Minecraft:Removed blocks

This page documents Minecraft:blocks which existed in any of the game's several editions, but are no longer present in the latest version.

For the sake of brevity, this page only documents blocks which were programmed into the game intentionally. There are far more "blocks" which exist as metadata values outside of the expected range, normally inaccessible Minecraft:block state combinations, and other anomalous cases of block data such as non-standard Minecraft:block entity definitions. Due to their tendency to behave differently across editions due to not being intended, said cases can be found within the individual sections below.

Existed in multiple editions

Locked chest

File:Chest JE1.png

Template:Main A joke block, completely unrelated to the current ability to lock chests via NBT.

Shrub

File:Dead Bush JE1 BE1.png

Template:Main The shrub was an unused plant block. While visually identical to the Minecraft:dead bush in most aspects, it differs largely in functionality. Its main visual difference arises from it using a random offset, identical to that of Minecraft:grass, Minecraft:ferns, and later flowers.

Unlike the dead bush, which was a separate block and used a separate block ID at the time, the shrub was the default data value variant of the block ID that also hosted grass and ferns, which were respectively metadata values 1 and 2 of the shrub. As such, the shrub inherits much of the functionality of grass and ferns; alongside the aforementioned offset, they also had the same chance to drop Minecraft:wheat seeds upon breaking.

Having been given a unique name, as well as being intentionally programmed to not be tinted unlike all other metadata values of its block ID, it can be assumed that the inclusion of the shrub was intended to a certain degree, although likely only as a prototype of sorts, as the dead bush was included in the same version that added shrubs, and shrubs were unobtainable through normal means whereas the dead bush appeared everywhere. It not being removed in 1.8, as detailed below, strengthens this assertion.

In contrast to almost all other invalid metadata variants of blocks, the shrub was not removed in 14w26a with the switch to block states, and the shrub remained a valid block. (The "green shrub", which refers to blocks with the shrub/grass ID with metadata values exceeding the expected values, were in fact removed, and were not intentionally implemented in the first place, which is why they are not listed on this page.)

The shrub remained until 17w47a, the version in which the Flattening occurred, which merged shrubs into the more well-established dead bush, likely due to shrubs never having been used. The shrub is unique in this aspect, as all other merged block IDs were clear functional variants, and as such is the reason why the shrub is featured on this list.

However, in 2026’s Fall Drop, shrubs are planned to be added back, though acting more like a fungus rather than the dead bush.

Only existed in Java Edition

Numeric ID replacements

Prior to 17w47a, block IDs were stored internally as integer values. As a result, certain removed blocks would end up having their numeric IDs used by another block from a future version. The table below lists all such conversions.

ID	Block	Name		ID unused			Block	Replacement	Version
				First	Last
021	File:Red Cloth.png	Red Cloth		inf-20100624	Beta 1.1_02		File:Lapis Lazuli Ore JE1 BE1.png	Minecraft:Lapis Lazuli Ore	Beta 1.2
022	File:Orange Cloth.png	Orange Cloth		inf-20100624	Beta 1.1_02		File:Block of Lapis Lazuli JE1 BE1.png	Minecraft:Block of Lapis Lazuli	Beta 1.2
023	File:Yellow Cloth.png	Yellow Cloth		inf-20100624	Beta 1.1_02		File:Dispenser (S) JE1.png	Minecraft:Dispenser	Beta 1.2
024	File:Chartreuse Cloth.png	Chartreuse Cloth		inf-20100624	Beta 1.1_02		File:Sandstone JE1 BE1.png	Minecraft:Sandstone<ref name="metaplus" group="cn">This numeric ID included variants of the block in question, which were eventually split into separate IDs as part of The Flattening.</ref>	Beta 1.2
025	File:Green Cloth.png	Green Cloth		inf-20100624	Beta 1.1_02		File:Note Block JE1 BE1.png	Minecraft:Note Block	Beta 1.2
026	File:Spring Green Cloth.png	Spring Green Cloth		inf-20100624	Beta 1.2_02		File:Bed Foot (N) JE1.png	Minecraft:Red Bed	Beta 1.3
027	File:Cyan Cloth.png	Cyan Cloth		inf-20100624	Beta 1.4_01		File:Powered Rail (NS) JE1 BE1.png	Minecraft:Powered Rail	Beta 1.5
028	File:Capri Cloth.png	Capri Cloth		inf-20100624	Beta 1.4_01		File:Detector Rail (NS) JE1 BE1.png	Minecraft:Detector Rail	Beta 1.5
029	File:Ultramarine Cloth.png	Ultramarine Cloth		inf-20100624	Beta 1.6.6		File:Sticky Piston (U) JE1.png	Minecraft:Sticky Piston	Beta 1.7
030	File:Violet Cloth.png	Violet Cloth		inf-20100624	Beta 1.4_01		File:Cobweb JE1 BE1.png	Minecraft:Cobweb	Beta 1.5
031	File:Purple Cloth.png	Purple Cloth		inf-20100624	Beta 1.5_01		File:Dead Bush JE1 BE1.png	Minecraft:Shrub<ref name="metaplus" group="cn"/>	Beta 1.6	Test Build 3
032	File:Magenta Cloth.png	Magenta Cloth		inf-20100624	Beta 1.5_01		File:Dead Bush JE1 BE1.png	Minecraft:Dead Bush	Beta 1.6	Test Build 3
033	File:Rose Cloth.png	Rose Cloth		inf-20100624	Beta 1.6.6		File:Piston (U) JE1.png	Minecraft:Piston	Beta 1.7
034	File:Dark Gray Cloth.png	Dark Gray Cloth		inf-20100624	Beta 1.6.6		File:Piston Head (U) JE1.png	Minecraft:Piston Head	Beta 1.7
035	File:Light Gray Cloth.png	Light Gray Cloth		never			File:White Wool JE1 BE1.png	Minecraft:Wool<ref name="metaplus" group="cn"/>	Minecraft:Minecraft Infdev	20100624
036	File:White Cloth.png	White Cloth		inf-20100624	Beta 1.6.6		File:Blank.png	Minecraft:Moving Piston	Beta 1.7
052	File:Water Spawner.png	Minecraft:Water Spawner		inf-20100624	inf-20100625-0922		File:Spawner JE1.png	Minecraft:Monster Spawner	Minecraft:Minecraft Infdev	20100625-1917
053	File:Lava Spawner.png	Minecraft:Lava Spawner		inf-20100624	inf-20100627		File:Oak Stairs (N) JE1.png	Minecraft:Oak Stairs	Minecraft:Minecraft Infdev	20100629
055	File:Gear.png	Minecraft:Gear		never			File:Inactive Redstone Wire (NESW) JE1.png	Minecraft:Redstone Wire	Minecraft:Alpha v1.0.1
095	File:Missing Model JE2.png	Minecraft:Locked chest		never			File:White Stained Glass JE1.png	Minecraft:Stained Glass<ref name="metaplus" group="cn"/>	Minecraft:Java Edition 1.7.2	Minecraft:13w41a

