Minecraft:Solid block

File:SolidLiquid.png

Comparison of the solid stone and liquid Minecraft:water Minecraft:blocks

Solid blocks consist of any type of Minecraft:block that has a collision box that players, Minecraft:mobs, or other entities cannot simply move through, and have to move on top of it or around it. Solid blocks are significantly different from liquid or gas blocks, through which entities can freely pass.

Properties

Template:See also Minecraft:Mobs require a solid top surface to spawn. Some mobs are able to spawn inside of the space occupied by another block, but only if their hitbox does not intersect the collision of any solid block.

Players, Minecraft:mobs, and other entities can walk on top of solid blocks. Particles that are affected by gravity (e.g. slime particles or water drip particles) also collide with solid blocks.

Full blocks

If a solid block's collision box is a full cube that is solid on all sides, it is known as a full block. For example, Minecraft:stone, Minecraft:planks, and Minecraft:glass are full blocks, but Minecraft:stairs, Minecraft:fences, and Minecraft:chests are not. For most blocks, it's easy to tell whether they're full blocks or not, but some are not so obvious:

• Minecraft:Cauldrons and Minecraft:composters are not full blocks because their top face is not fully solid.
• Minecraft:Scaffolding is not a full block because although its interaction box occupies the full block, its collision box does not.
• Dirt path and Minecraft:farmland are not full blocks because they are slightly shorter than a full block.
• Minecraft:Mud and soul sand are not full blocks despite visually appearing to be because their collision boxes are shorter than their models, so entities standing on top "sink into" the blocks.

Whether or not a block is a full block can influence some game mechanics. For example, endermen will only place blocks on top of full blocks and hoppers will not try to collect item entities if their top face is covered by a full block.

List of blocks

List of solid blocks

The following blocks are all solid blocks. They are categorized by their material.

Materials/blocks rowMaterials/blocks rowMaterials/blocks rowMaterials/blocks rowMaterials/blocks rowMaterials/blocks rowMaterials/blocks rowMaterials/blocks rowMaterials/blocks rowMaterials/blocks rowMaterials/blocks rowMaterials/blocks rowMaterials/blocks row

Material	Blocks

List of non-solid blocks

The following is a list of blocks that are not solid. They are categorized by their material.

Materials/blocks rowMaterials/blocks rowMaterials/blocks rowMaterials/blocks rowMaterials/blocks rowMaterials/blocks rowMaterials/blocks rowMaterials/blocks rowMaterials/blocks rowMaterials/blocks rowMaterials/blocks rowMaterials/blocks rowMaterials/blocks rowMaterials/blocks rowMaterials/blocks rowTemplate:Inventory slotTemplate:NoteTemplate:Inventory slotTemplate:NoteMaterials/blocks row

Material	Blocks
Air	Minecraft:Air

Height

Template:Needs update Most solid blocks are 1 block in height, but certain blocks have non-standard block heights.

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. From ground level, this is anything the height of a chain or less.

A player can fit through spaces as small as 1.8125 (Template:Frac) blocks high, since players are 1.8 blocks tall. This allows players to fit through a 2-block gap with a floor as high as a Minecraft:trapdoor.

When Template:Control, a player can fit through spaces as small as 1.5 blocks, since sneaking players are 1.5 blocks tall, respectively. Players can fit through a 2-block space with a floor as high as a slab.

When gliding with Minecraft:elytra, a player can fit through spaces as small as 0.625 (Template:Frac) blocks high, since gliding players are 0.6 blocks tall. This allows players to fit through a 1-block gap with a floor of 0.375 blocks such as 3 layers of snow, a flower pot, or a daylight detector.

Note that Minecraft:doors, although appearing to be one 2-meter-high block, are actually composed of two (top and bottom) 1-meter-high blocks.

