft. According to Quora contributor Zachary Dinsmore, "one anvil weighs 27.1 metric tons." Very few items in the game weigh more than that.

Wooden blocks aren't too heavy, nor is anything made of stone. Resources can be pretty heavy, and the anvil is crafted with three iron blocks (36 ingots) and three ingots. That adds up to a pretty hefty item.

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5) Nether star

Technically speaking, the Nether star is a star, which would be (in scientific terms) the heaviest item by far. However, it's also not an actual star with its own gravity because this is a video game.

Still, if it even weighs a fraction of what a star weighs, it's one of the heaviest items in Minecraft. Since it's impossible to tell, it lands at number four on this list instead of the first spot it would probably deserve.

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4) Enchanted golden apple

Enchanted golden apple (Image via Mojang)

There was a time when an enchanted gold apple, commonly referred to as a Notch apple, was craftable. That time has long since passed, making it one of the rarest items in the game. The crafting recipe was eight gold blocks and an apple.

Gold blocks are one of the heaviest blocks in the game, so eight of them being put into one item would easily make it the most weighty.

However, since the crafting recipe is no longer relevant, the Notch apple's position on this list is speculative. Still, if it's close to its former weight, it's one of the heaviest items in Minecraft.

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3) Gold block

Gold block (Image via Mojang)

For a long time, the gold block was the heaviest item. Players will use gold blocks in shulker boxes in Steve's inventory to prove his strength.

They may not be the heaviest item, but they still weigh a ton. Gold has a density of 19,300 kg per cubic meter, rivaled by very few other items in the game.

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2) Blue Ice

Blue ice (Image via Mojang)

Blue ice is another notably heavy block in Minecraft, crafted through multiple stages of ice compression. A regular ice block weighs approximately 919 kilograms (or 0.919 metric tons). When 9 ice blocks are combined to create a packed ice block, it weighs about 8.271 metric tons.

Finally, 9 packed ice blocks are used to craft one blue ice block, giving it a total weight of approximately 74.44 metric tons.

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1) Netherite block

Netherite block (Image via Mojang)

After the 1.16 update, the Netherite block was introduced as one of Minecraft's heaviest blocks. A gold block weighs approximately 19.3 metric tons, meaning each gold ingot weighs about 2.14 metric tons. Since each Netherite ingot requires 4 gold ingots, a single Netherite ingot weighs 8.56 metric tons.

A Netherite block, crafted from 9 Netherite ingots, has a total weight of approximately 77.04 metric tons. This makes it one of the heaviest blocks in the game, showcasing the density and rarity of Netherite.