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Old Colored Wool / Cloth

Upon introduction in Minecraft:0.0.20a, there were 16 different colors of wool, referred to as "cloth" at the time<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20190710032853/https://notch.tumblr.com/post/127170416/new-server-new-client-version-0020#_=_</ref> due to the lack of in-game names until Minecraft:Beta 1.0. The colors of these blocks matched up with the default colors of Paint.NET, as well as generally appearing similar to tertiary RGB colors. Each of these blocks had a unique numeric ID, ranging from 21 to 36.

In the June 24, 2010 build of Infdev, 15 of the 16 different colored cloth blocks were outright removed from the game. Specifically, this referred to IDs 21-34, as well as 36. The remaining ID, 35, belonged to light gray cloth prior to this version. ID 35 was changed to instead have the white cloth texture, ultimately rendering it the actual white cloth block, and removing light gray cloth as a result, despite white cloth technically also being removed in this version due to having ID 36.

In Minecraft:Beta 1.2, colored wool was reimplemented. However, the color scheme was completely different, and coloration was handled via block metadata, rather than defining a new ID for each color. Wool would continue to use metadata (and later block states) to define its color up until the Flattening in Minecraft:17w47a gave each wool color a unique (albeit non-numeric) block ID again.

The IDs 21-34 and 36 would start to be used with completely different blocks between Beta 1.2 and Minecraft:Beta 1.7, while

None of the removed colors have been named officially, and there seems to be no plan to return any of them to the game.

The following table lists each of the removed wool colors alongside their currently unofficial color names.

Red	Orange	Yellow	Chartruese	Green
File:Red Cloth.png	File:Orange Cloth.png	File:Yellow Cloth.png	File:Chartreuse Cloth.png	File:Green Cloth.png
Spring Green	Cyan	Capri	Ultramarine	Violet
File:Spring Green Cloth.png	File:Cyan Cloth.png	File:Capri Cloth.png	File:Ultramarine Cloth.png	File:Violet Cloth.png
Purple	Magenta	Rose	Light Gray	Dark Gray
File:Purple Cloth.png	File:Magenta Cloth.png	File:Rose Cloth.png	File:Light Gray Cloth.png	File:Dark Gray Cloth.png

Gears

File:Gear (N).gif

Template:Main A fully animated block, it was inaccessible and had no real use other than decoration. It was later replaced with redstone.

Water spawner

File:Water Spawner.png

Template:Main These blocks persistently generated their respective liquid around them and in stacks of 99 in the starting house chest in older versions.

Lava spawner

File:Lava Spawner.png

Template:Main These blocks persistently generated their respective liquid around them and in stacks of 99 in the starting house chest in older versions.

Generic dead coral block

File:Dead Coral Block.png

Template:Main In snapshot 18w09a, all coral blocks had the same texture, colored differently. Because of this, there was only one dead variant needed. By the time of snapshot 18w10a, each color of the coral block had its own unique texture, but would still all die into the same generic dead coral block from the previous snapshot. The generic dead coral block was removed and replaced with dead variants for each color in snapshot 18w10b.

Only existed in Bedrock Edition

grass_carried

File:Grass Block (item) BE3.png

Template:Main This block, when placed, appeared identical to how Minecraft:grass blocks appear in item form, due to it having been used to store its item model due to the inability to tint items in earlier versions.

leaves_carried

File:Leaves carried BE3.png

File:Leaves carried (fast) BE3.png

Template:Main This block, when placed, appeared similar to how Minecraft:leaves appear (but noticably darker) in item form, due to it having been used to store its item model due to the inability to tint items in earlier versions.

Smooth Stone Bricks

File:Stone Bricks.png

Template:Main Smooth stone bricks are a variant of regular stone bricks.Template:Verify It had a different name, but the same texture. It could only be obtained through Template:Cmd or inventory editing.