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Minecraft:Block

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Some of the most common blocks in Minecraft: stone (left), sand (top), dirt (right), and grass (bottom)

Blocks are the basic units of a structure in Minecraft:Minecraft that make up the game's world. Many blocks can be collected and placed anywhere, and can also be used as helpful resources. Minecraft currently has 1066/1153Template:Upcoming blocks.

Behavior

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A variety of different blocks occurring in an underwater coral reef: sand lining the ground, Minecraft:cut sandstone in underwater ruin structures, and various forms of coral

Blocks are arranged in a 3-dimensional grid of 1-cubic-meter cells, although some blocks appear to occupy a partial cell; these include Minecraft:slabs, Minecraft:snow layers, Minecraft:ladders, Minecraft:vines, Minecraft:stairs, Minecraft:turtle eggs, and Minecraft:sea pickles, among others.

Collectively, blocks and Minecraft:fluids make up the in-game environment, and most can be harvested and utilized in various fashions. Some blocks, such as Minecraft:dirt and Minecraft:sandstone, are Minecraft:opaque and occupy their entire cubic meter, while others, such as Minecraft:glass and Minecraft:flowers, are transparent or non-solid. Minecraft:Explosions destroy some blocks more easily than they destroy others, while some are virtually immune to explosions, though they can still be theoretically exploded.

Minecraft:Air is a special block that acts as a substitute for the absence of blocks. It has two variants: Minecraft:cave air and Minecraft:void air.Template:Only

Some blocks, such as Minecraft:sea lanterns and Minecraft:glowstone, emit Minecraft:light, the amount of which varies widely; see this table of light values for further information. Opaque blocks completely block light, while transparent blocks have no effect on light, block the light, or merely weaken it.

Almost all blocks ignore gravity, except for Minecraft:sand, Minecraft:red sand, Minecraft:gravel, Minecraft:anvils of all damage levels, Minecraft:dragon eggs, all colors of Minecraft:concrete powder, Minecraft:scaffolding, Minecraft:snow layersTemplate:Only, Minecraft:pointed dripstone, Minecraft:suspicious sand, and Minecraft:suspicious gravel. These turn into entities when their support is removed.

When broken, blocks emit Minecraft:sounds and Minecraft:particles associated with themselves, except in the following cases:

Block height

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Most solid blocks are 1 meter high (3.28084... feet or Template:Frac feet), but several blocks have non-standard block heights, such as Minecraft:slabs.

A player can automatically step up from a lower to a higher height if the difference is at most 0.6 (Template:Frac) of a block or 1.9685... feet (Template:Frac feet).

Textures

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Most block textures are 16×16 pixels and control color/transparency. The size of a block defaults to 1 cubic meter but can be resized via models; some, like logs, have different textures per face.

Animated textures appear on: Minecraft:water, Minecraft:lava, Minecraft:fire, Nether portals, Minecraft:prismarine, and many more. A few blocks use special rendering, such as the Minecraft:starfield effect for End portals and End gateways.

With Minecraft:Vibrant Visuals and Minecraft:ray tracing, extra maps are used: MERS (MER with ray tracing) defines metallic (reflects light), emissive (glows), and rough (absorbs light) per pixel; subsurface scattering applies to Vibrant Visuals. Normal and heightmaps add 3D depth.

Resource packs can change Minecraft:resolution, Minecraft:animation, shapes/Minecraft:models, and scale blocks to any equal width/height — <math> 2^n </math> (e.g., 16×16, 8×8) work best.

List of blocks

Blocks with an item form

The following blocks listed are obtainable in the current version of the game, either as inventory items or physical blocks that have been placed down in the world.

Wood-related blocks (209 blocks)

Refers to all the blocks in each of the 12/13Template:Upcoming wood sets.

Oak blocks (16 blocks)
Spruce blocks (16 blocks)
Birch blocks (16 blocks)
Jungle blocks (16 blocks)
Dark Oak blocks (16 blocks)
Acacia blocks (16 blocks)
Crimson blocks (16 blocks)
Warped blocks (16 blocks)
Mangrove blocks (16 blocks)
Bamboo blocks (17 blocks)
Cherry blocks (16 blocks)
Pale Oak blocks (16 blocks)
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Stone-related blocks (282 blocks)

Refers to all naturally-generating forms of stone (in the Minecraft:overworld) and any decorative blocks they can be crafted into.

