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				&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; style=&quot;background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;← Older revision&lt;/td&gt;
				&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; style=&quot;background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;Revision as of 11:07, 7 July 2026&lt;/td&gt;
				&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-lineno&quot; id=&quot;mw-diff-left-l7&quot;&gt;Line 7:&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-lineno&quot;&gt;Line 7:&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;The last four heightmaps are based on a property called motion blocking. This is defined as follows:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;The last four heightmaps are based on a property called motion blocking. This is defined as follows:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;* [[Minecraft:Cobweb&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;|Cobwebs&lt;/del&gt;]] and [[Minecraft:&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Bamboo Sapling|&lt;/del&gt;bamboo &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;saplings&lt;/del&gt;]] are considered not motion blocking.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;* [[Minecraft:Cobweb]]&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;s &lt;/ins&gt;and [[Minecraft:bamboo &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;sapling&lt;/ins&gt;]]&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;s &lt;/ins&gt;are considered not motion blocking.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;* The block must be &quot;solid&quot;. On &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;[[Minecraft:Java Edition]]&lt;/del&gt;, this is defined using the [[Minecraft:Legacy solid]] property. Note that this is not the same as having a collision box. Some blocks like snow [[Minecraft:&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Azalea|azaleas&lt;/del&gt;]] are not considered solid while having a collision box, and other blocks like [[Minecraft:&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Banner|banners&lt;/del&gt;]] are considered solid while having no collision box.  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;* The block must be &quot;solid&quot;. On &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;{{JE}}&lt;/ins&gt;, this is defined using the [[Minecraft:Legacy solid]] property. Note that this is not the same as having a collision box. Some blocks like snow [[Minecraft:&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;azalea&lt;/ins&gt;]]&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;s &lt;/ins&gt;are not considered solid while having a collision box, and other blocks like [[Minecraft:&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;banner&lt;/ins&gt;]]&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;s &lt;/ins&gt;are considered solid while having no collision box.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;== Types ==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;== Types ==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;* &amp;lt;code&amp;gt;OCEAN_FLOOR&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt;: Stores the Y-level of the highest block whose [[Minecraft:material]] blocks motion. Used only on the server side.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;* &amp;lt;code&amp;gt;OCEAN_FLOOR&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt;: Stores the Y-level of the highest block whose [[Minecraft:material]] blocks motion. Used only on the server side.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;* &amp;lt;code&amp;gt;OCEAN_FLOOR_WG&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt;: Stores the Y-level of the highest block whose material blocks motion. Used only during world generation.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;* &amp;lt;code&amp;gt;OCEAN_FLOOR_WG&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt;: Stores the Y-level of the highest block whose material blocks motion. Used only during world generation.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;* &amp;lt;code&amp;gt;MOTION_BLOCKING&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt;: Stores the Y-level of the highest block whose material blocks motion or blocks that contains a fluid ([[Minecraft:water]], [[Minecraft:lava]], or [[Minecraft:waterlogged]] blocks).  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;* &amp;lt;code&amp;gt;MOTION_BLOCKING&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt;: Stores the Y-level of the highest block whose material blocks motion or blocks that contains a fluid ([[Minecraft:water]], [[Minecraft:lava]], or [[Minecraft:waterlogged]] blocks).&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;* &amp;lt;code&amp;gt;MOTION_BLOCKING_NO_LEAVES&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt;: Stores the Y-level of the highest block whose material blocks motion, or blocks that contains a fluid (water, lava, or waterlogged blocks), except various [[Minecraft:leaves]]. Used only on the server side, e.g. for pillager patrol spawning.