A non-renewable resource (as opposed to a renewable resource) is a resource that can be obtained in survival without exploiting glitches or using commands, but can't be recreated indefinitely without doing so. While running out of most resources isn't likely to be a factor due to massive size of an Minecraft map, this is a list of resources that can't be produced indefinitely without eventually having to explore more terrain.
Most non-renewable resources aren't renewable because they can be only obtained trough crafting recipe which consumes non-renewable items, others can only be obtained by finding them as naturally generated blocks, in structure loot chests or as a drop from certain enemies which don't respawn; Elder guardians Illagers and shulkers, which only spawn as a part of structure generation, the Wither, which can only be spawned by the player using non-renewable soulsand
Many normally renewable resources become non-renewable if playing on peaceful difficulty, as monsters do not spawn.
The degree of impact non-renewability has on normal game play largely depends on how limited the resource in question is.
While technically not renewable, these resources or their non-renewable raw materials are so common in the default world generation that they are unlikely to be used up in even small areas of the map. The non-renewability may become significant in custom maps.
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Non-renewable products
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How to obtain
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Andesite, Diorite, And Granite 👁 Andesite 👁 Diorite 👁 Granite
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👁 Polished Andesite 👁 Polished Diorite 👁 Polished Granite
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Found in large veins in stone in overworld. Can be crafted using nether quartz and stone.
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Clay 👁 Clay
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👁 Clay 👁 Terracotta 👁 White Terracotta 👁 Orange Terracotta 👁 Magenta Terracotta 👁 Light Blue Terracotta 👁 Yellow Terracotta 👁 Lime Terracotta 👁 Pink Terracotta 👁 Gray Terracotta 👁 Light Gray Terracotta 👁 Cyan Terracotta 👁 Purple Terracotta 👁 Blue Terracotta 👁 Brown Terracotta 👁 Green Terracotta 👁 Red Terracotta 👁 Black Terracotta 👁 White Glazed Terracotta 👁 Orange Glazed Terracotta 👁 Magenta Glazed Terracotta 👁 Light Blue Glazed Terracotta 👁 Yellow Glazed Terracotta 👁 Lime Glazed Terracotta 👁 Pink Glazed Terracotta 👁 Gray Glazed Terracotta 👁 Light Gray Glazed Terracotta 👁 Cyan Glazed Terracotta 👁 Purple Glazed Terracotta 👁 Blue Glazed Terracotta 👁 Brown Glazed Terracotta 👁 Green Glazed Terracotta 👁 Red Glazed Terracotta 👁 Black Glazed Terracotta 👁 Brick 👁 Bricks 👁 Brick Stairs 👁 Brick Slab 👁 Flower Pot
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Obtained from breaking Clay blocks, which are often found in small pockets in swamp biomes.
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Coarse Dirt 👁 Dirt
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👁 Dirt 👁 Grass Block 👁 Mycelium
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Found in all Mega Taiga variants, Mesa Plateau F (M), and Savanna (Plateau) M Biomes Can be crafted with dirt and gravel
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Concrete Powder 👁 White Concrete Powder 👁 Orange Concrete Powder 👁 Magenta Concrete Powder 👁 Light Blue Concrete Powder 👁 Yellow Concrete Powder 👁 Lime Concrete Powder 👁 Pink Concrete Powder 👁 Gray Concrete Powder 👁 Light Gray Concrete Powder 👁 Cyan Concrete Powder 👁 Purple Concrete Powder 👁 Blue Concrete Powder 👁 Brown Concrete Powder 👁 Green Concrete Powder 👁 Red Concrete Powder 👁 Black Concrete Powder
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👁 White Concrete 👁 Orange Concrete 👁 Magenta Concrete 👁 Light Blue Concrete 👁 Yellow Concrete 👁 Lime Concrete 👁 Pink Concrete 👁 Gray Concrete 👁 Light Gray Concrete 👁 Cyan Concrete 👁 Purple Concrete 👁 Blue Concrete 👁 Brown Concrete 👁 Green Concrete 👁 Red Concrete 👁 Black Concrete
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Crafted from Gravel, Sand and a Dye
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Dirt 👁 Dirt
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👁 Grass Block 👁 Mycelium
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Commonly found in most overworld biomes, under the layer of grass
Can be made by tilling Coarse Dirt with a Hoe Breaking Grass, Mycelium or Podzol blocks without the silk touch enchantment, or Grass path blocks at all results in a dirt block dropping.
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Flint and Steel 👁 Flint and Steel
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Crafted with Iron and Flint Can be found in some Nether Fortress chests.
