Minecraft:Air
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Template:For Template:Infobox block Air is an invisible Minecraft:block used to define unoccupied space where other blocks and 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 carver caves and some generated structures along with Minecraft:features like 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 structure blocks in Save mode: when "Show invisible blocks" is enabled, air is represented as small blue 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 mineshafts<ref>Template:Bug</ref>, strongholds, monster rooms, and lava lakes<ref>Template:Bug</ref>, and void air is used in place of unloaded chunks and above or below the 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
Air shares some properties with non-Minecraft:solid blocks, including allowing the player or Minecraft:mob to move within that space without suffocating, and also to catch their breath if they are 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 sticky pistons.
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History
Java Edition
Bedrock Edition
Legacy Console Edition
New Nintendo 3DS Edition
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