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Minecraft:Place Block

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Template:Message boxTemplate:Article other Template:Infobox block The place block is a joke Minecraft:block existing only in Java Edition 23w13a_or_b, that takes blocks from a container on its back side and places them in front of it when given a Minecraft:redstone signal.

Obtaining

Breaking

A place block drops itself when mined with a Minecraft:pickaxe. If mined without a pickaxe, it drops nothing. Script error: No such module "breaking row".

Crafting

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Usage

The place block can be "used" only when the vote for minecraft:place_block is approved. If this is not the case, the block cannot be:

  • placed (nothing happens)
  • dropped (the block gets removed from the inventory but no item appears)
  • activated (the block does not react to redstone signals)
  • crafted (the output of the crafting table stays empty)

Activation

A place block can be activated by:

  • an adjacent active power component (Exceptions: a redstone torch does not turn ON a place block it is attached to)
  • an adjacent powered opaque block (strongly-powered or weakly-powered)
  • a powered redstone repeater or redstone comparator facing the place block
  • powered redstone dust configured to point at the place block, or on top of it, or a directionless "dot" next to it; a place block is not activated by adjacent powered redstone dust that is configured to point in another direction.

A place block is not activated by adjacent powered redstone dust that is configured to point in another direction.

Basic utility

A place block can be used to place blocks either from a container (e.g. Minecraft:chest) behind it, or that were dropped as items behind it. A place block can be placed so that its in- and outputs face in any direction, including up or down. When placed, the output faces toward the player. The texture of this side is identical to the output of an Minecraft:observer.

  1. After being activated, the place block checks the block behind it. If there is a container, the place block pulls one item from the first available slot of that container: there is no check if the item is in fact a placeable block. Valid containers include: chests and trapped chests (both small and large), Minecraft:barrels, shulker boxes, Minecraft:dispensers, Minecraft:droppers and Minecraft:hoppers, as well as minecarts with chests and minecarts with hoppers. Only the fuel slot can be accessed from Minecraft:furnaces, blast furnaces and Minecraft:smokers. In case of brewing stands, place block can pull from the blaze powder slot and potion slot, but none of these can actually contain placeable blocks. It can also pull music discs out of a Minecraft:jukebox and books from a chiseled bookshelf, but those items can't be placed either.
  2. If there is no container, or if all available slots are empty, the place block next checks if there are any item entities in the 1×1×1 space behind it. If there are, it pulls an item with the largest Age.
  3. Immediately after pulling an item, the place block attempts to place the item in front of itself (the place block does not have any storage). If the attempt fails, item is ejected instead, just like from a dropper.

Attempt to place can fail for multiple reasons:

  • The item is not a placeable block.
  • The space on the output side is occupied by another block.
    • However, if the space is occupied by a replaceable block, like short grass or Minecraft:water, another block can be placed.
      • In case of water, if a block that is attempted to be placed can be waterlogged, it is then waterlogged.
  • The space on the output side is blocked by an entity.
    • However, non-solid blocks like flowers can be placed.
  • Other conditions do not allow the block to be placed in that space, e.g. attempting to place a flower on stone.

Even though, in theory, a block can be placed, the attempt may still fail because due to the placement block being an unpolished feature: for example, placing a hanging sign never works, regardless of the number of blocks available to support it.

Place blocks cannot spawn mobs from spawn eggs, place Minecraft:minecarts on rails, or perform other similar tasks that usually involve the player right-clicking.

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Issues

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See also

  • Pickaxe block

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