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Gravel 👁 Gravel
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👁 Flint 👁 Flint and Steel 👁 Coarse Dirt 👁 Dirt 👁 Grass Block 👁 Mycelium 👁 White Concrete Powder 👁 Orange Concrete Powder 👁 Magenta Concrete Powder 👁 Light Blue Concrete Powder 👁 Yellow Concrete Powder 👁 Lime Concrete Powder 👁 Pink Concrete Powder 👁 Gray Concrete Powder 👁 Light Gray Concrete Powder 👁 Cyan Concrete Powder 👁 Purple Concrete Powder 👁 Blue Concrete Powder 👁 Brown Concrete Powder 👁 Green Concrete Powder 👁 Red Concrete Powder 👁 Black Concrete Powder 👁 White Concrete 👁 Orange Concrete 👁 Magenta Concrete 👁 Light Blue Concrete 👁 Yellow Concrete 👁 Lime Concrete 👁 Pink Concrete 👁 Gray Concrete 👁 Light Gray Concrete 👁 Cyan Concrete 👁 Purple Concrete 👁 Blue Concrete 👁 Brown Concrete 👁 Green Concrete 👁 Red Concrete 👁 Black Concrete
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Generates in large pockets underground, as a layer on the bottom of rivers and oceans, in the paths of some generated villages and in The Nether
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Lava Bucket 👁 Lava Bucket
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Obtained by collecting lava with a Bucket, Lava generates in small lakes in The Overworld, in random pockets in The Nether, and in large amounts at low Y-levels in both dimensions
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Nether Star 👁 Nether Star
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👁 Beacon
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Dropped by The Wither, spawned using Soul Sand and Wither Skeleton Skulls
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Nether Bricks 👁 Nether Bricks
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👁 Nether Brick Slab 👁 Nether Brick Stairs 👁 Nether Brick Fence
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Naturally generates in Nether Fortresses Can be crafted from Nether Brick items
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Netherrack 👁 Netherrack
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👁 Nether Brick 👁 Nether Bricks 👁 Nether Brick Slab 👁 Nether Brick Stairs 👁 Nether Brick Fence 👁 Red Nether Bricks
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Generates in massive quantities in the Nether
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Ores 👁 Coal Ore 👁 Iron Ore 👁 Redstone Ore 👁 Lapis Lazuli Ore 👁 Gold Ore 👁 Emerald Ore
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Emerald ore generates underground in Extreme Hills Biomes The other ores listed generate underground in all biomes of The Overworld.
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Sand 👁 Sand
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👁 Sandstone 👁 Smooth Sandstone 👁 Chiseled Sandstone 👁 Sandstone Stairs 👁 Sandstone Slab 👁 TNT 👁 Minecart with TNT 👁 White Concrete Powder 👁 Orange Concrete Powder 👁 Magenta Concrete Powder 👁 Light Blue Concrete Powder 👁 Yellow Concrete Powder 👁 Lime Concrete Powder 👁 Pink Concrete Powder 👁 Gray Concrete Powder 👁 Light Gray Concrete Powder 👁 Cyan Concrete Powder 👁 Purple Concrete Powder 👁 Blue Concrete Powder 👁 Brown Concrete Powder 👁 Green Concrete Powder 👁 Red Concrete Powder 👁 Black Concrete Powder 👁 White Concrete 👁 Orange Concrete 👁 Magenta Concrete 👁 Light Blue Concrete 👁 Yellow Concrete 👁 Lime Concrete 👁 Pink Concrete 👁 Gray Concrete 👁 Light Gray Concrete 👁 Cyan Concrete 👁 Purple Concrete 👁 Blue Concrete 👁 Brown Concrete 👁 Green Concrete 👁 Red Concrete 👁 Black Concrete
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Generates in desert biomes, on beaches and underwater in Swamps.
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Sandstone 👁 Sandstone
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👁 Smooth Sandstone 👁 Chiseled Sandstone 👁 Sandstone Stairs 👁 Sandstone Slab
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Generates under the sand layer in deserts, and in desert villages, wells and temples. Can be crafted from Sand
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Soul Sand 👁 Soul Sand
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👁 Nether Star 👁 Beacon
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Generates in large quantities in The Nether
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TNT 👁 TNT
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Can be crafted with Sand and Gunpowder Generates in small quantities in desert temples
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Terracotta 👁 Terracotta 👁 Red Terracotta 👁 Orange Terracotta 👁 Yellow Terracotta 👁 White Terracotta 👁 Light Gray Terracotta
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👁 White Terracotta 👁 Orange Terracotta 👁 Magenta Terracotta 👁 Light Blue Terracotta 👁 Yellow Terracotta 👁 Lime Terracotta 👁 Pink Terracotta 👁 Gray Terracotta 👁 Light Gray Terracotta 👁 Cyan Terracotta 👁 Purple Terracotta 👁 Blue Terracotta 👁 Brown Terracotta 👁 Green Terracotta 👁 Red Terracotta 👁 Black Terracotta 👁 White Glazed Terracotta 👁 Orange Glazed Terracotta 👁 Magenta Glazed Terracotta 👁 Light Blue Glazed Terracotta 👁 Yellow Glazed Terracotta 👁 Lime Glazed Terracotta 👁 Pink Glazed Terracotta 👁 Gray Glazed Terracotta 👁 Light Gray Glazed Terracotta 👁 Cyan Glazed Terracotta 👁 Purple Glazed Terracotta 👁 Blue Glazed Terracotta 👁 Brown Glazed Terracotta 👁 Green Glazed Terracotta 👁 Red Glazed Terracotta 👁 Black Glazed Terracotta
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Generates large quantities in Mesa Biomes, can be made by smelting Clay
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These resources are less common, and players may be forced to explore further out to find more, especially on servers involved in multiple large building projects using them. Often they don't really run out, but the remaining material is far harder to collect than it is to just explore more. For example nether quartz generates throughout netherrack, but most players only harvest the veins visible from on cavern surfaces.
These resources are limited enough to force players wander far and wide to find them in any significant quantity, especially on servers.