Stone (25 blocks)
Andesite, diorite and granite blocks (21 blocks)
Deepslate blocks (20 blocks)
Tuff blocks (14 blocks)
Brick and Mud Brick blocks (9 blocks)
Copper blocks (121 blocks)
Sand blocks (22 blocks)

Resin blocks (7 blocks)

Prismarine blocks (11 blocks)
Cinnabar blocks (13 blocks)
Sulfur blocks (15 blocks)
Other blocks (4 blocks)

Ore blocks (37 blocks)

Refers to mineral blocks and their respective ore blocks.

Ores (23 blocks)
Compressed mineral blocks (14 blocks)

Nature blocks (186 blocks)

Refers to non-stone blocks that generate naturally in the Minecraft:overworld and any related blocks.

Dirt blocks (11 blocks)
Vegetation blocks (93 blocks)
Farming blocks (18 blocks)
Coral blocks (30 blocks)
Mob-related blocks (20 blocks)
Other blocks (14 blocks)

Nether blocks (63 blocks)

Refers to blocks that are typically found in the Minecraft:nether, or require the player to have entered the nether to be obtained.

Nether brick blocks (12 blocks)
Blackstone blocks (17 blocks)
Basalt blocks (3 blocks)
Vegetation blocks (13 blocks)
Quartz blocks (9 blocks)
Soul blocks (6 blocks)
Other blocks (3 blocks)

End blocks (14 blocks)

Refers to blocks that require the player to have been to the Minecraft:end dimension in order to be obtained.

Endstone blocks (5 blocks)
Purpur blocks (7 blocks)
Dragon blocks (2 blocks)

Utility blocks (40Template:Only/42Template:Only blocks)

Refers to blocks that can be used by the player to perform an action, such as crafting, smelting, trading, or gaining status effects.

Redstone blocks (31 blocks)

Connector blocks (6 blocks)

Refers to blocks that are used primarily to connect redstone components to each other, or to other blocks.

Input blocks (14 blocks)

Refers to blocks that can be used as a power source.

Output blocks (11 blocks)

Refers to blocks that perform an action when powered

Colorful blocks (264 blocks)

Any block that can be dyed can be considered a "colorful block", including undyed variants.

Wool blocks (64 blocks)
Bed blocks (17 blocks)
Concrete blocks (64 blocks)
Candle blocks (17 blocks)
Glass blocks (35 blocks)
Terracotta blocks (33 blocks)
Shulker box blocks (17 blocks)

Unobtainable blocks (36Template:Only/34Template:Only blocks)

Unobtainable blocks are defined as any block that cannot be obtained as an item in Minecraft:survival mode without bugs, glitches, version swapping, commands or April Fools' snapshots. Does not include block states e.g. snowy grass.

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Cannot be encountered in survival (12 blocks)

Technical blocks

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Education blocks

These blocks can be accessed only Template:In and Template:In when education options are enabled (Minecraft:Elements are not listed here). Template:IN, boards, posters, and slates can be obtained only through inventory editors.

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Removed blocks

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Outright removed blocks

These blocks were removed from the game entirely.

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Removed through substitution

These blocks were "retconned" into other blocks through a major simultaneous name and texture change.

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Non-standard metadata variants

Some blocks and states of blocks were distinguished via numerical metadata in previous versions of the game. Having metadata values outside of the accepted range could produce unintended results for some block IDs.

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Joke blocks

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Videos

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History

Block additions and removals

Template:Info needed section Unique blocks are defined as having unique namespaced IDs in current versions of Java Edition, excluding obvious technical variants such as potted plants and wall attachments of blocks, but including the rose. Unintentional metadata variants are also not included.

Java Edition

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Bedrock Edition

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Legacy Console Edition

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New Nintendo 3DS Edition

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MinecraftEdu

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Minecraft Education

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China Edition

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Block model additions

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Other changes

Java Edition

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Bedrock Edition

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April Fools blocks

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Issues

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Trivia

  • Certain blocks may interpret positions they cannot be placed in by normal means as a valid position. For example, a Minecraft:sign placed in midair via Template:Command remains in midair even when updated, until either it is broken, or a block is placed below it and broken.

Gallery

Screenshots

In other media

See also

References

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