Here is a list of blocks with non-standard heights, from tallest to shortest in height:

Height			Block types
Decimal	Fractional	Pixelspace
1.5	Template:Frac	24	Open shulker boxes, Minecraft:fences, closed fence gates, Minecraft:walls.<ref group="note" name="thinner">These blocks are also thinner, i.e. their length and width are less than that of a full block.</ref>
1.25	Template:Frac	20	(Sticky) piston head facing down when short=false.<ref group="note" name="thinner"></ref>
0.9375	Template:Frac	15	Dirt path, Minecraft:farmland, honey blockTemplate:Only, Minecraft:cactusTemplate:Only, top part of a single_wall/double_wall Minecraft:bell, non-drip big dripleaf.<ref group="note" name="thinner"/>
0.875	Template:Frac	14	Soul sand<ref group="note" name="innercollsiionbox">Soul sand has inner collision boxes every eighth of a block, so there is a collision box at 1/8, 2/8, 3/8, 4/8, 5/8, and 6/8.</ref>, Minecraft:mud, 8 layers of Minecraft:snow, top part of Minecraft:lectern, Minecraft:chest, ender chest, trapped chest, top part of brewing stand, stone part of wall Minecraft:grindstone, candle part of candle cake.<ref group="note" name="thinner"/>
0.8125	Template:Frac	13	End portal frame without eye, frame part of end portal frame with eye, chorus plant when up=false, leg part of floor Minecraft:grindstone, center part of a single_wall/double_wall/ceiling Minecraft:bell, partial big dripleaf; medium amethyst bud, large amethyst bud, and amethyst cluster when placed on the wall.<ref group="note" name="thinner"/>
0.75	Template:Frac	12	Enchanting table, 7 layers of Minecraft:snow, cocoa plant on any age, wall heads, stone part of ceiling Minecraft:grindstone, extended (sticky) Minecraft:piston when facing up, small amethyst bud when placed on the wall.<ref group="note" name="thinner"/>
0.6875	Template:Frac	11	Minecraft:ConduitTemplate:Only, Inside of Minecraft:hopper, top leg part of wall Minecraft:grindstone, up tip pointed dripstone.<ref group="note" name="thinner"/>
0.625	Template:Frac	10	6 layers of Minecraft:snow, sideways end rod and lightning rod, bottom leg part of wall Minecraft:grindstone, top part of hanging Minecraft:lantern and soul lantern, the arm part of (sticky) piston head when facing east/north/south/west, dried ghast.<ref group="note" name="thinner"/>
0.59375	Template:Frac	9Template:Frac	Sideways copper chain and iron chain.<ref group="note" name="thinner"/>
0.5625	Template:Frac	9	Minecraft:Beds, Minecraft:stonecutter, top part of non-hanging Minecraft:lantern and soul lantern, bottom leg part of ceiling Minecraft:grindstone.<ref group="note" name="thinner"/>
0.5	Template:Frac	8	Bottom Minecraft:slabs, bottom part of bottom Minecraft:stairs, 5 layers of Minecraft:snow, heads on ground, 0-6 bite(s) of Minecraft:cake, cake part of candle cake, bottom part of hanging Minecraft:lantern and soul lantern, the mouth part of a/an east/north/south/west Minecraft:hopper, sculk sensor, calibrated sculk sensor, sculk shrieker.<ref group="note" name="thinner"/>
0.4375	Template:Frac	7	Minecraft:Campfire, soul campfire, 1-4 turtle egg, 4 sea pickle, bottom part of non-hanging Minecraft:lantern and soul lantern, amethyst cluster when placed on the floor.<ref group="note" name="thinner"/>
0.375	Template:Frac	6	Daylight detector, 4 layers of Minecraft:snow, flower pot and their potted variants, 1-3 sea pickle, bottom part of a single_wall/double_wall/ceiling Minecraft:bell, 1-4 candle(s).<ref group="note" name="thinner"/>
0.3125	Template:Frac	5	Inner part of an Minecraft:anvil's base, large amethyst bud when placed on the floor, pitcher plant that have the age > 0.<ref group="note" name="thinner"/>
0.25	Template:Frac	4	3 layers of Minecraft:snow, base of (sticky) piston head when facing down, inside of Minecraft:cauldron, outer part of an Minecraft:anvil's base, medium amethyst bud when placed on the floor.<ref group="note" name="thinner"/>
0.1875	Template:Frac	3	Bottom Minecraft:trapdoors, small amethyst bud when placed on the floor, age-0 pitcher plant.<ref group="note" name="thinner"/>
0.125	Template:Frac	2	Redstone repeater, redstone comparator, bottom of floating Minecraft:scaffolding, base of Minecraft:lectern, 2 layers of Minecraft:snow, base of brewing stand, inside of Minecraft:composter.<ref group="note" name="thinner"/>
0.09375	Template:Frac	1Template:Frac	Lily pad.<ref group="note" name="thinner"/>
0.0625	Template:Frac	1	Carpets (including moss carpet).<ref group="note" name="thinner"/>

Width

Many blocks are less than 1 meter wide on one or more sides.

