Minecraft:Air

Template:For Template:Infobox block Air is an invisible block used to define unoccupied space where other blocks and Minecraft:items could exist; it represents the absence of a block or an item. It is one of the few blocks in the game that players cannot normally interact with.

Cave airTemplate:Only is a variant found only underground in Minecraft:carver caves and some generated structures along with Minecraft:features like Minecraft:lava lakes.

Void airTemplate:Only is a variant used internally for the 'air' in unloaded chunks and outside of the world height limits (above Y=319 and below Y=-64 in the Minecraft:Overworld, and above Y=255 and below Y=0 in Minecraft:the Nether and Minecraft:the End dimensions).

Appearance

All types of air are completely invisible.

The only exception is that air can be visualized with the use of Minecraft:structure blocks in Save mode: when "Show invisible blocks" is enabled, air is represented as small blue-edged cubes. Air, cave air, and void air are all displayed identically.

Obtaining

Template:IN, air cannot be obtained in the Minecraft:inventory without editing.

Template:IN, the block is completely unobtainable as an item. When attempting to use commands with air as an item ID:

• Using Template:Cmd does nothing.
• Using Template:Cmd will always fail to find any matching items.
• Using Template:Cmd deletes the item in the specified slot.
• Using Template:Cmd to attempt to create an item entity (i.e. /summon item ~ ~ ~ {Item:{id:"air"}}) does nothing.

As a block, air can be destroyed or created only by the placement or removal of other Minecraft:blocks respectively. When using commands such as Template:Cmd, specifying air deletes other blocks.

Natural generation

Upon world generation, all otherwise empty spaces are occupied by air.

Template:IN, carver caves and some underground structures generate containing cave air instead, including Minecraft:mineshafts<ref>Template:Bug</ref>, Minecraft:strongholds, Minecraft:monster rooms, and Minecraft:lava lakes<ref>Template:Bug</ref>, and void air is used in place of unloaded chunks and above or below the Minecraft:world's buildable area to denote illegal locations for blocks to be put.

Post-generation

When other Minecraft:blocks are destroyed by any means, air is created.

Usage

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Air, shown at left, is represented by blue cubes within structures. Cave air and void air are also shown as such.

Air shares some properties with non-Minecraft:solid blocks, including allowing the Minecraft:player or Minecraft:mob to move within that space without Minecraft:suffocating, and also to catch their breath if they are Minecraft:drowning in Minecraft:water.

Cave air and void air have no special properties; they function the same as normal air.

Piston interactivity

Air and its variants are destroyed when pushed by a Minecraft:piston. They cannot be pulled by Minecraft:sticky pistons.

Data values

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History

See also

• Minecraft:Void
• Minecraft:Technical blocks