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;* &amp;lt;code&amp;gt;MOTION_BLOCKING_NO_LEAVES&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt;: Stores the Y-level of the highest block whose material blocks motion, or blocks that contains a fluid (water, lava, or waterlogged blocks), except various [[Minecraft:leaves]]. Used only on the server side, e.g. for pillager patrol spawning.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;New page&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{about|the heightmaps of chunk terrain|the heightmaps controlling three-dimensional textures|Texture set}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Missing information|Heightmaps {{in|be}}&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Note: Heightmaps do exist {{in|be}}, this is confirmed by feature placement behavior packs which can use &amp;lt;code&amp;gt;&amp;quot;y&amp;quot;: &amp;quot;query.heightmap(variable.worldx, variable.worldz)&amp;quot;&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt; in the distribution to place a feature on the surface, but no other information about heightmaps has been found.&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;}}&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Heightmaps&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; are maps to store the Y-level of the highest block at each horizontal coordinate. They are stored in chunk files and used for various game calculations.&lt;br /&gt;
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== Motion blocking ==&lt;br /&gt;
The last four heightmaps are based on a property called motion blocking. This is defined as follows:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Minecraft:Cobweb|Cobwebs]] and [[Minecraft:Bamboo Sapling|bamboo saplings]] are considered not motion blocking.&lt;br /&gt;
* The block must be &amp;quot;solid&amp;quot;. On [[Minecraft:Java Edition]], this is defined using the [[Minecraft:Legacy solid]] property. Note that this is not the same as having a collision box. Some blocks like snow [[Minecraft:Azalea|azaleas]] are not considered solid while having a collision box, and other blocks like [[Minecraft:Banner|banners]] are considered solid while having no collision box. &lt;br /&gt;
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== Types ==&lt;br /&gt;
Several different heightmaps check and store highest block of different types, and are used for different purposes. {{IN|java}}, there are six heightmap types:&lt;br /&gt;
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* &amp;lt;code&amp;gt;WORLD_SURFACE&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt;: Stores the Y-level of the highest non-air (all types of air) block.&lt;br /&gt;
* &amp;lt;code&amp;gt;WORLD_SURFACE_WG&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt;: Stores the Y-level of the highest non-air (all types of air) block. Used only during world generation.&lt;br /&gt;
* &amp;lt;code&amp;gt;OCEAN_FLOOR&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt;: Stores the Y-level of the highest block whose [[Minecraft:material]] blocks motion. Used only on the server side.&lt;br /&gt;
* &amp;lt;code&amp;gt;OCEAN_FLOOR_WG&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt;: Stores the Y-level of the highest block whose material blocks motion. Used only during world generation.&lt;br /&gt;
* &amp;lt;code&amp;gt;MOTION_BLOCKING&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt;: Stores the Y-level of the highest block whose material blocks motion or blocks that contains a fluid ([[Minecraft:water]], [[Minecraft:lava]], or [[Minecraft:waterlogged]] blocks). &lt;br /&gt;
* &amp;lt;code&amp;gt;MOTION_BLOCKING_NO_LEAVES&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt;: Stores the Y-level of the highest block whose material blocks motion, or blocks that contains a fluid (water, lava, or waterlogged blocks), except various [[Minecraft:leaves]]. Used only on the server side, e.g. for pillager patrol spawning.&lt;br /&gt;
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== Usage ==&lt;br /&gt;
Heightmaps are used for various in-game calculations. For example, a lightning rod can only be triggered when there is no non-air block above it. Therefore, the game compares the Y-level of lightning rod with heightmap WORLD_SURFACE to know if there are non-air blocks above it.&lt;br /&gt;
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Heightmaps of both server side and client side can be seen in [[Minecraft:debug screen]]. The &amp;quot;CH&amp;quot; line is the value in client side heightmaps at the player&amp;#039;s current X/Z coordinates. The &amp;quot;SH&amp;quot; line is the server side value in heightmaps at the player&amp;#039;s current X/Z coordinates. In the two lines:&lt;br /&gt;
* S means WORLD_SURFACE&lt;br /&gt;
* O means OCEAN_FLOOR&lt;br /&gt;
* M means MOTION_BLOCKING&lt;br /&gt;
* ML means MOTION_BLOCKING_NO_LEAVES&lt;br /&gt;
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{{cmd|execute positioned over}} can change the execution position of the command to one block above the Y-level stored in the specified heightmap. WORLD_SURFACE_WG and OCEAN_FLOOR_WG cannot be used in this command.&lt;br /&gt;
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