The table below shows the widths of various blocks. If a block has several hit boxes of different sizes (for example: brewing stands), then each hitbox is listed separately. Blocks with sides of different widths are listed with cardinal directions (north, south, east, west) for each side, assuming that the block was placed from above, with the player facing north.

Width			Block types
Decimal	Fractional	Pixelspace
1	1	16	Full block, the front of Minecraft:grindstone, Minecraft:anvil, and non-hanging Minecraft:bell.
0.9375	Template:Frac	15	Minecraft:Chest, trapped chest, ender chest, decorated pot, Minecraft:cactus, dragon egg, Minecraft:cake, cake part of candle Minecraft:cake, the behind of cocoa, 2-4 turtle egg, honey block, base of brewing stand.
0.875	Template:Frac	14	The outside of Minecraft:anvil, 3-4 sea pickle, the side of floor Minecraft:grindstone, the inside of Minecraft:azalea.
0.8125	Template:Frac	13	Minecraft:Cake 1, chorus plant, the inside of Minecraft:anvil, 2 sea pickle, 1 turtle egg, the leg part of wall Minecraft:grindstone, the wood part of wall Minecraft:bell, medium amethyst bud, large amethyst bud, amethyst cluster, dried ghast.
0.75	Template:Frac	12	The side of wall heads, the base extended (sticky) Minecraft:piston, walls when up=true, the side of age 2 cocoa, the center part of Minecraft:hopper and Minecraft:lectern, Minecraft:grindstone (wall) main part, Minecraft:bell (floor), Minecraft:bell (wall) main part, Minecraft:bell (ceiling) main part, small amethyst bud (facing east, west), the inside of Minecraft:azalea.
0.6875	Template:Frac	11	Minecraft:Cake 2, end portal frame eye part, walls (up=false), cocoa 1 (facing east, west), Minecraft:conduit, Minecraft:grindstone (floor, facing north, south) leg part, Minecraft:lantern, Minecraft:bell (wall) middle part, Minecraft:candle 2 (west, east side), Minecraft:candle 3 (west, south side), Minecraft:candle 4 (west, east, north side).
0.625	Template:Frac	10	Fences, end rod, fence gates, Minecraft:piston arm, Minecraft:hopper tip, sea pickle 1, Minecraft:lantern top, Minecraft:candle 2 (north side), Minecraft:candle 3 (north, east), Minecraft:candle 4 (south side), Minecraft:azalea stem, Minecraft:azalea inside, lightning rod.
0.59375	Template:Frac	9.5	Copper chain, iron chain.
0.5625	Template:Frac	9	Minecraft:Cake 3, iron bars, glass pane, the center of brewing stand, cocoa 2 front, Minecraft:grindstone on side thick leg, wall Minecraft:bell top part, Minecraft:candle 1, Minecraft:candle 2 south.
0.5	Template:Frac	8	wall heads, Minecraft:stairs, the inside of Minecraft:azalea.
0.4375	Template:Frac	7	Minecraft:Cake 4, cocoa 1 front, amethyst cluster front.
0.375	Template:Frac	6	The inside of Minecraft:azalea.
0.3125	Template:Frac	5	Minecraft:Cake 5, cocoa 0 front, large amethyst bud front, shelves.
0.25	Template:Frac	4	Minecraft:Piston arm front, Minecraft:cauldron leg outside, medium amethyst bud front.
0.1875	Template:Frac	3	Trapdoors side, Minecraft:cake 6, doors, Minecraft:ladder, Minecraft:bed legs, small amethyst bud.
0.125	Template:Frac	2	Minecraft:Hopper inside, Minecraft:cauldron inside, Minecraft:cauldron inside leg, the inside of Minecraft:azalea.

Videos

Template:Yt

See also

• Liquid
• Opacity
• Minecraft:Air (Gas)
• Block properties/Solid (legacy)

Navigation

es:Bloque sólido fr:Bloc solide ja:固体ブロック ko:고체 블록 nl:Solide blok pt:Bloco sólido zh:方块基本属性