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Minecraft:Air

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Template:Hatnote 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

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

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

  • Using
  1. REDIRECT Template:Command

Template:Redr does nothing.

  • Using
  1. REDIRECT Template:Command

Template:Redr will always fail to find any matching items.

  • Using
  1. REDIRECT Template:Command

Template:Redr deletes the item in the specified slot.

  • Using
  1. REDIRECT Template:Command

Template:Redr 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

  1. REDIRECT Template:Command

Template:Redr, specifying air deletes other blocks.

Natural generation

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

in Template:Editions, 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.

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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 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.

Data values

ID

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Videos

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History

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Data history

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Issues

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See also

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